Sold the 1993 Eldorado

Today the guy came by again asking about the 93, and I sold it to him. He came back later in the day with a tow truck and took it away. I'm sad because I really love this car, but glad to free up some space and get rid of a looming project. The guy I sold it too seems like he'll take good care of it.

Everyone wants the 1993 Eldo

I've been getting all kinds of notes on the 1993 Cadillac asking if it's for sale. I think It's funny that more people want that one than the '95 that actually runs.

Today a guy rang my doorbell asking if I would sell it, I ended up talking to him for a while, and told him I needed to think about it.

When I showed it to him, I opened the car up and forgot how awesome the grey interior is, I've gotten used to driving around in the tan interior in the 1995. And also the '93 smells so much better than the '95.

Jim's back and wants his space in the garage

Now that Jim is back from Sacramento, he wants his space in the garage back. I had to hook up the trickle charger to the '93 (which I had put in the garage with the '67when I was swapping wheels around a couple weeks ago). It involved taking down the extension cord that the Christmas lights were hooked up to is the freezing cold last night. Jim tried to move the '93 out of the garage yesterday when he got home from work but it wouldn't turn over, which I think is good, because I really don't want him driving it anyway...even if it is just to back it out of the garage. That car could stop functioning at any moment.

I really need to fix or get rid of this car...but I just can't deal with it until the summer.

1993 ETC

I totally flaked on the engine for the '93. I don't want to spend the money. I just want to concentrate on the '67 convertible. I wonder if I should part it out to fund the convertible project.

Also, I was looking at my paint chips for the '67 and '68, and I think I do want to go with the '67 color of Atlantis Blue Firemist the spectre blue from '68 looks too blue.

For Sale

I have listed for sale my '93 Eldo, I'm going to give it another shot on Craigslist before I buy a new engine. I think I'm finally ready to part with it.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/car/201797783.html

To be realistic, there just in not enough time to rebuild all my cars. The Porsche is going to need a new clutch soon, and the convertible needs so much work before next August, I really need to spend my time and money on it.

I'm also really depressed about the dent in the bumper on the '67 Eldo, and the thought went through my head that I should sell it before I destory it any further. that thought quickly left though.

Smoking through the night

In the dead of night last night, I brought the '93 eldo to the new place. Jim followed me just in case it blew up or something. He says it was smoking pretty bad. I think this car is done. For now, it is in my driveway I will post it for sale on craigslist.org and see if anyone takes it as is.

One the way home, I saw the funniest thing, I wish I had thought to bring my camera with me...there was a flat bed tow truck that had another flat bed tow truck on it's bed and that tow truck had a van on it! It was so funny to see them all stacked on top of each other like that.

Almost Lost the '93...

So my cars are parked on the street around the block my apartment is on, and the '93 Eldo has not been near a car wash in a number of months so it's looking pretty dirty right now. Apparently, someone is sick of looking at it because there was a notice on it from the city of Berkeley letting me know they were going to tow it if I didn't move it dated 7/21. Luckily yesterday I drove home a different way, and saw the windshield when I pulled up to my place. The part about it that I thought was pretty hilarious was the chalk markings they used to determine if the car had moved...they were a little over the top. there was a vertical mark on the tire from the wheel to the ground then there was a half circle on the ground marking where exactly the tire was and then a crossing mark which also lined up with the mark on the tire it looked a little too CSI...I wondered what they would do if I moved the car an inch so the lines didn't line up anymore...

Actually, there were two notices on it. The other was from a guy who had seen the for sale sign on it months ago, and wanted to know if I still wanted to sell it. Then someone else walked by it and wrote on that guy’s note that they would also like to know if the car was till for sale.

I called the first guy, and he said he'd look into how much it was going to cost to fix and call me back today, and since I'm sure he will not be calling back, I'll call the second guy tonight.