Introducing my 56' Coupe DeVille

new kid to the hamb, putting up a few pics of my project car. Bought this car late 2009 from my uncle who has had it sitting on his property for years now. once i was old enough to actually realize what it was i had to have it. This has been an experience of its own. figured the best way to learn about cars is dealing with it hands on!

 

Nice car ! hope you enjoy it. Looks like you have a good one to start with.

 

Thanks! shes a pretty good start. bought her with all the brakes rebuilt and a good runnin motor!

 

I love those old caddys!

 

Looks good. What are the plans?

 

my plans as of now is restoring it original, ive got way too many ideas in my head to bore you all lol. halfway tempted to make it a mild custom.

 

Pardon my ignorance but did the top come off stock or did you modify it?

 

unfortunately someone did a poor job at hacking the top off. to make a removable hardtop. so now i have to weld it back on

 

Sweet project, good luck with it.

 

Make sure you cut the 3-4 inches, that they added, out!!! Would be just the right time for that...

 

they actually cut out 3 inches on the driver side! so now im short on one side

 

Nice,,,,,,keep us posted with your progress.

 

Sweet find! love the caddys to bad they hacked the roof. keep us updated on your progress.

 

Awwwwww, don't do that...make it a "Full Kustom"...

Check out my build thread...there's about 25 or 30 pages of how I turned my '55 CDV into a "Full Kustom"...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=329070&highlight=the+best+55+caddy+build

Nice Caddy BTW...

R-

 

Cad looks good...congrats!

 

Love them '5o's Caddys! Custom idea sounds good.

Then you're half way there.

 

Nice!!

 

or your to long on one side!

 

Thanks! gonna check it out. yeah i know i wanna do a 3-5 inch chop on it, but dont know how its goona look! i wanna keep the round glass in the back, but then again i dont feel like payin 500$ for it! haha

 

Hey agutto13,No hill for a climber...welding tthe top back on at stock location would be worrth it as you can use original glass,plus I think the proportions look good from the factory on this model. A mild old school custom touch would look good also but keep it mild as thses cars are hard to beat from the factory,no?Good Luck and keep us posted! R~R

 

Great looking car! Time to chop!!!

 

Neat car.

 

Thanks! yeah thats what ive been thinkin i like the way it looks already. and would hate to get rid of the beautiful curved glass!

 

Also thought about sinking in the glass a bit to give it a small chop on it

 

those old caddy's are awesome, good luck with your build and keep those pics comin'