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Wouldn't bother me if someone had an equivalent car or experience, but then again my car isn't worth anywhere near what your guys cars are worth. The cadillac is probably a bit easier than a lot of other cars of the period because it has 'modern' controls, though mine is LHD which adds some complexity (doesn't bother me because of how narrow it is)

that original post was nearly 20 years ago...

Time is my biggest challenge, I'm in the phase of my career where I'm looking to grow and my personal life is busy with other stuff that needs to take priority over my hobbies

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AhZpPcMu-n3Mic8MP08o4BmvyUUOwQ?e=o1xuEh Here ye' go A v63 book is probably more useful if it also lists interchange parts - from my experience the book lists exact interchange parts if it is a different design it's not listed (with the exclusion of things they sold separately in the accessories book like the manifolds) Feel free to share my email address with them Carl if they need any assistance

The 22 Cadillac (particularly in the 'coupe') form, also have really large doors, which a lot of cars of the time period don't have

The 1922 Cadillac is ginormous inside and you could move the seat if you really needed to

Great to see another unique car here in Aus

My daily (well not so much daily at the moment, less than 1000 miles on it since delivery in March) and the 22 Cadillac I haven't measured, but I believe if you include the tyres the cadillac is slightly longer Bear in mind, I have 19" rims on the station wagon.... the cadillac is comedically large

My wife didn't want to smell of 'old car' was running very rich at the time lol

Agree with Matt 100%, the most important thing for me was to keep an open mind - I worked out some of the things I wanted in a prewar (power, feature, body types etc) and how much I could afford both to purchase, refurb and then maintain. There were a few different marques and vehicles that were available but the Cadillac fitted most of the criteria and the parts while scarce are still better than others. I also bought the car with the intention of doing as much work as possible myself (obviously there are certain tasks I can't do because the machinery is cost prohibitive to do) because to me that's where half the fun is. I enjoyed learning all about vintage engines (though probably not on the timetable that the car forced) and how they did stuff 'back in the day'. The cadillac v8 is different enough from a modern engine to be a unique experience but not so far removed that I could learn from my (very) basic understanding

I can drive a LHD, manual no synchro's so.. yes?

There are certain things that can be done remotely but would be quicker in person. My team has been churning out new digital products almost every fortnight since the state of emergency was declared here and there is still stuff that would have been quicker to solve by spending 5 minutes in front of a whiteboard

Melbourne is the second biggest city in Australia (5m+), they're still ridiculously expensive but not what they were a year ago (though the quality on the market has been pretty rubbish, as you can't hold open houses here at the moment) The language coming out of my work sounds like people are going to have the option of predominately working from home in the future, a lot of people have families where the flexibility has been beneficial.

we get the same articles here mostly from people with vested interests trying to bump up property prices, prices have definitely fallen here (my wife and I keep an eye on the market)

Very similar to here, average income in the major cities is around $75k CDN - you would be living a long long way out of town to buy a house on that (20+ miles). Our city has been very developer friendly over the years, so you're competing against that as well - period houses with nothing wrong with them are torn down to build hordes of crappy apartments (my wife rented one before we were married, changed her perspective on their being 'less problems' with new builds - water leaks everywhere and black mould). Australia is also one of the only places that lets you offset your income tax with property 'losses' which again has propped up the property prices. It is do-able but very difficult, though I will be very interested to see what post COVID looks like given it has shown that a lot of things can be done working from home. A long commute once a week is a lot more palatable for the times you do have to go into the office etc

32 and both of my vehicles (technically I think they're both family cars....) nothing super crazy. I started working in IT while I was going to university and it has been pretty good to me though it has long hours and can be a very high pressure environment I think I've posted on similar threads before that the biggest killer around here to getting young people interested is the cost of real estate, to afford anything with space for a vehicle is easily $1m+ (though covid might make a dent in it I guess)

It's probably a bit safer with a model a as well given how well documented they are and parts are plentiful and still made

Aren't 'museums' also fairly common tax dodge?

At least around these parts, you have to pay extra for glass coverage. I assume it's expensive because of how the sensors and things have to be positioned

Yep... It doesn't have a fan belt

It takes 0 seconds for me to change the fan belt in my Cadillac

Was the most well rounded

Have had both as rental cars (and an ATS), the DTS was probably the more 'old school' GM product - much preferred the CTS

I didn't think any of the CTS's used northstar's? Only the LS based engines, in the V series?

yep