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WTB: Caddy pickup
by
stewardc
on 26 Jan, 2006 06:19
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Ok, here goes again. I have been looking for a really nice Caddy for over a year now, and just refuse to believe it's not out there. I'm looking for a really great Caddy pickup - a show winner. I'm very flexible on price and will pay for the right truck. The truck is the most important thing here. (Remember that all vehicles here are left-hand drive and I can import no newer than a 1990 from Europe.)
I want a restored body (ZERO rust) or original no-rust body, great paint(optional), wheels and interior, and a turbodiesel engine. I am willing to travel great distances for the right truck...even to Europe.
Email me some pictures.
"project trucks" need not apply.
I do not want this truck till June, so please remember this when offering.
Email me at:
[email protected]
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#1
by
stewardc
on 29 Jan, 2006 07:09
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Doesn't anyone know of one of these little treasures that's for sale
??
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#2
by
Jeff@TheQuadShop
on 29 Jan, 2006 08:42
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#3
by
stewardc
on 31 Jan, 2006 16:02
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Nice one, but gone.
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#4
by
BlackTieTD
on 31 Jan, 2006 16:17
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if you're planning on paying good coin for it, check the strut towers meticulously. pay special attention to the passenger side and check both from under the hood and the wheel well.
if this goes without saying, then please disregard.
i've never seen an original caddy that didn't rust out there. they're all either in trouble, or repaired. sometimes a bad repair is worse than in trouble :x
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#5
by
mortskeg
on 31 Jan, 2006 18:51
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I guess I've been lucky as I haven't been hit by the rust bug yet. That or I'm not looking hard enough. Of course we're fortunate out here to not have salt on the roads.
Is there a reason that the passenger side tends to go first?
stewardc- good luck with the hunt.
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#6
by
stewardc
on 01 Feb, 2006 08:55
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Thanks, man. The hunt continues on many fronts.
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#7
by
BlackTieTD
on 01 Feb, 2006 10:27
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there seems to be a problem with one of the seams on the passenger strut tower. water gets trapped there and that's usually where the rust starts. if you live in a hot and dry climate then it shouldn't be an issue. up here, rust is the #1 thing to cross off the list before you look any harder at a vehicle. good luck with it.
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#8
by
stewardc
on 06 Feb, 2006 10:01
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I agree. That's why I'm being very picky when it comes to the body. It must be rust free for me to even consider it.
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#9
by
BlackTieTD
on 06 Feb, 2006 13:02
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my bet is you won't find anything in canada. take a trip to california this summer... i'll drive down with you if you go when i'm going.
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#10
by
stewardc
on 07 Feb, 2006 06:52
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I'd prefer the east coast if possible. I did find a really nice one in Atlanta, but it's gas, so not for me. Someone must know of a really nice turbodiesel Caddy out there just waiting to be bought
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#11
by
zyewdall
on 07 Feb, 2006 10:05
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Rust free and east coast are probably mutually exclusive. At least northeast. Too much humidity, and too much salt on the roads. Like BlacktieTD said, California, or the southwest states. I've gotten rust free 1970's japanese cars from arizona/new mexico. Also, you'll find that different areas have different types of old cars -- for example here in Colorado we have tons of old subaru's, but not many old compact pickups, but Oregon and Washington have lots of both. And in the northeast, almost all the old cars are american.
This summer I did see a nice 1.6TD caddy for sale in Colorado Springs, so they do pop up from time to time.
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#12
by
stewardc
on 07 Feb, 2006 11:00
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I agree, though farther south there seems to be some. I guess I meant somewhere between Boston and Miami. It just makes for an easier drive home.
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#13
by
BlackTieTD
on 09 Feb, 2006 09:25
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#14
by
mortskeg
on 09 Feb, 2006 14:34
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