sightings today

[63cdv]

Saw this driving up I-35. It was not GM Forever's Roady but rather it's rough twin.


Then I saw this in a used car lot off I-35 & Braker. Rough interior, low-end paint but has a lot of potential.

[gm4ever]

Nice Firebird and glad to see there are still a few Roadies left on the road!

[gm4ever]

Thanks again for getting the Roady pic. I love these whale-wagons. There is a blue one I've seen a few times on AW Grimes here in Round Rock but I've not been able to snag a pic yet.

-Mike

[63cdv]

Jul 22, 2011 10:30:17 GMT -5 gm4ever said:

Thanks again for getting the Roady pic. I love these whale-wagons. There is a blue one I've seen a few times on AW Grimes here in Round Rock but I've not been able to snag a pic yet.

-Mike

I don't remember seeing these on the road before but now I see them all the time.

[gm4ever]

[/quote]I don't remember seeing these on the road before but now I see them all the time.[/quote]

Is that good or bad? ;D

Remember all the 94-96 Roadmaster and Caprice wagons had 350 LT1's in them right out of the Impala SS. They are AWESOME sleepers. It's so fun to pop the hood and watch people's reactions. The double-takes are great.

That one you got a pic of today is a 93 model. Possibly the one that was for sale in Georgetown a while back. The 91 models were all just weak little 170hp 305 V8's, the 92-93 got the stronger 5.7 TBI 350, but the ones to find are the 94-96.

You can tell that's a 91-93 model because the roof rack is all body color, in this case white. In 94 they painted the roof rack behind the vista sunroof black to make the cars appear lower. Also the 91-93 models do not have the dual exhaust. Only LT1's got the Impala SS dual exhaust pipes.

I'm a fountain of useless information!

-Mike

[63cdv]

Jul 22, 2011 11:06:43 GMT -5 gm4ever said:

I don't remember seeing these on the road before but now I see them all the time.

Is that good or bad? ;D

Remember all the 94-96 Roadmaster and Caprice wagons had 350 LT1's in them right out of the Impala SS. They are AWESOME sleepers. It's so fun to pop the hood and watch people's reactions. The double-takes are great.

That one you got a pic of today is a 93 model. Possibly the one that was for sale in Georgetown a while back. The 91 models were all just weak little 170hp 305 V8's, the 92-93 got the stronger 5.7 TBI 350, but the ones to find are the 94-96.

You can tell that's a 91-93 model because the roof rack is all body color, in this case white. In 94 they painted the roof rack behind the vista sunroof black to make the cars appear lower. Also the 91-93 models do not have the dual exhaust. Only LT1's got the Impala SS dual exhaust pipes.

I'm a fountain of useless information!

-Mike

Not a bad thing it's just after the rise of the SUV, wagons vitually disappeared. I still remember my dad's Vista Cruiser back in the day with the fold up seats in back that faced each other. After that he got an IH Travelall and thus began the SUV invasion.