well i almost finally achieved my dream of owning a classic car. this will be my first car, since i got my liscence on saturday- and im pumped. it is a 1971 cadillac el dorado with a good old 500CI engine. we practically stole it (cause my dad knows the guy who owns the shop we bought it from, who is selling the car for someone he knows). we will probably make the final purchase and get a bill of sale tomorrow.
its got 54k miles, and has been garaged for roughly the past 30 years. its great, a front wheel drive (1971!! front wheel drive!), and takes unleaded gas so we can put in regular pump gas instead of super-high octane gas we wouldve needed for an older car that took leaded gas. its in good condition, but needs some TLC here and there. we got some precautionary work done, new protectors (rubber/leather boots that go on the differential to protect it from the elements or something) for the front wheel drive, new disks for the brakes (1971!!! disk brakes!), new oil, tranny sluid, just some stuff that needed to be done.
with everything that NEEDS to be done finished by the end of this weekend, we are left with some other things to take care of. right now its light green with a black hardtop, and red interior. but there is some surface rust that needs to be taken care of with a paintjob. any suggestions on a color? cant be red, cant be black. im thinking khaki or something.
another thing, is that its got a little bit of rust at the wheel wells. nothing thats rotting away the whole wheelwells, just a little bit. what should i do about this? its where the skirts will go (hell yeah i got wheelskirts), but i dont want it covered up, i want to get rid of the rust.
last thing is that its old and it smells like MOLD. the interior is beautiful though, ALL dark, nice, red LEATHER. this car was top of the line back in the day. how do i get mold out of leather, and get it smelling good? also some of the little rubber things that go between the window and door are cracking, how do i replace those?
and should i get white and black dice? or should the dice match the interior? any estimations on the mpg, or how much money its gonna cost to fill up a 26 gallon tank?
EDIT: go to the bottom, ive got more questions/info
its got 54k miles, and has been garaged for roughly the past 30 years. its great, a front wheel drive (1971!! front wheel drive!), and takes unleaded gas so we can put in regular pump gas instead of super-high octane gas we wouldve needed for an older car that took leaded gas. its in good condition, but needs some TLC here and there. we got some precautionary work done, new protectors (rubber/leather boots that go on the differential to protect it from the elements or something) for the front wheel drive, new disks for the brakes (1971!!! disk brakes!), new oil, tranny sluid, just some stuff that needed to be done.
with everything that NEEDS to be done finished by the end of this weekend, we are left with some other things to take care of. right now its light green with a black hardtop, and red interior. but there is some surface rust that needs to be taken care of with a paintjob. any suggestions on a color? cant be red, cant be black. im thinking khaki or something.
another thing, is that its got a little bit of rust at the wheel wells. nothing thats rotting away the whole wheelwells, just a little bit. what should i do about this? its where the skirts will go (hell yeah i got wheelskirts), but i dont want it covered up, i want to get rid of the rust.
last thing is that its old and it smells like MOLD. the interior is beautiful though, ALL dark, nice, red LEATHER. this car was top of the line back in the day. how do i get mold out of leather, and get it smelling good? also some of the little rubber things that go between the window and door are cracking, how do i replace those?
and should i get white and black dice? or should the dice match the interior? any estimations on the mpg, or how much money its gonna cost to fill up a 26 gallon tank?
EDIT: go to the bottom, ive got more questions/info
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