New car vintage caddy

[nodoze]

So this morning I became the proud owner of a 79 Cadillac eldorado barriatz diesel . Long story short grandpa bought brand new in eighty , stopped driving it in ninety one . Had it in storage shed ever since . Now he needs room to park another new truck he bought and asked me if i wanted the caddy being as I'm the only grandkid into cars . Thing is mint inside and out with only 29k miles on it .
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Grandpa used to be a ballet apparently

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[IPD]

So this morning I became the proud owner of a 79 Cadillac eldorado barriatz diesel . Long story short grandpa bought brand new in eighty , stopped driving it in ninety one . Had it in storage shed ever since . Now he needs room to park another new truck he bought and asked me if i wanted the caddy being as I'm the only grandkid into cars . Thing is mint inside and out with only 29k miles on it .
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http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/09/23/utemaba5.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/09/23/9equpeny.jpg
Grandpa used to be a ballet apparently

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i love auto correct.

[nodoze]

LOL baller

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[TT4ME]

I didn't know Cadillac ever made a diesel. Cool find.

Actually I just did some searching and it looks like it was a big flop for Cadillac. Is anything wrong with it? Why was it parked for 20 years?

[nodoze]

Parked for the sane reason their van with 40k on it is getting parked , ...... To much money , they also have a mint 61 Ford 3/4 ton 2wd in their and couples motorcycles .

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[IPD]

you really should shut off auto correct.

[UTRacerX9]

I didn't know Cadillac ever made a diesel. Cool find.


Ditto. I wonder how reliable they are for daily driving, most diesels I can think of from that era were a lot more problematic than their gasoline counterparts. How many did they ever make? Could be a rare car.

[nodoze]

Originally they had told me that a diesel was swapped into it because the title said gas ..... But as you can see the banging all says diesel , all safety stickers for fuel type etc say diesel . But it Does have a reman engine in it , the valve covers say good wrench on the stickers which was hmm reman back then

On a side note , how many of you have ever seen a factory cb ? Yes this has one ha ha

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[UTRacerX9]

On a side note , how many of you have ever seen a factory cb ? Yes this has one ha ha


LOL I have... And it was on my grandfather's Cadillac as well! :)

[IPD]

seems very similar to the paresian (sp) that GM also made. i think the bonneville also came with a diesel available (don't quote me). also i think the toronado?

diesel was a bit more popular back in the day.

[nodoze]

yea the bonneville did , grandprix did and a handfull of other had the option . i had a 79 bonneville 2door landau but mine had the 301 pontiav v8 in it at first, that car is still my most favorite car i have ever owned i loved that car till someone tboned me


i saw the cb mic and wasd like wtf someone did a realy good job installing this. then got to looking and the factory radio hasa switch to go to cb .

[IPD]

yea the bonneville did , grandprix did and a handfull of other had the option . I had a 79 bonneville 2door landau but mine had the 301 pontiav v8 in it at first, that car is still my most favorite car i have ever owned i loved that car till someone tboned me


i saw the cb mic and wasd like wtf someone did a realy good job installing this. Then got to looking and the factory radio hasa switch to go to cb .

wat?

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[nodoze]

yea man that was the car that started my car passion we swapped a pontiac 400 in it , was all black with fender skirts and baby moons , i would trade anyvehicle i own to have a mint 79 bonneville 2 door.
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that was my baby , and before i lost my license for 130 in a 55 in it i had the nodoze plates on it originally , i still have the 400 that was in it , waiting for an equally worthy project to swap it in to

[OBXBoost]

What about converting the caddy to veggie oil fuel?

[DocWalt]

That thing is a TANK. I'd love to see it done up right! Good luck with the diesel engine.

[nodoze]

Maggie fuel oil would be cool but I'm working.on getting it running first , had to source some t boot rubber things that hook the Injectors to the return rail as they were all rotten . Think a gm dealer can get them ? No ! I ended up buying all eight from a John deere dealer !

Need to bleed the Injectors and change the oil and it should start :crossfingers:

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[green-lantern]

you really should shut off auto correct.

Yes :lo5l:


Originally they had told me that a diesel was swapped into it because the title said gas ..... But as you can see the banging all says diesel , all safety stickers for fuel type etc say diesel . But it Does have a reman engine in it , the valve covers say good wrench on the stickers which was hmm reman back then

On a side note , how many of you have ever seen a factory cb ? Yes this has one ha ha

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[Jimvr4]

I didn't know Cadillac ever made a diesel. Cool find.



Ditto. I wonder how reliable they are for daily driving, most diesels I can think of from that era were a lot more problematic than their gasoline counterparts. How many did they ever make? Could be a rare car.


diesel was a bit more popular back in the day.

None of you are old enough to remember but the 70s oil crises spurred demand for diesel cars as diesel fuel was significantly cheaper for a while. All the GM lines had diesel models in the late 70s early 80s. My dad had an Olds Delta 88 diesel for years. It was built like a tank and very luxurious but the diesel engines were essentially modified gas engines and had design / reliability issues. My Dad ended getting a brand new short block for free !


Originally they had told me that a diesel was swapped into it because the title said gas ..... But as you can see the banging all says diesel , all safety stickers for fuel type etc say diesel . But it Does have a reman engine in it , the valve covers say good wrench on the stickers which was hmm reman back then

They were all reman back then :lo5l: :p

[nodoze]

Should be a fun.car when It's running , not fast or handles well but should be comfy and i like the way it looks , apparently you can make a big cube small block out of them because they use the same main journals as a big block the 425 crank bolts right in and the cylinder walls are thicker so a 1/8 inch over bore can be obtained , with the stroke and overcome I guess you can get then to be a 455 ,

Would be interesting if I ever pitched the diesel for reliability

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[green-lantern]

Oh and it is a pretty cool car. I'd drive it for sure.