I've never done a post like this before, so it will probably suck! Ive had this Cadillac for 6 years. I got it on a trade deal in California. It always had some tranny issues and i never drove it more then around the block in 2 second gear. Fast forward to now. I'm in SW mo and decided it was time to build the damn thing. We first painted in about 2 years ago. typical trade deal. i did a bunch of metal work for the paint job. it came out horrible. dude lost his shop. it sat in my shop for 2 years, then he calls me out of the blue and says he wants to make it right. We re shoot the whole son of a bitch, and it comes out alright, not perfect but a hell of alot better. He wants me to take it to my shop and he'll come over in a week once the clear is cured and sand and buff it. well that turns out to another disappearing act and 7 months later I decide to tackle it by myself. I fucking hate sanding!! 2 days later it sanded with 1,500 then 2,000 and buffed. I needed to rebuild the tranny. so out came the motor and trans. I took off the whole front end and rebuild it with all new ball joints and bushings. KANTER sucks! I decided that i didn't like the heater core and some wires so i started to shave the fire wall, smoothed out the fender wells and blasted the frame. painted it all and reassembled. before. after I placed an add on my local craigslist a few months ago and wanted some old cragar, astro , rocket, tru spokes. A guy calls me out the blue and says I've got some tru spokes brand new NOS never been mounted from 1977, fucking a man same year i was born. I bought those few some new Firestone's on got my rolling stock covered. Ive been getting all the bugs worked out of her, ie light sockets, switches, etc. Rebuilt the drive shaft today and still have a little noise from the rear end so I'm tearing into that tomorrow. Hope this works out cause god damn its alot of work to post this shit, Denise i don't know how you do it Hun! im building this for my wife to drive with the kiddos.
NOT MY STYLE, BUT MAN-O-MAN IS THAT SHARP... Dad & I have a '63 Sedan DeVille, what a great car (to make out with a prom date in)
lol, ya most don't know exactly how much work it really is to make a nice post with text and photos. Car looks GREAT BTW
It looks great!!! I love some Caddys man. Just havent made that move yet.. I dont think the garage i have right now would work to well. 36 wide but only 24 deep with work benches and shit. That thing has to be 20 to 22 feet.. yea?
house of kolor true blue pearl with extra silver pearl throwin in for good measure. orion silver with 2 differnt size silver flakes i believe their about 19' long thanks for all the comments.
Very nice Man. You done good. I'm digging the color and have always beed a fan of Blues but thats some real eye candy.
Lookin' good ryno! Hope to see you and your cars at the drags. My wife called off the move to Joplin last minute so we are staying put for now it seems, but she sure does want to go to the drags with me this year. Sure do like a blue and silver combo on ANY car, that was going to be the colors for my truck but the $750 worth of PPG I had for it got stolen from the last body shop I worked in .
thank you your not missing much in joplin man. ill be at the drags, and am planning on having the 3rd annual doughnut feed before also yes sir, as long as i can get this ticking sound squared away! rear end is coming apart today, everything else has been replaced already.
'bout time you got that steamin' pile of crap done! Pics are nowhere near as eye-poppin as in person, y'all---I bet it's even better since you cut it. And the OG wires......pimptastic Thumbs up, brah.
Nice job on the Caddy...looks good. Looks to me like you've done the thread correctly...but if you want to see an "on-going" '55 Cadillac build thread, check mine out: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=329070&highlight=the+best+55+caddy+build I've been adding to it for over a year now...Be prepared to spend a couple of hours reading and looking at pix...!!! R-
no shit. ya i've read your post , and its quite detailed. nice build i just dont have that much patience! i do enjoy looking at the build photos.
Somewhere in California is a Guy kicking himself for what he could have had.... Nice Cadillac,Great score on the wheels!
Looks great, thanks for taking time for posting w/pics even though it is a hassle. Bet is wasn't as much work as all that sanding though !!! Just to wash one of those boats and dry it is hard work, but we love them.
Sweet ride Ryno, love the colors. I was going to go with those exact colors and scallop scheme for mine but I think I will have to change that now, looks great but I don't want the same as yours...haha!
Good things come to those who've been dicked out! Bad Karma's a bitch. You deserve it bro...lookin RAD!
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