Comments by "Roger Smith" (@rogersmith7396) on "NoNonsenseKnowHow" channel.

  1.  @wyattblackwood3927  Some don't have $10,000 to put into a wreck. Some should spend the money on their families or something else. I've done similar projects and the time spent goes through the roof. Often someone will start and give up and then pass it over to someone else. A little paint won't get the job done. I have a TR 6 that has'nt been on the road in 15 years. Its in far better shape than this car. The mice have taken it over. And you can get most parts for it. Passion and love can be eaten alive by reality and crap.
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  2. Cadillac parts are very expensive. The interior alone would probably be $2000. The top $1-2000.
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  3.  @NoNonsenseKnowHow  Theres no electric motor, thats the solenoid release. The mechanism is spring loaded and cocked by the trunk hinge via a PTO cable. I could see the cable on the passenger side hinge.
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  4. I bought my 70 for $2500 and it was a cosmetic wreck. I have seen them on ebay for $900. The market for these is very thin. Few want them. One sold by me for $39,000. The highest I have seen was a custom with all options for $55,000. I would like to get $15,000 out of mine. They get as good of gas mileage as a modern pickup truck. Around 16 mpg on the freeway. The trans was used on the GM motorhome. I have never heard of one breaking in an Eldo or Tornado. Parts are expensive. It kills me to see them parted out. I used to drag race my moms and always beat 396 Chevelles and 383 Road runners. I was out top ended by a 454 Monte Carlo on the freeway. They will smoke the front tires.
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  5.  @North49191  I do this work on the cheap. I of course value my time at zero. Cadillac parts are scarce and stupid expensive. I have seen rear view mirrors listed at $2200. The whole reason you buy a mirror is because they are not chrome or stainless but zinc. After a few years they look like shit. Standard of the world. A new old stock hubcap can be $1000. And most of these old barges are hard to sell, they have a very limited market. I bought my 70 Eldorado mechanically sound in primer for $2500 and I just ran out of time and if anything overpaid. They were on ebay down to $900 but the sellers were complete asses. I have seen 70 Eldos go for $50 k but I also see them unable to sell at $4k. I would hope to get $15k out of mine but thats a hope. Same for my TR 6. Very limited market, $100 junkers available. My Saabs are nice but I figure around $5k tops just because what kind of newer car will $5k buy these days. A high quality inlaid steering wheel for the Eldo can be $2000 and there are damn few of those. I plan to re inlaid mine myself. The power seat parts are expensive, thank god mine appear usable. You are right, some of these people are clueless and I tell them so. Oh and it can take years to restore a car.
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  6.  @tuck6464  Nope.
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  7. Walmart. And yes you know what you are getting. @PapaFixit 
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  8. Probably stick it in a field and let it rust. Farmers.
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  9.  George  Yep it will. Way more than it will ever be worth.
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  10. Its electric.
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  11. The only people you can find to work on them are on the Recon and GM motorhomes. They never break in a car. They do break in the motor homes. 13,000 GVW.
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  12. Super expensive. The outside mirrors on my 70 go for up to $2000 each. And they are only zinced not chrome.
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  13. Would make a good potato hauler.
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  14. You could buy a good one for not to much money.
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  15. See Vice Grip Garage.
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  16. The cat managed to put the dog asleep. If I recall there was a lazy cartoon cat named Farnsworth I think. He always said one of these days I will have to get me a mouse trap.
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  17. The third horn is optional.
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  18. My Eldo uses 235 75 15s. L 78 15.
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  19. 68 Eldo got front disc brakes.
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  20. Interiors were all the same by model year. The V shape rear window was on other models. The Eldos windshield and windows are the same on Riviera and Tornado.
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  21. Your gas is what, $8.00 a gallon?
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  22. Plus London fees. Let er rip. We don need no stinking public transportation. Now buy an RV bus. A couple of guys here have Mack pickup trucks. Boats are much worse. @BigAl-4419 
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  23. The guys gonna double the price if you get it running.
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  24. Modern pickup trucks are bigger. Its not all that long but its amazingly wide compared to modern cars.
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  25. The fuel lines on my 500 are all metal bolt ons. The fuel pump is on the lower front of the engine.
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  26. A crummy battery with a warranty that made you keep coming back for more. Like a lifetime screw.
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  27. And then it burst into flames from the gas leak.
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  28. At 4500 pounds they are much lighter then current pickups and SUVs. Progress.
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  29. $30,000.
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  30. Hahahahaha. Good one boss. Maybe on a rack in the back of the store.
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  31. And windows.
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  32. $10,000 and a few thousand hours of work and you got yourself a car.
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  33. The 472/500 had much higher HP and torque rating.
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  34. You have'nt played with the power seats.
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  35. They do pretty well in the snow. Not 4WD of course.
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  36. I drove my moms with a friend to a rock concert some 30 miles away in a driving snow storm(Stoned). Don't know why it was'nt canceled. No problems. Less cars on the street. Mott the Hoople? Styx? Don't remember. We were invisible in that car. Especially back seat. Good heat. Not prone to spinning out. @robertmcglinchey3347 
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  37. On my 70 Cad there is a PTO cable running from the trunk hinge to the lock and when you put the lid down it cocks a spring which then grabs the lock and pulls it down in the mechanism. Not the most necessary thing but its something Cad does.
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  38. Q jet 803 on the 500. @kevin9c1 
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  39. I struggled with a VW Polo. Cadillac, Motorway only and keep to the slow lane.
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  40. Realistic price with a long wait to find a buyer.
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  41. Californians have bought it all. Heavily Mormon and we can say they are "different". They have shot at Californians.
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  42. I have read they are one of the lightest big blocks. The Cad Company builds them to over 1200 HP.
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  43.  @jeffrobodine8579  Bored 390 from the 50s. Pretty decent mpg, 18-19 Hwy.
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  44.  @neonnoodle1169  There are lots of dreamers out there. They want to know why the SS United States is'nt available for three hour cruises, Why old aircraft carriers can't be restored and sailed around in, Why we can't have steam trains running around all over, why people can't own personal B 52s, and why old junk cars can't be restored without putting in 10 times their finished worth in time and money. I've had guys go nuts when I tell them they can't get a plastic pan and become millionaires panning for gold. TVR exploring is opening an old gold mine and he has spent $6 million without ever starting mining. I'm currently 5 years into a house restoration with no real finish date. I've restored cars and motorcycles and understand the time requirement and cost. No mystery on the interior, look at Caddy Daddy or OPG and you will see its a $2000 job. Why put a new interior in a topless junker. Sure the top would be 1-$2000 then you've got no floor. Another $2000 for the pans. The chrome sucks. Another $2000. No AC. $2000. Brakes $1000. Windshield around $1000. Body panels, $3000, pro paint $4000. Redo suspension etc, $2000. Now you have a decent looking car with an ancient motor and trans. Rebuild, $5000. And all this will take huge amounts of time to accomplish. There was a mint one of these by me. I think I could have bought it for under $5000. I have a 70 Eldorado I restored but it was in decent shape, mainly needing paint with 31,000 miles. No rust. I have a Saab 9000 T I bought out of a junk yard for $400 and am about 90% restored on it. But it was good looking and mainly needed mechanical.
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  45. Flat tappet engine. Must use diesel oil now to get zinc and phosphorous. (Also leaded high octane gas).
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  46. Yeah, he did'nt want to let the rusty water out.
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  47. You can get very good ones for under $5000.
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  48. Realistic. If you can wait long enough.
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  49. They have flat tappet engines which need phosphorous and zinc, not in modern oil. Use diesel oil. Might need lead additive.
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  50. They usually have less CCA, lower amp hours.
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