Photobucket album for this build. It will be updated regularly.
So I've been searching for a wrecked bonneville to build for about 9 months now. They pop up regularly on the salvage auction sites, but they were never the right one. I wanted '09 or newer, preferably '11 or newer, enough damage that I could get it cheap, but not so much that nothing would be usable. As long as the engine, pcm and frame were good, that's all I needed.. and I can repair the engine and frame too, so even that wouldn't be a big deal.
I finally found one on IAA, at their auction house Northeast of Atlanta. I scored it for a great price because it was very damaged (so much so that it was auctioned as parts only with no title) and missing parts. I drove down there to pick it up on Friday (15 hour round trip), and this is what it looked like after I picked it up:
I will be updating this thread regularly as progress is made, and I've had months to plan what I want to do, so it should happen pretty quickly, as long as I don't run into major unforeseen issues.
Something I noticed right away was that it has gauges with digital odo, and I thought that wasn't added until '11.
Anyway.. onward and upward! First update will post in a few minutes.
So I've been searching for a wrecked bonneville to build for about 9 months now. They pop up regularly on the salvage auction sites, but they were never the right one. I wanted '09 or newer, preferably '11 or newer, enough damage that I could get it cheap, but not so much that nothing would be usable. As long as the engine, pcm and frame were good, that's all I needed.. and I can repair the engine and frame too, so even that wouldn't be a big deal.
I finally found one on IAA, at their auction house Northeast of Atlanta. I scored it for a great price because it was very damaged (so much so that it was auctioned as parts only with no title) and missing parts. I drove down there to pick it up on Friday (15 hour round trip), and this is what it looked like after I picked it up:
I will be updating this thread regularly as progress is made, and I've had months to plan what I want to do, so it should happen pretty quickly, as long as I don't run into major unforeseen issues.
Something I noticed right away was that it has gauges with digital odo, and I thought that wasn't added until '11.
Anyway.. onward and upward! First update will post in a few minutes.