1981 Gbody Pontiac Grand Prix Junkyard Find
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- 1981 #GbodyPontiacGrandPrix Junkyard Find. It was kind if my lucky day at the yard as they were just putting this #dieselgrandprix out for parts at the same time as i was there. Not really sure what cause this one to just sit for years before ultimately winding up in the yard but something tells me it could have been that #olds350diesel that was the culprit. Anyhow, she was pretty much all there and straight but had her fair share of rust although the roof seemed to survive the quarter vinyl top. Interior was all there with only an aftermarket radio but boy did she stank of rodent excrement. She will probably give up her 7.5 rear end as well as a few other odds and ends before she meets the crusher.
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Whoa Nelley, "G" whiz (technically an "A body Special" in GM speak) of '81 and this one is pretty much done.
Technical Chemical Company is still in business at 3327 Pipeline Road in Cleburne, TX. They make spray type chemicals like brake cleaner and starting fluid, among other products and also do them as private label for others.
Edit on 10/30/21: Today I used some Walmart carb and choke cleaner and found an error on the label. Even though it's labeled as Supertech, it tells you to "Use Johnsen's Carburetor and Choke Cleaner to free up stuck chokes, etc.". So, they are the manufacturer for Walmart's Supertech brand of carb and choke cleaner. Where is Johnsen's located? 3327 Pipeline Road in Cleburne, TX. So TCC became Johnsen's.......
Yup, we got the VIN, we win: 1G2 for US made Pontiac, A for manual seat belts, J for Grand Prix base/standard model, 37 for two door, N for 350 Olds V8 diesel, aka RPO code "LF9", X is a check digit, B for the 1981 model year, P for Pontiac, MI assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The Olds diesel was slow, stinky and noisy and fell out of favor fast with the public. It was also unreliable, but GM eventually fixed that with revised cylinder head bolts. By then it was way too late. The 350 V8 "LF9" ran from 1978 to 1985 and wasn't missed when it went away. Even though it was under powered, you were better off with the 265 Pontiac V8, two barrel VIN code "S" engine in this year, although it would have had Computer Command Control (the first year across the board for it).
Correct, no SPID on passenger cars until about 1984. Trucks had it much earlier. Yes, Hydroboost because diesels (in these years) typically didn't make enough vacuum for the power brake system.
No tag, can't brag, but I got it figured out, no doubt, B (or 81) for 1981 model year, 04 (A,B,C, etc) for April 1981 production, 2AJ37 for Pontiac Grand Prix, code 11L for white lower exterior paint, 11T for white vinyl top, might say LF9 for the 350 Olds V8 diesel on the tag, 77 for Maroon interior trim, P for Pontiac, MI assembly.
Whoa Nelley, oil burner and never a head turner. Paint code 11 and going to Heaven. In rust we do not trust. GP and it's over for thee. That's it, time to quit. Going to be flat and that's that. Some parts left to get, but the diesel we will easily forget. Going to get squished and not too many of the A and G body faithful are going to be very pissed.
These were very sharp cars back in their day.
Sure were sharp and classy.
Hell they are still classy. A lot nicer than anything they build now!
Quite true. They hit a home run with these.
Love the Grand Prix.Beautiful.I got one
I had a 81 Monte Carlo, two tone maroon. Wish I never would've sold it. Thanks Benny
What engine did it have?
'78-87 Grand Prix's were good looking cars.The Cutlasses and Regals out sold them but to me were the best looking mid size GM's.
Sure were but were “Chevyiacs” after 1981 with the demise of the Pontiac V8.
I had a 79' two tone blue.sold due to bad trans. I sure it became a sweet low rider!
I had one of these. 85 model. Green with green cloth interior. Buckets with console, power windows and locks and cruise. Had no engine in it when I bought it. But it had the POS metric 200c transmission in it. I stuck a Buick 350 with a turbo 350 in it, that came out of a 76 LeSabre. She was a runner. Buick motors are torque monsters. It pulled that body around like …. No problem. It was happy to shed that big A body and get stuffed into that light G body. 😜
A lot of the V6 equipped cars (and some V8s) were often paired with the terrible THM200C transmission (RPO code MV9) which gave up the ghost rather quickly.
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Cool 😀
That's a almost no options sj non rocker trim limited edition style pwr, bucket seat cars,I love those I had a black 83 I'd love to find another one of the sj cars
This would be a rare car with the diesel in it. Someone save it!
my mom had one of these.
Nice
Those are pretty rare. I would have grabbed the cluster in a heartbeat. Column would probably flip easy too.
True, but it's set up for a diesel which was somewhat unique to it. You could make it work for a gas engine. More of a conversation piece than anything else.
@@googleusergp Big money to the guy who needs one just because it says "Diesel Fuel Only" and has the stuff for the glow plug lights in it. You might sit on it for several years but it would sell eventually.
For the $30-ish these yards typically sell a cluster for I'd gamble.
That one guy is nutty enough to want NOS though. You would be sitting on it for a while.
Very nice 80,s car Benny. Really enjoyed the video. This is my top channel on RUclips. Greetings from Henry from Arnhem in the Netherlands. God bless you my friend.
Those 350DX Goodwrench Diesels are precious! I love them so!!!
That's correct. The later DX series blocks were better than the earlier ones.
@@googleusergp Amen!
The diesel engine that was available in these years was just a converted gasoline engine made by Oldsmobile there were a couple versions a 4.3 litre and 5.7 litre model the first year for diesel in Gm cars was 1978
A rare find and a easy fix,it sat a long time in a garage, apperntly whoever bought it new, must have lost interest in it.
Nice find classic ride society, Happy Halloween 2 you. But this could use an extreme makeover am I right?
Never knew the Olds diesel was an option in the GP?
Yes it was. My friend had one in a 1980 Cutlass.
Yep
In my friend’s case, it was eventually swapped for a gas engine.
Me neither.Surprised to know this.
The 350 diesel was an option in all divisions. It ran from 1978 to 1985. It tanked because of reliability and because gas prices dropped and stabilized in the 1980s.
Always calling out those loader operators
Not you though. Wish they all had your touch 😄 👍
@@ClassicRideSociety oh they got the touch. They are missing the pride and concern
Those diesel blocks can punched out pretty big and run sum real high compression,,they can be built to haul ass!
That is correct.
Picked up one of these and pulled it home on a towbar behind my 65 econoline. It’s “custom” flared fenders, spoiler, 2 tone paint just looks ridiculous but it was free now I just gotta figure out what to do with it. Love the channel man.
I'm guessing a yard would need the super long forks not to damage the bodies on cars. Then they just damage undercarriage arms with the long forks. Looks like that car was backed into a old car port and the roof dripped on the hood edge. Seen it before on the same body style on YT.
I don't understand why GM put diesels in cars we had an Eldorado diesel the worst running car but one the most beautiful ones we had
Because when those cars were new gas prices were rising and diesel fuel was cheaper.
That is correct. The first gas crisis of 1973 and second of 1979 spawned many a diesel option. It was thought that it would allow the engines and cars to stay big and deliver mileage figures rivaled by small cars.
That's got victor brand tires they haven't made those in 30 years . I always thought they looked wore out when they were new.
A lot of those "off brand" tire names were (and still are) owned by the major players. For instance, the Starfire brand sold at Pep Boys is a brand of Cooper Tire. Cordovan in the past sold at R&S Strauss was also I believe a Cooper brand.
man what a perfect IMCA dirt hobby stock car be gone here, less the engine add 355, less rear on and on good vid man!!!!
Odd ball, base GP with diesel
Plus A/C and cruise
Weird I didn't know they came diesel and I have seen plenty of them everyone had a GP
Definitely the minority in 1981. Most had the Buick 231 V6 or the Pontiac 265 V8.
@@cmcmcc553 GM had diesel options in just about everything except Corvette from 1980-1986, there was a four in the Chevette, a 4.3 and the 5.7 Olds-based engines in the G-body (including FWD Riviera, Toronado, ElDorado) and the full size cars. The X-body and J-body may not have had one. The trucks could also get the 350 until they introduced the 6.0 diesel. That one was more successful, they made it at least 20 years.
@@googleusergp I remember The
Barn fresh....that dust adds $$$
A diesel GP, that's a first for me and a bench seat yet. These are nice cars if you have a Brougham and put a 400 small block in it with an rv cam and shift kit in the trans. Makes a great sleeper.
hydroboost brakes in that? not enough vacuum from the diesel?
I owned one ..pure rolling garbage can
Nah depended on the engine.
How do I get a hold of you I need parts off that Grand Prix for my 86 Grand Prix. Mainly driver's door. Please comment back. What area are you in also I'm in PA
Pull the diesel,and put any of power train💪in it have fun
The diesel equipped cars were perfect for swaps. You got dual batteries, heavy springs, no converter and just about any engine fits.
@@googleusergp Why did those diesel cars have two batteries?.Always noticed this in junkyards but never gave it much thought.
Higher compression and required more cranking ommmph to start them. One battery typically would not do.
Convert those olds diesel 350's over to gas,put about a 75-77 c series heads on it and they will scream lol
The Pontiac Grand Prix also looked great with wire wheel covers. I had forgotten that General Motors had diesel engines in some of their cars.
@midnitesquirldog1 there were also 4.3 V6 *and* V8s available in rwd & fwd. There's been many videos posted on YT over the years 😁
My good friend had one back in high school. Really nice car and diesel which got about 30mpg. Oh and his dad was a drag racer with a speed shop and his Oldsmobile 5.7 diesel engine ran good! Just saying, cause those engines ran real good and then you fixed them!
My mom drove her 81 Riviera Diesel for 20 years, it was really nice car and had no engine trouble. Only thing was when driving it I hated people who get on the freeway On-ramp and do 35mph then just before the freeway step on it, because the diesel had ok pick up to about 40, but was lacking between there and 50. Great car otherwise
A really nice car.
Hi my friend. You should by it.
Those were really cool looking cars. Friend of mine had one, but it had a super annoying squeak every time he hit a bump. He tried everything but couldn't fix it. He ended up selling it because it got on his nerves so bad.. 😂
Has factory gauge package
Man I could use them doors for my 86 Grand Prix n grill if it’s compatible. Where is this junk yard located my boy
It was at BYOT in Elm Mott Texas but they crushed it a while back
They’re pretty much the same car but after 1970 I prefer the Buick Regal over the Grand Prix
Rough but a motor swap could work
True, just not the wretched LS swap though. Pontiac V8 all the way.
@@googleusergp I like the Monte cutlass and grand national also the el Caminos
And yes even the Cadillacs
Right up your alley complete with Monster Rust. Lol.
@@googleusergp let’s see what we drop next for you
@@NotaMechanicJack We can guarantee one thing: It is rusty. Lol.
The 78-79 was kind of boxy, but this had a bit of shape to it as I remember, they were nice looking when new. By the way my Mom drove her 81 diesel for 20 years, her Glo plugs were wearing out and she decided to just replace it .
Just curious, what happened to the hood, couldn't tell on my phone but it looked chewed up
“In rust we do not trust”. I am thinking it sat under a tree.
I am partial to the 78-80 models which technically are still A-bodys
@@ClassicRideSociety I had neighbors who had 2 78 or 79 GP's , hers was a nice one and looked really good
@@ClassicRideSociety Yes, although I believe in those years cars like the Grand Prix and Monte Carlo were considered "A body Special" in that they were a bit of a "modified" A body. But yes, by 1982, they became known as G bodies. That was probably done in coordination with the divisional engines going away (for the most part) after 1981.
Would been kool Gbody GP in its time though rust shame all glass & back lights could fit Monte Luxury sport from same era.
Back lights ? You sure about that?
The Monte and GP had different lights. Different shapes.
@@googleusergp are the lights on the gp interchangeable with the 2+2 ?
@@danh2134 1981 tail lights are a different part number than the later ones on a GP. I think that the 2+2 ones are the same as the same year GP, but I'd have to look it up in my GM parts system to be sure. The 2+2 was a "Chevyiac" anyway because it had a 305 Chevy V8 in it.
We're is this location
Fuck, I could use parts off that
When I was on my school bus route Friday I had seen a 2 door Dodge Diplomat which was in very good shape & I saw a the original Dodge Challenger which was behind a modern Dodge Challenger, I hadn't seen an original Dodge Challenger in years which looks better than the modern Challengers.
better do something and take it sreiously theyre hard to find you know
Hi Benny... 😎😎😎
Probably sat for 25 years or so.
No doubt. That 80s plastic got chalky and moldy by the early 1990s.
@@googleusergp Kinds dug that little aero tune-up they did on the GP for 1981.My Uncle worked over in Carle Place for Avis and had a 78' as a company car that he bought for his wife.Then he had a 79' for a year before switching to an 80' Cutlass Supreme then he really made a mistake and got an 82' Phoenix.
After that it was Cutlasses until he retired in 85'
We had a 1978 company car Grand Prix new. It was tan with a 301.
They were good-looking cars. But of course the biggest problem with this one was the 5-7 diesel. These diesels were very problematic only good for about 40000 miles before you had repeated problems. Very sad time for the diesel cars
New head bolts fixed it but the time GM did that it was too late. Also these were not turbocharged or intercooled so they were slow and stinky. The Hydroboost was needed to generate vacuum for the power brakes.
It looks like it either sat under a tree or a carport with the end end sticking out. The interior doesn't look too sun baked other than the dash.
It's a great parts car, lots of good body panels sans the hood & driver's door. I bet the front end is first to go!
Personally, I think the GP looks sharper than the Cutlass. Never really like the G body Cutlasses that much. I preferred the generation before where they were bigger. Somehow the Cutlass was the best selling car in America for much of the 80s. Oh well, should've bought a Ford LOL!
Ford’s passenger car line up could not touch the A and G body lineup back then.
My parents had a 82 Cutlass Diesel very dependable car had well over 100k until someone rear end it and totaled it.
It was often hit and miss with the diesel. You got a good one (rare) or a bad one (often). You either loved it or hated it. Unfortunately, it was the latter for many.
Hi where is that grad prix at I'm looking for parts sir. Thanks
It was at BYOT in Elm Mott Texas
@@ClassicRideSociety . U got the number for the yunker yard.
What that place call sir.
@@sergioreyes8961 they are online. You can check their inventory. May be crushed by now
@@ClassicRideSociety ok thanks appreciate 🙏
What state this in?
Gotta be a southern state🤔
BYOT AUTO SALVAGE in Elm Mott Texas
Where was this I need the door
BYOT auto salvage in Elm Mott Texas but they crushed it a while back
Where is this car located, I’m in texas?
g bodies are when gm's quality took a deep plunge . just an overall cheap and flimsy feel compared to earlier 70's
Build sheet up in the headliner. Drop it down...... It will fall out😊
This is a Pontiac, MI made car. Probably under the back seat.
The engine was garbage when that car was new. Lots of good parts though.
The problem was the head bolts. When they rectified that, the problems went away, but it was too late, the damage was done.
I still have my parents '81...but you're right...the engine had no pop, even when it was brand new.
@@adamshoskins5409 Terrible engine. The idea was right for the times. However, GM botched it up.
The body looks decent but man. that hood is as rusty and crusty as can be.
My father had a '78 GP he bought new, then upgraded to a '81 Grand Am just before I graduated grade school...what a difference in size and power. Ah, the good old days - when the #middleclass could afford to upgrade on a regular basis. That sleeved Oldsmobile engine block/diesel conversion was 1 of the worst engineering ideas ever.
Many got converted to gas.
The 5.0 Liter V-8 was the only decent engine in those cars...the 231 V-6 was underpowered and the Diesel was junk when new.
The RPO code "LG4" 305 V8 wasn't bad, but the 307 Olds was better. It wasn't used in the Grand Prix that I can find. I'd go for the Pontiac 301 (up through 1980) or the Pontiac 265 V8 depending on the year we're talking about.
@@googleusergp The 301 V-8 was actually considered 4.9 liter and the 265 was 4.3 liters. Oldsmobile also built a small 260 V-8. Regardless, both the 265 and 260 engines were underpowered for a midsize car that weighed more than 3000 pounds. At that time GM promoted useless and redundant engineering in their separate divisions. Emphasis should have been on only one quality V-8 around 300 cubic inches.
I know that. Lol there’s been a 301 in my family for at least 40 years. Back then, each division of GM was considered a competitor to the other.
@@googleusergp That marketing strategy worked until the early 1970s ...but not afterwards.
No, by 1982 most divisional engines were gone, and those that were kept were called “corporate “ design. GM also went through internal divisional organization and realignment in the 1980s. The “small V8” was a stopgap measure as the plan was to downsize in the 1980s which was done on many models.
This one particular "G" body you can legally run on the street without a catalytic converter!!!
Man these are just as bad a dodge trucks. No one wants to sell them or they want a lot for junk or they just junk it like this one. Shame because some of us want one but can't.
The Pontiac dealer wanted to sell us one in late 1977. We got a 301 in our 1978 Bonneville. We did not have it long. It got sold in 1980 and replaced by another Bonneville. That got stolen in 1982. The responding NYPD officer told us it probably got exported to overseas on a barge to Saudi Arabia.
@@googleusergp wow that's sucks.
Yes we would have kept it. We bought it the spring before we got the Trans Am.
@@googleusergp oh I see.
@@chevylandt.v We had four Pontiacs from 1977 to 1981: 1978 Bonneville, silver Brougham four door with a 301, 1980 Bonneville Brougham coupe 265 V8 with a black exterior and saddle velour interior. That was my father's company car and then as noted it was stolen in 1982. We also had a '79 Phoenix two door for about a year and half during the 1979 gas crisis. That was a 231 V6. We sold it to my father's boss who exported it to Norway for his son. My father saw it about 1 year later on a trip there. LOL. We sold the Phoenix (for more than we paid for it) and got the '80 Trans Am in the fall of 1980. Only the '80 Trans Am is still with us. I'm sure the others are long gone by now.
We also had a '78 Grand Prix with a 301 that was a company car. It was tan with tan vinyl interior. Sometimes my dad would bring home an '80 LeSabre with a 301 Pontiac (my uncle eventually bought that in 1982 and sold it in 1986), a '79 Caprice Classic four door with a 305 V8 (my grandfather bought that in 1983 for $1000 and kept it until 1996), and I think I remember a '79 Caprice wagon if memory serves me right. After 1983, my father went to work at the Cadillac dealer so all of the families cars came through that dealership.