My small Cadillac Garage

[www.eldorado-seville.com]

Wow!! Sweet garages!!

I am still amazed at how shiny the floors are in your first garage!

Nice Caddys too!

Thanks - yes its very shiny. The gloss is gone a little now though - it could need some freshening up next spring. The company that did the floor says it will look like new afterwards again. They used a special gloss sealant and protectant as top coat when they did the floor.

 

[MartyO]

Drool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sunbimmer]

my friend Mike came up with this idea!

This one is absolutely ....it has something "yachtclub" in it.

Awesome man!

 

[Skyline]

I noticed on your web site that you could not find suitable carpet for the Seville. Try this place:

http://www.autointeriors.biz/

If they don't have the patterns for your car, you can send them the carpets for your car and they can make a pattern from that. If the carpet you want exists, they can find it for you. I've used their carpets on a few restorations, and they do a great job. Some, I've gotten original, others I've "upgraded". For example, on one car, instead of a loop pile wool, I used a cut pile plush wool for a more modern look in an early BMW. (This was not really a resoration; the car was heavily modified). Obviously on your Caddy, one would want nothing but original; I'm sure they can find you the right carpet.

 

[bdamico]

Love your taste!

 

[www.eldorado-seville.com]

I noticed on your web site that you could not find suitable carpet for the Seville. Try this place:

http://www.autointeriors.biz/

Thanks for the link! The problem with the Seville is that it has a very special loop size which seems to be unobtainable :-(

 

[www.eldorado-seville.com]

another idea

 

[anthony73]

Fine choice in cars and a great garage!!!

 

[55cadillacking]

Just thinking aloud, but how cool would it be to have a series of Cadillac emblems spanning the ages?

 

[jabberwoki]

Nice shop and great photos by the way.
Heres`s my 68 eldo.

 

[www.eldorado-seville.com]

Just thinking aloud, but how cool would it be to have a series of Cadillac emblems spanning the ages?

Good idea - will try!

 

[www.eldorado-seville.com]

Nice shop and great photos by the way.
Heres`s my 68 eldo.

Love the 67 to 68 Eldorados very much! Great styling and a pleasure to drive! Congratulations on your beauty.

 

[Mat Mobile]

another idea

This is my favorite. I also like the asymetrical logo just on the left side.

 

[SpookyEng]

Very Nice!! Those are s0me sweet Caddys

 

[jabberwoki]

I think i`ve been looking at your web site did you do a write up on fixing the AC on you 67 eldo?

 

[www.eldorado-seville.com]

I think i`ve been looking at your web site did you do a write up on fixing the AC on you 67 eldo?

Yep - thats on my website!

 

[jabberwoki]

Oh are you going to be my best friend.
I `m in the middle of doing a complete mechanical resto including making the 472 a 500 and i know for sure that the ac will proberly need the same treatment as yours did.

 

[www.eldorado-seville.com]

Oh are you going to be my best friend.
I `m in the middle of doing a complete mechanical resto including making the 472 a 500 and i know for sure that the ac will proberly need the same treatment as yours did.

Oh yes - the AC on these cars is really something special. It took me quite a while to figure it out, but once I got it its not that difficult to fix.
Wow you are putting a 500 in? Great!
Let me know how I can help you!

 

[www.eldorado-seville.com]

There is not much work going on at my garage but the electrician is almost finished now:

trying to bring the Cadillac neon sign back to life to hang it on the wall

still lots of work to do inside. Too cold for paint now!

the electrician at work - its pretty bright inside now. Will be even brighter when I have painted the interior.

the exterior lights were installed yesterday evening.

 

[CodeRedZ]

wow very nice work, love the floors in the first garage

 

[www.eldorado-seville.com]

Its been a loooong time since I updated this thread.
Since my last post I had a lot of issues with my garage.
Some of them are solved and some still need to get fixed.
The construction company is very cooperative at least...

in January we started to smooth the walls for paint...

we then started to plant a thuja hedge

In April I wanted to seal the floor - this is when the first big issue surfaced...
The floor guys started to sand the screed to prepare it for sealing. Soon they found out that something was wrong. It was way too soft for epoxy coating...
A longer fight between the construction company and the company which poured the floor started to find out what went wrong and who's fault it was. After a couple of months they agreed to take the floor out again at their cost.

The adhesion of the floor was tested - it was way too soft

In the mean time work was going on on the outside.

thats me with a digger - ready to rip the floor out again

the guy from the construction company at work - taking the floor out

not a pretty sight...

the new floor is coming in - July 2013

the new floor finished

after 8 more weeks it was ready for sealing. A grey epoxy floor will follow once I have saved enough money :-(

finally everything was ready for paint. After I painted the walls white, I started to mask everything. Did all the paint work by myself in 5 non stop days...

carefully pulling off the masking tape - it came out very nicely!

after painting...

cars are moving in for their winter hibernation

I´m using a big dehumidifier to constantly keep humidity at 50%

Installing an old Cadillac dealer neon sign

looking good

I still have to finish the exterior of my garage first thing this spring after some minor cracks were fixed by the construction company...

This is the color scheme I will paint it - already have bought the paint - its now waiting for the spring of 2014.

 

[jimmie jam]

Wow, what great progress. Too bad for the floor setback and the fact that you have a very short summer season for outside work. It's gotta feel good to get all the boys back together in on place. I'm jealous!

 

[dubber]

Holy Hell! Not sure how i ever missed this thread. Well done sir, love what you have done with the collection and where you keep them.

 

[sunsation288]

You are a master in photography , awesome place and picture , keep them coming please !!!

 

[scaron]

nice job and nice collection... i am a huge fan of hogs; i have an 07 DTS with 6-passenger seating and i love it... but the styling on the old school ones was just on another level entirely. it would be a lot of fun someday to get an older cadi and restore it as nicely as you have done with all of yours. for now i mostly wrench on my stable of puch mopeds, a very fine austrian export indeed!

 

[80WTI_55_CHEV]

Glad to see it all working out, the place is looking great. Lee

 

[55cadillacking]

This thread is chalk full of wonderfulness. It's unfortunate that you have had to correct the mistakes you've encountered, but it looks like the finish line is close at hand. The place looks magnificent and I look forward to seeing in once it is fully complete (which the never really are!). Congrats.

 

[jsherid1]

Love the garage and the Cadillacs, I have somewhat of a fondness for the marque as well!

 

[b4z]

There is not much work going on at my garage but the electrician is almost finished now:

trying to bring the Cadillac neon sign back to life to hang it on the wall

still lots of work to do inside. Too cold for paint now!

the electrician at work - its pretty bright inside now. Will be even brighter when I have painted the interior.

the exterior lights were installed yesterday evening.

Anybody else notice his outdoor lighting over the garage doors Mimics the Cadillac "V" logo?

 

[HomemadeTools.net]

Ken here from BuildThreads, Inc.

Congrats and nice work www.eldorado-seville.com - this build thread was chosen as a Best Build Thread pick for this week.

What this means is that a bunch of guys who like to build stuff (cars, trucks, 4x4s, bikes, cabins, boats, planes, and garages) and have read a ton of build threads, thought that this build thread makes a valuable contribution to online DIY culture.

So, without further ado:



Congrats again and cheers!

 

[hnsy]

 

[ajohno]

I don't know how I missed this but a job well done.

 

[Boosted1]

Great looking garage.
I wonder what cars are in it today?

 

[www.eldorado-seville.com]

Great looking garage.
I wonder what cars are in it today?

Here are some more up to date pictures. As I have another garage to store part of my collection, it always looks differently in the garage...
As you can see on the exterior pictures I still have not finished the exterior of the garage as my cars are keeping me busy...

 

[www.eldorado-seville.com]

Here are some more pictures.

 

[jimmie jam]

Beautiful...I thought that you sold a couple of them.

 

[www.eldorado-seville.com]

You are right - my plan was to sell 3 cars, but I only sold one, as I just could not let them go. They were too nice to sell them....I'm already regretting that I sold one :-((( unfortunately I needed some money and so I had to let it go :-(

 

[jimmie jam]

I visit your web site all the time looking for updates...I really enjoy your posting about the repairs and restoration of items. You are to be commended for taking very nice drivers and correctly returning the areas and/or items back to OEM "as-delivered" condition WITHOUT "restoring" the car. They are only original once. The fact that you are doing this far from the US amazes me. Your efforts do not go unnoticed or appreciated. My first Cadillac was a 1977 white on white CDV that I special ordered (I was 25 years old at the time). It had 27 options...I still have all of the paperwork. Wish I had the car! Please keep posting....

 

[Bob Hall]

Your Cadillac Garage ROCKS! I share your love for them, but only have one

 

[don long]

Ya what Bob Hall said.
My first Caddy was an 81 Baritz. Today I only have one Cadillac in my fleet and it is an orig. 1955 Eldo Baritz I love the car