If anyone has any interest, or knows someone that does. There are 96 pics of the car and if you scroll through the rest of the gobblety gook, there are more to be found of the engine and trans rebuild.
http://s461.photobucket.com/albums/qq334/Big59Fins/
Make me an offer I can't refuse. If not, in June it'll be at the GN. After that, it's (groan) FleaBay.
The hotel has a car rental desk right there, so I'll get home without blinking an eye.
What price is on Sweet Pea's head?
A minimum of $22K USD. Otherwise, I'll just keep it. It costs just over $200/year to tag and insure. So it doesn't kill me to keep it.
In other words, 'I want to sell but I'm not desperate - don't bother a low ball price.'
:yes:
But personally, I think $22K is just right. But with no comparison market on sedans, it's hard to call. Everything for sale is a Coupe', an Eldorado, or some numbnuts that cuts the roof of them.
So what's the replacement going to be? Will there be a replacement?
Nothing in the immediate future. But it will most likely be another 76 Eldorado Convertible. There is something about that car that turns my crank. But you never know what the future holds.
My buddy has a classic dealer that wants to see it. He tossed a 17-20 K figure on the table a few weeks back. He has European connections to people that want these 59's. 2 door, 4 door they don't care.
This one sold for $14k in Ft. Laud recently -
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1959-CADILLAC-62-SERIES-SEDAN-70-520-ORIGINAL-MILES-PINK-CADDY-/270949092665?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item3f15d30d39
missing lots of trim, wrong hubcaps, crappy tires, broken horn ring, cheapo Series 62, ugly color interior, etc.
That goes to show that there is an ass for every seat.
Quote from: Fins on April 24, 2012, 01:56:16 AM
A minimum of $22K USD. Otherwise, I'll just keep it. It costs just over $200/year to tag and insure. So it doesn't kill me to keep it.
Sounds like a good deal to me Fins.
I would have thought the intact horn ring alone would be worth in the region of $1000. :yes:
It is. And it's original, not a repro.
Quote from: Fins on April 24, 2012, 02:22:46 AM
Nothing in the immediate future. But it will most likely be another 76 Eldorado Convertible. There is something about that car that turns my crank. But you never know what the future holds.
My buddy has a classic dealer that wants to see it. He tossed a 17-20 K figure on the table a few weeks back. He has European connections to people that want these 59's. 2 door, 4 door they don't care.
A Bicentennial? (In your part of the world too)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1976-Cadillac-Eldorado-Fleetwood-Bicentennial-Edition-/230780691920?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item35bb99e5d0 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1976-Cadillac-Eldorado-Fleetwood-Bicentennial-Edition-/230780691920?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item35bb99e5d0)
Fixed link CF
Right down the street too. Sweet.
I'll be waiting for the check whenever you want to send it DuD.
Quote from: Fins on April 25, 2012, 04:50:52 AM
Right down the street too. Sweet.
I'll be waiting for the check whenever you want to send it DuD.
Won't need to check it, I'm sure it'll be just fine. :pot: :pot: :Muttley:
Ueah, you are a :pot: :Muttley:
That Bicentennial would look beautiful in my garage.
QuoteUeah, you are a :pot:
;D :yes: :rotfl:
Fins, you know 22k these days , is not that much for a car anymore, I think that 18k or 20k is not out of the question, start at 22k and work your way down, if you write a the RIGHT description on EBay I think you can get over 20k ,I always end up selling my cars on EBay I always get more than I ask, when I try to sell it locally or thru a club I get tire kickers and joy riders.
Ueah, what Joe said.
If you ask too low, people will think its a POS.
From my experience, international buyers will look favorably on S/P with the rebuilt engine, trans, aftermarket A/C, new radiator, etc. They can more easily have a vehicle painted and reupholster the interior then finding parts and having mechanical work performed. Plus she's an overall very solid car - all the better then a rusty turd which has been botched and buggered.
Fins, if you sell sp, will you become an associate member of the Misfits? ;D :no rules:
Price is adjusted in all posts. Even those by others to reflect the asking price.
That's why you will see my name in the post edits.
Quote from: pyro on April 26, 2012, 01:52:56 AM
Fins, if you sell sp, will you become an associate member of the Misfits? ;D :no rules:
Nope Pyro, I'll still be head nut of the nuthouse. :yes:
I know it's a coupe, but food for thought. And I've seen this thing in the metal, too. It wouldn't be much of a stretch to say S/P is friggin' light years ahead, I'm sure.
His asking price works out to USD$40K
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/cadillac/coupe/auction-426309358.htm
I know the last NZer you dealt with turned out to be a shitpot, but don't let that put you off.
Light years? I would say to Alpha Centuri and back. :yikes:
How did a shit box like that get registered? The owner must be a Maori. :Muttley:
Quote from: Fins on April 26, 2012, 06:47:52 AM
Light years? I would say to Alpha Centuri and back. :yikes:
How did a shit box like that get registered? The owner must be a Maori. :Muttley:
If the owner's a Maori, then there's a stolen '59 CDV knocking about. O0
I don't know how far Alpha Centauri is, but I'd say it'd only be the first leg of the trip...........
If any of this makes sense to you, you have no business here. :confused2:
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This article is about "α Centauri". For "a Centauri", see V761 Centauri. For "A Centauri", see A Centauri. For other uses, see Alpha Centauri (disambiguation).
Alpha Centauri A[1]/B[2]
The position of Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Centaurus
Alpha Centauri A
Right ascension 14h 39m 36.4951s
Declination -60° 50′ 02.308″
Apparent magnitude (V) −0.01
Alpha Centauri B
Right ascension 14h 39m 35.0803s
Declination -60° 50′ 13.761″
Apparent magnitude (V) +1.33
Characteristics
Spectral type G2V[3][4]
U−B color index +0.23
B−V color index +0.69
Characteristics
Spectral type K1V[3][4]
U−B color index +0.63
B−V color index +0.90
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv) −21.6 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −3678.19 mas/yr
Dec.: 481.84 mas/yr
Parallax (π) 747.1 ± 1.2[5] mas
Distance 4.366 ± 0.007 ly
(1.339 ± 0.002 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV) 4.38 / 5.71
Details
Alpha Centauri A
Mass 1.100[6] M☉
Radius 1.227[6] R☉
Luminosity 1.519[6] L☉
Surface gravity (log g) 4.30[7]
Temperature 5790[6] K
Metallicity 151%[6] Sun
Rotation 22 days[8]
Age 4.85×109[6] years
Alpha Centauri B
Mass 0.907[6] M☉
Radius 0.865[6] R☉
Luminosity 0.500[6] L☉
Surface gravity (log g) 4.37[7]
Temperature 5260[6] K
Metallicity 160%[6] Sun
Rotation 41 days[8]
Age 4.85×109[6] years
Orbit[9]
Companion Alpha Centauri AB
Period (P) 79.91 ± 0.011 yr
Semimajor axis (a) 17.57 ± 0.022"
Eccentricity (e) 0.5179 ± 0.00076
Inclination (i) 79.205 ± 0.041°
Longitude of the node (Ω) 204.85 ± 0.084°
Periastron epoch (T) 1875.66 ± 0.012
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary) 231.65 ± 0.076°
Other designations
Rigil Kentaurus, Rigil Kent, Toliman, Bungula, FK5 538, CP(D)−60°5483, GC 19728, CCDM J14396-6050
α Cen A
α1 Centauri, GJ 559 A, HR 5459, HD 128620, GCTP 3309.00, LHS 50, SAO 252838, HIP 71683
α Cen B
α2 Centauri, GJ 559 B, HR 5460, HD 128621, LHS 51, HIP 71681
α Cen C (＝ Proxima Cen)
LHS 49, HIP 70890
Database references
SIMBAD data
ARICNS data
Location of Alpha Centauri in CentaurusAlpha Centauri (α Centauri, α Cen; also known as Rigil Kentaurus, Rigil Kent /ˈraɪdʒəl/, or Toliman) is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. Although it appears to the unaided eye as a single object, Alpha Centauri is actually a binary star system (designated Alpha Centauri AB or α Cen AB) whose combined visual magnitude of -0.27 would qualify it as the third single brightest star in the night sky after -0.72 magnitude Canopus and −1.46 magnitude Sirius.
Its individual component stars are named Alpha Centauri A (α Cen A), with 110% of the mass and 151.9% the luminosity of our Sun, and Alpha Centauri B (α Cen B), at 90.7% of the Sun's mass and 50.0% of its luminosity. During the stars' 79.91 year orbit about a common center, the distance between them varies from about that between Pluto and the Sun to that between Saturn and the Sun. They average 1.34 parsecs or 4.37 light years away from the Sun.[10]
A third star, known as Proxima Centauri, Proxima or Alpha Centauri C (α Cen C), is probably gravitationally associated with Alpha Centauri AB. Proxima is now placed at the slightly smaller distance of 1.29 parsecs or 4.24 light years from the Sun, making it the closest star to the Sun, even though it is not visible to the naked eye. The true separation of Proxima from Alpha Centauri AB is about 0.06 parsecs, 0.2 light years or 13,000 astronomical units (AU), equivalent to 400 times the size of Neptune's orbit.
That lot's got "Otto" and/or "ST" written all over it... :Muttley:
Ueah, but I beat them to it. The scary part is, it would be a normal conversation to them.
I guess I should have added, 'distance from Earth' into the search. But it's after 3 am and I've had a few, and worked all night. So right now, the pillow has my name written all over it. :sleepy:
Quote from: DownUnderDeville on April 26, 2012, 07:10:21 AM
I don't know how far Alpha Centauri is, but I'd say it'd only be the first leg of the trip...........
Neither did the Robinsons.
I used to love that show when I was a kid.
Yes, I watched it religiously when I was a kid as well.
Mike
I haven't seen one episode of it yet.
We didn't get that show out in the Boonies, I watched Star Trek every Saturday.
GJ
Did the Jones brothets grow up in the same house? ???
Yup, maybe he watched it at a friends house with a giant TV tower?
We only got one channel CKNX in Wingham.
Lots of quality programing there, Circle 8 Ranch, Tommy Hunter, Lawrence Welk, Reach for the Top, Hee Haww and more hockey than anyone should ever have to endure.
Needles to say we didn't watch much TV at all.
GJ
:hijack: :idea: :happens: :but: When we were kids you didn't want to stay in the house. You wanted to get out before Mom found you some housework or some other chore to do. It was much more fun to go out into the fields and make a Fort, or build a mini-bike or a go-cart.
Quote from: Fins on April 26, 2012, 07:25:04 AM
Ueah, but I beat them to it. The scary part is, it would be a normal conversation to them.
Why is that scary?
Quote from: DownUnderDeville on April 26, 2012, 07:18:03 AM
That lot's got "Otto" and/or "ST" written all over it... :Muttley:
It's pretty straight forward. I think even Fins could follow it if he tried.
He might need to look up a few terms here or there.
Oh, it's about 4.37 light years (25.8 trillion miles) away.
(well the center of the binary system anyway)
Quote from: Fins on April 26, 2012, 03:23:55 PM
When we were kids you didn't want to stay in the house. You wanted to get out before Mom found you some housework or some other chore to do. It was much more fun to go out into the fields and make a Fort, or build a mini-bike or a go-cart.
Except you had to be in before it got dark, and most of the shows were on after dark.
Of course you watched what mom and dad wanted to see, or you didn't watch.
Quote from: EXCRUISERGUY on April 26, 2012, 03:08:00 PM
Yup, maybe he watched it at a friends house with a giant TV tower?
We only got one channel CKNX in Wingham.
Lots of quality programing there, Circle 8 Ranch, Tommy Hunter, Lawrence Welk, Reach for the Top, Hee Haww and more hockey than anyone should ever have to endure.
Needles to say we didn't watch much TV at all.
GJ
We moved to Lucknow in April 1969. How old was I and where did we move from?
Mike
Quote from: ST Dog on April 26, 2012, 05:26:15 PM
Quote from: Fins on April 26, 2012, 03:23:55 PM
When we were kids you didn't want to stay in the house. You wanted to get out before Mom found you some housework or some other chore to do. It was much more fun to go out into the fields and make a Fort, or build a mini-bike or a go-cart.
Except you had to be in before it got dark, and most of the shows were on after dark.
Of course you watched what mom and dad wanted to see, or you didn't watch.
Exactly why I, too, had to suffer thru Laurence Welk.
And the kids were the analog version of the remote control : "Son, flip that thing over to channel 2, Ed Sullivan's comin' on".
Gary
Quote from: guidematic on April 26, 2012, 07:13:34 PM
We moved to Lucknow in April 1969. How old was I and where did we move from?
Is that a trick question? :icon_OO: :pot:
GJ
No. I didn't think it was.
Mike
Thank goodness dad was a tv repairman so we always had at least one extra tv around the house.
While you're up changing the channel don't forget to rotate the tv antenna.
Bonus, our antenna was mounted 70' up in the air on the ham tower so we always enjoyed extra channels from Ohio & Canada.