Laurie's 1970 Fleetwood Brougham Restoration

[The Tassie Devil(le)]

Looking good.

Bruce.

[Cape Cod Fleetwood]

Looking good.

Bruce.

Thank you!
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Laurie!

[DaddyDeVille]

Love the fabric!  I know there is a huge cost to the custom fabric if it was done today, but that is something that I think is a real loss in that cars today only come with cloth when they are the cheapest of cheap and the style of past is lost.

[Cape Cod Fleetwood]

Love the fabric!  I know there is a huge cost to the custom fabric if it was done today, but that is something that I think is a real loss in that cars today only come with cloth when they are the cheapest of cheap and the style of past is lost.

48 years later its still sumptuous. I was having my 'doubts' as to how Medium Turqoise Dumbarton could fade to a 'blue' tint. Did a search for Caddy's for sale with that interior, and was pleased to see a 25K car with the exact same faded look and condition.

Here's pics from today after I shampooed the upholstery and carpets with the Mike Josephic recommended product "Tough Stuff", I was stunned. After a good vacuuming spray on, let sit for a few minutes, wiped with a damp cloth, then wiped again with a dry towel. A little more aggressive on the carpets, using a scrub brush, then damp sponge then dry towel. Simply stunned at how nice it came out. Shined up all the vinyl and leather, nothing more I can do to the inside now.

The first pic is a before/after of the carpet. Before is behind the front passenger, after is behind the driver.
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Laurie

[Cape Cod Fleetwood]

OK folks.. so what are the 2 small female belt locks for?
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Laurie

[Glen]

IIRC the small ones are for the shoulder belts, the large ones are for the lap belt.  Or maybe the other way around.   

[Cape Cod Fleetwood]

IIRC the small ones are for the shoulder belts, the large ones are for the lap belt.  Or maybe the other way around.   

ah HA!

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Laurie

[Cape Cod Fleetwood]

The Ark is in the shop with Scott doing the engine work, sweet.
Someone spent a LOT of money on this car, Scott estimates in the last 5 years. Engine was painted 'Cadillac Blue', new seals/gaskets around everything including the oil pan. I wanted to drop the pan but didn't realize how much stuff was in the way. I'm comfortable that was done recently. Scott figures they did the timing chain while they were there. Tranny fluid was 'brand new', so was the filter, but changed anyway. He said there were new parts in the tranny. And there's a drain plug in the bottom of the tranny pan. Devastated to find the car has an electronic ignition, Scott said it was a good one and leave it alone. So much for my EMP proof car!
Both rear brake cylinders were leaking, probably the source of my brake failure, they'll be in tomorrow. And he's changing the master cylinder. Seems to be a part missing to complete installing the condenser, I posted seperately on that. If we're Facebook friends, here's a walk around of the engine today. I'll be driving it tomorrow, that's all I care about!

https://www.facebook.com/laurie.kraynick/videos/1676676525780823/

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Laurie

[Cape Cod Fleetwood]

I should be driving it Saturday, LOL!
Scott ran into a few issues that have delayed completion, no big deal.
Now to find front rotors which no longer seem to exist and both rear emergency brake cables.

Remember when I'd open the driver's door and the buzzer and engine temp light would go on right away?
Not any more. I was so excited Scott fixed it. He said he didn't touch it. What was changed was the battery.
Whatever, I'm thrilled. Car looks so cool with the proper battery, new master cylinder, etc. The seats were still
pretty damp from the washing last week. So all the windows are open and he left the heat on the in the garage overnight to help them dry a bit.

so excited!

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Laurie

[Cape Cod Fleetwood]

Got The Ark back today from Scott, its running GREAT! He really went through it well.
His test drive was on route 6 up to 70mph, taking his hands off the wheel and hitting the brakes, etc. He really
beat on it, fast sharp turns, etc. Its perfect. I still think it idles a bit rough but smooths right out when you hit the gas. He said its fine, leave it alone.

Everyone wanted to keep the goofy gauges except me, take them out. When he took them out he noticed multiple live wires - a fire waiting for a time to happen. And all the 'connections' were taped with duct tape. Nice.
GONE!

And my 12v is gone too, he'll put in another one when we do the EB cables. So great to finally drive the car today. Really busy work day tomorrow but I'll make the time to reach out to In Line Tube for cables and Cadillac Heaven for condenser #3.

First show in 10 days... lots of work to do.

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Laurie