'75 Laguna

[cheveslakr]

Another value priced car with a lot of potential. '75 is the last year eligable for collector status, so this is normally where I end my search. 12k doesn't buy much anymore. These '73-77 colanades sure are great cruisers.

1975 Chevy Laguna S-3 for sale by owner - Bremerton, WA - craigslist

1975 Chevy Laguna S-3 Factory black on black Front seats reupholstered All new: * Carpets * Distributer * Radiator * Front breaks * Dual exhaust 350 2 BBL Turbo 350 Automatic All factory Correct...

seattle.craigslist.org

 

[Chevelle_Nut]

Another value priced car with a lot of potential. '75 is the last year eligable for collector status, so this is normally where I end my search. 12k doesn't buy much anymore. These '73-77 colanades sure are great cruisers.

1975 Chevy Laguna S-3 for sale by owner - Bremerton, WA - craigslist

1975 Chevy Laguna S-3 Factory black on black Front seats reupholstered All new: * Carpets * Distributer * Radiator * Front breaks * Dual exhaust 350 2 BBL Turbo 350 Automatic All factory Correct...

seattle.craigslist.org

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Great cars but hard to get parts for. Unfortunately this body style never got much respect even though they are Chevelles.

 

[kmakar]

It shared the same basic body lines as the Buick Special. I had the Buick and thought it looked better than the Laguna.

 

[cheveslakr]

I thought the '73 chevelle was a good looking car, and that vintage 442 also. The laguna styling never turned me on, but they do drive nice. Parts would be a challenge, but this one looks to be all there and if cared for, would take the new owner many miles.

 

[kmakar]

Had a friend who had a '73 Chevelle and it was a pig on it's best day. He later dropped in a 454 out of a '71 truck and that woke it up some.

 

[Nashville Cat]

That's a super nice Laguna. I hate that rear bumper - I bet it can be shortened to hug the body like earlier models.

 

[cheveslakr]

Yep, those 5mph bumpers need to suck in. The non-laguna front is butt ugly until it's shoved in a few inches.

 

[77cruiser]

I moved my front bumper in, just haven't done the rear.

 

[71350SS+454]

I wonder if there's a way to collapse the bumpers shock absorber as a way to move the bumpers in. I don't know what's in them but our 73 Impala's bumper was like a battering ram. I rear ended a Plymouth Satilite and it crinkles the cars quarter panel at the roofline. The only damage to the Impala was the plastic grill and a small dent in the header panel.
I think if you can get the bumper shocks collapsed you can maybe weld them collapsed but IDK if they're gas charged

 

[77cruiser]

Those mounts above move the front bumper back. A guy on the G3 forum use to make them & sell them, I gave him the specs for those.