I appreciate it's a little long but indulge me if you will. POV video; driving my 1960 Cadillac on a dull cold spring day in the UK. The roads get narrower and narrower towards the end.
Absolutely made my day seeing this driving around in 21st century traffic. Credit to you for keeping such an incredible machine and driving it where people can appreciate it!
I briefly owned a 1960 Cadillac 4 door flattop in 1984. It didn't look bad but it did not run well. But if it could talk, it would probably thank me for having some things fixed up on it, and waiting awhile to sell it to a collector intent on restoring it, rather than junk it when the transmission started grinding in reverse.@@50YearOldTeenager
There is a powder blue one been sat in the drive of a house near Sutton Grammar School, Sutton Surrey, for 15 years! I walked past it yesterday in quite good condition I need to make an offer on it!
Fuel prices have always hurt but at the moment it is particularly painful. But at least I don't have the worry of expensive servicing costs to worry about and can do most of the work myself. Though of course I don't know how long we can sustain the steady rise in fuel prices. Almost £2.50/ litre in some London fuel stations apparently.
Hello I also live in the UK and I have been thinking about importing a 1966 Cadillac DeVille Convertible for years and using it maybe more often than a weekend car. However, I have never owned a classic car or worked on a car more than replacing an air filter. I have a few questions about owning one and I'll put them in a list Do you frequently run into issues with speed bumps regarding the ground clearance and wheelbase and if so, is it difficult to navigate the issue? How difficult is it to park in a regular car park that would be at a shop or workplace? How do you stop it from rusting? I'm not sure if you have a garage big enough for it but I'd have to keep it outside under a sheet on a driveway 1 inch shorter than the car. Is it expensive to buy and ship parts and do you have to do it often? The model I'm looking at has issues with the timing chain and cover wearing down quickly Is the cost of petrol and I'm assuming lead substitute a lot more extortionate than the cost of running, taxing and MOTing a modern car?
Interior looks to be in fantastic shape. When I was in England in early 1999, I was impressed to see an early 70s Lincoln Town Car parked in someone’s driveway, haha
A powder blue 59 or 60 2 dr Cadillac has been sat static on the driveway of a house just near Sutton Grammar School, Sutton Surrey, for 15 years. Never been moved just looked at it yesterday it looks solid!
Driving this old school American Car in a modern day parking lot in Europe. It's like driving a freaking truck. A REAL truck. Not the tiny Eurotoy trucks.
It's actually not that bad till you try parking in a big city like London or Paris. Parking is so tight that you need to plan ahead otherwise no bigger than a long wheelbase Mercedes Sprinter. But there's nothing quite like catching your reflection in store windows... 😊
Not at all, the only inconvenience is the Drive Thru or parking barriers. But you just throw her into park and scoot across if you don’t have a passenger.
