Expensive; some assembly required:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cadillac-Ot...b903ffeb:g:Z8IAAOSwcOFWbfws&item=252212150251
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cadillac-Ot...b903ffeb:g:Z8IAAOSwcOFWbfws&item=252212150251
a 18 ft trailer is just not big enough to handle it. you would easily get that into were he is. if what was done was good. defiantly a go look at before you buy car. if he doesn't have the interior for a pattern ? is any trim missing? is the plating done? does it run? glass? all those things one needs to ask. but taking all the parts are there. one will at least get another 10 into finishing it up. providing you do it your self. rubber alone will run you over 500
I called him...he has the rear corner glass...he said that he has the flat glass ordered and will include it as well as a windshield...he said that he has the rear door glass; said it was part of the flat glass...I thought that the rear door glass was curved in two dimensions, but I am no expert. I did not press the issue. He said that he had the engine machine work done by a local, trusted machinist that he has used with good results previously...he did the rebuild himself... He told me that he has is own shop and employs people with various skill sets that can complete the restoration for an extra 25K. He said that his reserve is very close to the buy it now price. He was well spoken and friendly over the phone. The coach looks nice in the pics...I suspect that his ebay exposure will result in an ebay sale or an off ebay sale.
I agree that one would want to see it in person.
Someone did a real crappy job of recovering that dash pad! Makes you wonder about the caliber of work on some of the other components.
Someone did a real crappy job of recovering that dash pad! Makes you wonder about the caliber of work on some of the other components.
Are you talking about the area around the delete that is rotated about 50 degrees counter clockwise too far? I checked my 59 to compare the two...it looks like the material they used is too thick or was not trimmed down enough on the back to make a clean edge.
you could be right on the rock ford car. the timing is about right. but then look at what I'm working on. I would not say anything but go look. I do know I was quoted a price of a grand to recover this 58 dash. the are not a easy one to do. 25 would be about right for a shop to finish it. but me I would worry more about the interior and if the trim is all there. there is a man up north that is doing all the patch panels for the 59. so putting one of them back to gather with pre formed panels would be a easy task. Eureka has a different construction then any others. made doing that kind of stuff easy.
The dash color is what slaps you in the face innitially! It should be grey. Everything about this coach would make me nervous. You really have no idea as to what you are getting with this one. You also have no idea as to what lies beneath that, very fresh, paint job.
Could this possibly be the '59 Eureka combo that was just sold on foreclosure auction a couple of months ago in the Rockford, IL area?? Wheaton, IL is a Northwestern suburb of Chicago. I am thinking so.
Possible.............. but don't believe everything that an eBay seller tells you!