Hello all,
New guy here. I was called over from Jalopnik/OppositeLock by BoxJohn (not sure what his username is here). Proud owner of a pair of 1992 Grand Marquises.
One was purchased new by my grandparents in the summer of 1991. It is an LS in light amethyst metalic with a light gray leather interior. It is my current daily driver. I live in Chicago and honestly have not seen another one like it. Closes was a GS with cloth interior. Is this a rare color combo?
Long story short, my grandparents never learned to drive and my grandma broke her hip so there was no way she could climb into my dad's and uncle's 1979 Blazers. So they bought it for their kids to drive them around in for typical old folk stuff. It saw weekend duty up until 1997 when my sister started driving and we needed another car, at which point it became my mom's daily driver for a few years until it was garaged again. I learned to drive on that car and bought another as my first car.
When I was 16, my folks and I picked up another off of an older lady. This one is also an LS in white with navy blue leather. I love that car. Many memories. I installed fog lights (which eventually met their end courtesy of long front overhang plus steep driveway) and put on the larger police size tires in black wall instead of white walls.
Unfortunately, it is in need of a bunch of repairs. and this is how it looks at the moment.
Here is what is wrong with it:
Oil pan is rusty, should be replaced before it takes a dump.
Only one power window works, and it isn't the driver's.
Front bearings are making a droning noise.
Needs an alignment pretty bad.
Wipers usually only swing part of the way, not enough to clean the whole window.
Washer fluid doesn't spray, which is a real pain in the winter when ice and salty road water mist builds up on the windshield. It's been a while since it has moved so I forget if it doesn't do anything at all or if the wipers at least still swing.
AC doesn't work. Kind of important on 90 degree Chicago days with 163% humidity when you have dark blue leather and a big green house and only one power window that works.
I'm hoping the bags for the rear air suspension aren't rotting and will be fine once I can afford to dump money into the car. I put blocks under the back in hopes of keeping the stress off the bags.
I'll get to all that stuff later... So, here I am. I'll check back once in a while and if I ever have questions.
Nice to meet you guys,
Matt
New guy here. I was called over from Jalopnik/OppositeLock by BoxJohn (not sure what his username is here). Proud owner of a pair of 1992 Grand Marquises.
One was purchased new by my grandparents in the summer of 1991. It is an LS in light amethyst metalic with a light gray leather interior. It is my current daily driver. I live in Chicago and honestly have not seen another one like it. Closes was a GS with cloth interior. Is this a rare color combo?
Long story short, my grandparents never learned to drive and my grandma broke her hip so there was no way she could climb into my dad's and uncle's 1979 Blazers. So they bought it for their kids to drive them around in for typical old folk stuff. It saw weekend duty up until 1997 when my sister started driving and we needed another car, at which point it became my mom's daily driver for a few years until it was garaged again. I learned to drive on that car and bought another as my first car.
When I was 16, my folks and I picked up another off of an older lady. This one is also an LS in white with navy blue leather. I love that car. Many memories. I installed fog lights (which eventually met their end courtesy of long front overhang plus steep driveway) and put on the larger police size tires in black wall instead of white walls.
Unfortunately, it is in need of a bunch of repairs. and this is how it looks at the moment.
Here is what is wrong with it:
Oil pan is rusty, should be replaced before it takes a dump.
Only one power window works, and it isn't the driver's.
Front bearings are making a droning noise.
Needs an alignment pretty bad.
Wipers usually only swing part of the way, not enough to clean the whole window.
Washer fluid doesn't spray, which is a real pain in the winter when ice and salty road water mist builds up on the windshield. It's been a while since it has moved so I forget if it doesn't do anything at all or if the wipers at least still swing.
AC doesn't work. Kind of important on 90 degree Chicago days with 163% humidity when you have dark blue leather and a big green house and only one power window that works.
I'm hoping the bags for the rear air suspension aren't rotting and will be fine once I can afford to dump money into the car. I put blocks under the back in hopes of keeping the stress off the bags.
I'll get to all that stuff later... So, here I am. I'll check back once in a while and if I ever have questions.
Nice to meet you guys,
Matt
Welcome
I hope you can get the white GM fixed in the near future.
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