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[mountie]

Doesn't matter how good the finish coat- paint is ( solvent-based or latex- based )...

If it doesn't have a good prepped surface to attach to, it is guaranteed to peel off / fail.
Same defect I had with my '88 GMC truck.... A nice metalflake brown, but the clear coat failed due to same GM application ( the clear lifted )

Don't blame the sun/heat for the hood & roof failing..... The sides are failing also, but the weather 'hurried up' the top surfaces.

 

[Fosscore]

Wasn't it also because they went to water based paint? I had a beautiful 91 S10 sport that was an electric blue metallic that the paint started to peel in sheets. Started on the hood, then the roof started. Traded it in for a ferd POS.

Cannot recall the actual year GMC, but want to say right around that 88-92 time frame? Then I think she went with the Ford Exploder. Mom loved it...me not so much. And she had a Trailblazer and moved on to a Honda Pilot which she has only 48k on since 2009.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Cannot recall the actual year GMC, but want to say right around that 88-92 time frame? Then I think she went with the Ford Exploder. Mom loved it...me not so much. And she had a Trailblazer and moved on to a Honda Pilot which she has only 48k on since 2009.

Traded it for the then new body style, 94 Explorer. Had the 4.0 anemic 6 cyl in it. Got it with 14 miles on it. For some odd reason the stock radios kept burning out. Biggest POS EVER! Thank God the ex pos wife got the pos ferd. Perfect together lol.

 

[Fosscore]

Traded it for the then new body style, 94 Explorer. Had the 4.0 anemic 6 cyl in it. Got it with 14 miles on it. For some odd reason the stock radios kept burning out. Biggest POS EVER! Thank God the ex pos wife got the pos ferd. Perfect together lol.

 

[Fless]

Traded it for the then new body style, 94 Explorer. Had the 4.0 anemic 6 cyl in it. Got it with 14 miles on it. For some odd reason the stock radios kept burning out. Biggest POS EVER! Thank God the ex pos wife got the pos ferd. Perfect together lol.

I had one of those, too, before the Hoe came to live here. '94, 4.0 pushrod V6, Eddie Bauer. It wasn't too bad but had a hard time pulling a small camper. It's one of the reasons I invited the Hoe to come live with me.

'94 was the last year of the first gen body style.

 

[mountie]

I drove a boss's '87 S10 Blazer from So Cal to Lake Havasu, Az. for a boat race.....
Oh....My....God...... That piece of crap was so gutless.... I was driving on a long-flat dessert hwy, and I kept the gas peddle in "up-hill" mode the whole way !!

 

[89Suburban]

I drove a boss's '87 S10 Blazer from So Cal to Lake Havasu, Az. for a boat race.....
Oh....My....God...... That piece of crap was so gutless.... I was driving on a long-flat dessert hwy, and I kept the gas peddle in "up-hill" mode the whole way !!

Was it the 4.3 or the 2.8? Talk about a DOG, I had a 2.8. Total POS.

But the 4.3 in my Caprice rolled pretty good down the highway.

 

[07Burb]

Was it the 4.3 or the 2.8? Talk about a DOG, I had a 2.8. Total POS.



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But the 4.3 in my Caprice rolled pretty good down the highway.


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Can confirm that the 2.8 was a complete POS with no balls whatsoever. My 89 S10 has a 2.5 and it's got 10 times the balls that the 2.8 has. I rarely have to the downshift the Iron Duke

 

[Tonyrodz]

Was it the 4.3 or the 2.8? Talk about a DOG, I had a 2.8. Total POS.



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But the 4.3 in my Caprice rolled pretty good down the highway.


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Had to have been the 2.8. I had the 4.3 and it was a great motor.

 

[mountie]

Was it the 4.3 or the 2.8? Talk about a DOG, I had a 2.8. Total POS.



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But the 4.3 in my Caprice rolled pretty good down the highway.


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Honestly I don't know. But a guess is the 2.8. Stupid GM.... installing an engine that could not carry it's own weight ???

 

[89Suburban]

Had to have been the 2.8. I had the 4.3 and it was a great motor.

4.3 was the shortened 305 block I believe. I had a 305 in a Malibu Wagon, that thing kicked ass. Miss that car. The frame behind the rear axle rusted and broke and the bumper fell to the ground and I just used ratchet straps to the roof rack to hold it back up LOL.


Here is a pic of that one. Now the red Beretta next to it had a 2.8 and it hauled ass and sounded real good. Must be the fuel injection? Or the changed it that year somehow? That was a real fun car too.

Honestly I don't know. But a guess is the 2.8. Stupid GM.... installing an engine that could not carry it's own weight ???

60* V6. No torque/HP worth a damn.

 

[mountie]

Back in 1985, I got a 'hand me down' Ford Fairmont wagon.. It had nearly a Mustang V8 in it....

Good work car until I got my '88 GMC...
( reference photo.... but same look/color )

 

[iamdub]

Was it the 4.3 or the 2.8? Talk about a DOG, I had a 2.8. Total POS.



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But the 4.3 in my Caprice rolled pretty good down the highway.


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4.3 V8 or V6? I've never experienced the 4.3 V8 personally, but the specs say it had the same horsepower as the V6, just 20 more lb. ft. of torque.

 

[iamdub]

4.3 was the shortened 305 block I believe. I had a 305 in a Malibu Wagon, that thing kicked ass. Miss that car. The frame behind the rear axle rusted and broke and the bumper fell to the ground and I just used ratchet straps to the roof rack to hold it back up LOL.


Here is a pic of that one. Now the red Beretta next to it had a 2.8 and it hauled ass and sounded real good. Must be the fuel injection? Or the changed it that year somehow? That was a real fun car too.



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60* V6. No torque/HP worth a damn.

It was 3/4 of a 350. Technically, cylinders #5 and #6 removed.

I recall them Berettas sounding pretty good. Especially the later 3.x models.

 

[97YukonNZ]

out for a training ride yesterday through the short bays on my way towards Lyttelton port I saw these oldies on the side of the road..
Lyttelton port Company in the fore ground new import cars .The white ship was how cars get to New Zealand

 

[Oh Kee Pah]

It was fun to drive past this on the highway this week.
One of the three LL Bean Bootmobile vehicles is parked outside of the entrance to the primary LL Bean factory store in Freeport, ME.
This one was heading south towards Portland...anyone spot it from there?
If you want to learn more about the Bootmobile: https://events.llbean.net/index.html or

 

[Fosscore]

Blurry Pontiac. Looked and sounded like work in progress.

Missing some side trim and some PDR work and a bit sputtery on the throttle.

Still nice tho.

 

[Fosscore]

 

[mountie]

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Hybrid ??

 

[Fless]

Hybrid ??

Amphibious