B Jake Moran

My "new" 1970 X-100 Marauder supposedly comes with a rim blow horn/steering wheel. It will be awhile before I find out. Back to the car here - this is a poster child for why I am OK with the 1969 and 1970 non hidden headlight Eldorados. The front end on this is still beautiful. The only difference from 1968 being the non hidden headlights and refined non eggcrate grille. But the grille is still pleasant.

It never seemed like a good business model to me. I suppose in the early days, the 70’s and 80’s, it was more of a community thing among old car hobbyists. If a vendor made some money, great. But now, you pay for the space, you have to load up a trailer, gas, lodging, to hope to find a smaller number of customers.

Evidently it is a graveyard, and most everyone did stay home.

The last meet. Done. Out of business.

Trulyvintage (car transporter) was making this event out to be a great event!

Cormorant. Is the name of the hood ornament.

$25,000? Let’s examine the market. 1st, it’s nice but it’s a 4 door Cadillac from 1962. Not a muscle car. Not a Camaro or Mustang. We like this car but we love old cars. This car is on Facebook and reaches a limited audience. The collector who may see this and has a spare $25,000 cash is almost non existent. Price sells cars in this consideration. I would pay $12,500 for this car. Half his asking. Am I being a low baller? I don’t think so.

Thanks Rick! Will do tomorrow

eBay at least has them.

That's Ashton removing the hood hinges. While I appreciate a nut and bolt restoration as much as the next guy, these hinges are fine and only need cleaned and repainted, saving us $100.00 or so for new hinges and associated parts. Trust me there is enough to replace on this car.

Start Date. So much to do, including setting up the Morton building for efficiency and storage. Of course, I need the set of 5 shop manuals, so that is on the purchase list. We got the hood off, and placed it in the back corner. We are starting to remove the fasteners for the fenders and front clip, most are 1/2". I will be back out on Sunday for day 2. This car has "tilt wheel" per the Marti Report. But I don't see a "Tilt" handle on the left side. I did confirm the car has AM 8 track. Windshield is not cracked, I started to clean it to inspect for cracks. I can't pop up the ends of the windshield wipers to get them off. As one would expect, lots of crud. I am bringing my shop vac out on Sunday. This is not the permanent resting place for the Marauder. There is a tractor with a back hoe behind it, we were able to get an old tractor started and moved out. This is a family heirloom hobby farm with horses and riding areas. The tractor that was moved out has a grooming attachment. That corner behind Ashton will be set up with work benchs. Found a Snap On Parts Cleaner, plugged it in and it works! Liquid coming up looked clear, not sure what it was but not gasoline. The old girl has as many vacuum ports and connectors as the 66 Toronado I restored. And 68 Riviera.

I wonder what 99.9% restored means? I’ll mention this - the seller has provided a lot of photos.

John, I doubt this seller wants to put one cent into the Wildcat. Not the same as the Lincoln you are likely referring to in your comparison.

I’ve since lost interest in the “hidden headlights” reason to pick a 67 or 68. Yes it’s cool, but it is an afterthought to the overall design. We love 67-70 Eldorados because of the styling. That never changed from 67-70. Because I love the 69-70 Cadillac corporate styling, I’ll take a 69-70. 68’s draw bigger money, so if I can get a 69-70 in better condition for less money, I’ll take it.

I also owned and drove a 67. It was ok but was kind of clear Cadillac wanted another year. Most 68 Eldorados (all?) have disc brakes too. Very few 67 Eldorados have them. 68 Eldorado had a better interior too. I want to say new styled door panels and dash. As Matt mentioned, the turn lamps up front and 68 had the 1st “hideaway” windshield wipers - smoothing out this area. The 472 was all new. It was meant to take Cadillac far, well into the 70’s. Which it did. The 429 was a good stop gap motor to get out of the 50’s.

Correct. And this X-100 has these wheels but they reman them as 15 x 7 and they are reasonable. Mustangs (Shelby) used them. The ones on the car look like 15 x 6 which I believe is correct for Mercury. That would work, I can stuff 70 series on them. I would prefer a 60 series.

Typical. Sad too. I get not spending all your time on social media but my phone dings when I get a reply.

It’s actually quite solid. There is a dime section in the trunk. Floors are good. Frame is good. Drivers door needs help.

Started a thread on it under that section.

I finally picked up a project vehicle for Ashton and I to do. Described as a parts car by those on this forum, I had looked all winter for a project car, mostly Camaros and Firebirds from the 1970's to 1981. A few weeks ago I spotted this on facebook and looked into it. It was 5 hours away from me outside of Jefferson City, Missouri. In fact, I had been to this junkyard/salvage yard business in the spring of 1998 when I was attending trade school in Linn, Missouri. While looking at it I made the mistake of going to You Tube and typing in 1970 X-100 while my wife was in the living room. A black on black one, and others, popped up and she said "what is that, that is cool!" I explained what it was and that I had found a car down in Missouri. She said "for God's sake buy something already!" The young man almost gave up on it. So, I drove down 4 Saturdays ago to look at it, discovered I knew the seller and we had a grand old time talking old cars, and we were both graduates of Linn State Tech in automotive. But, as some have pointed out, the old car is a mess. I wanted to think about it and left to drive back 5 hours, what a long day. I then offered $2500 for the car, and he agreed. I drove down again the next Saturday to pay him cash and leave an envelope for the transporter. I've got the title and bill of sale, and with the VIN I ordered a deluxe Marti Report, which shows some rarity but not a holy grail X-100. 1 of 59 with Dark Ivy Green Metallic paint and trimmed out this way. The interior is indeed simply dirty with no tears in the upholstery save a spot in the headliner. My main 1st 2 issues are that the passenger door will not open from inside or outside and the outside door opener has no resistance, nor does the interior. What do you folks suggest I do to get this door open? 2. The left front Kelsey Hayes wheel is seized to the rotor and can't come off, so the tire is junk and only holds air for about an hour.

Xander, you keep finding interesting projects but ads with no information! My God, what will it take to get people to write an ad, and include some more photos! It's free! As for it being a parts car, this is Texas. That is dry surface rust. I suspect this would be the one to buy if you are one of th 5 human beings left doing a restoration as a hobby.

Sold and delivered.

Thank you for posting. 54 Buick Roadmasters are a favorite of many in the Buick collecting world. Once again, we see a free ad/post with very little information. Like - where is the interior?

I like it but it is a pre war closed car.