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General Category => For Sale & Wanted => Topic started by: Jon on January 22, 2013, 07:20:29 PM

Title: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: Jon on January 22, 2013, 07:20:29 PM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1972-cadillac-centurion-/281054372029?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item41702560bd#v4-41

:No:
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: EXCRUISERGUY on January 22, 2013, 08:13:42 PM
 :doh:
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: Tailfin Joe on January 22, 2013, 10:30:53 PM
 :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: the side effects of over the counter drugs!!
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: Fins on January 22, 2013, 11:42:16 PM
With the replies, and me eating, I don't think I'll look yet.  :No:
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: Jon on January 23, 2013, 12:13:00 AM
Don't worry,   it's not a bastardization.  Just ignorance.
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: Fins on January 23, 2013, 01:15:20 AM
 :speechless: That boy really lacks in the spelling department, huh?


He makes Dale Jackson look smart.   :Muttley:
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: Jon on January 23, 2013, 01:25:14 AM
i'm not sure if it's a D-Special or a DS,  but regardless, he's obviously a little optimistic on the value given it's condition.
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: Russ on January 23, 2013, 01:43:41 AM
More like;  D's, nuts
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: Gary on January 23, 2013, 04:07:34 AM
Shyte
Johnston is down near Aiken; about 2 hours south of here.
Thanks, Mr Doofus for demonstrating the ineptitude of our Gubmint education system.
Sigh

Gary
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: guidematic on January 23, 2013, 05:20:35 AM

QuoteThis is a collectable 1972 centurion(english cadillac)

CitrĂ³en-centurion?

English?

Ueah, this guy is a scholar.

Mike
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: Jon on January 23, 2013, 12:08:17 PM
I think the icing on the cake is that his finger is in the second picture.
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: Fins on January 23, 2013, 12:33:33 PM
Quote from: Jon on January 23, 2013, 12:08:17 PM
I think the icing on the cake is that his finger is in the second picture.

Ueah, but he doesn't have the finesse that Denrep does in using the finger.

And is that Mercury Comet in the 3rd pic? They were fun with a 302 shoehorned in there. But a lot easier to tune up then a Monza with a 262 V-8. I can still feel my hands getting cut up.  :curse:
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: Tailfin Joe on January 23, 2013, 09:09:09 PM
 The worst car I ever had to change plugs was a 68 cougar with a 390 with air it took me 6 hours to change the plugs and the book gave you 8, I was just lucky my hands were small enough to get in there with out jacking the engine up.
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: Jon on January 23, 2013, 09:22:22 PM
Wow

Working on the Wildcat is a breeze.  I've yet to encounter a task that wasn't dead simple.  And i've torn that engine right down to the block.  The only tough part was lifting the head/exhaust manifold assemblies up over the fenders without scratching the paint either inside our outside the engine bay.
(http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj580/j2rossit/Wild%20Kitty/compDSC03505.jpg)
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: guidematic on January 24, 2013, 04:52:02 AM
Quote from: Tailfin Joe on January 23, 2013, 09:09:09 PM
The worst car I ever had to change plugs was a 68 cougar with a 390 with air it took me 6 hours to change the plugs and the book gave you 8, I was just lucky my hands were small enough to get in there with out jacking the engine up.

Back in the day we would drill holes in the inner fenders. You could access the plugs easy that way. Then when you were done, just snap in plastic plugs in the holes. It also worked for 383 powered Darts and Barracudas.

Today, that would be a bit of a nightmare for a restorer, but who cared back then?

Mike
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: Tailfin Joe on January 24, 2013, 10:36:35 PM
 What year Wildcat ?
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: Jon on January 25, 2013, 01:04:15 AM
68
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: EXCRUISERGUY on January 26, 2013, 05:34:46 PM
Try changing plugs on an LT1 in an F body.
I believe it was an 8 hour job at the dealer.

GJ
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: guidematic on January 26, 2013, 05:43:12 PM

Not quite. But it was very difficult. And for a V-8 tune-up we got 2 hours. With the hoist, it took about 2 hours just to do the plugs.

Mike
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: Dr.John on January 26, 2013, 06:42:17 PM
Yes f body's suck to do anything to them...
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: guidematic on January 27, 2013, 12:56:40 PM

I had to replace the right head on an LT1 powered Trans Am. What a friggin' miserable job that was.

Mike
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: EXCRUISERGUY on January 27, 2013, 04:58:18 PM
You didn't have to pull the motor to do it?

GJ
Title: Re: A real Cadillac Enthusiest!
Post by: guidematic on January 28, 2013, 01:18:54 AM

Nope.

And they were a nasty motor to pull if you had to. Even in the earlier gen F-body. One of the guys got stuck having to replace an L-98 TPI engine. He was at it for the better part of the week.

Mike