Mad_Hungarian

Mad_Hungarian

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3 days ago @ Hooniverse - V.I.S.I.T: The Shared... · 0 replies · +1 points

A properly tuned 1971-74 Caddy should give you about 12 MPG. A 1975-76 with HEI and a non-clogged cat can return 15 MPG if you keep your speed under 65. The mileage really drops off as speed increases above that. (I have owned a '74, a '75 and two '76s).

3 days ago @ Hooniverse - V.I.S.I.T: The Shared... · 1 reply · +1 points

The Castilian uses the sedan rear bumper, center-rear gas filler and under-trunk gas tank location, hence the hatch and very high liftover. If you have a 1975-76 Sedan deVille handy (everyone should), lay the spare tire flat in the center of the trunk, then put a piece of plywood on top of it. That is how high the load floor on a Castilian is. The conversions that use the booty from a clamshell wagon or a 1969-70 Pontiac (pretty sure that is the donor for the Elvis car) also swap in the sidesaddle wagon gas tank.

3 days ago @ Hooniverse - V.I.S.I.T: The Shared... · 0 replies · +1 points

I don't think so, because that crease line is not found on a vinyl top equipped car. Notwithstanding the small area of repair at the back end of the rain gutter, these vinyl-less cars are great finds today, because these cars are notorious for rusting underneath the vinyl. Even California cars can have holes in the C pillar underneath the vinyl.

3 days ago @ Hooniverse - Hagerty puts out its T... · 0 replies · +1 points

I'm going to hazard that a number of the cars on that list that actually have some fair amount of enthusiast interest -- Fiero, Bavaria, Celica, RX2, Supra, Scirocco, Capri -- are owned by people that want to be able to drive them whenever and as much as they want, so they may be less inclined to select a collectible policy with restrictions.

1 week ago @ Hooniverse - Wagon Wednesday: Euro ... · 0 replies · +2 points

Oh noooo, there's more than one of these things running around. I got suckered in a couple of years ago and bought a similar looking (on the outside) '85 grey market 280TE. Mine had an automatic, leather seats (yep, leather, not MB Tex), power windows and locks, factory cruise control, automatic temp control A/C, and so on. Just more expensive things to break. Yes there is a headlight adjuster switch; where it is in the center depends on what kind of A/C you have. Also not working on mine. The price of admission on mine was lower but I probably would have been at or beyond this level by the time I put everything right. I gave up after a few months, put it back on eBay, and it got repatriated to Europe where I hope it is happier.

1 week ago @ Hooniverse - Chevy-Swapped Rambler ... · 0 replies · +2 points

Which makes the car unlicensable in any state with a safety inspection. Some states exempt cars with antique tags from inspection, but with all the mods it may not be eligible for antique tags.

2 weeks ago @ Hooniverse - Hooniverse Asks- Whatâ... · 7 replies · +2 points

Surprised no one has mentioned this Farina design yet:

Although, to be fair, word is that Nash messed significantly with Farina's design before putting it into production, but were of course happy to trade on his name.

2 weeks ago @ Hooniverse - American Lincolns and ... · 0 replies · +2 points

That site explains what was done, and how much it cost, but not how that would have compared to building a new car, or WHY the government would keep using a vehicle that a president had been killed in.

2 weeks ago @ Hooniverse - Hooniverse Asks- Whatâ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Doggone thing was actually a great LOOKING car, right up there with the Audi of the time. The problem was how quickly they started falling apart.

3 weeks ago @ Hooniverse - Hooniverse Asks- What ... · 0 replies · +1 points

1976 Cadillac Sedan deVille:


1986 Cadillac Sedan deVille: