[Steve Barcak]

I'd love to get a few 265s just to have them. I've been casually looking for some for many years around here. They are quite hard to find, at least locally. Could be a great little Pontiac for a mileage build and then use a 301 turbo set up with some other upgrades.

[compsur]

last of the full size bonneviles with 80-81 being 2 of my favorite years....looking for a sport coupe with buckets and those honeycombs wheels...with 2 tone even better...and why not one with the diesel 5.7. Seroius

[455Grandville]

Originally Posted by compsur

last of the full size bonneviles with 80-81 being 2 of my favorite years....looking for a sport coupe with buckets and those honeycombs wheels...with 2 tone even better...and why not one with the diesel 5.7. Seroius

81 & up diesels were "DX" blocks improved. By the last two or three years of production they were decent engines, but by then the public was scared of them and gas went back down and had a steady price.
A rare find is the 4.3 V6 diesel found in FWD and mid size RWD GM's ; that engine is sought after by diesel guys like me. It could do 40 mpg in a Cutlass Ciera Im told.

[sglemans]

My first car in 1987 was an 81 Bonneville Brougham with the pillowed velour interior, 2-tone brown/gold on the ouside and tan interior. Was a very nice car, but it has that little tiny V8 engine (265??), and it could barely climb hills. I remember getting passed by Nissan Sentra's every time I had to climb a long hill. Though the trans didn't downshift properly either (actually not at all), so that probably didn't help much. Still, I would love to find that car again somewhere....