My wife and I recently added another car to our growing collection a couple weekends ago. I found this car in October 2016 on Craigslist and on our way to purchase it, was sold out from under us. Fast forward to January 2017. It pops back up on Craigslist, owned by someone else. So we went to look at it, had to remove a wheel lock without a key to replace a shredded tire. Then, only with battery power, I drove it 25 miles back to the shop. She needs some work but for the price and shape of the body and interior, we couldn't complain.

 

We have yet to name it though....

Here it is, our 1984 GL-10 sedan, EA81, 2WD 3AT, 165k miles. A/C, power steering, power windows, power mirrors, cruise control, inop digidash, 4 spoke alloys, uncracked dash, all glass is good. Once I get a couple other projects finished up, it's next to be brought back up to par.

 

 

 

Good luck with it , Russ.

Thanks Paul. I'm a bit surprised with the amount of miles, how decent the interior and body still are. Once I get the crap cleaned out of it, I can inspect the body a bit more for any repainted areas but it all appears to be original.

 

It does need quite a bit of mechanical love. 3 tires are shot, the 4th will make its way onto the 78. Both front axles are clicking bad. Both ball joints have play, along with the strut rod bushings. Alternator is dead and it's missing the AC belt. The engine needs a reseal and the transmission is leaking gear oil out of the stub shaft seals. I have a key for my 90 LS stuck in the ignition as the previous owner lost the key so I also can't open the trunk yet. Obviously it's missing a door handle and some window trim around the back window, which is all black instead of chrome. Exhaust is cracked almost clean through in the midpipe.

It's going to take quite a bit of time to get it all cleaned up and sorted out but it's almost exactly the same as my wife's first car, a 1984 GL-10 4wd sedan in gray....

Nice find with the digidash! Good luck with the new project. 

Couple more pictures. Installed a good alternator, picked up an almost new set of tires off of Craigslist, and cleaned all the trash and vacuumed the carpet and seats. Definetly needs to have the seats and carpet removed to be cleaned but no tears anywhere. I have yet to give it a proper wash but the weather hasn't been the best.

 

I still need to get the exhaust welded up so I can take it though DEQ and tag it but after that, I have another project ahead of this one. This sedan looks nice but it needs a lot of mechanical work. Brakes, tie rods and boots, ball joints, struts and shocks, radius rod bushings, axles, an engine reseal, transmission reseal if I don't swap to a manual, and a carb rebuild.