I’m looking for new control arms for my 61 Coupe. Someone installed airbags and cut of the front control arms and rear trailing arms. What other cars interchange with the 61 Cadillac control arms and trailing arms? I did an eBay search and 65-70 Impala arms popped up and it said they fit 1961 Cadillac. I find that hard to believe, however they do look similar. Thanks guys!
According to my Hollander it doesn't show uppers until 63. But lowers are #519 and only 61-64 Cadillac and 65 Fleetwood only. No other listings....
Also interesting it shows a knee assembly which is upper/lower arm, spindle/ball joint assembly as a set Cadillac 1961-64 as 1 and 65-75 as 2 ...... So I guess if you change the whole assembly you can go newer to 75. Maybe the difference in ball joint body and stud sizes to fit the arms and spindles. Hope that helps.... EDIT ××× never mind××× it's wording in the book is misleading, its listed as 65-75 what that actually means is a 65 year and a model 75 which is a fleetwood, so only a 65 Fleetwood... Again sorry for the confusion...
More digging.... These old books aren't very well organized.... If I go to later models and go backwards it shows upper arms the same from 61 to 70 on all models.... Not finding anything on rear arms.
call Skip at french lake auto parts. I am sure he will have the parts you need. He is also a Hamb'r @396skip https://www.frenchlakeautoparts.com/index.htm
I have a 63 coupe de Ville and about 20 years ago I bought a 70 - 72 Cadillac sedan I can’t remember the exact year . I took the front spindles from the 70 and bolted them directly to the 63 upper and lower control arm to gain disc brakes. There is a lot more involved to the swap than just that but all the 70 parts bolted right up to the 63. Not sure if that helps you or not?
Owen's Salvage in Texas may have parts cars around, worth a call plus he's an alliance vendor here. They always did me right.
Thank you for the help guys. I have bought stuff from French Lake Auto Parts. I was hoping to just find a nice tubular kit for it but, looks like I will source some stock arms and take my time cleaning and rebuilding them. Just swap them in with a Jamco Spring and Disc Brake kit all at the same time.
I have heard horror stories of tubular a arms breaking at the welds and the car falling to the ground......we know the OE stuff is good.....
Hey Chief, Happened to drop in on this site after a couple years and looked over the 1961 cad stuff. I have learned to search for all 61 gm passenger cars when looking for parts for my CDV. A lot of that stuff is interchangeable.
@HeloCrewChief Choppin Block makes tubular arms for our cars, if your looking to keep airride on it. Otherwise, i dont know of anyone that makes tubular arms for springs.
That is what I got from my Hollander a minute ago. I didn't see the thread earlier. the 65 Fleetwood is the 75 "series" GM number is 3632201.
There’s a few Caddies stuck in the ground at an angle out in Texas that probably have just what you need