Kudo's Al for trying to save the Coach Builders Caddy. Can't wait for you to bring it back to life! Want to see it all cleaned up and back on the road!!!
Niiiice score on that white one, will be very cool the convertible with the floor shifter imo and that interior looks mint, and probably you could get almost all your money back on that white one just be selling the leftover cats
Hey Al, always a treat! Looking forward to following the journey restoring that coach builders! In the end, it will be a beauty, and I can’t wait to see it! Great post!
Well Dang Al... always glad to see new content, but I was hoping the outcome would be your usual good luck since you seem to have the midas touch on these. Fantastic you have a parts vehicle in order to save the beautiful coach builders car.
@@bigalsbikeandauto I like your approach of buying a parts Cadillac to fix another Cadillac.....I feel like I just saw another RUclipsr doing the same thing 🤔
I thought I saw the crank turn a smidge at one point when you tried turning the red car’s crank bolt. Good thing you scored that parts car for zilch. Awesome man.
@@bigalsbikeandauto 16:15 after the beginning but before the middle. It was at this final attempt it seemed to smidge. But it could have just been the motor mount or something moving.
i bought a 07 lincoln town car it was wrecked luckily with the town car the fender is all one piece fender and support i wished Cadillac would of done that as well. thats a nice dts but if you have the time when you take the engine out put the locked engine in the wrecked one and call lkq and see what much they'll buy it for lol get your money back but cant wait for the next video on this coach builders dts
Al, have you ever met anyone else that shares your love for these old Northstars? I totally get it... They are the Boogieman! Everyone is skeart and it creates an amazing buyers market.
There's a lot misinformation and yeah they are maintenance heavy and they don't like neglect but your can say the same about pretty much all high end 20 plus year old complicated luxury cars.
That cream DTS was misleading, it looked great from the back and then OUCH. I guess the easiest thing is to just swap cradles with the engine and everything all together. Nice interior on the parts car too and in the right color.
at times working on a cadillac can be difficult but you're right the idiots that scream bloody murder about the starter being under the intake clearly havent done one or are lazy or something. i can name several other things that have been harder to do on my caddys. to be fair the northstar is the easiest cadillac to work on that i've actually had my hands on.
Try filling the engine with di3sel. I mean yoh can always experiment what works best but diesel and water may mix and oil and water don't. Diesel and salt water you can put ina small jar and see how it behaves. I've seen on marine aplications where the engine was submerged in water for a long tjme and they remove water put disel i think - but yoh do this right away. Not half engine now half later. You open engine drain water old oil etc. Then seal it back up and fill it witb diesel. But you have to seal is back up. Polebarn garage did same thing. When got a car filled the wngine with diesel. Car not submerged but old. But if yoh open/drain and let air in even for a day - damage is worst than leaving it for a year with saltwater in but sealed - no air inside. Good luck
Hey you do what you love you don't need to explain nothing take me for instance I bought a Honda Civic to 300 bucks that I took an Acura el which is pretty much a luxury version of the Civic took everything and put it into my Honda Civic leather everything and a better trunk lid
Are you going to go find a front middle seat for the column shifter/bench seating setup on your red coachbuilders DTS? Maybe junkyards have one or an Impala.
Keeping the column shift and putting the center counsel is pretty nice too actually now thinking of it. You get both the old school shifter and counsel. Up to what you prefer 😁
New, or used drivetrain would be best for this car al, no sense in messing with the original drivetrains unless you get them rebuilt. Its only worth it cause its a convertible
Hi Big Al. I wanted to pick your brain. I have a 1983 Cadillac Seville with the 4.1 V8. When I try to start it the dash lights etc come on but the car won’t turn over at all. Thought I would ask you what I should look for in terms of trouble shooting? Cheers Mark
In order of easy things to check first make sure the battery connections are tight and that the battery has 12 volts, second I would check the starter with a multimeter plenty of videos on RUclips to show you how or just pull the starter from the car and bench test it.
FIRST! ❤
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Kudo's Al for trying to save the Coach Builders Caddy. Can't wait for you to bring it back to life! Want to see it all cleaned up and back on the road!!!
Gulf of Mexico coming out of the engine…. “I’ve seen worse” 😂
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When I seen all that water come out I knew that motor was toast. Glad you got a donor car. Great content ❤️
I hope this channel never ends and keeps spreading happiness.
What a genius rebuild in the making. Look at the donor interior. The front seats are worth more than $300
What a mess, damn shame to see a coach built end this way. Hope you can do a swap out and save her
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Body looks really good, don't give up on her!
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Loving the Cadillac Rebuilds, Al. Keep them coming!
IMPACT IMPACT IMPACT! SAY IT WITH ME!!!
Got nothing to lose bro, impact that crank bolt
I'm glad there's an engine solution. Hope there's a cheap solution to the hole in the roof.
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Love the colour of that dash. You did well finding the white one!
Niiiice score on that white one, will be very cool the convertible with the floor shifter imo and that interior looks mint, and probably you could get almost all your money back on that white one just be selling the leftover cats
Hey Al, always a treat! Looking forward to following the journey restoring that coach builders! In the end, it will be a beauty, and I can’t wait to see it! Great post!
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Well Dang Al... always glad to see new content, but I was hoping the outcome would be your usual good luck since you seem to have the midas touch on these.
Fantastic you have a parts vehicle in order to save the beautiful coach builders car.
Great video Al. We need a fleet update soon!
I think it's worth the effort
Can't wait to see the Finished Caddy
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I love my dts performance I got it’s special but this is super super special, Another good video Big Al
Dont ever sell it. They don't make Cadillacs like those anymore. Great car! I would love to have one.
@@christinesommerfeld9815 I refuse to sell my DTS I paid $500 for a running and driving Cadillac, it’s the top trim performance as well
❤love it. Can't wait to see you guys finish the car 😊😊😊😊
Excellent, enjoyable and wonderful video.
Great work Al
On the DTS. I haven’t had a chance to sort the Seville yet. 👍
another great video Al, looking forward to the rebuilding of Coach Builders DTS 💯
It not looking good folks!Love when ya say that.
Big Al- "mint" caddy dts built by coach builders $30,000
Pawn stars rick- the best I can do is $1,000, a bug and a pack of 305 cigs
Another great day, when Big Al uploads
Just started watching. The suspense is killing me 😅
Fancy meeting you here. 😁😎
Long time no see Todd!
@@bigalsbikeandauto I like your approach of buying a parts Cadillac to fix another Cadillac.....I feel like I just saw another RUclipsr doing the same thing 🤔
@@UnWrecked mine was a lot cheaper though 😂
@@bigalsbikeandauto can't argue with that
Agree with this idea Big Al use smashed front end DTS as parts car for red Coachbuilt DTS .
5:00 On the bright side that was your weekly shower.
I thought I saw the crank turn a smidge at one point when you tried turning the red car’s crank bolt.
Good thing you scored that parts car for zilch. Awesome man.
What is the time stamp for it turning? 🤔
@@bigalsbikeandauto 16:15 after the beginning but before the middle. It was at this final attempt it seemed to smidge. But it could have just been the motor mount or something moving.
@@42luke93 I think that was just the engine moving around from all the force
@@bigalsbikeandauto 17:35 - and I mean FRACTIONAL amount of movement. And it wasn't motormount flex.
@@NickMyers1 you’re crazy I don’t see any movement 😂
i bought a 07 lincoln town car it was wrecked luckily with the town car the fender is all one piece fender and support i wished Cadillac would of done that as well. thats a nice dts but if you have the time when you take the engine out put the locked engine in the wrecked one and call lkq and see what much they'll buy it for lol get your money back but cant wait for the next video on this coach builders dts
Muy bien Grande Al!. You should build a nice 40x60 foot metal building to work out of.
Al, have you ever met anyone else that shares your love for these old Northstars? I totally get it... They are the Boogieman! Everyone is skeart and it creates an amazing buyers market.
I have a few friends that like them as much as I do.
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There's a lot misinformation and yeah they are maintenance heavy and they don't like neglect but your can say the same about pretty much all high end 20 plus year old complicated luxury cars.
That cream DTS was misleading, it looked great from the back and then OUCH. I guess the easiest thing is to just swap cradles with the engine and everything all together. Nice interior on the parts car too and in the right color.
Great video dude
at times working on a cadillac can be difficult but you're right the idiots that scream bloody murder about the starter being under the intake clearly havent done one or are lazy or something. i can name several other things that have been harder to do on my caddys. to be fair the northstar is the easiest cadillac to work on that i've actually had my hands on.
Try filling the engine with di3sel. I mean yoh can always experiment what works best but diesel and water may mix and oil and water don't. Diesel and salt water you can put ina small jar and see how it behaves. I've seen on marine aplications where the engine was submerged in water for a long tjme and they remove water put disel i think - but yoh do this right away. Not half engine now half later. You open engine drain water old oil etc. Then seal it back up and fill it witb diesel. But you have to seal is back up. Polebarn garage did same thing. When got a car filled the wngine with diesel. Car not submerged but old. But if yoh open/drain and let air in even for a day - damage is worst than leaving it for a year with saltwater in but sealed - no air inside. Good luck
Hey you do what you love you don't need to explain nothing take me for instance I bought a Honda Civic to 300 bucks that I took an Acura el which is pretty much a luxury version of the Civic took everything and put it into my Honda Civic leather everything and a better trunk lid
Hi, Al from Vermont
People pay money for a sea salt facial and you got yours for free 😂 with a Cadillac so doing it with style!!
Yep that one is DOA , but a great parts car or engine swap maybe ?
Are you going to go find a front middle seat for the column shifter/bench seating setup on your red coachbuilders DTS?
Maybe junkyards have one or an Impala.
Just switching everything over from the parts car, the bucket seats & center shift
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Oh okay, that will be interesting to see how that is done switching the shifter out. Anything is possible!
Keeping the column shift and putting the center counsel is pretty nice too actually now thinking of it.
You get both the old school shifter and counsel. Up to what you prefer 😁
Reminds me of homer Simpson. Garbage water
Very nice Cadillac Convertible and I hope you save her and also does the convertible top work?🤔🍻
I have not tried to use the top yet
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You should try the top if it works in your next video.😏🍻
@@kirkacola7942 will do!
a come along would work much better pulling things like the front of that car frame
New, or used drivetrain would be best for this car al, no sense in messing with the original drivetrains unless you get them rebuilt. Its only worth it cause its a convertible
That engine is done.
gonna need some seafoam. it's may. marvel mystery oil might help.
That’s marvel mystery oil in it right now been in it since January
Let's Gooooooooooooooooo!!!
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You can't win them all, but one would be nice.
Hi Big Al. I wanted to pick your brain. I have a 1983 Cadillac Seville with the 4.1 V8. When I try to start it the dash lights etc come on but the car won’t turn over at all. Thought I would ask you what I should look for in terms of trouble shooting? Cheers Mark
In order of easy things to check first make sure the battery connections are tight and that the battery has 12 volts, second I would check the starter with a multimeter plenty of videos on RUclips to show you how or just pull the starter from the car and bench test it.
@@bigalsbikeandauto Thanks Al. I will give that a go. 👍👍
@@markbehr88 let me know what happens
Will do Al. I thought there may be some weird computer thing on those models.
@@markbehr88 I don’t think so, but even if start with the basics
Hey AL
Tavarish's McLaren has nothing on the Coach Builders DTS
Ls4 swap time!!!!
The sound was way low in this particular video, I turned up the volume, then along came an Oreo commercial, I no longer have hearing.................
Sorry didn’t notice it being low on my end
Lol 😂
Why u keep buying these flooded cars not worth it just headaches cars will never be the same when there that bad
Well Done AL A++++++++++++++++
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