Post by gm4ever on Apr 17, 2011 12:32:26 GMT -5
My friend Mitch from work asked me to help do some work on his car. He followed me home from work the other day so I could drop off my Cutlass, and then I got to drive his new Hemi 300C to his Dad's house....fun car to drive for a Chrysler...lots of power and nice seats, but I kinda felt like a gangster..and man the windows are short and the doors are tall!!
At his Dad's house I picked up his sweet '76 Caddy Coupe DeVille and took it back home with me. I'm going to have the car the next three weeks, doing some work on the side and at my buddy Troung's shop.
Really Fun Car! Feels totally different than my 79 Buick to drive, I was surprised. You sit up high and the dash is low, and the glass is really tall too. Very bright in there. The steering column mounts low in the dash, and the wheel, even with the tilt and telescope, sits low on your chest. It's odd, almost an SUV feeling.
Man that hood is HUGE too, and looks so looong from the driver's seat. Really a fun car, brings new meaning to the term "floaty ride".
But I felt like Guido from Risky Business driving it. Ha!
500 cubic inches of emissions-choked 70's V8 majesty under the hood. It has power, but not like an LT1 or even the 403 in my 79...my guess is do to the weight. The car feels SO heavy. Only 87K original miles, steering is tight, doors don't rattle, feels...like a Cadillac. Yards of red leather inside and those huge chrome 70's bumpers. It's SOOO smooth...and is longer than the '79 Buick. This is a LARGE car.
I drove it over to pick up Eddie from school. Walked inside and told Eddie I had a surprise in the parking lot and to guess which car was mine. It took him all of 3-seconds to find it in the school parking lot full of Camrys and Accords. I kinda stands out. Ha! He loved it, but was somewhat dissapointed to see an 80's vintage Jensen tape player on not an 8-track like in my other friends 76 Seville.
Took Eddie and Tucker to meet Misty for dinner in the Caddy. That car is a little goofy in town, it's so big and ponderous, but on the highway with the windows down that car is in it's element. I had to catch myself, the car wants to go 80. Amazing for something from the 70's.
I had to restrain myself when I pulled into the Chili's parking lot and saw Misty standing there...the look on her face was priceless as I beeped the horn and the kids and I waved at her....I SO wanted to tell her I traded the Cutlass for the Caddy...just to see her reaction....but I was afraid she'd deck me.... Kicking myself now, should have done it.
ANYWAY I've got to do brake pads on it, they're squealing, and I also have to do the passenger side exhaust manifold (scary..PLEASE don't let any bolts break!). It's cracked, and until it warms up sounds like a truck.
Amazingly I called John's Salvage down in Seguin and they had a 76 Caddy manifold sitting on the shelf. Amazing! Ran down there Saturday morning and pick it up and will get some COOL salvage yard pics posted for you all next. John's is AWESOME.
The car has also has a slow transmission leak. Some other small things, the power antenna is goofy and the truck lock cover emblem is missing. Also the cruise control is not working. I looked and the module is mounted on the firewall behind the engine...weird. Will see....
Such fun! Nabbed some pics of this beast just before sunset the other night.. Will be fun to play with.
Enjoy the pics!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpHITx7yRio
At his Dad's house I picked up his sweet '76 Caddy Coupe DeVille and took it back home with me. I'm going to have the car the next three weeks, doing some work on the side and at my buddy Troung's shop.
Really Fun Car! Feels totally different than my 79 Buick to drive, I was surprised. You sit up high and the dash is low, and the glass is really tall too. Very bright in there. The steering column mounts low in the dash, and the wheel, even with the tilt and telescope, sits low on your chest. It's odd, almost an SUV feeling.
Man that hood is HUGE too, and looks so looong from the driver's seat. Really a fun car, brings new meaning to the term "floaty ride".
But I felt like Guido from Risky Business driving it. Ha!
500 cubic inches of emissions-choked 70's V8 majesty under the hood. It has power, but not like an LT1 or even the 403 in my 79...my guess is do to the weight. The car feels SO heavy. Only 87K original miles, steering is tight, doors don't rattle, feels...like a Cadillac. Yards of red leather inside and those huge chrome 70's bumpers. It's SOOO smooth...and is longer than the '79 Buick. This is a LARGE car.
I drove it over to pick up Eddie from school. Walked inside and told Eddie I had a surprise in the parking lot and to guess which car was mine. It took him all of 3-seconds to find it in the school parking lot full of Camrys and Accords. I kinda stands out. Ha! He loved it, but was somewhat dissapointed to see an 80's vintage Jensen tape player on not an 8-track like in my other friends 76 Seville.
Took Eddie and Tucker to meet Misty for dinner in the Caddy. That car is a little goofy in town, it's so big and ponderous, but on the highway with the windows down that car is in it's element. I had to catch myself, the car wants to go 80. Amazing for something from the 70's.
I had to restrain myself when I pulled into the Chili's parking lot and saw Misty standing there...the look on her face was priceless as I beeped the horn and the kids and I waved at her....I SO wanted to tell her I traded the Cutlass for the Caddy...just to see her reaction....but I was afraid she'd deck me.... Kicking myself now, should have done it.
ANYWAY I've got to do brake pads on it, they're squealing, and I also have to do the passenger side exhaust manifold (scary..PLEASE don't let any bolts break!). It's cracked, and until it warms up sounds like a truck.
Amazingly I called John's Salvage down in Seguin and they had a 76 Caddy manifold sitting on the shelf. Amazing! Ran down there Saturday morning and pick it up and will get some COOL salvage yard pics posted for you all next. John's is AWESOME.
The car has also has a slow transmission leak. Some other small things, the power antenna is goofy and the truck lock cover emblem is missing. Also the cruise control is not working. I looked and the module is mounted on the firewall behind the engine...weird. Will see....
Such fun! Nabbed some pics of this beast just before sunset the other night.. Will be fun to play with.
Enjoy the pics!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpHITx7yRio
