Heartbeat1991 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 What a shame. I hope someone saves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jman093 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Don't forget BATTERY COVER! Someone better save that one. 80K miles!. Vacuum brake swapped too, so that's a bonus for some. I'm curious about what's actually wrong with it as it doesn't appear to be wrecked. I bet it would clean up pretty well. I wonder what it will go for. ~2660 miles from me. If this was a few states over and they allowed me to bid, I would at least attempt to get it.... Yeah, only one of mine has the battery cover. It says in the auction listing it won't start and the seller is a veteran's organization, so I'm guessing it was just an old car that wouldn't start to somebody and they donated it for the tax write-off. Could be minor electrical issue or could need an engine. I'm betting it wouldn't take much though. LG5's seem durable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfewtrail Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 http://www.ebay.com/itm/1990-Pontiac-Grand-Prix-FRONT-CV-AXLE-SHAFT-Right-/271747746575?vxp=mtr&hash=item3f456d8b0f I found one at an auto salvage place in South Dakota randomly searching part #'s on ebay last night - I have a huge list of numbers I randomly copy & paste into ebay looking for original parts @ good prices. I've contacted them to get the VIN so I can mark it as salvaged on the list(s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManicMechanic Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 It's in the description Matt... 1G5WP14V8LF206418 Somewhat early one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManicMechanic Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 http://www.copart.com/us/Lot/34013045?searchId=964052979 1G5WP14V5LF271663 red, tan, cloth, no sunroof and probably had a cassette seeing how base it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbeat1991 Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 For that price I'm tempted to go get it. . My wife would kill me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mfewtrail Posted March 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Close to my vin. Thanks. Have you tried the vin program lately? I don't recall if I ever tried to use it after you messaged me quite a long time ago. If it still works I might start back soon on finishing the 1990 coupes. Then I'll gather the info for the tste's to finish later. I was halfway through my final check on the 1990 coupes when I stopped working on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManicMechanic Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Yeah, it takes 10x as long to go through as they are tossing out a bunch of VINs that aren't even close. SHATFAX Check ResultsThe VIN you entered, 1G3WS51X3MD394786, is invalid. However, it is very close to the one(s) listed below. If your VIN is listed below, click on it to continue. 1. 1G3WS51X9MD394786 1991 OLDSMOBILE/CUTLASS SUPREME SL/3.4L V6 FI 2. 1G3WR11X3MD394786 1991 OLDSMOBILE/CUTLASS SUPREME INTL SERS/3.4L V6 FI 3. 1G3WS14X3MD394786 1991 OLDSMOBILE/CUTLASS SUPREME SL/3.4L V6 FI 4. 1G3NF11A3MD394786 1991 OLDSMOBILE/CUTLASS CALAIS S/2.3L I4 FI All those come up when you run the VIN. The top one is correct, but the rest are not real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfewtrail Posted March 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 Yeah, it takes 10x as long to go through as they are tossing out a bunch of VINs that aren't even close. All those come up when you run the VIN. The top one is correct, but the rest are not real. That sucks. I wonder if the fake ones could be accounted for in a modernized version of the program and automatically discarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManicMechanic Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 It would be nice, for sure. I need to start building the 454SS registry for the web, did you use any particular program or anything to build the TGP page? I like the layout. Eventually I want to do something like www.sportmachines.com Sy/Ty/SGT registry but for now, I'd just like to get it online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfewtrail Posted March 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 It would be nice, for sure. I need to start building the 454SS registry for the web, did you use any particular program or anything to build the TGP page? I like the layout. Eventually I want to do something like www.sportmachines.com Sy/Ty/SGT registry but for now, I'd just like to get it online. I just used either excel or the open office(free) equivalent and had it convert to html for me if I recall correctly. That's always been a placeholder for the page. I would like to make something nicer when I finally get done with everything...I have quite a few ideas on how to do this including uploafing images of every car I have documented by vin, etc. This post has made me want to work on it some now. I plan to fire up the vin program tonight and let it run through 10,000 or so vins depending on how slow,it has become. I know I had to babysit the program a lot due to hanging the last times I did use it. i'm at 260,XXX if I remember right. Hoping it won't take more than a few hours to finish the coupes. I'll maybe run the program for the tste's after that and just throw all the output from it into a document to be sorted later. ManicMechanic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfewtrail Posted March 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Yeah, it takes 10x as long to go through as they are tossing out a bunch of VINs that aren't even close. All those come up when you run the VIN. The top one is correct, but the rest are not real. Wow. Just ran through some TGP numbers and what a clusterf*** that was produced. After only fifty numbers it had generated like 250 erroneous ones and there's no easy way that I saw to differentiate between real ones anymore at a glance like before. Unless I can get it modified I won't be sorting through all that crap because it's almost akin to going through manually checking like I used to do. Really regret not finishing this when it worked properly. I guess 2,741 of 2,749 will have to do, lol. 2,741 because I found one false one on my final check between 200-277K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManicMechanic Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Yeah, I guess shatfax didn't like us doing that. hah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GutlessSupreme Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 1G5WP14V8LF298307 '90, red, tan leather, unknown original stereo, sunroof, unknown build date, 140,022 miles, scraped 9/2005 after motor blew. Doesn't look like I have any pictures of the door sticker, and I know the spare tire cover wasn't the original, so the option sticker on that was bogus anyway. I haven't read this whole topic, are you collecting TSTE VINs too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManicMechanic Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 Yes, he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbeat1991 Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 1G5WP14V8LF298307 '90, red, tan leather, unknown original stereo, sunroof, unknown build date, 140,022 miles, scraped 9/2005 after motor blew. Doesn't look like I have any pictures of the door sticker, and I know the spare tire cover wasn't the original, so the option sticker on that was bogus anyway. I haven't read this whole topic, are you collecting TSTE VINs too? That's a shame. Where did it end up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManicMechanic Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 1G5WP14V4LF296733 PICK-n-PULL Sparks Sparks, Nevada 89431 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManicMechanic Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 http://dayton.craigslist.org/pts/5457670087.html 1G5WT54V7LF273482 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GutlessSupreme Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 That's a shame. Where did it end up? It went to a local junkyard in RI. This was ten years ago, so it's long gone. I put my soul into that car and it bit me, so I bit back out of teenage frustration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManicMechanic Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 1G5WP14V6LF269579 At a Pick-N-Pull in Stockton, Ca. Says it's red. No pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfewtrail Posted April 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 Thanks Jay. That TSTE is one of the rare sunk-in-the-ground versions. Picture for it looks familiar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManicMechanic Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 Carhax is sort of working again, slow but working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfewtrail Posted August 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 Carhax is sort of working again, slow but working. Is it still spitting out tons of extras? I'll have to give it a go tomorrow or sometime. If it's working like it used to I'll run through all the numbers so I'll have them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManicMechanic Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 No, fortunately. But it's not getting any with an X check digit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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