Originally produced for the North American market between 1965 and 1996, the Chevy Caprice nameplate saw several generations come and go over the years, with popularity peaking in the ‘60s and early ‘70s. Now, this late example from the third generation is up for sale with just 6,000 miles on the clock.
Hailing from the 1987 model year, this Chevy Caprice Estate is in remarkably good condition considering the age. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, the current seller acquired this vehicle in 2022, although it has been titled in North Carolina since 2004.
The exterior is dripping with classic wagon vibes, matching blue paint up top with woodgrain paneling along the flanks. The two-tone color treatment is matched with 15-inch wheels rocking wire-style wheel covers and wrapped in 225/75 Goodyear tires, while lovely chrome is found for the bumpers, roof rack, rocker panel trim, and window surrounds. Further notable exterior features include a retractable rear window, an automatic antenna, and a hood ornament.
This Chevy Caprice keeps the theme going in the cabin with blue velour upholstery throughout. The blue treatment is simply everywhere, and definitely makes this wagon standout. Highlight interior features include a Delco AM/FM radio with cassette player, air conditioning, cruise control, and power windows and door locks. Don’t forget the rear-facing third-row bench seat, either.
Making the go is a 307 cubic-inch V8 engine topped by a four-barrel carburetor, rated from the factory at 140 horsepower and 255 pound-feet of torque. Output is directed through a four-speed automatic transmission, while front disc brakes pair with rear drums to haul it all down.
Now, this like-new 1987 Chevy Caprice is up for sale on Bring A Trailer. As of this writing, the current highest bid placed is set at $20,120. The auction is set to end Tuesday, August 2nd.
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A truly correct car, all lines match and the chromes too, even when do not like wood appearance inserts
Now that is a true do it all utility vehicle. Carries 8 people. Check. Carries a 4 X 8 sheet of plywood. Check. Tows a 5K boat. Check. Can carry a washer or dryer. Check. These also deserved a more powerful engine such as the HO 307 or the TBI 170 HP 305 with a 350 option.
Family had 4 Caprice wagons. Two of this generation and two last 90s generation. Road great and were quiet and comfortable. Sweet.
My father drove the Caprice Classic most of his life until GM stopped making them. Great looking, riding cars. Those were good days.
Very nice. Wagon lover here since my first in 1975 a 1964 Chevy Impala. That was the first of 50 so far.
What a beauty. I had two four-door Caprices (’78 and ’83). Great cars.
Looks like an Oldsmobile 307. Sweet!
Had a 79 Impala Wagon, with same engine but rated at 305 cu in. The body was built with metric fastener, the engine was Made in Brazil with standard bolts. It was GM’s best built body for strength and size. Yes you were able to place 4×8 sheet between the wheel wells with the rear seat folded and the tailgate closed. A very comfortable ride, however, the engine worked a bit hard when fully loaded since it was a heavy vehicle. Took it on many vacations with a few trips from Chicago to NY and Vermont. With the rear seat folded, the wife and kids would sleep back there while I drove through the night. It was a real family buggy but the mini van killed that class of vehicle.
those things were tanks…
Sounds like you had the Chevy made 305 2BBL V8 which was std on 1977-1979 Impala/Caprice wagons. It was detuned to only 130 HP with the switch to the “Dual Jet” carburetor in 1979. Chevy changed over to a std Quadrajet for 1980 on the 305 and Hp went up to 155. That was made optional and a weaker 120 HP 267 was made the new std engine for wagons this year and was detuned to only 115 for 81 and 82 models years. Consider yourself lucky to have had the 305 versus the 267.
The original SUV!
As I mentioned in my previous post this is a nice wagon. For me, and thousands of others, wagons are cool. Altho we’d like to think the station wagon is the original motorized SUV, it is not. As for Chevrolet, their long-running brand Suburban (Carryall) came out in 1935. I’ve owned many Burb models from 1950 to 2020. Back in the old days then it was not called SUV but more like a PUV-people utility vehicle. The SW moniker originated in the 1500s from the Dutch and evolved in other countries for various purposes and then ours in the USA in the 1800s. This was when the horse-drawn wagon carried passengers to the RR station thus the SW name. Of course, people hauling wags were in existence long before but the station wagon sorta rolled off the name list back in the 18’s. Motorized versions came on the scene around 1910 which were called Depot Hacks. My family built Hacks, Buggies, Hearses, and other customized forms of people haulers back in the 1800s There’s much more to the wagon story for this space.
Nice, but I’d rather have a Buick wagon.
I’d rather have a 57 Buick Roadmaster 76R
IMHO Ford and gm were really stupid dropping these cars. It was not like they did not have the plants to build them in considering how many they closed. You had an automatic captive market in taxis and police. I know a lot of older drivers do not enjoy sitting so close to the ground into today’s modern sedans or struggling to get into CUVs or trucks.
“In today’s modern sedans…”
What modern sedans? There are none!
Had a ’66 Biscayne wagon with 150,000 miles for a winter beater and an ’89 Caprice Classic for a year ’round family hauler. We carted half our son’s teen-age soccer team around in that monster for years. Only work that had to be done on it was front and rear shocks and springs after about ten years. With good front tires and studded snows you could practically plow snow with it in good old Western New York. Sure wish they still made them in addition to all the huge pickup trucks and SUVs
ex-fam had the ’87 sedan cute, etc as button strong as horse original was Stirling silver clear coat metallic interior was the same colour and fabric later years we changed the color to marine metallic clear coat blue to match the dark blue -velvet-corduroy interiorinterior only had power breaks, steering and etc but a base model from the factory as well brand new from the factory wished the car still exist like the caprice-“nomad” in previous ad