. But the price was right $1,150.00. So far I have (with the info from this forum), replaced belts, hoses (all of them including vac lines), radiator, water pump, flushed and filled coolant with bars gold, fuel pump/filter, AC compressor/drier/ orifice tube, air filter, TPS, thermostat, heater core, blower motor, fresh oil change, air injection check valve, and sea foam in the fuel tank. This car spent it’s last 10-15 years in the shed so that is why everything is whooped. What I have left is driver window motor, trunk lifts, shocks and tires in the near future.
If you're driving that many miles you really ought to consider doing this! My grandfather had a Olds 98 with the Diesel Chevy. He keeps incredible detail fuel records for all of his vehicles. That thing averaged 30mpg over the entire lifetime of his ownership, just like you say. Just freaking incredible...
And for the few complaints he had about it, the only ones that are worth fixing were stretching headbolts (occasionally blew headgaskets) and it used a tiny little gasoline fuel filter that clogged constantly. Other than that he seemed to have absolutely no problems and he drove it everywhere.
Can't be any worse than the HT, right? :suspense:
Nice looking car! Don't sweat the engine if you take care of it, plenty of them still running around just fine.
