- Posted on Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 at 11:42 am
Photo of the Day: ‘64 Cadillac
Today’s photos comes from the albums of Mikes Big 429.
Be sure to look at all of Mikes Big 429’s photos and our other albums. And if you would like to recommend your favorite photo with a GM car or truck in it, put it up on Flickr and tag it with “gmfyi.”
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Mikes Big 429
A little info on my car
We bought our 64 5 years ago for $500.00 with 74,000 miles on her. She has “THE BIG 429″ cu. in. engine with a 4 barrel carb, 340 hp. 0 to 60 in just under 10 seconds, and a posi rear end. Only 82,951 miles on her,as of 2/2001!
Except for the driver side front seat the Dk blue interior is excellent!
The story behind this car. It was bought new by a retired police officer. When he passed away the car ended up sitting under a pine tree in the back yard for 2 years.
My friend spotted her sitting there with 4 flat tires sinking in the ground,with only 35,000 miles on it. He made the owner an offer of $200.00 if the car would run,so with out pumping the gas he cranked her over in front of the owner but, wouldn`t you know it she fired right up.
He had replaced the following parts in the 2 years he owned it. Brakes and lines , radiator, heater core, water pump, oil pump, carb, starter,tie rod ends, rear springs and the big one getting the transmission rebuilt. The grand total of $3000.00 he had invested. After he got tired of waiting for parts for it and deciding he couldn`t drive it as a daily driver he sold it to me for $500.00, as long as I took good care of her.
More at http://www.1964cadillac.rocks.it
Thanks GM FYI blogs!
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