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No More Guesswork
Posted by RyanG in 1967 Cadillac Sedan Deville, Worklogs on January 24, 2010
Having discovered that both of the motor mount nuts were missing the Cadillac had earned a stay of execution. Early last week I purchased a new set of fasteners for only a dollar! After installing them I had expected to just start the car up and see if the “clunk” sound had gone away. Imagine [...]
The Surprises Continue
Posted by RyanG in 1967 Cadillac Sedan Deville, Worklogs on January 11, 2010
With things starting to slow down with my work schedule, I was actually able to take this weekend off! I got to relax quite a lot, spend some time with the family, and spend a little time in the garage with the Caddy. You may remember from my last last update about the Cadillac, that [...]
Opening Pandora’s Box
Posted by RyanG in 1967 Cadillac Sedan Deville, Worklogs on December 2, 2009
So when I bought the Caddy, I knew it had a cooling system issue. The previous owner had diagnosed it as a leaking water pump, so that’s where I started. Little did I know what lay in store for me! First, the 429 Cadillac motor which is in the 67′ Deville was only made for [...]
From Project Car to Hobby Car
Posted by RyanG in 1967 Cadillac Sedan Deville, Personal Expressions on November 22, 2009
I’ve owned quite a number of cars in my relatively short driving history thus-far. And a lot of them have been what I consider a “Project Car”. Now to me, that always meant a car which is pretty much your daily driver, but which gets lots of attention on evenings and weekends to either upgrade [...]
The Explorer
Posted by MarlenaG in Cars, Personal Expressions on November 9, 2009
When I first discovered the Explorer it was in my Spanish class during a video group project presentation we were doing. One group accidentally left in a part when they were cruising around in their Eddie Bauer Explorer singing along with the Spice Girls, What you Want. ::chills:: Ewwww. I thought it was cheesy then [...]
Cars
I have had a great interest in cars for much of my life, it has been a means of freedom to me. I am a little prejudice when it comes to brands when it comes to vehicles, and you can tell what I prefer by looking at the makes of the cars I have owned [...]
The X is dead.. Long live the X!!
Well, it’s finally done. Today I hauled the last bit of the Explorer to the junk yard. By this point, all that was left was really the front suspension, the frame, and the shell of the body. It was not a straight forward experience though, lemme tell you the story. As you can likely tell [...]
67 Caddy – New Kicks
Posted by RyanG in 1967 Cadillac Sedan Deville, Worklogs on August 2, 2009
So, one of the first purchases I made for the Cadillac was a set of new wheels. I knew the Cadillac needed tires, since the rears were showing obvious sings of dryness and cracking. I also knew I didn’t want to “waste” money on buying tires for the stock wheel size when I knew I [...]
’67 Caddy – Trunk Opening Safari
Posted by RyanG in 1967 Cadillac Sedan Deville on June 9, 2009
As you can see, when I bought the Deville it lacked a lock cylinder for opening the trunk! Yesterday I set out to try to get it open, and possibly rig something up to be able to continue to do so until I can do a proper repair. Though I do now have a factory [...]
’67 Caddy Day 1 – Triage
Posted by RyanG in 1967 Cadillac Sedan Deville on June 4, 2009
She arrived today at around 10:50 am. I used Express Auto Transport by the way, this being my first experience with auto transport, it went quite seamlessly and I’m quite happy! When I bought her, I knew that the water pump was leaking so she’s got no coolant right now. Got to pull it off [...]
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