Ray has been working away on the 1983 Cadillac Seville and………he has it running! Please give Ray a 👍Like👍 and be sure to Subscribe for more old car videos AU history episode coming soon!
Ray has been working on the 1983 Cadillac Seville and……success. He has it running. Please give Ray a 👍Like👍 and be sure to Subscribe. AU history episode coming soon. 👍
Hi Mark, That Cadillac engine sounds sweet, Good job Ray, just a few more jobs on her brakes , power steering she be up and running in no time. The Mitsubishi was badge in UK as the Space Wagon. Good luck with the Caddy , Take care
Love the Datsun sign. My first car as an 18 year old was a 240k then I got 78 4 door 5sp Skyline. When I turned 22 I started at Nestle and the Ford company car journey started.
@@markbehr88 the Skyline dashboard was amazing. Plus it has an overhead console running the centre of the roof. It’s was 2.4 6 cylinder I think. It was the Carby engine. Not overly powerful. It didn’t like hot starts though. The fuel would evaporate before it could get into the engine. You had to hold the accelerator flat to the floor and eventually it would fire up. Cold starts were no problem. Both models very rarely seen now. Often wonder what happened to both cars. They were in show room condition when I sold them.
@@markbehr88 the 240k was a 4 door. It was a dark metallic green with black interior. It was a 3sp auto. Wanted a manual but couldn’t find one in good condition back then. The motor had been reconditioned and it drove really well.
We share a commonality there Mark - I inherited / took custodianship of a mint W124 300E M103 sedan in that lustrous smoke silver with the cream leather interior back in 2001. Ragged high and low over the years by all and sundry but I absolutely love the colour. But then I’m also a big fan of fabric interiors done well.
@@markbehr88 lol! That is nice to know. It is time to travel Cadillac Style when you get the other issues worked out. Good man for getting it running again. He did the work!
When I first saw this car in a magazine when it was released I thought OMG that's hideous. These days I quite like it though. Lexus take note. You CAN make a car look distinctive without making it look grotesque.
I remember seeing it too in Motor Trend or one of the American magazines I used to buy every month (Car and Driver but Road and Track only occasionally as it was more Euro cars). I still have those magazines too. I thought it was very different but cool. Funny how some cars we didn’t like years ago become more acceptable to us over time. The AU is probably in that category too? 🤔👍
Sounds golden. Didn't expect a digital dash on such an early build. Driver's seat looks in good condition. A few years ago I saw and took a picture of a brown regular trunk shape 1980s Cadillac parked in Matraville. They're was also a blue one floating around Sydney's lower north shore some years beforw that. Also came across a beige coupe version in Woolloomooloo Shell.
@@markbehr88 I have encountered a handful. One time I was walking late at night in a residential street and one drove past which was likely one of the aforementioned sedans and it was like I was in an American TV show for that moment. It was pretty amazing. I was walking to school in 1984 when I was in the 5th grade and came across a B body Buick (likely a Park Avenue) which would have been pretty new then. I noticed it was even wider than a Falcon (yet these were a downsize!!) and was right hand steer. Only recently I read that Buicks were sold in NZ, so I think this had been shipped over by an owner from there. PS did not know digital dashes were out that early on American cars. I thought the Aston Martin Lagonda was the very first and a very glitchy one at that. I do know the Isuzu Piazza was revealed in a 1979 car magazine I saw and the Holden badged ones we got in the 80s had the Christmas tree dash as my uncle called it on his. I have encountered a metallic cherry colour Aston Martin Lagonda in Coogee Beach years ago about 2010 and spoke to the owner briefly who regularly had a pair of St Bernard dogs with him. It has a plaque declaring it was the car James May has driven.
@@jamesfrench7299 Very cool. When I was at FPV, the Tickford engineers and David Flint (MD) used to work at Aston. Some great stories - like a Lagonda travelling over a small iron bridge where they test drove would make all the electronics flash.
@@markbehr88 I heard of a Leyland P76 with a leaking windscreen bottom where the water drops would make the horn go off with each drop. The Lagonda just seemed so un - Aston Martin. They wanted a slice of the luxury saloon pie evidently, like Porshe with the luxury 4WD market with the Cayenne.
Haha - I always did like the Nimbus. Thought it would be the ultimate surfers car. I never did own one though and maybe that wasn’t a bad thing as they have all been crushed (for probably good reasons).
I don't understand these :P It sort of a usual car of the times with a few more options and a funny boot :P (Hoping your explanation will help me see the light! :D )
Hi Ivano. Bill Mutchell, head of GM styling saw a Daimler limo or similar car in the UK. He always liked that Neo Classical look so instructed his designers to apply that. He was also behind the split window Corvette and Boat tail Riviera. 👍
Good to hear that engine sounding so good 🙂Mark. Might be better if you were slightly less excited and allowed Ray to get a few more words in, edgeways😁! Cheers from NZ🇳🇿.
Ahh the Americans really laid on the kitsch with some of their 80s domestic car models and I love it. A lot of it was overblown crap really but it makes me grin that's what counts.
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Ray has been working on the 1983 Cadillac Seville and……success. He has it running. Please give Ray a 👍Like👍 and be sure to Subscribe. AU history episode coming soon. 👍
A bit of a ‘guilty secret’ but I quiet like the ‘retro’ styling of the Seville, look forward to seeing it on the road!
Nothing wrong with that. Me too! 😀👍
Love the look of this Cadillac. Pleased you have it running . Looking forward to a ride
For sure Gerard! 👍
She's running good, now keep your fingers crossed. The HT in HT 4100 always stood for Hook & Tow.
Yes, I know. Hopefully it will be ok? 🙏🫣
Love the Dato sign Ray! 👍
Yes, it is cool isn’t it? 👍
Hi Mark, That Cadillac engine sounds sweet, Good job Ray, just a few more jobs on her brakes , power steering she be up and running in no time. The Mitsubishi was badge in UK as the Space Wagon. Good luck with the Caddy , Take care
Thanks Shaun. Yes, Ray has done a great job. I am looking forward to driving it. Space Wagon hey? In America it was called the Chariot I think?
In NZ the Nimbus was called a Chariot also.
@@DpriaN303 Ah,there you go. The car with at least three different names! 😀👍
on ya ray
He’s done a great job hasn’t he. 👍
Love the Datsun sign. My first car as an 18 year old was a 240k then I got 78 4 door 5sp Skyline. When I turned 22 I started at Nestle and the Ford company car journey started.
Cool. I would love a Datsun 240K coupe these days. I also liked the 78 Skyline too. 👍
@@markbehr88 the Skyline dashboard was amazing. Plus it has an overhead console running the centre of the roof. It’s was 2.4 6 cylinder I think. It was the Carby engine. Not overly powerful. It didn’t like hot starts though. The fuel would evaporate before it could get into the engine. You had to hold the accelerator flat to the floor and eventually it would fire up. Cold starts were no problem. Both models very rarely seen now. Often wonder what happened to both cars. They were in show room condition when I sold them.
@@phil4977 Was the 240K a two door or four? They both look good.
@@markbehr88 the 240k was a 4 door. It was a dark metallic green with black interior. It was a 3sp auto. Wanted a manual but couldn’t find one in good condition back then. The motor had been reconditioned and it drove really well.
@@phil4977 Nice 😀👍
Great colour scheme.
Agree. I used to have an all gold one back in 1990 but particularly wanted a two tone Elegante. 👍
We share a commonality there Mark - I inherited / took custodianship of a mint W124 300E M103 sedan in that lustrous smoke silver with the cream leather interior back in 2001. Ragged high and low over the years by all and sundry but I absolutely love the colour. But then I’m also a big fan of fabric interiors done well.
@@jamesrebbechi5247 It’s always good to be true unto yourself. 👍
This is good news! Ray got it running. This is progress! You know what needs to be done as well. Soon you will be driving Cadillac Style.
Yes! I thought of you Olds98 when I heard it running so well! 😀👍
@@markbehr88 lol! That is nice to know. It is time to travel Cadillac Style when you get the other issues worked out. Good man for getting it running again. He did the work!
@@OLDS98 Thank you 👍
When I first saw this car in a magazine when it was released I thought OMG that's hideous. These days I quite like it though. Lexus take note. You CAN make a car look distinctive without making it look grotesque.
I remember seeing it too in Motor Trend or one of the American magazines I used to buy every month (Car and Driver but Road and Track only occasionally as it was more Euro cars). I still have those magazines too. I thought it was very different but cool. Funny how some cars we didn’t like years ago become more acceptable to us over time. The AU is probably in that category too? 🤔👍
I came here for the Nimbus!
Fair enough! 😀
@@markbehr88 more Magna wagon please!
@@timhamm4027 Yes. I need to take that for a drive. 👍
Sounds golden. Didn't expect a digital dash on such an early build.
Driver's seat looks in good condition.
A few years ago I saw and took a picture of a brown regular trunk shape 1980s Cadillac parked in Matraville. They're was also a blue one floating around Sydney's lower north shore some years beforw that.
Also came across a beige coupe version in Woolloomooloo Shell.
Sounds like you’ve spotted quite a few? The digital dash came out circa 1979. I have a 1980 Lincoln with a digital dash too. 👍
@@markbehr88 I have encountered a handful.
One time I was walking late at night in a residential street and one drove past which was likely one of the aforementioned sedans and it was like I was in an American TV show for that moment. It was pretty amazing.
I was walking to school in 1984 when I was in the 5th grade and came across a B body Buick (likely a Park Avenue) which would have been pretty new then. I noticed it was even wider than a Falcon (yet these were a downsize!!) and was right hand steer. Only recently I read that Buicks were sold in NZ, so I think this had been shipped over by an owner from there.
PS did not know digital dashes were out that early on American cars. I thought the Aston Martin Lagonda was the very first and a very glitchy one at that. I do know the Isuzu Piazza was revealed in a 1979 car magazine I saw and the Holden badged ones we got in the 80s had the Christmas tree dash as my uncle called it on his.
I have encountered a metallic cherry colour Aston Martin Lagonda in Coogee Beach years ago about 2010 and spoke to the owner briefly who regularly had a pair of St Bernard dogs with him. It has a plaque declaring it was the car James May has driven.
@@jamesfrench7299 Very cool. When I was at FPV, the Tickford engineers and David Flint (MD) used to work at Aston. Some great stories - like a Lagonda travelling over a small iron bridge where they test drove would make all the electronics flash.
@@markbehr88 I heard of a Leyland P76 with a leaking windscreen bottom where the water drops would make the horn go off with each drop.
The Lagonda just seemed so un - Aston Martin. They wanted a slice of the luxury saloon pie evidently, like Porshe with the luxury 4WD market with the Cayenne.
@@jamesfrench7299 It looked good though. 👍
Haha - I always did like the Nimbus. Thought it would be the ultimate surfers car. I never did own one though and maybe that wasn’t a bad thing as they have all been crushed (for probably good reasons).
I think they were good, innovative cars. It won Wheels Car of the Year but survival rates are very low, which is why I filmed this one. 👍
I don't understand these :P
It sort of a usual car of the times with a few more options and a funny boot :P (Hoping your explanation will help me see the light! :D )
Hi Ivano. Bill Mutchell, head of GM styling saw a Daimler limo or similar car in the UK. He always liked that Neo Classical look so instructed his designers to apply that. He was also behind the split window Corvette and Boat tail Riviera. 👍
@@markbehr88 So like the "retro revivial" of the early 2000's then! :P
Ok, maybe I do see the light lol
@@icascone Yes, that’s it. More a melding of old and newer themes versus doing a retro take on an older car like the VW Beetle for example. 👍
Good to hear that engine sounding so good 🙂Mark. Might be better if you were slightly less excited and allowed Ray to get a few more words in, edgeways😁! Cheers from NZ🇳🇿.
It’s hard not to get too excited after spending so much money to get it to this point. 😀
@@markbehr88 Fair enough. Have a good week.
@@michaelguerin56 You too 👍
Billio don't hear that alot
@@waitakereman Yep. We are old school here. 👍
Ahh, the 80's. American GM luxury vehicles were the ultimate for excessive bad taste in aesthetics. The boot treatment was horrid IMO..
I like it and the matching Eldorado! 👍
Ahh the Americans really laid on the kitsch with some of their 80s domestic car models and I love it.
A lot of it was overblown crap really but it makes me grin that's what counts.
@@jamesfrench7299 I like it. At least you could say “ that looks like an American car” versus “there goes another boring blob” 😀👍
@@markbehr88 then the Camry became America's biggest selling car. The irony.
@@jamesfrench7299 The traditional Americans went to the big trucks.