Great to see those cars in your collection. Really good vibe on this one!

Where do you find those pristine yachts man

Counting inflation that Riviera would be $55k in today's money. 😵

I would've rather had the Rivi in the high bay straight across from the 85. What was that? 1963, 64 or 65?

Everyone is talking about the land yachts and I'm over here drooling over the nissan pulsar. I've been looking for one for a while now.

Why do you hate the earth? ;-P

@@systemsbroken 🤡

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Hi

Wizard loves it too

That "tube" IS stock, but does not lead to the 2nd. radiator. Most all cars of the late '40's to mid '50s-ish had similar ducting and there was no full-time vent on the top of the cowl that you see on cars from the late '50s to this day.

except there was no undercoating in 1949

@@RivieraByBuick Everyone knows. No one cares.

@@RivieraByBuick Yes, there was.

@@Johnny96ri no there was not

Hope they figured that out

Yeah, wanted to respond with the same thing, resently replaced shocks on a porsche 928 as well, those Koni's where easy to get, but maybe this is a US supply issue, as i just got them here at a carparts store in the Netherlands. Maybe Hoovie/Wizzard should ask one of us Europians to send them over...

Even if you can find an old pair, Koni offers a rebuilding service (not for free obviously)

@@shoominati23 yeah that's possible, except for FSD shocks. I used to work for Koni. Terrible company to work for but the products are amazing.

FatCat Motorsports rebuilds shocks and struts.

Drove one for years no problem but I've heard that before. I would expect a faulty thermostat which is a cheap and easy replacement.

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The size of radiator in my '76 Fleetwood Talisman was insane. It was a 4-core, nearly 3 inches thick and about 3 feet wide. 3x the size of my radiator in 98 Silverado lol. No doubt those old girls got warm!

Overheating is what American cars are known for. So the more cooling, the merrier.

@@kevinblankenburg4816 Nonsense.

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Like a hungry dog scratching on the kitchen cabinet

Yeah I honestly cringe so hard when he does that...

@@robwaters8848 OK. Keep cringing then. Bye.

Like a blackjack player asking for another card.

@Ivan Navarez I was really disappointed that the riviera didn't have the user cool TV screen thing.

That Riviera is one of the last sedans my Six foot Nine nephew can fit in. He drove a Eldorado (pretty much the same vehicle) until the frame was gone. He drives pickups now with the seat all the way back. Can't understand... people are still just as big and cars are getting smaller inside. Guess we are supposed to take or drive a bus. I am a somewhat normal 5' 10" 220 lb male and the Trax was one of the few compacts I could fit in comfortably, almost. Except there is not enough room for my size 12s. Got to be careful. To keep my foot off the gas and brake when I want to stop. Guess my feet are not supposed to be that wide. The foot well is a bit crowded. Kinda noticed that with cars that don't ever come with 3 pedals. But the wife (5' 3") has no problem. I did test driving and read some of the prospectus of whom, most sedans sedans were designed for. I mean got it down to dress size, occupation and age. Well they don't appeal to nephew's 6' 3" sister or me either. 200 lbs looks real good on a gal on a 6' 3" woman that does not look like a starving walking stick. She looks l more like like a 1970s wonder woman. My wife hates driving pickups. She also likes trading cars when the gas tank needs attention. Stepping up into pickups is too hard. But she did like driving the 2006 7 passenger T-Blazer with the front and rear a/c and entertainment. Yep those were designed more for mom.That is until they went out of style.

Agreed! Though I woulda gone w/a much more period correct interior, and used those beautiful stock sombrero Cadillac wheel covers. But yeah, most resto mods suck major ass.

I want to know what happened to the factory seats...otherwise it's a beauty

If they could have covered the seats with aged color-correct supple leather...

I think Hoosier said this "restomod" was done in the 80s, before restomod really became a thing. Back then there was no LS1s (well not as we now know LS1s to be) though sbc were around back then it was more appropriate to go BBC. Or to use a later models drive train like was done here.

Just goes to show that it truly was (or is) and Shoe & _Drive_ car.

@@NaruSanavai or no shoes, if you like....

Hoovie said the car had a lot of use visiting shows etc.

And for us in Europe its the other way around. What shall we do with a land yacht which does not even fit the last corner to my property? Its has a 12 ton limit. 10 mpg equals 46 Euros/100km, i could afford maybe 200km per month. Do they take E-Fuel? The conversion to E-Fuel has already started on race tracks and it will not be long until they will convert regular „leaded“ fuel which those wonderful old big chunks of metal need. Still love the channel, just as i love „old things on auction“ or „steam locomotives and steam trekker of a bygone era“. A Porsche 928 or a Cadillac from 1949 is living history. But certainly not practical.

Yeah I like seeing these cheap obtainable cars that make me question if I should drop 15k on a car with a sofa for a driver's seat and a 0-60 time measured in minutes

Everyone has their opinion don't call other's bullshit

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@@wolfgangpreier9160 I had a ‘49 Buick Super Sedanet, which is roughly the same size, and they aren’t that heavy or big. Iirc 1650 kilogram curb weight and shorter than your average SUV. Okay, the Buick L8 coupled to the Dynaflow meant it had bad fuel economy (about 24 liters per 100 kilometers) but it drove wonderfully. With a modern tranny these things are more economical.

Yea,that Riviera was something, I had an 83 Eldorado but the motors were crap.I'd like to own that Buick.

I was a tire dealer and replaced a lot of those tires over time. They had a great sales tactic though a lot of people would try and patch them when the holes were too big.

@@richardmorris7063 Yup, a 1983 Eldorado had either a Olds diesel 5.7L or a gas HT4100 Cadillac produced 4.1L gasoline V8. Neither was stellar. The Buick Riviera and the Olds Toronado had the 307 Olds V8 as an available engine from 1980-1985. You could get a 350 Olds gas V8 in 1980.

@@gregorymaupin6388 My dad's answer for leaking tires are patches. LOL

@@tint661 they didn’t work on this tire my friend because they would never stick in any way.

Agree. However this thing is 37 years old. So pretty well preserved for it's age. However I'm sure if you tried to drive it, it would fail in a lot of areas just from age.

Yep. Easy to replace, though.

I noticed that right away. Made me laugh in a bad way. My 86 t/a headliner needs to be replaced. Fortunately, they are available and better made (1 piece) and not expensive.

Ford's as well. The bows worked way better.

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I had a stock 500 in a '76 Fleetwood Talisman and it was the largest radiator I had ever seen in a production car. Literally 3x the size of my 98 Silverado which wasn't a small radiator in itself so I don't doubt they would need a heck of a lot of cooling in a smaller space like that.

Only way to replace it is with a radiator the same size or an oversized aftermarket one. Never had a problem cooling a 500 block doing it this way.

Those radiators on the 500ci caddys were huge.

In the tighter 49 engine compartment probably wasn't space enough for an oversized radiator for a 500cid up front, so adding a supplementary radiator wherever they could cram it makes sense.

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I was getting ready to say that. I love the cars he picked for this video.

So true, really like this content!

Thought we are all fed up of Mr bondo / samcrac

What kind of a person doesn't love Ferraris?!1

Maybe original oil would be worse :-)

Looked like snow tires.

Rubber aging is overrated.

@ yeah, that's what the Russian army said, too...

@ Depends on the conditions in which they age, really. Outside, barely moved, not kept round? Tires will age like milk.

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I'm 54. I think I'm ready to drive a couch with A/C. Yep.

Yea you're right. I have a '76 Fleetwood 500.

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Didn’t the coupes have a more normal looking grill?

The side profile looked odd with the squared off rear wheel arches...

Mine is a custom, red porn star interior, catless 2.5" exhaust. Do you know about what suspension it uses or what suspension can be put in them? I want to lower mine a couple inches for my wire wheels coming in. Non air suspension btw

Bilstein is trash, go for KW.

Clever 👍

yeah i was going to say that too (though i am in Australia)

Thanks!!!

They copied that from Packard lol!

Go low-tech with an Old Man Emu OBAC and plumb it in to the existing system. Run a switch and run a line to a gauge under the dash. Easy-peasy.

Had a pontiac G8 (holden commodore) what a great car! 6.0 liters of fun

Sadly, the last 'land yacht' stopped being made/sold in the United States in 2011. And it wasn't a GM. It was a Ford. The Lincoln Town Car.

Hells yea! I had an uncle who had a 1973 Eldorado. Even as a little kid, I loved those big Cadillacs. I still remember the Saturday in October 1972 when he picked it up at the dealer (back when you ordered a car and had to wait for it to come in from the factory) and drove straight to our house with it and let me sit in it and play with all the cool gadgets! Now how awesome is THAT? An uncle with a brand new Eldorado letting an 8 year old kid play in it? I have just ONE picture of that car. From the rear sadly.

We had a 1973 Gran Torino Elite that was basically the same car. Light yellow with white interior and mustard yellow carpet and dash.

Thats whats happening, alot of specialists are going the way of the Dodo, because the original owner who built the business up over decades passes way, and then the kids either run the business into the ground or they would rather sit and play video games than work with machine tools.. A good machinist should have no problem making good money these days

I think they RUINED it. BLECH! That car was a thing of beauty once until they started making a hodgepodge and smorgasbord out of it!

At 10 minutes you used to be allowed to insert adds into videos. I think they actually changed it to 8 minutes now.

@@tcbgarage2845 07/07/2020 KZfaq is making a change to the way that it serves mid-roll ads, the platform shared in an email to creators today, in a bid to make more videos eligible for mid-rolls and ramp up monetization prospects. Right now, only videos longer than 10 minutes are eligible for mid-rolls, which appear in the midst of videos as a commercial break of sorts. But beginning later this month, KZfaq is changing that minimum threshold to eight-minute videos. As part of the transition, KZfaq says it is also turning on mid-roll ads by default for all eligible videos when the change goes live. This means that creators who have previously opted out of mid-roll ads will be opted back in (though there are ways to opt back out again), and any future uploads from monetizing channels will have mid-roll ads turned on by default. “Turning on auto mid-roll ads saves creators extra work while helping increase the monetization potential for new and existing content,” KZfaq explained in its note to creators.

@@petesmitt @tcbgarage Thanks for the info, you two. Though, I mostly was making commentary on how so many now just do the bare min, don't seem to be enthusiastic about doing the KZfaq. Tyler made a big point that he was going to sell most and go back to enjoying cars, and when the money comes, it does, but it's not about that. :)

@@JJ-yn8fl oh I agree. When you see channels that just churn out videos that are 10:04 seconds long non stop it feels a bit forced.

But he just went and bought a Bentyaga as a family hauler!

I was thinking a call to Bilstein would solve the problem pretty quickly, but maybe the company has changed. If Bilstein won't do it, they should reach out to MCS or one of the other boutique race shock companies in the US and see if they can make some one-offs for a Hoovies Garage publicity tour.

My thoughts exactly. Getting shocks rebuilt isn't usually done because it's so cost prohibitive, but that all changes when they're unobtainium spec

@@ironymatt and some of them are designed from inception to be rebuilt. If there’s a rubber stopper or shraeder valve on the bottom of the strut/shock, it’s likely serviceable.

@@caitsith2007 hope Wizard sees this and looks into it. Smells like another episode!

cigarette smoke was the biggest problem and it effected the adhesive.

I remember my grandmother would always get onto me and my cousins for messing with the headliner in her Riviera for about a year before she traded it for a new one.

Yeah, it's the first thing I look at anytime I see an old GM from this era ! But I had some good times in the backseat of them though 😊

All manufacturers headliners were the same, a foam backed cloth with the foam glued directly to a cardboard headliner. The problem is that the foam disintegrates at about 8 or nine years and the cloth has nothing to adhere to so it falls down, the heat does the most damage. I've replaced several of them, its' easy once you get the thing out of the car.

I love that Riviera but the headliner needs help.

Bold statement, Hoss. But you say it with such conviction, I must believe you!

That I can agree with, my 3.3 ran for a month with a cracked block or head gasket. Head gaskets looked fine, crossing my fingers there's no combustion in the cooling system when I stick it back together 💯🤷

@@ericacherney3132 sucks it wasn't made for that long. Guess when the 3.1V6 came out, it was too close in power to the 3.3 so there wasn't much need for it. But the 3.1 wasn't as easy to work on.

Horrible car. Horrible. Should not even wear the Buick badge.

@@allenmurrell It doesn't. It's a Caddy.

The ones he wants must be too expensive now.

40 year old car is still a 40 year old car…

@@ripem1417 and a Buick is still a Buick...

@@grandtheftautotune7715 and 80s GM is 80s GM…

@@ripem1417 Don't even put the 80s in there, my grandmother had an early 80s Riviera and a 93. They both had headliner issues.

@@DaR-Cee my grandfather had a 83-84 one and i remember the plastic under the lights falling apart from it being stored in Florida

I own THREE old Cadillacs. All stock, I wouldn't touch a restomod if you PAID me to take it!

Hot garbage. Unforgiving.

Nahhh for that car the Q-jet is perfectly fine and more correct.

@@snek9353 lolololol..... I hate my quadraflood

@@ThriftMachine Then you don't understand it, they're fine carbs. And if you hate it why haven't you replaced it? Of course better exists, but for that car the Q-jet is not only just fine function wise but correct for the build/era.

@@snek9353 I understand it fine but I live in Colorado where the af is constantly changing with elevation

Me too. AND I remember all of them when they were brand new too!

Well, I'm sure if you are 1) rich like Tyler Hoovie and 2) give Wizard as much business as HE does, you become the number one customer with special treatment! I really wish I could find a mechanic as knowledgeable and reasonable as Wizard. I'm close to New York City and its amazing how no mechanic seems to know about old cars here!

All the best for a full recovery. Not sure 928 ownership and a mending ❤️ are a good combo 😲

You haven't seen many, have you?

@@retroguy9494 Sadly no

@@ForgedAU Well, that's actually a GOOD thing because I'm a Cadillac buff since I was 8 years old and even have a couple classic Cadillacs. What they did was basically ruin that car and it looks like a hodgepodge of parts thrown together. Its kind of like the presidential limousine. Its LOOKS like a Cadillac, but just in appearance only. What they did was take what was a thing of beauty in the era and ruin it. That saddens me. My cars are all stock. One of them actually HAS the 500 engine in it but it belongs in there because its a 1976 and that was the last year that engine was used. Its a beast. And gets a whopping 8 MPG locally and around 10 MPG highway.

They didn't ruin it. They just valued drivability over purity. As do I.

@@ForgedAU Well, when I want "drivability" I use my Cadillac Escalade. When I want to go on a leisurely cruise with no particular place to be, I drive one of my stock antique Cadillacs. Therein lies the difference between you and me. You should watch Jay Leno's garage. These old cars are VERY drivable if they are maintained properly. Hell, you could drive a stock '49 Cadillac from New York to California as long as it was maintained. In fact, about 10 years ago a guy drove a 1930 Ford Model A every day for a year as his daily driver. He was from Michigan and even drove it in the snow. It was all stock. The only modification he made was that he converted the vacuum windshield wiper to electric. As a car guy, to take these beautiful luxury cars from a time when style meant everything and they were objects of beauty and you could TELL one car from another, to do what this guy did IS ruining it.