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Sunday, September 1, 2024
Custom 1947 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible for sale. Should I bid?
It's a matter of taste, if you like it and have garage space, buy it. The center console and the steering wheel aren't my cup of tea and those generic chromed rims are a downgrade from the original wheel discs. Al_in_Ottawa
As long as the LT1 engine doesn't have the OEM 'Optispark' distributor, you'd be good. The OEM unit was really problematic as I recall, unless it was a nice dry sunny day. There are good aftermarkets for that unit, however.
Kinda looks like someone picked up a decent starter platform, built it into the sexiest thing they could and decided it didn't really cut it. I agree with that. I'd walk around it and look at it, but as much as I feel a Want for so many old cars, I just don't feel that when I'm looking at this. The panels down the transmission tunnel really turned me off.
Have a 1948 Dodge deluxe 4 door (suicide doors). No body rust. Has the engine. Has been worked on. Have all the parts. New glass (all bubble wrapped), new headliner boxed up, new carpeting, new seats upholstered boxed up. All the parts, big and small, ready for you to put it together like a puzzle. email me if interested. ssiebrecht at msn dot com
If I had the money I'd bid $100k. But it's going to go for more than that. Anyone wanting a cookie cutter Vette for $100k, over that one of a kind, Ain't a car guy.
The only car I have ever really, really wanted was a 64 Shelby Cobra. As I was walking through the parking lot of the dorm I lived in back then one of the other dorm dwellers came roaring into the lot with one in what I call British racing green. Beautiful. I was so envious. But...I closed my jaw and continued my walk to my Morris Minor. No suspension, no headliner. But functional.
It's up to you CW, but personally it doesn't do a thing for me.
ReplyDeleteIt's a matter of taste, if you like it and have garage space, buy it.
ReplyDeleteThe center console and the steering wheel aren't my cup of tea and those generic chromed rims are a downgrade from the original wheel discs.
Al_in_Ottawa
What IS it with bro-wheel additions?
DeleteCustom not original. No bid from me. Current high bid is 15,000, reckon he won't let it go for anywhere near that price.
ReplyDeleteAs long as the LT1 engine doesn't have the OEM 'Optispark' distributor, you'd be good. The OEM unit was really problematic as I recall, unless it was a nice dry sunny day. There are good aftermarkets for that unit, however.
ReplyDeleteNot really a caddies anymore, just a bunch of parts.
ReplyDeleteIf it was original, then maybe. THis is a "restomod" which means someone took a body and then abused it and put a new motor in it.
THey are nice, and great examples (sometimes) of really good ingenuity and imagination....
Kinda looks like someone picked up a decent starter platform, built it into the sexiest thing they could and decided it didn't really cut it. I agree with that. I'd walk around it and look at it, but as much as I feel a Want for so many old cars, I just don't feel that when I'm looking at this. The panels down the transmission tunnel really turned me off.
ReplyDeleteI guess if nobody else wants it, I'll have to bid.
ReplyDeleteHave a 1948 Dodge deluxe 4 door (suicide doors). No body rust. Has the engine. Has been worked on. Have all the parts. New glass (all bubble wrapped), new headliner boxed up, new carpeting, new seats upholstered boxed up. All the parts, big and small, ready for you to put it together like a puzzle. email me if interested.
ReplyDeletessiebrecht at msn dot com
If I had the money I'd bid $100k. But it's going to go for more than that. Anyone wanting a cookie cutter Vette for $100k, over that one of a kind, Ain't a car guy.
ReplyDeleteThe only car I have ever really, really wanted was a 64 Shelby Cobra. As I was walking through the parking lot of the dorm I lived in back then one of the other dorm dwellers came roaring into the lot with one in what I call British racing green. Beautiful. I was so envious. But...I closed my jaw and continued my walk to my Morris Minor. No suspension, no headliner. But functional.
ReplyDelete@24,000 now...12+ hrs to go...
ReplyDeleteInterior is plain ugly.
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