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Portal Park Meet, Cupertino - 7/24/11

 

Eldos

 

Cleaning up the 67 Eldo

This weekend is our local Cadillac club's annual judged show, so I took took the boxes off the 67 eldo, topped off the fluids, fired it up and drove it around a bit today to make sure it is working OK. It passed the test stops starts, and is driving fine.

Things that need to be done:

- Drivers side window needs to be fixed - won't roll up
- Dash lights and rear parking lights are not working
- Vacuum hoses need to be replaced for headlamp covers (and probably other places too)
- Fuel Filter (in tank)
- New dash installed
- Radio installed
- Antennae fixed (won't go down)

Things that I'll need to get to eventually
- New Carpet
- Paint
-Weatherstripping
-Trunk Carpet

Air Conditioning

California has figured out yet another way to squeeze money out of us. They have passed a law that requires air conditioning containers to be refillable and tacked a $10 deposit onto them, which you can only get back within 90 days.

I went through 4 of these containers in the process of trying to get the air in the Jimmy to work.

The first one leaked out pretty much immediately out of one of the fittings after the hoses were disconnected. So I bought a new fitting.

After most of the second can was half in the in the car, we had the car running and air cycling, when I noticed that when the air cycled, some gas was leaking out of the cap over the fitting. Tightening it did not get rid of the leak completely, so we has to let all the gas out to remove the fitting to put teflon tape over the threads.

Third can went in OK, and it needed most of can four as well.

new car

This is the dog car I've been driving around. It's a 2001 GMC Jimmy 2-door five-speed. My dad purchased it in Florida, and since it's 2001, it's already CA smog approved. He is letting me drive it since none of my cars are fully operational. The dog loves it.

944 overheats and won't start

Got stuck at the nursery today when the 944 wouldn't start and then overheated.

Jackets made of Cadillac Seats

 

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Cadillacs at the SEMA show in Las Vegas, NV part 3

Cadillacs at the SEMA show in Las Vegas, NV pert 2

Saw this one leave the show it sounded NICE.


'59 at the ditzler booth


another '59 at the ditzler booth

Cadillacs at the SEMA show in Las Vegas, NV

1939 LaSalle with a Northstar engine

1939 LaSalle with a Northstar engine

1980's Limo

1954 Cadillac with Northstar Engine

CTS Sedan

Registration!

I finally got the 944 registered today went to the DMV with an appointment, and while it didn't take very long to register the 944, the woman behind the counter double-charged me for registering the 67 vert.



It was non-op last year, and I handed her the slip for the new year and said 'let's take care of this one too while I'm here'... and ran the credit card thing, and I looked at it and said why is it so much? and she said you have to push the button or it won't go through!, so I pushed the button to save her extra work.Then, she printed out the reciept for the 67 vert, and she charged me for the last week and a half of this non-op year! I asked her why and she said well I assumed you wanted to run it today, and I said why would I wait almost a year, and then pay for the whole thing a week before it was renewed. and she said "that's just assumed" and I said, no it's not, you should ASK.

And guess what that best part is, you have to MAIL in a request for a refund. Next time I'll be going to AAA to do my DMV work.

SF Cadillac mailing list group meet & oil change

We had our annual meet at the San Pablo Reservoir today, I arrived late because when I checked the oil in the '67 eldo before I left the house, it was really low and overdue for a change. So instead of wasting oil topping it off only to change it, I changed it before the meet.

Ironstone concourse

 

Smog check for the 944

Today the 944 gets a smog check. I'm hoping it passes. I'm also hoping the guy driving it into the stall is going to stop talking on his phone long enough to drive a manual transmission car with both hands.

Great Video of Al Capone's 1927 Cadillac

http://cadillaccountryclub.com/blog/restoring-al-capones-1927-cadillac/

Portal Park CLC Meet

Today was the annual meet for the NorCal CLC held at Portal Park in Cupertino, CA

Here's my car at the end of the Eldorado row... which is always the most colorful row!

This interior is custom but is pretty neat.


The '60 Cad that belongs with the interior.

a 30's cad.

SF Presidio Concours D'Elegance

I got to do some judging at the SF concours, I got to judge a 1924 Kissel, a '34 Lincoln, a 46 Chrysler T&C convertible, a '37 Hispano Suiza, a '25 Bently, and a '38 Talbo Lago.

My Other Vehicle

My Other Vehicle is a Marin mountain bike I bought from a guy in SF about 5 or 6 years ago for a little under $100. I like this bike a lot. It was clearly used for some hard core mountain biking in the past (and has the dings and dents to prove it). But I am a much more casual rider.  But I love the bull-nose handles, and it's all black paint job.

When I bought it I got the cushion seat with the springs, I haven't been riding it a whole lot over the last year or so, but last Christmas I got some new tires and tubes for it, and I just added the bike rack with the panniers last night. I can't wait to do a run to the grocery store!

More Will It Start?

Today I took the 944 on a longer series of errands. I drove it over to Mill Valley where I went to the post office, and let it sit for about 10 min, it had a bit of a pause before it turned over, then to Muir Woods and let it sit for an hour+ and it started OK, then to the gas station, where it had a bit of a pause before it started, then to Novato, where I let it sit for about 30 minutes+ and it started right up, then to some guys house to pick up a part for my bro's jeep, where it sat for 10 minutes or so, and started right up, then to a friends house, where it sat for a couple hours and started right up. Another pass, but I still don't trust it.

I brought a set of jumper cables, and tools to clean the battery terminals...

Will It Start?

Today we played a little game called "will it start?"  with the 944. I drove it around town on some errands mostly to see if it would start at every stop.  It passed.