We found some weird mods on my 1949 Cadillac Fastback Custom, and more things broken!
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I'll take videos on cars like this over the supercar bullshit any day of the week. The Lambo's and Ferrari's are fun and all, and i love them just as much as anyone else. But they are unrelatable and unobtainable for 99% of us. Nice to see this channel getting back to the way it used to be. Love it
And for us in Europe its the other way around. What shall we do with a land yacht which does not even fit the last corner to my property? Its has a 12 ton limit. 10 mpg equals 46 Euros/100km, i could afford maybe 200km per month. Do they take E-Fuel? The conversion to E-Fuel has already started on race tracks and it will not be long until they will convert regular „leaded“ fuel which those wonderful old big chunks of metal need.
Still love the channel, just as i love „old things on auction“ or „steam locomotives and steam trekker of a bygone era“. A Porsche 928 or a Cadillac from 1949 is living history. But certainly not practical.
Yeah I like seeing these cheap obtainable cars that make me question if I should drop 15k on a car with a sofa for a driver's seat and a 0-60 time measured in minutes
Everyone has their opinion
don't call other's bullshit
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@@wolfgangpreier9160 I had a ‘49 Buick Super Sedanet, which is roughly the same size, and they aren’t that heavy or big. Iirc 1650 kilogram curb weight and shorter than your average SUV.
Okay, the Buick L8 coupled to the Dynaflow meant it had bad fuel economy (about 24 liters per 100 kilometers) but it drove wonderfully. With a modern tranny these things are more economical.
Thanks for stopping by Tyler! Fun playing cars with you as always!
Great to see those cars in your collection. Really good vibe on this one!
Where do you find those pristine yachts man
Counting inflation that Riviera would be $55k in today's money. 😵
I would've rather had the Rivi in the high bay straight across from the 85. What was that? 1963, 64 or 65?
Everyone is talking about the land yachts and I'm over here drooling over the nissan pulsar. I've been looking for one for a while now.
The tube leading back to the auxiliary radiator was incredibly well done. With the undercoat, it looks completely stock.
That "tube" IS stock, but does not lead to the 2nd. radiator.
Most all cars of the late '40's to mid '50s-ish had similar ducting and there was no full-time vent on the top of the cowl that you see on cars from the late '50s to this day.
except there was no undercoating in 1949
@@RivieraByBuick Everyone knows. No one cares.
@@RivieraByBuick Yes, there was.
@@Johnny96ri no there was not
Regarding the shocks, the Koni 8240-1085 for front and 8240-1086 for rear should fit directly. Probably a much more reliable, cheaper and better ride than the Bilstein.
Hope they figured that out
Yeah, wanted to respond with the same thing, resently replaced shocks on a porsche 928 as well, those Koni's where easy to get, but maybe this is a US supply issue, as i just got them here at a carparts store in the Netherlands.
Maybe Hoovie/Wizzard should ask one of us Europians to send them over...
Even if you can find an old pair, Koni offers a rebuilding service (not for free obviously)
@@shoominati23 yeah that's possible, except for FSD shocks. I used to work for Koni. Terrible company to work for but the products are amazing.
FatCat Motorsports rebuilds shocks and struts.
This is probably my favorite car that you have owned in a while. I just love these classics.
@@systemsbroken 🤡
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Hi
Wizard loves it too
My favorite is the roadmaster
Those 500 CI Caddy motors overheated terribly, so I think the mods were quite beneficial in keeping it cool.
Drove one for years no problem but I've heard that before. I would expect a faulty thermostat which is a cheap and easy replacement.
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The size of radiator in my '76 Fleetwood Talisman was insane. It was a 4-core, nearly 3 inches thick and about 3 feet wide. 3x the size of my radiator in 98 Silverado lol. No doubt those old girls got warm!
Overheating is what American cars are known for. So the more cooling, the merrier.
@@kevinblankenburg4816 Nonsense.
I rarely like restomods but that said I do appreciate the way this Caddy was done. The idea of a late model Cadillac engine and trans is much better than the usual SBC or LS1
that is usually seen. The interior is well done and tasteful. All in all looks like an enjoyable ride.
Agreed! Though I woulda gone w/a much more period correct interior, and used those beautiful stock sombrero Cadillac wheel covers.
But yeah, most resto mods suck major ass.
I want to know what happened to the factory seats...otherwise it's a beauty
If they could have covered the seats with aged color-correct supple leather...
I think Hoosier said this "restomod" was done in the 80s, before restomod really became a thing.
Back then there was no LS1s (well not as we now know LS1s to be) though sbc were around back then it was more appropriate to go BBC.
Or to use a later models drive train like was done here.
Whoever did the restomod on the Cadillac, knew he would drive it a lot. It’s all very well done! Love that Riviera!
@Ivan Navarez
I was really disappointed that the riviera didn't have the user cool TV screen thing.
That Riviera is one of the last sedans my Six foot Nine nephew can fit in. He drove a Eldorado (pretty much the same vehicle) until the frame was gone. He drives pickups now with the seat all the way back.
Can't understand... people are still just as big and cars are getting smaller inside. Guess we are supposed to take or drive a bus.
I am a somewhat normal 5' 10" 220 lb male and the Trax was one of the few compacts I could fit in comfortably, almost.
Except there is not enough room for my size 12s. Got to be careful. To keep my foot off the gas and brake when I want to stop. Guess my feet are not supposed to be that wide.
The foot well is a bit crowded.
Kinda noticed that with cars that don't ever come with 3 pedals.
But the wife (5' 3") has no problem. I did test driving and read some of the prospectus of whom, most sedans sedans were designed for. I mean got it down to dress size, occupation and age.
Well they don't appeal to nephew's 6' 3" sister or me either. 200 lbs looks real good on a gal on a 6' 3" woman that does not look like a starving walking stick.
She looks l more like like a 1970s wonder woman.
My wife hates driving pickups. She also likes trading cars when the gas tank needs attention. Stepping up into pickups is too hard.
But she did like driving the 2006 7 passenger T-Blazer with the front and rear a/c and entertainment. Yep those were designed more for mom.That is until they went out of style.
I love how Tyler doesnt even need to ask how much. Slapping the roof is the official Hoovie signal of *how much* hahaha
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Like a hungry dog scratching on the kitchen cabinet
Yeah I honestly cringe so hard when he does that...
@@robwaters8848 OK. Keep cringing then. Bye.
Like a blackjack player asking for another card.
Someone put a lot of problem solving and fabrication into this car, I'd love to see an interview with the builder. 👍
Just goes to show that it truly was (or is) and Shoe & _Drive_ car.
@@NaruSanavai or no shoes, if you like....
Hoovie said the car had a lot of use visiting shows etc.
Those Royal Seal tires from Uniroyal were a great idea. They were self healing tires if you ran over a nail they would seal themselves. They were an all season tire and that accounts for the aggressive tread design. I worked at a Buick/Cadillac dealership from 86 to 88. We had a local body shop owner that had an 85 Eldorado Biritz with the stainless steel roof. He painted the car a Pearl White and had those very tires with real wire wheels. Extra care was used when we serviced it.
Yea,that Riviera was something, I had an 83 Eldorado but the motors were crap.I'd like to own that Buick.
I was a tire dealer and replaced a lot of those tires over time. They had a great sales tactic though a lot of people would try and patch them when the holes were too big.
@@richardmorris7063 Yup, a 1983 Eldorado had either a Olds diesel 5.7L or a gas HT4100 Cadillac produced 4.1L gasoline V8. Neither was stellar. The Buick Riviera and the Olds Toronado had the 307 Olds V8 as an available engine from 1980-1985. You could get a 350 Olds gas V8 in 1980.
@@gregorymaupin6388 My dad's answer for leaking tires are patches. LOL
@@tint661 they didn’t work on this tire my friend because they would never stick in any way.
Bob is hilarious. Always taking shots at you being a real friend. I love it😆
Do not remove any of those radiators you will regret it my GPA had a 500 ci Cadillac swap and it was a nightmare to keep cool I was so surprised this stayed cool on such hot days. They are definitely a needed item. Really cool car great build.
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I had a stock 500 in a '76 Fleetwood Talisman and it was the largest radiator I had ever seen in a production car. Literally 3x the size of my 98 Silverado which wasn't a small radiator in itself so I don't doubt they would need a heck of a lot of cooling in a smaller space like that.
Only way to replace it is with a radiator the same size or an oversized aftermarket one. Never had a problem cooling a 500 block doing it this way.
Those radiators on the 500ci caddys were huge.
In the tighter 49 engine compartment probably wasn't space enough for an oversized radiator for a 500cid up front, so adding a supplementary radiator wherever they could cram it makes sense.
I'm sure I'm not alone in saying I enjoyed this video far more than another "Oh no, my Ferrari has issues" video.
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I was getting ready to say that. I love the cars he picked for this video.
So true, really like this content!
Thought we are all fed up of Mr bondo / samcrac
What kind of a person doesn't love Ferraris?!1
That Buick made me laugh seeing the headliner failing. Every 80's GM product did this
Agree. However this thing is 37 years old. So pretty well preserved for it's age. However I'm sure if you tried to drive it, it would fail in a lot of areas just from age.
Yep. Easy to replace, though.
I noticed that right away. Made me laugh in a bad way. My 86 t/a headliner needs to be replaced. Fortunately, they are available and better made (1 piece) and not expensive.
Ford's as well. The bows worked way better.
Ahhhh, that Riviera is beautiful! My Grandad had one, I loved it. He used to let me borrow it on 'special occasions', as long as I washed and vacuumed it after. Thanks for the memories.
"These are the original tyres" is the probably the last thing I would want to still be original on an old car.
Maybe original oil would be worse :-)
Looked like snow tires.
Rubber aging is overrated.
@ yeah, that's what the Russian army said, too...
@ Depends on the conditions in which they age, really. Outside, barely moved, not kept round? Tires will age like milk.
I love this thing. Please don't let it become a lift ornament.
This is much better content by far, rescuing, reviving, and enjoying classic American cars, not constantly trying to save over priced garbage that was never known for reliability.
I love the Caddy, Tyler. Very nice! Mom had an Eldorado with a 502 and that thing was just smoooooooooth cruisin.
Fact is..most of us out here are blue collar guys..sure exotics are nice..but it's something most of us will never touch. The Caddy is.something alot relate to. Great videos!✌️
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I'm 54. I think I'm ready to drive a couch with A/C. Yep.
Happy birthday, Tyler! I really enjoyed seeing this old caddy and can't wait to see more of it.
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5:17 I have a dedicated ring-notebook for every car I buy. Everything I do to each car is recorded and documented. I also have a picture-blog online specific to each car where everything gets chronologically recorded so even years later people can see exactly what I did to that car. It's even more important if you *customize something,* to make sure future owners can repair it too!
LOVED THIS Grand Marquis white on white leather. Majestic!
Best idea for a restomod. Restore it to something that is still classic, but more modern than original. Great looking car too and luxury in true form.
Hoovie/Wizard Bilstein have the shocks in their shop, but you have to order them from Europe.
Design 911 in the UK have Bilstein sports B6 rear shocks in their shop.
Bob looks so happy around all that American sheet metal!
I worked for GM for 38 years. Back when I lived in Cincinnati (working out of the Chevrolet Zone Office) I was at a meeting at the GM Training Center. After the meeting the Training Center Manager asked me if I had driven an 85 1/2 Rivera T Type. I said I had not. He had one as a company car so off we went. It had the Buick 3.8 Turbo V6. The same engine that was fitted in the Regal Grand Nationals in 84 and 85. We drove down a side street and stopped. He said, do you notice those two dash lights on the instrument customer? He said hold your foot on the brake and the first light will come on then floor the gas pedal. He said when the second light comes on release the brakes. I followed his instructions and we did a huge burn out with the front tires. The car took off like a shot. In those days performance was just starting to make a come back. That was a lot of fun. They didn't make many Rivera T types. It was a very comfortable car, looked great and was quick. Especially for the day. cheers!!!
The 92 Buick Skylark GS coupe had one of the most beautiful side profiles. I would know. One was my first car. A beautiful rear profile as well. It was black and grey with the 16 inch alloys. All the options with a black leather interior.
Didn’t the coupes have a more normal looking grill?
The side profile looked odd with the squared off rear wheel arches...
Mine is a custom, red porn star interior, catless 2.5" exhaust. Do you know about what suspension it uses or what suspension can be put in them? I want to lower mine a couple inches for my wire wheels coming in. Non air suspension btw
That's a beautiful Mercury, Bob! The Thunderbird is sweet too.
Thanks!!!
I love the interaction between Hoovie and the Wizard and the naughty jokes. Great car that Cadillac. So Munch character, great!
Great to see the Merc coupe and T-bird the big bird. Ive got an 73 T -bird and whom ever buys that T-bird will fall in love with it immediately..The 85 Riviera with 307 eng. Sport group interior wow!! Great vid, thank you
The factory Cads which had the 500 in them were outrageously wide and the radiator went from head light to head light. It may have been impossible to do that in this car. I have a 70 Eldorado 500.
Yea you're right. I have a '76 Fleetwood 500.
Love this car and its cleaver extra cooling, i had two extra’s back in the day in my 63 caddy as she kept over heating in traffic. Wasn’t till 12years later i had a custom made triple thick radiator waterless coolant and a triple thick custom a/c condenser too. You can order bilstine shocks direct from the manufacture in germany, can get them in 48hrs in the uk
Bilstein is trash, go for KW.
Clever 👍
yeah i was going to say that too (though i am in Australia)
Man, that Riviera! Brings back memories as I had an '85 back in '97. It was black with the same gray leather, digital dash and factory power moonroof. It was mint and had 72k on it.... paid $1600 bucks! Should have kept it but I was 18 and dumb!
That Buick is absolutely incredible
What a find that is definitely worth a bid
How nice is it 😍😍👍👍
Happy Birthday Tyler! The Cadillac is one of your cars that I would call a favorite. The Superbird and Hertz Rent a Racer Mustang are also in that category.
Love Hoovie returning to his roots w/these cars. And notice his vids are always 20ish mins, refreshing to see! Most youtubers like Strad phone it in and barely hit the 10 min mark every vid (youtube pays way more if you hit 10 mins) lol
At 10 minutes you used to be allowed to insert adds into videos. I think they actually changed it to 8 minutes now.
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Right now, only videos longer than 10 minutes are eligible for mid-rolls, which appear in the midst of videos as a commercial break of sorts. But beginning later this month, UA-cam is changing that minimum threshold to eight-minute videos.
As part of the transition, UA-cam says it is also turning on mid-roll ads by default for all eligible videos when the change goes live. This means that creators who have previously opted out of mid-roll ads will be opted back in (though there are ways to opt back out again), and any future uploads from monetizing channels will have mid-roll ads turned on by default. “Turning on auto mid-roll ads saves creators extra work while helping increase the monetization potential for new and existing content,” UA-cam explained in its note to creators.
@@petesmitt @tcbgarage Thanks for the info, you two. Though, I mostly was making commentary on how so many now just do the bare min, don't seem to be enthusiastic about doing the UA-cam. Tyler made a big point that he was going to sell most and go back to enjoying cars, and when the money comes, it does, but it's not about that. :)
@@JJ-yn8fl oh I agree. When you see channels that just churn out videos that are 10:04 seconds long non stop it feels a bit forced.
But he just went and bought a Bentyaga as a family hauler!
I fell in love with that Caddy when I first saw it. Been wanting to get a 61 Caddy that my best friend’s mom had when we were kids. Now I’m rethinking that decision!👍
Happy Birthday Skidmark...err.Tyler.When you were in that garage,I was hoping to find out what U.Bob wanted for the Caddy convertible,and saddened that they weren't all his.BTW.On US 30,a couple miles south of West Branch MI.there are 2 '54 Caddy limos setting in a field.The man said 1200.for both when I checked.1 ran and had been hit at the passenger front,the other didn't run,and was solid.
My dad had a 53 Caddy. As a kid growing up in the square and boxy 1980's, the caddy's styling was just so striking and unique. It was a sad day when he sold it. My friend had a green Skylark with the beak. No one was sad when he sold it.
You could get the later Cadilac on board 12 V air compressor and hook it to your shocks and modify it to maintain constant pressure. It is called load leveling and was designed to automatically prevent rear end squat with heavy items in the trunk.
They copied that from Packard lol!
Go low-tech with an Old Man Emu OBAC and plumb it in to the existing system. Run a switch and run a line to a gauge under the dash. Easy-peasy.
Cadillac is one of my favorite cars if your and I also am a massive 928 fan!! What an episode. As a 52 year old man, I fell in love with the 928 watching “Risky Business” have never stopped wanting one, I just don’t want y maintenance headache so I’ll love vicariously through yours! But the Caddy is balls deep and a polished shaft of goodness. ❤️🤟🏻
My 1st car was a 1979 Buick Riviera. The sight of that 1985 brought back the feeling of home. 💜😢
Thank you both.
Yes Hoovie, car guys and gals like cool and interesting cars, not just Italian sports cars. I would like to see updates on your cars when they are not at Omega Auto. Also loved your visit to Bob’s and his “Cars of your Life” inventory. Keep living the Classic and Exotic Car life for all of us out here watching.
Happy birthday Tyler, one of the coolest cars you've had for a while.
According to my calculations w/ CPI adjustment, $20,200 in 1985 would be approx $55,600 in todays dollars. Those Riv's were nice.
Bob's a classy guy and always smiling!
Holy moly, that T-Bird takes me back! My stepmom had a '75 Bird, nearly identical to that save for the color. Hers was light blue with a darker blue interior, but it had the vinyl impact strips, half-vinyl top, wire hubcaps and all. I took my then-future wife on many a date in that big ol' Bird.
We had a 1973 Gran Torino Elite that was basically the same car. Light yellow with white interior and mustard yellow carpet and dash.
It still blows my mind how beautiful the Grand Am was, and how bizarre the Skylark and Underachieva were.
The dots were SO far apart from each other, for something built on the same platform
Bob continues his rise to UA-cam stardom with an amazing array of really cool 😎 American cars. The memories that he and Hoovie share with us really reach the heart of car lovers. Thank you!
Seeing these old cars makes me wonder what a 68 Chrysler 300 is worth now. I had one back in the mid 70`s and loved it. Was a 2 door , 440, white with black interior and a few extras on the inside. Really miss that car and don't see any on any on UA-cam.
People love the old cars! The exotics are cool but out of touch for most people. Keep finding the oldies!
The old Caddy is beyond gorgeous ( and seems exceptionally well screwed together for a restomod, which is derived from a French word meaning " garbage in a pretty package" ).
I think they RUINED it. BLECH! That car was a thing of beauty once until they started making a hodgepodge and smorgasbord out of it!
This is definitely my favorite car I've ever seen on this channel. That thing is what dreams are made of
THAT GREEN THUNDERBIRD 🤩 interior is amazing, absolute steal
When hoovie just stares and taps the roof... If anyone else did that I'd probably punch them but he's just so genuinely excited, it just makes me smile. Love the old caddy!
That was a fun video. Loved seeing all of those cars, and that Buick Skylark….wowza
That's just crazy that green thunderbird showed up. I grew up riding in that color thunderbird from when I was a baby. Not sure on the year we had but I am happy to see one.
Car wizard is a modest stud & it’s great that Mrs Wizard tolerates Hoovie.
Very cool restomods!
I dislike working on modern cars due to clearances & complexity, but I do like OBDII scanners and my ASE certification. (Always good to Ask Someone Else)
That Caddy is easily my favorite car youve had Hoovie
Bob bought some great cars once again! wow!!
The ones he wants must be too expensive now.
I love 70’s Land Yachts! Especially the Cadillac Eldorado!
Hells yea! I had an uncle who had a 1973 Eldorado. Even as a little kid, I loved those big Cadillacs. I still remember the Saturday in October 1972 when he picked it up at the dealer (back when you ordered a car and had to wait for it to come in from the factory) and drove straight to our house with it and let me sit in it and play with all the cool gadgets! Now how awesome is THAT? An uncle with a brand new Eldorado letting an 8 year old kid play in it? I have just ONE picture of that car. From the rear sadly.
Absolutely lovein the '49 Caddy... and I'm from the other side of the water. Keep the interesting stuff coming.
The 3.3V6 is an amazing engine. It's actually just as good as the 3800 v6. They're both 90 degree engines and both easy as hell to work on and very reliable.
Bold statement, Hoss. But you say it with such conviction, I must believe you!
That I can agree with, my 3.3 ran for a month with a cracked block or head gasket. Head gaskets looked fine, crossing my fingers there's no combustion in the cooling system when I stick it back together 💯🤷
@@ericacherney3132 sucks it wasn't made for that long. Guess when the 3.1V6 came out, it was too close in power to the 3.3 so there wasn't much need for it. But the 3.1 wasn't as easy to work on.
Horrible car. Horrible. Should not even wear the Buick badge.
@@allenmurrell It doesn't. It's a Caddy.
Happy birthday Tyler we love you! You the friend us college students need while we study and work our asses off and have no time or money for cars or for car shows.
I watch the majority of your videos, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't click on the Cadillac video extra quickly! I like the fun and interesting vehicles. Obviously a subjective statement, but that Cadillac is so cool! Talk about presence
I had an 85 Riviera. It was a wonderful driver. Loved that one.
Love, love, love the old land-yachts! And the 80's luxury stuff as well, more so than the Ferrari and Lambo stuff.
Me too. AND I remember all of them when they were brand new too!
Sweet! Can't wait to watch the rest of this video. The intro got me hooked, imagine what other neat stuff is on this vehicle.
Hoovie - Hope you, the fam and the whole pocket of UA-camrs near you are doing well 😁 Keep up the great work!
That T Bird sure is GREEN! But absolutely Beautiful!
Omg that Rivera and that sky lark are crazy... I haven't seen cars like that look as new as that since I was a child.. if he would of pulled out a Chrysler purple minivan I may have shed a tear... just one.. like the Indian on the road side in that commercial lmfao
If GM hadn't pulled out of Australia, we could have kept sending you Chevy Caprices for that modern land yaght experience. Ford Australia could also have kept making their LWB Fairlane and LTD
Had a pontiac G8 (holden commodore) what a great car! 6.0 liters of fun
Sadly, the last 'land yacht' stopped being made/sold in the United States in 2011. And it wasn't a GM. It was a Ford. The Lincoln Town Car.
Happy late birthday Tyler. Please never stop. I've watched every single one of your videos the day they come out within a few hours of them coming out for the past 2 years and I've loved all of them.
I worked on one a few years ago and loved it! You just brought back many good memories! The owner was obsessed /eccentric with the car and budget was not a problem for "BABY"!
4:33 "This thing goes balls deep" ..."I need you to polish my shaft!"
Good ol’ droopy GM headliner.
Wizard is in a funny mood recently, he's been letting Hoovie get away without a bill a few times...
The Regal TourX is a great modern wagon that I drive as a daily. I got it with some minor cosmetic damage for next to nothing, shipped in the Opel parts to convert it from a wannabe offroader, and have loved it ever since.
The problem with the TourX was that GM wasn't even trying to sell them, kind of the opposite really. Next to zero marketing was put out for them and they didn't offer any dealer/buyer incentives to buy them. I went to multiple dealers that had them and every one of them told me I could get great incentives for the trucks and suvs, but nothing for the TourX. They actively tried to get me to not to buy one despite them being one of the better cars put out in a while. I've heard from a lot of people having the same experience all over the US, that's still extremely anecdotal, but I think it holds true enough.
Wagons are like Vans in the US, people just want SUV's and then cry about gas prices. Vans have shot up in sales with fuel rising, people realize you get a comfortable car with lots of space with better fuel economy. I've got a Mazda5 with a MazdaSpeed 6 power and drive train mixed with custom suspension to give a pretty great handling and quick AWD van (for a van, anyway, rip my Mazdaspeed 6 someone hit in a parking lot while I was inside). I also have a second gen Pontiac Vibe GT manual (basically a Matrix XRS) that's the perfect size.
Your '49 Caddy Fastback is breathtaking, a word I've never used for ANY other vintage car. If God was a hot-rodder, he'd wanna buy your car.
I swear 1980's GM headliners were literally falling apart when new apparently. 2000 miles on the car and obviously climate control stored. So many memories growing up of thumb tack stuck headliners.
cigarette smoke was the biggest problem and it effected the adhesive.
I remember my grandmother would always get onto me and my cousins for messing with the headliner in her Riviera for about a year before she traded it for a new one.
Yeah, it's the first thing I look at anytime I see an old GM from this era ! But I had some good times in the backseat of them though 😊
All manufacturers headliners were the same, a foam backed cloth with the foam glued directly to a cardboard headliner. The problem is that the foam disintegrates at about 8 or nine years and the cloth has nothing to adhere to so it falls down, the heat does the most damage. I've replaced several of them, its' easy once you get the thing out of the car.
I love that Riviera but the headliner needs help.
Hi Hoovie, have the Wizard create a heat shield for the brake master cylinder on that sweet ole caddy. Heat is a huge factor for the fluid and seals. That 928 is cool bro. Love the show. Thanks for the laughs yo.
I owned a bodyshop in Long Beach California in the 70's and 80's.
I bought a 1949 Cadillac Fastback Sedanette, 62 series, for $600.00 !! From an old lady in Los Angeles. "California car", NO RUST.!
I restored it over 3 years and painted it "baby blue lacquer",
On the weekends I would pick up my girlfriend who lived in Hollywood, at least 2 or 3 times a week, I would have business men driving up next to me saying.
"Is it for sale" or "how much"?
It was a beautiful car that everybody looked at. Wish I still had it !! You have a really NICE looking Cad !! Thanks
I recall driving a new 1984 Riviera at 100mph for about 60 miles in Kansas. Porpoised a little, but made the trip well.
For 928 parts there are a few specialists worth checking with, 928srus (Roger is the owner), 928intl (Mark is the owner), precision Motorwerks in Anaheim (Greg is the owner), and 928 motorsports (used to be owned by Carl). 928 specialists I'm not sure is open currently, owner Dave died recently. Either way, if parts are available they'll have them or know who does.
Thats whats happening, alot of specialists are going the way of the Dodo, because the original owner who built the business up over decades passes way, and then the kids either run the business into the ground or they would rather sit and play video games than work with machine tools.. A good machinist should have no problem making good money these days
Very clean job they did on those radiators.
Happy Birthday, Tyler. Once again, congrats with finding that old gem of a car! It is stunningly beautiful.
"YOU NEED TO POLISH MY SHAFT, WiZARD". Whatever floats your boat,
I guess. 🤣
for the Porsche; if it has rear bilsteins they are probably rebuildable
I was thinking a call to Bilstein would solve the problem pretty quickly, but maybe the company has changed. If Bilstein won't do it, they should reach out to MCS or one of the other boutique race shock companies in the US and see if they can make some one-offs for a Hoovies Garage publicity tour.
My thoughts exactly. Getting shocks rebuilt isn't usually done because it's so cost prohibitive, but that all changes when they're unobtainium spec
@@ironymatt and some of them are designed from inception to be rebuilt. If there’s a rubber stopper or shraeder valve on the bottom of the strut/shock, it’s likely serviceable.
@@caitsith2007 hope Wizard sees this and looks into it. Smells like another episode!
I like that last red Buick much better than the first one. Cool. Happy birthday to Hoov.🎂🍰❤😎👍
I love following the Cadillac discoveries and customizations I own a 69 which I purchased from an auction and there's a bunch of weird mods on it too.
I own THREE old Cadillacs. All stock, I wouldn't touch a restomod if you PAID me to take it!
Crazy how hoovie just shows up and get right in the garage and has his car worked on immediately. 👊
Well, I'm sure if you are 1) rich like Tyler Hoovie and 2) give Wizard as much business as HE does, you become the number one customer with special treatment!
I really wish I could find a mechanic as knowledgeable and reasonable as Wizard. I'm close to New York City and its amazing how no mechanic seems to know about old cars here!
I would LOVE to continue to see more pre-1960 content! You've kind of exhausted the 1980s and 1990s for the most part because frankly there's only so many cool cars from any particular era
Just imagining that Buick as an EV, or even that Caddy Limo.
Power train, and frame pulled, and EV skate boarded under them.
A 3.4 second 54 Limo. lol!
That Buick is awesome. I can't believe how much "room for the boys" there is. I'm envious.
Holley Sniper EFI would be awesome in it. Bolts on like a carb but the performance, instant start, and smooth idle. Just an idea
Hot garbage. Unforgiving.
Nahhh for that car the Q-jet is perfectly fine and more correct.
@@snek9353 lolololol..... I hate my quadraflood
@@ThriftMachine Then you don't understand it, they're fine carbs. And if you hate it why haven't you replaced it?
Of course better exists, but for that car the Q-jet is not only just fine function wise but correct for the build/era.
@@snek9353 I understand it fine but I live in Colorado where the af is constantly changing with elevation
Lots of cool cars in this video but the one you should buy is the Pulsar NX at the end!😍 (I actually own one identical)
Austin Martin,928 & 49 Cadillac wow they're all in my top 10.Oh happy Birthday Hoovie & love you @ Barrett & Jacksons!
Hoovie’s Garage is my favorite UA-cam channel!
I sure wish I could afford that 928.. shes a beauty! Just fresh off a massive heart attack it will be a bit until I can afford one again lol. Keep up the good work Hoovie love all the videos from the very beginning.
All the best for a full recovery.
Not sure 928 ownership and a mending ❤️ are a good combo 😲