Restoring A 1959 Cadillac | Cuban Chrome

Ricardo takes his new apprentice on his first field trip to fix a 1959s Cadillac that won't start!
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[@Dannyboy-nj4wh]

Cuba started the restoring revolution of Antique classic U.S made vehicles. Being Cuban-American I’m proud of both countries for keeping the true old American dream alive. There’s nothing like an old American made car. Back when everything was made in the U.S you know it was solid and lasted forever!

[@64098]

I'd love to see Cuba, the architecture, and of course, all the old American cars. Since this video is three years old, I hope the owner got it restored without any big problems. God Bless Ricardo and Dayan, and Cuba.

[@dadsc10]

im a car nut, just love old cars, I have a 1972 Lincoln continental in immaculate condition, all original and 60,000 miles garage kept, I want to go to cuba in the future to see the American cars, plus I love the Cuban people :) keep these videos coming , love them :) thanks you

[@Rockinruffhouser]

Cuba has so many antique American cars. I’m so jealous. That cadi is so beautiful too!

[@verdant2215]

After Fidel Castro took power, americans abandoned any property bought and their cars.

[@rachybaby72]

I'm sure there were Cubans who drove those cars, pre-Castro, as well....

[@ARMASARMY]

Lots of antiques yes, but very few original engines, around early 2000s the Communist government (meaning the Castro's) started a program that offered exchanging all those original gas engines for Soviet tractors Diesel engines (in Cuba Diesel is a million times more affordable than gas)... So almost every one went for it, in order to keep rolling. (Sometimes I wonder where all those spare "original" parts come from in the US... Hummmm... This Fucking Castro's... Making millions one more time.

[@johnnydeville5701]

I'm so happy to see a '59 Cadillac SEDAN being loved and appreciated! I hope to get a '59 Cadillac ambulance!

[@NORTHERNROVER1]

Although I am basically a British car guy I have a soft spot for vintage Caddy's. I go to Cuba often and have for many years.In the 1950s I believe Cuba was the largest export market for Cadillacs and there is no question there are still a lot of Cadillacs driving around. I have seen a few 59' convertible Series 62s driving about(which the government seems to own) and I did get a drive in an outstanding 1954 Series 62 4 door. I really enjoyed this episode and best of luck with the restoration. Cheers!

[@racerd3801]

God bless these Cuba people for what they have endured and the spirit they still have inside them. My hope is that one day SOON they can be Free. And we can share our love of cars together

[@edtin1834]

Some day, when democratic socialists rule the US, it will be like Cuba.

[@philiphoward1731]

Ed Tin I hope that day never comes

[@FrankIsAlwaysRight]

Ed Tin how’s the weather in Moscow today...comrade?

[@DanJ30]

90 miles from America, almost 60 years of an embargo, and nearly 30 years on from the Cold War. Cuba's revolutionary war seems to have a hard time getting started.

[@user-jm6ub3rx5t]

Racer D , Такими свободными , как на соседней Гаити или Гондурасе ?

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Love the old cars. Nothing like them.

[@pacovd01]

thank you for posting this video, I saw it a few months ago but the language was portuguese.

[@richardnone5644]

the old cars in cuba are unbelievable i was there last summer and could not believe all the old cars

[@frjose2007]

6:37 what young man really says: "As if he were a doctor, he listens to his patient" I am native spanish speaker

[@GhostOfDamned]

@Jeanne Figone shut up bot

[@louisaugustexvi4515]

@Jeanne Figone its a bot you’ll get viruses

[@ron101346]

The Cuban "restoration method" is scary, but it works! It's worth fixing up a rare flat-top version of the 1959 Caddie. It also has the vents for factory air, if they can repair it--an expensive option in those days.

[@marknorthwest93]

Having spent two weeks in Havana a few years back I was thrilled to see a few '59 Cadillacs prowling the streets. Of course thee are also numerous older models, albeit in rough shape but still running!

[@L_U-K_E]

Damn them old American cars are beautiful

[@L_U-K_E]

Lol I love how he climbs into the bonnet

[@coralleaf4780]

big respect from India

[@warrior5341]

Thnak u Sir!!!!

[@justenzo6342]

Ricardo is a legend

[@edge4541]

Gotta love the 50s cars look like a space cars

[@JairoAgama777]

Beautiful car !

[@jamesmoore3346]

Many years ago my brother owned a 60 cadillac sedan de ville. Pertty much look the same but the 60 tail lights were in the bumper and the 59 were in the fins. I've always thought I would like to have a 59 wagon, 'hearse' to restore. This is a nice example of a 59! I do wish the fellow good luck......

[@michaelreece458]

Excellent!

[@coralleaf4780]

only the experience mad people can do this hats off to their madness

[@grenzhochspannungshindernis]

Have i missed the moment when papi chulo checked oil level before starting the car?

[@batenkhtehe]

what a beauty god damn.

[@garciagt5022]

Wauuuu good mecanic.this man.exelent.work.✌✌👍👍🇬🇹🇬🇹

[@Mocking69]

このビッグサイズ感がめっちゃ好き！！

[@pedrosantiago3568]

Ese Cadillac se lo vendi yo era de un aleman amigo mio y que yo le hacia mecanica lo sacamos de un garsje en la Lira eso esta en el municipio arroyo naranjo tenia mas de 20 años guardado tengo muchss millas en Cuba con el y si hsy dudas preguntenle a Ricardo

[@fernandobrum6906]

Divino ese auto excelente 👏👏👏👏

[@bluesharp59]

Nice video and gave you a thumbs up.

[@GreenBeamGlockCassarole]

Nice i love my Cadillac

[@cojoneful]

Señor Tocallo, te surgiero que saques el carburador de auto despues dezalmalo y y metelo en un cubo plastico lleno de salfuman, esto va a limpiar los chicles de alta y de baja que estan llenos de barura de la corroccion del viejo tanque de gasolina,que el carburador la chupa, metelo por 24 horas en el cubo con salfuman, y queda como nuevo, te lo digo porque yo tambien pase una esperiencia igual con mi carro y unos mecanicos en guanado desarmaron el carburador y lo que te nia adentro era nitron, lleno de pedazos de acero corrocivo oxidados provenientes del tanque de gasolina que se oxida en su interior y empieza a hechar los pedasos dentro del tanque y a traves de las tuberias va rumbo al carburador que tambien deben de tener trocitos de oxido atravasados en en medio limpiala tambien y te comienzan a dar ese misterioso bateo, baja de tanque de la gasina y limpialo bien o buscate uno nuevo de duro aluminio con un chapista o vete al astillro chulima en la entrada de Rio Almendares y preguntale a alguien que trabaje con alunminio soldadores que te lo, hagan y se acabo el lio..bye mi paisano...yo amo el cadilla 59.uno de mis preferidos..

[@toddvanderheyden9774]

Necessita la gasolina filtrar tambien.

[@cristohferrodriquez5485]

Cuba es el unico pais en el mundo donde se quedo en el teimpo estamos a 150 años atrasaso nos quedamos atras en el tiempo por culpa del comunismo pero tenemo una culta hermosa y una paz y tranquilidas q ninqun pais tiene alobio cuba

[@eddym5532]

I think is the best car ever.

[@enriquelopez9124]

That is when Cadillac was a signature of elegance prestige distinction.

[@tujka4914]

WOW

[@dominicbelvedere4161]

Would have been interested to know how he got hold of the car.

[@CHACALYAkA]

Too bad the show wasn't air any or didn't get 2 season

[@matteckert6676]

So there was no restoration and we learned the car was out of gas🤔

[@luiscarlosaraujo4426]

Made in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil.

[@gabrielcoelho2346]

Chegaram a fazer destes carros no Brasil?

[@fredsanford4116]

Koo ba.!

[@alexwinston493]

Of course I won’t try starting my car at home you silly. It won’t fit in my home. Ill go ahead and stick my face over the carburetor in my garage

[@toddvanderheyden9774]

Me gusto esta video. Cambia la gasolina filtrar por favor. Compra Cinco filtrars.

[@mariofalfan2997]

La tecnología Cubana !

[@buival6993]

На Кубе как и в России мало осталось МАСТЕРОВ

[@thebestisyettocome4114]

👍🇺🇸🚘

[@juanasanelli6831]

En 1959 habia mas Cadillac en la Habana que en toda la Florida

[@USCG.Brennan]

I'm redoing a black '59 Caddy Limo right now. It was used as the "family car" at a funeral home. No major dents and no rust-out, but that black lacquer paint is cracked REALLY bad. I've got lots of paint-stripping to do....

[@Qugeer]

Yeah right

[@USCG.Brennan]

@@Qugeer You doubt? It's finished now and I've got lots of before & after photos to prove it. What do you have other than your MOUTH?

[@Qugeer]

They say there is only one left out of 3 made. So yeah. Prove it go ahead send the links

[@USCG.Brennan]

@@Qugeer Who's THEY anyway? Only 1 left? WHERE do you get your faulty info anyway?? Here....let me make this REAL EASY for you. www.google.com/search?q=1959+Cadillac+limousine&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS744US745&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjDgeGAwN7oAhVInJ4KHUHXDkYQ_AUoAXoECA8QAw&biw=1454&bih=1134 So how's CROW taste, know-it-all??

[@Qugeer]

I thought you meant the Broadmoor ... my bad then. You get a DREAM car my friend. congrats

[@rosen945]

Es como tener carne y no poder comerla por falta de dientes 😂

[@axtra92]

2:14 So Why did you paint it red?

[@brenthill3241]

What part shows the restoration? Shit we started that way all the time in the old days. And if that didn't work we'd throw a lit match in like the old Kaufman chargers on aircraft motors. Really roared to life then. Glad we have fuel injection today. Finally the auto companies came into the 1940's.

[@franisla]

Caballero si tanto sabes , por que no lo arreglastes ?? Take it to Usa or Mexico , but it´s cost a lot ,,,,

[@zangardo3937]

The Cuban 48 Tucker next.

[@janbaer3241]

$100,000 cost to restore it?

[@juljasmaharchive]

it should only cost about

[@janbaer3241]

Re-plating chrome is about $15k. Body work is $10k+ Engine, transmission, suspension and associated is a minimum of $15k. Those cars are very, very expensive to restore.

[@pedrosilvaslva2625]

@@janbaer3241 thats is in your country, in these countries chroming just need to take off zeros..

[@juninhohelios4640]

Estou montando um cadilac 1960 . Alguém tem o esquema elétrico

[@jessenord9962]

👍

[@bobbybabylon1385]

any parts you want order from canada

[@kenhill8178]

Booby Babylon you can not bring them to Cuba. I was going to ship classic car parts to Cuba from Canada because I was in the business and was told by the American border services they would ban me from the U.S, and make sure I do not have a access to any parts

[@casperlowlife8377]

Cadillac 1960 😎

[@momdad8771]

Casper Low life it’s a 1959

[@joepusic4238]

I.got.1957.eldorado.mint

[@1533ramsay]

All the problems those people have to live and we have people in this country telling us that Cuba is a perfect example of a well functioning government!!! 🙄

[@luvitluvitbaby]

Mark Hoffman The problems that they live with is a result of the United States and our 60 year old embargo on that tiny island. It would be like me holding you in a room at gunpoint for weeks allowing you no access to anything and then blaming you for not showering or performing basic hygiene.

[@juljasmaharchive]

@@luvitluvitbaby actually the problem is them not knowing how to function as a government

[@luvitluvitbaby]

JulJasMah Nope! Not even close. There is a major 60 year old worldwide trade embargo imposed by the United States that makes it impossible for them to do business with most countries in the world. It would be like me and you having a spat and me influencing all employers going forward not to hire you while accusing you of being lazy because you don’t work.

[@1533ramsay]

@@luvitluvitbaby I understand the embargo on Cuba. I not accusing the Cuban people of being lazy. Fir over 50+ years they have had to survive. The embargo was to punish Castro for taking over this country and doing hoard things to the people. I know first hand. My mother and grandmother was in Cuba vacationing during the Bay of Pigs and had to be emergency rescued by the US embassy. I'm from Miami and my brother married a Cuban and there family has zero love for Castro and his brother Raul...

[@luvitluvitbaby]

Mark Hoffman But he did those things 60 years ago. He’s dead now. The embargo was put in place not to punish Castro but to wreak such economic devastation that the Cuban people would rise up and overthrow or the government would bend to the will of the United States. Neither has taken place. The Castro’s live good. The only ones suffering due the embargo are the common people. The embargo serves no useful purpose. A better plan would be to open up trade with Cuba and gradually as the Cuban people see the benefits of a open free market society they will make the reforms. Raul isn’t getting any younger. However, punishing innocent people with an brutal and unfair embargo just breeds more resentment and resistance to free market western values.

[@UliMuliko]

In Cuba even basic car mechanics is like rocket science.Car looks like shit and propably never have seen any maintenance.

[@neildickson5394]

That car has a lonnnnnnng road ahead before it will be presentable.

[@Ashfielder]

Stuff like this makes me want to move to Cuba. Shame about all the Communism.

[@asambi69]

Listening to the carb is one quick way to go deaf.

[@p-cubahg2500]

i dont think so you can leasing every single moving part on a engine with no problem to your eating at all

[@carlosed-vd7fj]

Miiiiiiiira,miiiiiira...parece placa de Colombia..eso tiene cocoricamo!

[@hebneh]

While Fidel Castro did take over Cuba on Jan. 1, 1959, his government didn't finally confiscate all American assets (as well as the large Cuban-owned private companies) till October 1960. So this '59 Caddy wouldn't have been seized from a dealership right away, despite what the owner says. Individuals who owned cars as of Jan. 1, 1959 could keep them, but not sell them, and only could legally transfer ownership to immediate family members till 2012. Now cars can be sold, but they can't be imported into the USA directly from Cuba, so don't go thinking you can hop down to Cuba and buy an old car like this one.

[@doodskie999]

The voodoo from GTA

[@kingboy8288]

For sale

[@LordTwaddle]

I'd love a car like this... but not a bodged up Cuban one as there's only so far you can go when using hose pipes, duct tape, plastic bottles and cable ties.

[@guyski666]

Pouring gas into the carb while cranking the engine is beyond stupid. One backfire and your hand will become a candle.

[@RubLox_Live]

Cubans are crazy yet courageous tho

[@1533ramsay]

Everyone did that way. It was a normal occurrence...

[@zangardo3937]

Skeered?

[@saramalou9649]

ok, so im stupid then, Do i care? no.

[@mr.t8624]

You work with what you have.

[@beau334]

This video is interlaced

[@JoseRodriguez-qc5jr]

Clean off your shoes first!!!🤭

[@tyson145]

So, car started....where's the "restoration? Down vote from me!

[@pedrosilvaslva2625]

hearing the carburator...iam missing things...

[@danielruiz8486]

Xq no lo traducen todo al castellano

[@bluenorm]

junk

[@BassBoostedSweden]

money