Just purchased a 77 Kingsley from an estate auction. It was advertised as a 403 but when I popped the hatch, I was suprised to find a Cad 500 with port fuel injection. It has 7 alcoas, new but 7 year old Firestones, a HUGE sway bar in the front with rebuilt front end. Rebuilt rear brakes with sway bars. A new Norcold fridge and a what appears to be a newer Surburban furnace. The genset is a 6.5kw Onan Emerald that has a leaky carb. The interior cabinets are custom cherry that are in great shape. The best part is that is a rear twin dry bath front kitchen configuration. A custom made aluminum water tank and a large capacity how water heater. The mufflers are stainless but I didn't think to check if the whole exhaust system is. There is supposed to be a 486 laptop for programming the fuel injection but we didn't see it. A lot of this info was not made public and was provided when we settled up with the auctioneers. We're going to get it tomorrow and are hopeful that no one steals the two brand new batteries. I'll know more tomorrow after driving it the 50 miles home.

It runs great, fired right up cold, no smoke no shake, but we were not allowed to drive it. The nephew of the owner retrieved it from the farm and drove it to the auction site. He said it drives and stops well and the trans shifts fine. The throttle cable was frozen so they drove it with one guy running a wire to operate the throttle and another guy giving instructions, steering, and braking.

I have a parts coach and have already pulled out the throttle cable. Oh and with the 500 Caddy, it has a 3.46 final drive.