Hi everyone,
I have been meaning to post for some weeks, but have been so busy with fixing up my new Caddy. It is a 1978 Coupe Deville with 180,000 miles, but 25,000 miles on a rebuilt engine. I bought it for $900 through a craigslist add. It is Light Blue with a Light Blue interior. It needs a lot of work, but I like challenges. The person that I purchased the car from reupholstered the front seat and installed a new headliner. The interior needs a good cleaning and a new armrest and dash top cover. Other that that, it is in pretty good shape. The exterior is not in the best shape, but is not that bad. It will eventually need a rear bumper and possibly a front bumper if I ever came across it. The trunk lid has some rot in it, I am going to clean that up as best as I can until I find a replacement trunk lid. There is a little surface rust starting up on the bottom of the door and quarter panel, no rot, just surface rust. Same on the top portion of the hood, much of this is from a cheap paint job with poor preparation. I will clean off all the rust and touch up the car for now. Within the next 1-2 years, a paint job will be in order. It appears that the bottom portion of my motor is new and the heads were either overhauled or just bolted back on, it is hard to tell. The motor job was done 6 years ago, so things got kind of dirty. It had a pretty bad miss when I got the car and people were telling me that the motor had a bad valve or worn camshaft lobe. Well, after tracking down a bunch of different vaccum leaks, it is finally under control. The 425 is a nice running motor, once it is under control. I am slowly getting the car road worthy, I have done a full tune up, tuned the carbureator (Has been rebuilt once already), installed new belts (That really quieted the engine down), All new brake lines to the rear, I am in the process of overhauling all of the fuel lines and cleaning up the gas tank, this car must of been in a very wet area, there is a lot of surface rust on the frame and all lines running under the car. Thank goodness that the frame is still rock solid and the floors have no rust on them. The frame just needs a lot of cleaning up to keep them solid. The car also needs a couple of new tires and some front suspension work. Then it will be ready for the road.
Well I think I ranted enough, here are some pics.
Let me know what you think!
Mike
I have been meaning to post for some weeks, but have been so busy with fixing up my new Caddy. It is a 1978 Coupe Deville with 180,000 miles, but 25,000 miles on a rebuilt engine. I bought it for $900 through a craigslist add. It is Light Blue with a Light Blue interior. It needs a lot of work, but I like challenges. The person that I purchased the car from reupholstered the front seat and installed a new headliner. The interior needs a good cleaning and a new armrest and dash top cover. Other that that, it is in pretty good shape. The exterior is not in the best shape, but is not that bad. It will eventually need a rear bumper and possibly a front bumper if I ever came across it. The trunk lid has some rot in it, I am going to clean that up as best as I can until I find a replacement trunk lid. There is a little surface rust starting up on the bottom of the door and quarter panel, no rot, just surface rust. Same on the top portion of the hood, much of this is from a cheap paint job with poor preparation. I will clean off all the rust and touch up the car for now. Within the next 1-2 years, a paint job will be in order. It appears that the bottom portion of my motor is new and the heads were either overhauled or just bolted back on, it is hard to tell. The motor job was done 6 years ago, so things got kind of dirty. It had a pretty bad miss when I got the car and people were telling me that the motor had a bad valve or worn camshaft lobe. Well, after tracking down a bunch of different vaccum leaks, it is finally under control. The 425 is a nice running motor, once it is under control. I am slowly getting the car road worthy, I have done a full tune up, tuned the carbureator (Has been rebuilt once already), installed new belts (That really quieted the engine down), All new brake lines to the rear, I am in the process of overhauling all of the fuel lines and cleaning up the gas tank, this car must of been in a very wet area, there is a lot of surface rust on the frame and all lines running under the car. Thank goodness that the frame is still rock solid and the floors have no rust on them. The frame just needs a lot of cleaning up to keep them solid. The car also needs a couple of new tires and some front suspension work. Then it will be ready for the road.
Well I think I ranted enough, here are some pics.
Let me know what you think!
Mike