We have rainy weather here in NC today and have been playing with some of the parts from the latest parts car, a 1964 Coupe de Ville.  This car has had some extremely nice stuff... the best front engine cover yet, nice exhaust manifolds, excellent intake manifold and the engine block is nice and unmolested with the nylon still on the timing gear teeth!
BUT... the reason I started pulling parts cars in 20+ years ago was to find parts for my 64 CDV - Dino. Well several pieces from this latest parts car have or will make their way to Dino and just cleaned up another. The RH "hidden" ash tray you see below looks like it has never been used and has already been swapped out for the one I had in Dino. Since a car basically breaks down to 5000 parts or so, there is still a lot of opportunity to continue to improve my Caddy and always chuffed to find the good stuff like this. The lighter and base also looks unused and will put it up for sell as I already have 4 like new lighters in Dino.
Anway, check it out.

Views: 150

Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

When we first got our 64, i thought..."why would you put an ashtray so far from the passenger?

Then, one day I was wiping down the wood trim and as I pushed a bit on the bottom portion of wood between the glove box and A/C vent trim, a bloody great ashtray the size of 2 gallon bucket swung out.

I was impressed to, as ours are pretty good.... not perfect, but pretty good.

Today they are  MDCS's  --> Mobile Device Charging Stations!  A place for power and a place to store your adaptors!  Those Cadillac engineers were spot-on in terms of designing something for future use! In fact 50 years from now the tech kids will probably be using them to energize their Giga-Splat Velocity Blasters!  ....and you know that's a Billion Splats... yee ha!

It does amaze me how advanced the Cadillacs were back then.  Power steering, power seats, power windows, tilt wheel, cruise control, air conditioning, cornering lamps, AF/FM stereos, power antennas, climate control! The list goes on and on.  

Most of the stuff that was available on our Cadillacs took 30 years to become standard on cars. 

Incredible!

RSS

Photos

  • Add Photos
  • View All

Forum

Modern radio antenna …

Started by Mack in 1963/64 Cadillac Specific Discussion on Tuesday. 0 Replies

Just replaced radios for the modern radios with Bluetooth and all the dance things and wanted to share how I went around the antenna knob… I’ve installed a regular two way GM window switch in the…Continue

BOOT

Started by John Inglesby in 1963/64 Cadillac Specific Discussion. Last reply by Marty Smith on Tuesday. 1 Reply

I recently purchased a new boot for my 64 convertible and was wondering how difficult it s to install. I'm not very mechanical. It looks like the chrome piece behind and at top of seats needs to be…Continue

63 Exhaust Hanger Mystery

Started by Mike Travers in 1963/64 Cadillac Specific Discussion. Last reply by Cees de Bunje on Monday. 8 Replies

I'm in the process of installing a stainless steel single exhaust from Classic Exhaust on my '63 Coupe de Ville. I'm running into a mystery regarding my middle exhaust bracket. I have the bracket…Continue

TH400 Dipstick Tube Seal

Started by Logan Robb in 1963/64 Cadillac Specific Discussion. Last reply by Logan Robb on Monday. 9 Replies

In my “rebuild” of the transmission, I ordered a dipstick tube seal. However, I’m not sure if the right one came or how to best install the seal. I am wondering if anyone has replaced this seal OR…Continue

Blog Posts

Loud air moving sound within carb with cleaner removed

Posted by Dave Fehrle on March 23, 2024 at 3:23pm 8 Comments

While checking my Carter carb with engine running, I took the air cleaner off and there was a very loud hissing sound of air. I placed a piece of paper over the carb and it didn’t move up or down, is this normal?

Vintage Air AC

Posted by Chase on March 21, 2024 at 5:55am 0 Comments

Hey everyone, has anybody done a Vintage Air AC/Heat setup in their car? I want to bypass the old vacuum setup and go with a Vintage Air Gen 2 model. Before I get started, does anyone have any experience with this? (Which model to go with, do’s and dont’s, etc.) It looks pretty involved. Any and all info/pics would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

accumulator dryer

Posted by CHRIS CARLSON on December 6, 2023 at 10:54am 0 Comments

Who rebuilds original AC  accumulator dryers for 1964 Cadillac? I have been on Classic auto air in Tampa FL wait list for over a year ,  There is one on Old air products web site that looks very similar to the original # 21-4214A but states it fits 1962 Gm cars, The one recommended for a 1964 Cadillac is half the length 21-4215A    What  is everyone using ? I would prefer to be as original as possible. Thanks

'63 Eldorado trumpet horn + 2 standard horns restoration

Posted by Les Eastling on November 15, 2023 at 10:34am 1 Comment

My son, unbeknownst to me, had all three of the horns on our 1963 Eldorado completely restored. We had recently added the Eldorado trumpet horn to the two standard horns and the sound was not very good... we had heard good ones so we knew something was not right... but there was not much we could do to get better sound from the 3 horns. 

There is a restoration service called The Horn Works who my son…

Continue

Videos

  • Add Videos
  • View All

© 2024   Created by Jason Edge.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service