Should I ditch my daily driver Tahoe for a Caprice PPV....

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by ilikebmx999, Jan 18, 2019.

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Should I get another Tahoe SSV or buy a caprice PPV?

  1. Double down on cool tahoes

    4 vote(s)
    25.0%
  2. Get yourself a caprice

    12 vote(s)
    75.0%
  1. pbr400

    pbr400 68GS400

    I know LSs are cheap (the truck 5.3s anyway) but what’s the usual price difference on a PPV with/without engine? Is there a reason buyers would want a roller other tgsn a big price difference?
    Patrick
     
  2. ilikebmx999

    ilikebmx999 Well-Known Member

    I don’t know if I’d call gen IV 6.0 LS engines cheap
     
  3. pbr400

    pbr400 68GS400

    That’s what I was asking-is a PPV with no engine worth messing with?
    Patrick
     
  4. ilikebmx999

    ilikebmx999 Well-Known Member

    If it’s dirt cheap and you get an engine cheap enough or you need a parts car for your caprice.

    You can find afm failed cars for under $3k though so just a chassis seems silly.
     
  5. ilikebmx999

    ilikebmx999 Well-Known Member

    Wrong thread?
     
  6. ilikebmx999

    ilikebmx999 Well-Known Member

    Updated the first post!
     
  7. sriley531

    sriley531 Excommunicado

    I really dig that white caprice in the first post!! I'm gonna be in the DD beater market in the next few months I think, and you've got me seriously considering on of these.
     
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  8. ilikebmx999

    ilikebmx999 Well-Known Member

    I would have preferred white but they’re hard to find unless you buy an inop car on govdeals right now. There’s a bunch of Tennessee cars for sale.
     
  9. Smokey15

    Smokey15 So old that I use AARP bolts.

    Just an FYI, the PPV sans engine went for a bid of $2225.00
     
  10. ilikebmx999

    ilikebmx999 Well-Known Member

    That doesn’t seem like a good deal. You can get afm failure cars for that. Once you add the price of a gen IV 6.0 for a few grand and shipping you’re up near the price of a beat up body running vehicle.
     
  11. newmexguy

    newmexguy Well-Known Member

    If the body is clean and the title is clear doesn’t seem bad. Vehicles outside the west and south will likely already have rot taking hold underneath. This is 96 caprice at the Tucson u pull it. Available now this is how it was Thursday. Yes know this thread is about the Holden PPV but just a few pics of the “old cop car”. Hard to believe it’s been out of production for twenty plus years. The Ford/Mercury RWD Panther bodied cars survived until 2011.
     

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  12. ilikebmx999

    ilikebmx999 Well-Known Member

    Having fun with this thing. Still need to decide on what I want to do for a console.

    Installed some 14” brembo brakes that were essentially bolt on and fit under stock wheels.

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  13. Grandpas67

    Grandpas67 Well-Known Member

    Let me know if you figure a console out. I was sitting in mine yesterday (programming the ignition key) and it was apparent (to me) that I really like having a console to rest my elbow on.
     
  14. ilikebmx999

    ilikebmx999 Well-Known Member

    I saw a picture of a car with a cut down g8 console. Couldn’t find any more pictures of how it was done though.
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    Otherwise there are some aftermarket ones on eBay for like $200. They’re a bit cheesy looking though
     
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  15. HotRodRivi

    HotRodRivi Tomahawks sighted overseas

    well first whats a PPV? My guesses dont seem to fit the bill.
     
  16. ilikebmx999

    ilikebmx999 Well-Known Member

    Police pursuit vehicle
     
  17. HotRodRivi

    HotRodRivi Tomahawks sighted overseas

    if its a rear wheele drive like the one in the Jeff Gordon taxi prank. Which was the follow up to the Jeff Gordon car dealer test drive prank.

     
  18. ilikebmx999

    ilikebmx999 Well-Known Member

    That’s a Chevy ss. Same platform but the caprice is 3” longer.


    L77 6.0 LS with 355hp, rwd and 6l80 6 speed auto.


    It’s my new dad mobile, picture is on the first page along with what I gave to my wife.
     
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  19. HotRodRivi

    HotRodRivi Tomahawks sighted overseas

    Its not a BUICK. There is no interest here.:D:);):(
     
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  20. ilikebmx999

    ilikebmx999 Well-Known Member

    Then don’t click my thread in the BENCH section??
     

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