Finally.........there's room.

[67HEAVEN]

If on the other hand it won't bother you to look out over the hood and see that light haze of dust only 30 minutes after you washed it then go for it.

In my case, I'll look out over a Rally Red (stinger) hood.

 

[Tom Bryant]

What a beautiful Caddy. The wire wheels are a nice touch too.

Tom

 

[Mac]

I like your idea of the spray bottle, Tom. I think I'll try that with my truck. It's the only dark coloured vehicle I have (metallic green) and it takes forever to do a proper wax job on it (full sized, extended cab with 8 ft bed) so I tend to not bother more than once a year. A quick spray and wipe would be more to my liking (ie: more likely to get done).

Schweet Caddy, Larry!

 

[67HEAVEN]

Larry,

The more I think about that Caddy, the more I want to hear about it.

Give us some details........it's a beauty.

 

[67HEAVEN]

Tom,

I used your wax/water/mix in a pump-spray-bottle idea last evening and I'm very impressed.

I think I'm throwing my chamois away. One of the frustrating things for me has always been the tiny water spots left on the paint when using a chamois. Doesn't seem to matter how much money you spend (on a chamois) or how much time you spend using it, there are still tiny little water marks left after chamoising.

Your method works beautifully.

Question about terry cloths: I bought a dozen white ones (even branded Simonize ) at Canadian Tire (eh!) and they worked well except for the little bits of white fluff left behind. Will a first washing of them remove this stuff or is it always going to be a problem?

P.S. The time I spent spraying and wiping was probably "less" than I used to spend with the chamois.

 

[IH2LOSE]

My cars cleaning I use NO shammey,I wash the car ,then blow it off with the back back leaf blower.Get all the water out of the cracks.Then a spray detail wax with the towels.The towels I use are about $30.00 a peice I then cut them up and then have a tailer bond the edges with strips from the towels.I will have to get the name of the towels(MAKE-FEILD CREST,
STYLE-CHARISMAH, COLOR-WHITE).They last for years as long as they are used for car detailing and nothing else.They are soft and do not shed on the car.Once you have a good towel in your hand and compare it to the ones you normally use Youll be SHOCKED at the quaility difference

Tom,

I used your wax/water/mix in a pump-spray-bottle idea last evening and I'm very impressed.

I think I'm throwing my chamois away. One of the frustrating things for me has always been the tiny water spots left on the paint when using a chamois. Doesn't seem to matter how much money you spend (on a chamois) or how much time you spend using it, there are still tiny little water marks left after chamoising.

Your method works beautifully.

Question about terry cloths: I bought a dozen white ones (even branded Simonize ) at Canadian Tire (eh!) and they worked well except for the little bits of white fluff left behind. Will a first washing of them remove this stuff or is it always going to be a problem?

P.S. The time I spent spraying and wiping was probably "less" than I used to spend with the chamois.

 

[IH2LOSE]

Larry,

The more I think about that Caddy, the more I want to hear about it.

Give us some details........it's a beauty.

Ill never pass up a chance to talk about cars .

It is a 1967 caddy deville.One of 18,200 deville convertable made that year.Not a rare car in any way.I am the secound registered owner of the car.first owner sold to a dealer then a dealer sold to me.The car has 42,000 original miles on it with all the maintnece logs since new showing the slight milage acumulated each year since new,The car was originally a nice green color and I color changed it to black imediatley.The drive train is completely original with the exception of the battery(I still have the original) brake system and radiator.the car is loaded with options,6 way power bucket seats and console(whens the last time you seen a deville with bucket seats and a console),T&T wheel,Cruise control,Twilight sentnal,guidematic headlamp control,auto climate control,power trunk relise,power door lock and windows.The cars factory price was $5,608.00 the options on the car brought it to just under six grand when new,How much did you say that b/b 67 went for when new?

Besides the repaint on the car.I completeley replaced all the leather on the inside of the car.It was good but it was very firm and brittle so I had it replaced,My wife purchased the vouge tyres (Yes thats the way you spell TYRES) and kellsey hayse spokes for my birthday.I have a elaborite alarm system in the car because I dont garage it at my house and I also use it for week end summer runs to the local casino's 2.5 to 3 hours away.I also have a stereo system in the car that give concert sound quaility at any sound level with the top down.There is also 2-12"sub woofers mounted in the truck.The car also has about $1000.00 worth of a material called dyna mat to improve sound quaility and eliminate vibration.If you place a quarter on the trunk lid and play the boom music the quarters will jump off the trunk lid,No Joke I actually had to silacone the molding trims bolts on because the sub vibrates them off.You can see the 1/4 panels exspand with each hit of the subs
The summer the stereo was first installed the installer of the stereo system took the car to stereo compitions,The car was in 4 compitions and had taken one first place and in the other compitions placed in the top 3 places.the car competed only for one season because the equiptment changes so much next season its out dated.When the sub is on in the car it actually flashes the genarator light.While the car was in the shows it had dual batteries in the trunk,

Just to give you an idea of sound quaility and levels while cruising home from a car cruise last year,I was in the 66 and following my wife in the caddy rolling along at about 60mph I could hear the stereo in the caddy over the wind noise,traffic noise and side pipes noise as if it was the stereo in the vette.

The car honestley drives like a caddy it floats on the road,Hard to exsplain but once you have driven in an old caddy you better understand what the old saying meant "It drives like a cadillac"The weight of the car is around 4500lbs just about the same weight as the wifes esculade.

Lastley this is the only car I ever recived a speeding ticket in the triple digits,Luckely the trooper was a car guy but he still wrote me a ticket to slow me down untill I could appear in court,So for nine months I was an angel.All of the electronics work properley but it took me years to make it that way,the unfortunate thing of the car is I can never afford to sell it.I have invested WAY! more then the cars worth will ever be,Also the kids say it our christmas eve car its the one we drive when we go visiting the relatives on christmas eve.And my daughter 7 years old says she want to drive it to the church when she marries her husband.My wife also regularly takes the car out in the summer to excersize it.Its the car we drive for summer ice cream palor runs.

Well You asked

Thank You for the very kind words

 

[67HEAVEN]

Thanks Larry....that's a great story about a great car.

Just enhances my feeling that the late '60s were the zenith of automotive development.....1967 in particular

After all, look at that beautiful '67 Caddy, not to mention that '67 SS427 a few pages back, and lest we forget '67 big block Corvettes.....yep, 1967 - the absolute zenith....or to coin a phrase - 67HEAVEN

In 1967, the only trace of pollution equipment was a mere PCV (and A.I.R. if in California). Dang, we didn't even get side marker lights. Life was simple.......you could actually get at your engine to work on it. I've had young'uns look under my hood with a shocked expression :eek "Hey, there's room to work under there!"

1967 - the L-88 was born and Zora was riding high!

1967 - the Camaro was born; the Firebird was born.

1967 - Sgt. Pepper was born (oops......wrong topic).

Not that I'm biased or anything.

 

[67HEAVEN]

Larry,

How's about grabbing a camcorder, plug-in a ZZ-Top tape (crank it up loud) and take us all along for a cruise in that 4,500lb. deville?

Get it converted to MPEG or similar and we'll all boogey on down together

 

[IH2LOSE]

Larry,

How's about grabbing a camcorder, plug-in a ZZ-Top tape (crank it up loud) and take us all along for a cruise in that 4,500lb. deville?

Get it converted to MPEG or similar and we'll all boogey on down together

All kidding a side I want to take my digital camera that takes a 15 secound vid and take the 66 for a blast and then post it because some people have never enjoyed the thrill of a 427 being power shifted at 6300 rpms,(PS THIS IS WAS GOT ME HOOKED) Do you know how to do it,

I also have 2 cool vids of a C1 at the cartec corvette challenge from last year and would like to share them,This car leaps off the line as if it was shot out of a cannon.

 

[67HEAVEN]

CLICK

and then.......

Another CLICK

 

[IH2LOSE]

My fire wall is blocking cookies I think I cant play the vid is it going thru the gears

 

[67HEAVEN]

Cookies shouldn't matter. Have you got QuickTime installed?

 

[67HEAVEN]

Download here.....
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

 

[IH2LOSE]

OK I had to disable my fire wall.I was not having problems with quick time just in orderto see any of his site.

The vid all the way on the right of him racing the motor thats What I want others to hear.Also as he was racing the red car it looked like he was shifting around 4500rpms The cars just waking up at those rpms.

 

[WhalePirot]

Well, the vids got me going! I may have to take the Vette out to smoke some rubber!. Gotta love them rat motors!
Mike

 

[IH2LOSE]

My website will not allow me to upload a video.Can some one direct me to a place I can upload some vids,I would be happy to use a site I would have to pay for

 

[67HEAVEN]

My website will not allow me to upload a video.Can some one direct me to a place I can upload some vids,I would be happy to use a site I would have to pay for

It's free!

 

[IH2LOSE]

dosent allow vids only photoimages Im up for suggestions

 

[Tom Bryant]

Tom,

I used your wax/water/mix in a pump-spray-bottle idea last evening and I'm very impressed.

I think I'm throwing my chamois away. One of the frustrating things for me has always been the tiny water spots left on the paint when using a chamois. Doesn't seem to matter how much money you spend (on a chamois) or how much time you spend using it, there are still tiny little water marks left after chamoising.

Your method works beautifully.

Question about terry cloths: I bought a dozen white ones (even branded Simonize ) at Canadian Tire (eh!) and they worked well except for the little bits of white fluff left behind. Will a first washing of them remove this stuff or is it always going to be a problem?

P.S. The time I spent spraying and wiping was probably "less" than I used to spend with the chamois.

Glad it worked out for you. I learned that in '70 from a GI that sold me his black car in Germany when he was going home to Alaska. How he learned that in Alaska is beyond me. :L I think it works so well because any water that dries just leaves hazed wax residue which wipes off rather than hardened water mineral deposits. Plus it keeps your wax job fresh. Even cheap terry will loose it's lint in a washing or 2. I use those packs of white terry detail towels you can get at Sam's or auto parts stores.

Tom