Josie,
Well money was tight and my family was growing when I saw a blind ad on Craigslist, no pictures and no price, no kidding.
I called and was told I needed to see it before he would tell me what he wanted for it.
I told the seller, Sir if its a $10,000 car its not for me, he laughed and so no it wasn't, I asked if he could send me some pictures and he did, I called back still not knowing the price and asked what time he got up in the morning, he say 9:00am, I asked if I could come by then and he said sure, I looked over the pictures all night, hooked up the trailer, loaded the come-along, tires, tools, rope, anything I thought I might need and arrived on time ok I was way early so I waited around the corner till 9:00.








He met me in the yard, He said he knew I would be on time, he lead me around to the back yard and there she was. I had searched for this make and model for several years. now I have her in my sights, she's not getting away this time. She didn't start she didn't roll, but I didn't care. A deal was struck and with title in hand we loaded her up, before leaving the seller through in a extra hood, trunk and back glass.



We finally arrived at home together. Let the build begin!
I had a few plans but budget was going to be the deciding factor on a lot of the build.
I was able to get her running, points were way out and carb was filthy, she had no brakes or second gear, but she drove off the trailer under her own steam.

After taking measurements and some photos Tear down began, way down!









A found a s-10 rear axle from a blazer used the leaf springs and shackles and raised the shackle mount into the frame instead of under it.



Then it was onto the front end, using this



A pinto front end for mock up, I installed a Paul Horton cross member then bolted on the M2 parts, by the end of this build you will see, I upgraded to all tubular control arms.



Things were rolling right along, I decided to put airbags on it while I was at it ( why not right) also 11.5 Granada rotors and metric calipers






so now its time to see if that engine I have been sitting on will fit.






Well it fits the frame, everything else will need a little persuasion.
the body went back on to see just how much more room the caddy engine will need.



This should do it.



That's better.