As you all know,I never recommend anything past 1972.And of course anything Brown,but this
seems to be one that required a second look.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cadillac-DeVille-Coupe-DeVille-1975-Cadillac-Coupe-DeVille-500-V8-only-55-150-miles-ORIGINAL-WINDOW-/251121212564?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item3a77fd9c94#ht_2769wt_1049
If that car is in as good a shape as it appears to be I'd scoop it up in a heart beat for a daily driver if I was in the market for one. You could pull the engine and do a few things to it like removing all of the smog crap to give it some power and have a nice everyday car. The one problem with these really old cars is that even if they have low miles and are in perfect condition mechanically it's the rubber on them that can cause problems. That stuff just hardens up and/or rots away depending on where and how it has been stored. It gets to be a real hassle replacing all the rubber stuff and it's not cheap.
As far as color is concerned. The old relics are cool regardless of their color unless it's something REALLY nasty. Some browns aren't all that bad and they fit the year of the car. This one needs a paint job and I have no doubt it needs to be stripped to bare metal if you wanted it to last. That is BIG BUCKS or, a hell of a lot of your time. If it was refinished there are thousands of browns out there to choose from and I'm sure there are quite a few that would match the brown interior and make that one nice freakin' ride. As long as it was a metallic. Solid browns are ALL gross.
I wish I had some money :banghead:
You would if you would quit buying old motor homes. :rotfl: :pot:
Fins,It is me who Will have a GMC Motorhome in the near future!!!20 some odd years in a concert tour bus
and more than that in my Eldo.I just have to have one and its next on the list.
But it's Kubla that has one now and he's the one wishing he had the money. Pay attention son. :doh:
Zetros, destroyer of lesser motor homes
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120621/CARNEWS01/120629962/0/show-product.asp (http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120621/CARNEWS01/120629962/0/show-product.asp)
No way Ever!!!!I have been looking into the RV thing for QUITE a long time.Its a GMC only!
The only other thing that would be considered is the Charles Kuralt style Dodge Travco,440!
I Have to always be smarter than the vehicle!!!I would hate to break down in the middle of
Montana in the pouring Rain on a Sunday night in something like that or anything that I can't
take some duct tape and a coat hanger and get it going again without $900 headlights for
example!!!
Cool for someone with disposable cash though!!
I'd take one of them in a heartbeat. No clue what I'd do with it, but it is cool.
Here is what the Dodge kinda looks like.
Quote from: Keeper on August 12, 2012, 09:18:28 PM
No way Ever!!!!I have been looking into the RV thing for QUITE a long time.Its a GMC only!
The only other thing that would be considered is the Charles Kuralt style Dodge Travco,440!
I Have to always be smarter than the vehicle!!!I would hate to break down in the middle of
Montana in the pouring Rain on a Sunday night in something like that or anything that I can't
take some duct tape and a coat hanger and get it going again without $900 headlights for
example!!!
Cool for someone with disposable cash though!!
Kuralts FMC motor-home is in the ford museum
Quote from: CarFreak on August 12, 2012, 08:49:52 PM
Zetros, destroyer of lesser motor homes
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120621/CARNEWS01/120629962/0/show-product.asp (http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120621/CARNEWS01/120629962/0/show-product.asp)
Depends on what sort of stock you put into this sort of thing. It's like calling a Ferrari F1 the ultimate motorcar, compromises and all.
Personally, I would think it very cool to have one of those GMC Motorhomes. But a no holds barred choice for a really cool motorhome would be a GM Sceni-Cruiser, or an MCI M6 with the original driveline.
Mike
I'm not classifying it but rather quoting the title of the news article.
Yes a GMC would be cool but was even happy with ou 78 Cheby C class
I think that Mercedes is frikin cool as hell. But living in Arizona, its a waist of cash for me. Maybe if I travel the artic tundra someday.
Quote from: CarFreak on August 12, 2012, 08:49:52 PM
Zetros, destroyer of lesser motor homes
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120621/CARNEWS01/120629962/0/show-product.asp (http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120621/CARNEWS01/120629962/0/show-product.asp)
We could build one out of a retired garbage-packer. :chin:
:Muttley:
Quote from: CarFreak on August 13, 2012, 04:28:56 AM
I'm not classifying it but rather quoting the title of the news article.
Ueah, I know.
Mike