76 Aspen as parts car!?

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GermzD74

GermzD74

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Hello how are you all doing, hopefully well!

I got my eyes like a hawk on a 76 Aspen /6 4spd OD for very very cheap.

I am drooling, particularly, at the 4 spd...

Can I use everything to convert my Automatic Dart into a 4 spd, excluding the hump I would guess...everything else would swap in? (pedals?)

I've read some about being able to use the front disk brakes with 73 up A body upper control arms and lower ball joints. If I could get 73 and up disk brakes for some cash from a friend should I just use the A body disk parts, any advantages with he F body brakes?

Well that's all for now! I can just imagine my girl with a 4 spd never really owned a manual car and I'm dying for one! lol
 
pedals are different and will not interchange, you can make the hump work though they are different, the z bar I believe will work and the tranny/ bell housing will as well.
 
yep how many F body sets do you see verse A body sets? I usually get 300 for an A body set with a zbar and 300 for an F body set with out anything else. It took me 3 years to find my first set, and I now have two total.
 
WOW. I have seen TONS of F body pedal sets! Didnt know they are worth their weight in gold! They usually go for 50 bux at the local junk yard.
 
$300.00????? I know where there is at least a couple of sets. But being we both are in Washington I wont be telling you where they are. Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha,Ha. Just kidding. I cant believe they go for that. I remember back a few years ago they were everywhere.
 
Tonys parts who is one of the most expensive on the planet sells f body pedals for $95, regular folks like me don't sell them for more than $50-60. They aren't worth $300 unless you find a sucker that won't research at all and buys out of convenience.

Seems strange to buy the car for only a trans. That trans is worth $100 and most of the rest of the parts are useless to you in an A body. If your car has a v8, good luck with it, you'll be hammered with cost by the time you get it swapped. Scrap on the rest of the car might get you 50-100.

If you buy it let me know as I know someone that may want the car for the rest of the parts. I know the car and how much he wants for it. G is a pretty nice guy.
 
crackedback said:
Tonys parts who is one of the most expensive on the planet sells f body pedals for $95, regular folks like me don't sell them for more than $50-60. They aren't worth $300 unless you find a sucker that won't research at all and buys out of convenience.

Seems strange to buy the car for only a trans. That trans is worth $100 and most of the rest of the parts are useless to you in an A body. If your car has a v8, good luck with it, you'll be hammered with cost by the time you get it swapped. Scrap on the rest of the car might get you 50-100.

If you buy it let me know as I know someone that may want the car for the rest of the parts. I know the car and how much he wants for it. G is a pretty nice guy.
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Well I sure will let you know!
BTW...show me a A833 OD close to San Diego for 100 dollars without me having to spend a lot for its shipping and I'll sure buy it! haha don't see them that often down in so cal and if you do theyre 300 or more...my car has a slant six and so does the aspen, I have a very bad radiator and exhaust manifold I need replaced so I'm taking it for the tranny and the slant six...just an extra to play around with...I'm pretty sure the front disk brakes are worth a bit of dough they say they work great i you plan on lowering the front some, the geometry on them works with it, not sure though. If the car is complete I'll let you know!
 
res1vw21 said:
but if you get it the pedals are worth 300 or so.
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Hope so! that way I can make up what Im gonna spend on the car haha thanks for letting me know, ebay might be a good way to go with them. Although I'm not trying to rip ppl off so I'll do some research first
 
GermzD74 said:
Well I sure will let you know!
BTW...show me a A833 OD close to San Diego for 100 dollars without me having to spend a lot for its shipping and I'll sure buy it! haha don't see them that often down in so cal and if you do theyre 300 or more...my car has a slant six and so does the aspen, I have a very bad radiator and exhaust manifold I need replaced so I'm taking it for the tranny and the slant six...just an extra to play around with...I'm pretty sure the front disk brakes are worth a bit of dough they say they work great i you plan on lowering the front some, the geometry on them works with it, not sure though. If the car is complete I'll let you know!
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There was an 833OD in san marcos area for 150 asking and could have likely been bought for $100. If you pay more than 100 for one you didn't look hard enough. They are out there.
 
crackedback said:
There was an 833OD in san marcos area for 150 asking and could have likely been bought for $100. If you pay more than 100 for one you didn't look hard enough. They are out there.
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Wow. I have found plenty of deals but for some reason that sort of stuff is like gold up here. Course I have bought an entire conversion for 300, but they are few and far between.
 
crackedback said:
There was an 833OD in san marcos area for 150 asking and could have likely been bought for $100. If you pay more than 100 for one you didn't look hard enough. They are out there.
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Okay well now I have to throw numbers! lol

I think I'm pretty good at researching for my stuff everything I buy will be picked out like if I were a chicken searching for grains on the ground haha

Right now theres one 833 with a 340 bell for 600 everything else I've searched is way too far. I've searched junkyards every now and then.

Now buying the car for 300 dollars I find it hard anyone would not see it as a smart buy, that tranny is worth that much at some places. Plus a hundred or more if I scrap it after I part it out...its a free deal!
 
Hey Hawkeye :-D is it in your driveway yet?
pictures pictures pictures! 8)
 
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