Keith Tanner said:You need the correct hat. A flat bill just won't work, this ain't no Subaru.
Can you really call it a land yacht if the driver isn't wearing some sort of glorious captain's hat?
Keith Tanner said:You need the correct hat. A flat bill just won't work, this ain't no Subaru.
Can you really call it a land yacht if the driver isn't wearing some sort of glorious captain's hat?
I got some vintage pinstripe tape in this year's GRM box, get me a decent close up pic of it and I'll see if some of it matches
In reply to cmcgregor (Forum Supporter) :
The stuff I have is gold instead of brown and not the same width. Sorry!
In reply to cmcgregor (Forum Supporter) :
Somewhere, there's a black car that needs that and a matching firechicken on the hood.
The steering started getting even more disconnected feeling and I figured something was up- the old track bar was basically falling apart so I stuck a Moog replacement in there:
While it was up I put a louder muffler on it because I am a child and I can't own a big v8 without hearing it:
It's still remarkably quiet, thanks to 30ft of exhaust tubing and an ancient catalyst. The steering is so much better now.
I would expect no less than a louder exhaust from you.
I didn't realize these things used a box and track bar setup. yech.
This rig shows up on google earth images.....wink
Spotted today. Silver car, silver duct tape endcaps.
It's a diesel too.
You putting a louder muffler on your road trip car is not making my desires for cutouts on my DD any better.....
In reply to java230 :
You can barely hear the thing, the sound is coming from like 30ft away when you're sitting up front.
In reply to John Welsh :
Wow. I clearly should have just color matched some painter's tape!
In reply to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :
That is a valid point. Mine would be directly under the passenger compartment.... Buuuttttt I can turn it on and off.
Fellow barge enthusiast here, this thing rules.
Some stuff I've carried in mine on roadtrips have been v-belts in case one whips off at speed, spare plug wire incase one happens to get toasted, points/rotor, coil. Yours looks like it has HEI so if you wanted to be real nuts you could bring an extra ignition control module, I think those fail on occasion.
Otherwise just bring nothing and wing it, it'll probably be fine.
The ancient catalyst gave up the ghost and started falling apart, so I welded a universal one in place of it:
Have been using the car for errands and it has been behaving. Unless something new comes up, I think fixing the air conditioning and the cruise control may be the next tasks... neither of which I feel an immediate need for, but both of which would be nice to have on a long trip.
In reply to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :
If the AC doesn't turn out to be something simple I can get you in contact with some Cadillac AC experts.
I'm a DA. Just remembered that I have a collection of shop manuals. If you don't have one I can send something to you. I found these on top of the pile as a worse case. I can dig further and see if I have 77.
In reply to Stampie :
If you have a "nineteen hundred & seventy seven" I'll buy it just for the title!
In reply to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :
I'll dig into them tomorrow.
In reply to Stampie :
Calling Disturbed13 for ac help
In reply to java230 :
Actually the guy that gives the AC lectures at the Cadillac Lasalle Club Grand National meets. Cadillac guys tend to OCD. Michael would fit in well with them.
I dug through them and I swear I have every manual from 59 to the early 80s except 77. I even found these in case anyone wants to work on the first American air bag system.
Found one on ebay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/233984019575?hash=item367a88cc77:g:rhwAAOSwAKpctzFU
I have been driving this all over the place and getting a consistent 13 mpg, which seems pretty good for a 7 liter engine moving an entire living room around.
Today I hooked up the gauges hoping for even the slightest bit of pressure in the air conditioning system:
Started the engine, opened the valves and...
Womp womp. At some point I'll hook up the vacuum pump and see if I can find a leak; today I had to tear the dash out of our truck to fix its' air conditioning- one GM HVAC nightmare at a time.
Early morning in Pennsylvania obligatory Wawa shot:
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