Bringing a 1964 Cadillac Convertible Back To Life After Sitting In A Garage Since 2004!
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2021
- No this is not my Cadillac, BUT I figured you guys would want to see the work done on this beast of a car. It has been sitting idle in a garage since 2004 and was parked for a fuel issue? We will see once we dig a little deeper in it.
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I'm a Cadillac guy I still have my family owned 1986 Cadillac Coupe Deville. I have had a few in my life. Ben its a 429, 340 HP & 480 ft/lbs of torque.
My boss had a black 62 Coupe in 1963 when I was a senior in High School in Grand Rapids, MI. He gave me some cash to wash it one Saturday. My friends and I bought some gas for it instead, washed it at home and cruised the circuit instead for about an hour. Had a blast!
Dip the battery terminals in a mix of baking soda and water. Cleans them right up.
That Cadi comes with an alarm clock 😂
That is some serious real estate you got there.
that’s a tough old gal, runs real nice
Fender Skirts and Fins doesn’t get any better. Love old Caddy’s
Twilight Sentinel = headlamp auto on/delay off
Has the top been down for 20 years? Oh my my, can’t wait to see that video
That thing is beautiful. The owner may have stored stuff all over it but at least they know how to roll up their extension cords.
Nice revival.
What a dream assignment, start and make it run. I love Cadillacs every bit as much as the Corvettes. General Motors in their prime here.
Awesome!
When I saw the thumbnail I thought maybe "Big Red" was going to have a new friend. I love those old Caddies - I had 2 of them. Look forward to seeing you work your magic!!
Mmm that beautiful red perforated leather. These interiors are fabulous.
Edit: at a closer look I now realize this interior was redone at some point. Originally all those stitched inserts would have been perforated leather and it looks fabulous but was known to tear if not taken care of/from age.
That's a great car!!! Gotta love those big old Cadillacs. Except for rusty 72 convertibles.
That’s a pimp ride, Boss Hogg style.
Frigidaire A/C, when the Frigidaire name really meant something. I like the toned down fins on the 1964 Cadillac.
Nowadays Fridgidaire air conditioners are made in China!
I’m open for a Sunday drive.
Like the older Cadillacs.
Fun to watch you work old car revivals.
Splendid car...a 64 is my absolute favorite year...looking forward to the process.
Sweet!! Time to clean ALL the grounds. The sentinel is a auto highbright dimmer
Cadillac also marketed Twilight Sentinel which turned on the lights at dusk. Don't remember if there were two devices, one for dimming and one for automatic turn on. Mechanisms are different, so they may have had two products/options.
Autronic Eye was the auto high beam control. Twilight Sentinel was the auto lights on/off due to ambient lighting conditions.
Our 60 Cadillac has the autronic eye and it is so sensitive that it dims the lights when passing road signs. Anyone know how to fix it? I have turned the knob both ways and have put tape over the lens but it still dims the lights constantly! Thanks in advance for any help!
@@charlesatwell6658 I had a 66 for a while that had the same problem. I tried putting multiple covers over the eye with gradually smaller holes to see if that would fix it. After the third time it worked better. But not great. Never figured out if there was a way to adjust it. Most circuits like that have a gain control. When I was researching (before the internet was good), I found that Ford/Lincoln was buying Delco units too and having tons of problems. Designed their own. I decided it sounded hopeless.
Hell yeah good to see you Ben
No. Its not wrong. My favorite caddy ever.
Thanks Ben, another good video. The 1964 models were the last Cadillac's to have tail fins. 10:55
The arm rest switch for the windows, usually labeled "EMER. WIN." is something Cadillac had for years. If you needed to put the windows up or down and didn't have the keys with you, the switch could be held and it would supply power to the window switches. It's sort of the precursor to the automatic retained power feature in modern cars.
Ohhhhh baby!!! I like it!
Gorgeous car, and close to my favorite year of 1962. My first girlfriend's (1978) parents had 1964 Sedan DeVille. White also with black interior. Owned since new, completely original and only driven on weekends. Seemed so old at the time, even though it was the same age as me. My current daily driver is sixteen years old. I believe that's an electric winder on a clock spring in the clock making that noise.
Back in 1972 during the first oil embargo one of our high schools teachers brought her 64 Caddy into the schools auto shop class wanting to know if there was something we could do about the 7 mpg it was getting. Our shop teacher just laughed and told her no so she donated it to the class and went shopping for a new Pinto. That big 429 wasn't the biggest engine Cadillac made but it sure was thirsty.
No surprise that she started right up!
Its my dream to own a Cadillac just like that ls swap and air bags make the best highway cruiser
A full on dreamboat Cadillac. What an icon of American motoring, even if they're far too large to fit on pretty much anything other than American roads...
Wow, she's a beauty! When you get her fixed up so you can take her out for a cruise make sure she is hooked up to a tanker, she'll be getting less than 6 miles to the gallon.
I saw you doing a brake job on your Cad Conv yesterday and you put a touch of grease on the backing plate that the shoe rides on. This is something I was taught along time ago. You are the only mechanic I have seen do this good job. I always drove Cads but now you've got me wanting a Very and the only one I can afford is a C4 1985 lol thanks for all your Videos.
I have watched other videos and when some of them choose a vintage Cadillac to restore or get running, they get a lot of watchers. Some love a 1963 or 1964 Caddy or 1969 Caddy or even 1970. In any event, whatever the model, you are a winner. In any event, the mechanics can't seem to pull themselves away and sell them. Think about it. Love your videos! A+++
Funny you say that. On my channel Cadillac videos always get 50% less views than anything else
@@TheCorvetteBen You did keep the 1956 Cadillac. You made lots of videos on it and I watched every one.
This one reminds my of my Cadillac. After some guy hit my 65 Mustang, i bought a 64 Coupe De Ville. A big boat is a car, but it was cool.
Maybe it's time to start a new channel CaddyBen 😄
Great video glad you posted keep them coming
Enjoyed all your videos !
From an era where full sized meant FULL SIZED! Looks like "ran when parked" actually applies to this one!
Also came as a rarer Fleetwood Eldorado Biarritz Convertible without fender skirts. Quality of chrome plating in those days on Cadillacs was superb.
First ! Love Cad !
I'm excited to see more content on this car! Looks fun
WOW Ben...where are people finding these cool Cadillacs stashed away these days.....
Sentinel is the adjustment for the auto headlight dimmer.
Sure was hoping this was your '64 Cadillac, but looking forward to more videos to getting it road ready 😀 thanks for sharing and as always "Howdy from Texas buddy "!!
What a boat!!! It looks really good and a "survivor" to boot. Every time I see these videos the person doing it should drop the fuel tank and disconnect the gas line before doing anything else outside of cleaning the rodent crap out of everything.
Nice job
The 64s had the new 429 in them.
That AFB is a direct replacement for the original carb.
Those were REAL RUNNERS for their size... Well tuned, it should get about 20mpg on the highway and about 12 in town.
429, last year for fins, first year for auto climate control. My fathers boss had one, I dreamed from our 62 Bel Air wagon. Kudos as always!
One of Cadillac's best looking years, the 63 and 64. Had access to a 63 4 dr Brougham about 68 when I was in college working for a used car lot prior to graduation the next Summer. Dark green metallic, lighter green brocade pattern interior. Extremely posh for sure. Very nice ride. Just think it a bit strange that they left this car in a garage with the top down since 2004? The interior looks clean for that long with the top down or did someone clean it up before you began the project?
1964 Cadillac was the first mass production car to have automatic air conditioning. I’m not partial to convertibles, but it’s darn nice.
Also first year for the 429 engine.
Nice car. Interior has definitely been replaced. No cruise, however auto dimming, sentinel and tilt. First year for ATC.
I can't remember whether this is a 390 (it was bored out to 400+, but again my memory is not that precise) or if the 472's came this early. And those got bored out to 500 ci. Last of the real fins, though; the '65's went to the "blade" style which crushed me back in the day. Now they look like a handsome evolution of this overblown style -- which I'm sure is what Billy Mitchell & co. were aiming for. Thanks for posting.
429. Torque monster. High compression. It’s no 472/500 but still a great engine. I have a 68 so I’m biased
Luv that car?👍 Yeah it don't look like they changed the oil very often.
You could put five Tonys in the trunk at one time.
Oh man, really? Very nice thet you get to work on it! I’ve got a 64 Caddy aswell in white but as a coupe. It’s been off the road for 2 months now as I have a severe knock in the engine. First changed the lifters, then all the bearing and whilst doing the bearings I found out that my timing chain is as loose as a bike chain
I think Tubbs drove a blue one on Miami Vice. Sweet as hell!!
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The CadillacBen
My Dad had the same year and color except his was a coupe, I think the motor was a 429 C.I.
The Caddy Daddy!
My guess are bad gas and a bad fuel pump.
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this could be a sweet car if all fixed up.
So excited to see you work on a '64. I've been restoring my grandfather's. Lots of cool options on that car. Try working the windows with the emergency switch set to on. You might have some luck. The wires in the door jamb always break.
My fav year and color combination
The Cadillac Ben. lol
That engine is a 429 which replaced the previous 390 generation Caddy powerplant. Those "turn signal bullitts" are actually fiber optic which Cadillac was the first to introduce. This car has "Autronic Eye" which is the far left dial on the dash that automatically dimmed the high beams when two lane highways were the norm. I don't think this is a factory cruise control car. The system would have been mounted somewhere on the driver side inner fender and would have been manufactured by Perfect Circle for GM.
Wow! Just, wow.
Those turn signal bullets actually have small bulbs in them. Fiber-optics did not come until the 1970s. That does appear to be a factory cruise control.
@@danielulz1640 Factory cruise on 63/64 Cadillac had a round "selector dial" mounted flush up next to the driver wing window on top of the dash. This car does not appear to be so equipped.
@@skinnerhound2660 if you are talkin about the vertically mounted wheel type dial, that is what I thought I saw.
That one was pretty simple compared to what we're used to seeing you work on. It definitely pays to keep something in a garage if you can. Wonder what kind of problems you're going to find in the fuel system because if they stopped driving it because it quit running it doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the ignition so far. Still could be something wrong with the transmission as well. But man that thing started up nice.
Power Seat switches.
Big an beautiful .
Not sure why it stopped running. Runs great
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you might have to hold the emerg. window switch on and move the others, it's a two hand affair
Nice looking car. But you better get back on the wife's Pontiac! LOL
Make it yours Ben.She sure is sweet.
The battery you took out had a 2007 date on it !
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64 was the first yr for the 429
I see the problem with your battery, It needs a new car!!!
should be a 390 displcement
'64 was the first year of the 429
@@chriscodd6578 429? Never heard of that one. 472? Not criticism. Just curious. Lots of different displacement back then.
@@sirloinofbeef3862 it's all good. '63 was the last year for the 390 and then came the 429 in '64. The 472 came out in '68 I believe.
The better method of getting corroded terminal out is spray WD40 and leave it for a minute or two..
How did it get to Texas?
its a cadiliac, they got around and lasted back then, hell they had mutliple ones on the old Miami Vice TV show back in the 80's that are still around to this day, in of all places the dominican republic.
How much $$$$ to fix up?
engine should be a 429, 340 hp, on 100 octane probably. 2 versions of this engine depending on the transmission,, both automatics.
Do you know why the boot is so large back in the old 60s and 70s cars???
People did a lot more walking back then. Their feet were bigger.
I wonder if the thing was originally red on red judging by the painted bits of the dash, also at that age, and how old it is, changing the fuel lines cant be a bad idea if your gonna go through it top to bottom to get it back up to tip top spec, and if not at the very least have a marked and easy to find fire extinguisher put in for the guy given how bad the obama gas is, although Mercifully it missed that era which is probably why it runs so well.
Trump gas is a lot worse.
@@stephendavidbailey2743 how so, he got stuck with it, and generally the fuel quality varies from state to state, california naturally being the worst as their about as brain dead as they can be over there
@@kavinskysmith4094 You slammed someone I greatly admire, along with the rest of the world. So I slammed TFG.
@@stephendavidbailey2743 He's a good liar, and comes off as charitable while betraying people without their knowledge or knowhow I'll give him that, like any other profession such as acting or being a college math professor, you know, the one type of college professor that's actually worth a damn, and I would have probably liked the guy.
as it is, well you know how they talk about how when someone lies their parents stretch their ears and the like when they get caught, he must have had alot of practice with how much he lies and how big his ears are.
and I really wish someone would catch him talking about how he really feels and acts with the mask off, just so this damn obama was the greatest cult would finally disband for good
as he tells you what you want to hear, and then does the opposite of what is needed time and time again, and if my father had, had his bypass just two years latter we would have gone broke just from the bills
and under him and his healthcare programs we went from having to paying nothing to 4 grand a year before getting full coverage from our healthcare providers, as they thought it was too good and that we didnt deserve it, despite him working there for well over 30 years at that point
and that's in addition to paying 35 to 40% of our livelyhood yearly in taxes, and all he did was make the debt worse, and cut deals to favor big pharmasutical companes and the like, as you bet they loved getting an extra 4 grand times over a 100 million people from that, not to mention how grateful GM was to him
as literally just as he was bailing out general motors, what did he do, cash for clunkers, give us your very usable and cheap used cars
well crush them and poor concrete in the engines so you cant use them or the parts for anything given the porous and wet nature of it, and have to buy new from the newly bailed out general motors with their newer, worser, less reliable and more emmisions friendly engines.
while everyone is poor and in an economic downturn with no jobs, nor money to spare
and the really good ones, we'll send to cuba to help a fellow communist country out to help them out, and so no one can ever get their hands on them ever again
and its just come recently to light that someone during the american occupation of afganistan sold the mineral rights for mining there to the chinease, which now flips to the afgani goverment, like who in their right mind would do such a thing
and we were there for 10 years, more than that, which falls directly under his presidency, and hell the crash in 08' was actually caused by another president exactly like him with the same media bias of he can do no wrong stuck behind him as well
Bill I did not have sexual relations with that woman Clinton, of Whom I just learned had a certain famous New York Mayor who just resigned for sexual assault allegations, as part of his finance team when he was preisdent back in the day.
also with more than a few of those allegations directly linked to his time serving under him,
like people like him just eternally fuck everything up while making you feel good about it because he can lie and give a good show while doing nothing to fix the problem itself that he more often than not caused in of himself
not to mention the media bias that came with all the coverage of him in no small part given all the media and silicon valley news coverage comes out of the heavily biased and eternally leaning the wrong way of sense states of New York and California where all the money is
although not anymore in that second case however as I'm pretty sure that state literally has more human waste on the sidewalk than people living in it
and from what I've heard, NYC may not be far behind either in more ways than one.
@@kavinskysmith4094 are you done? Now go to your room and be quiet, the adults are talking here.
Engine is probably a 390 (not be to confused with the Ford 390.)
Race between your Caddy and the wife's Pontiac? 😉
Big, white, and usually topless also describes the girl I was dating in 2004. Ah, high school... 😂
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Hi ben how can I contact u ? I need help with my c3
Engine is a 492
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it would not start in 2004, So what was wrong with it to make them park it all those years, he hardly did anything and it fired right up with ease?????
I'm guessing fuel pump.
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Those terminals are thirsty for a Coke
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