Today i got to work on one of these

[CAP1]

yep.....a 1979 Cadillac Coupe DeVille. thing was friggin HUGE.

 i'd swear you could fit an entire smartcar in the front seat of this thing....or more appropriately, put that ugly little POS in the trunk, out of sight.


 the guy failed emissions. pretty badly to be honest. this one has the 7 liter v-8 with a bogjet, with only 105k on her. it was kind of obvious that him, or someone else had taken a few guesses at it, as it had a rebuilt carburetor on it, along with new cap, rotor, wires, and plugs.


 it wasn't too hard really to get it down into limits....and well below those limits. whomever had rebuilt the carb., didn't adjust it properly, nor did anyone think to actually check the ignition timing.

 as much as i like working on my fuel injected computer controlled cars, i hafta admit.....i REALLY miss working on beasts like this. adjusting the carb by ear, till she sounds juuuuust right, then bumping the timing to where it belongs, then check the emissions, and tweak it till it's where i want it to be.
 the hardest part of the job, was that i don't have any of my carburetor adjusting tools at the shop anymore. i had to go across the street to borrow the right socket to get on the needle valves.

 yea......old cars are fun too. 

[LThunderpocket]

yep.....a 1979 Cadillac Coupe DeVille. thing was friggin HUGE.
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 i'd swear you could fit an entire smartcar in the front seat of this thing....or more appropriately, put that ugly little POS in the trunk, out of sight.
(Image removed from quote.)

 the guy failed emissions. pretty badly to be honest. this one has the 7 liter v-8 with a bogjet, with only 105k on her. it was kind of obvious that him, or someone else had taken a few guesses at it, as it had a rebuilt carburetor on it, along with new cap, rotor, wires, and plugs.
(Image removed from quote.)

 it wasn't too hard really to get it down into limits....and well below those limits. whomever had rebuilt the carb., didn't adjust it properly, nor did anyone think to actually check the ignition timing.

 as much as i like working on my fuel injected computer controlled cars, i hafta admit.....i REALLY miss working on beasts like this. adjusting the carb by ear, till she sounds juuuuust right, then bumping the timing to where it belongs, then check the emissions, and tweak it till it's where i want it to be.
 the hardest part of the job, was that i don't have any of my carburetor adjusting tools at the shop anymore. i had to go across the street to borrow the right socket to get on the needle valves.

 yea......old cars are fun too. 

was it Afroman's?

[CAP1]

was it Afroman's?

negatory on that. his is a cherry red convertible. 

[VonMessa]

Had one of these a few years ago. Dark Metallic blue.  Ran like a top  

Some kid pulled out in front of me in a Minivan and I plowed him.  The engine of the van was almost sheared clean off, the T-Bird was still running.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgApLR8oync&feature=player_embedded

[LThunderpocket]

negatory on that. his is a cherry red convertible. 

lol i didnt even know that,but thanks.ever work on his?lol

[gyrene81]

ah dood...when i was in the corps i bought a 71 el dorado...had a big 472 caddy engine in it...it kinda "glided" on the road, and the faster you got it the smoother it road.

that coupe looks like it was taken pretty good care of...until...would love to drive it around, and not have to fill the gas tank 

[Pigslilspaz]

Almost bought one last month, lol

[CAP1]

Almost bought one last month, lol

 well this one was/is in extremely good shape. you can see how clean it is under the hood and inside. very few blemishes on the exterior. cadi used these plastic spacers though, between the end of the quarter panel, and the tail light bezel. those are covered with black duct tape. other than that, this thing's a beauty. and that's coming from someone who really never liked land yachts.

[SlapShot]

well this one was/is in extremely good shape. you can see how clean it is under the hood and inside. very few blemishes on the exterior. cadi used these plastic spacers though, between the end of the quarter panel, and the tail light bezel. those are covered with black duct tape. other than that, this thing's a beauty. and that's coming from someone who really never liked land yachts.

Back in the day, my father-in-law had a Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham ... that car was HUGE. Plenty of power and cruised like it was floating on a cloud.

[Reschke]

I had one of those in college. I bought it for $500 from an old man that just wanted to get rid of it, the thing had 225k miles on it and still ran like a champ. I traded it about 6 months later for a 1986 Toyota 4x4 pickup truck that had 75k miles on it. At the time I got better gas mileage from the Toyota truck than the caddy so it was a no brainer for me. I wish I still had that Caddy.

[Babalonian]

First thing that came to my mind (then I remebered I lived all the way over here in CA, lol), is the owner looking to sell it? 

[SFRT - Frenchy]

My daily driver is a 72 Dodge monaco lately. 19 feet long  , 25 MPG on my commute which is all highway. A rolling couch floating over the road. Hunting gremlins on it, CAP Utah vacation?

[CAP1]

My daily driver is a 72 Dodge monaco lately. 19 feet long  , 25 MPG on my commute which is all highway. A rolling couch floating over the road. Hunting gremlins on it, CAP Utah vacation?

 THAT has the lean burn system on it, doesn't it?

 my 85 5th ave had a 318 with lean burn.....friggin thing did me 26 or 27 miles/gallon coming back from florida one year..........i dunno how fast i was going though...the speedo was pointing at something besides numbers. 

[icepac]

Good thing that car wasn't 2 years newer sporting a E4MC or E4ME carb or it would have gotten a lot more interesting.

[mbailey]

Growing up my dad had a 77 Mercury Marquis 4r....It sat 3 inthe front..4in the back and 6 in the trunk. Talk about a monster of a car.Ive seen smaller container ships lol