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I am in the middle of doing my caddy in the peel n seel. Same place as rusty pipes got his. bout $70 a roll. I have the entire rear half of the...
fatman makes some. I just talked to them about it last week. Send them an email or drop them a phone line and they'll give you the info you...
That is a smoking deal.
sick photo and the car looks killer too.
You talking about mine? All stock until I can find a trip deuce or something similar.
A caddy rebuild for under $2000. Never heard of one before. Parts kits go for close to that. $1400-1800. Where did you go? Is that their...
That's my experience personally and reading up and talking to folks. Old good. New bad. Mine is like 4 years old about. I threw an 800...
Roger. If I had to ballpark a full parts and labor on that 331 I'd say $4500. Cost me $600 just for the heads. If you're doing tear down and...
http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/publish/us/en/products/power_solutions/Brands/OPTIMA.html If you do some searches you'll see just about every...
Optima was purchased recently and the quality has dipped. Still nice batteries but there are other quality options now. I run a red top in my...
wish I got started at your age. good luck kiddo. Enjoy the father son as you'll remember it as long as you live. here's a 51 that could lend...
nothing wrong with a 331... great motor. Do a search just using the word cadillac. There are a few threads with great photos and a few great...
call coopers vintage.
way to keep moving forward. This is all the progress I've made on mine... [IMG]
dropped steering arms.
looking good. Way to keep making progress.
rusty pipes doing some welding and grinding out on the farm in the middle of the night. [IMG]
That must have put you back a few pesos.
Westley's. 2 beers. 2 rags. 20 minutes. Westley's FTW! only thing worse that lime bud is chilada.
That stuff is about as durable as it gets. Great product.
well I'll be damned.... Thought there was a bigger difference between 53/54. http://www.wilcap.com/cad.html
indeed. major pain in the ass. 49-53 are gonna be the same adapters as the olds. 1954 and newer is going to be different but they are out there....
soon as I find some off of myspace and on a photo host I'll post em' up. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera and Dave wasn't there so I couldn't...
nice car. spots would be a nice addition. chop seems kind of flat to me. Odd lines. Have fun with it.
Better way to do that is a double varnish. Use a flat coating with a high gloss spot uv. Get a sturdy flat surface and a sturdy high gloss...
Free for a driver and a passenger.. WTF! Sweet.
bump for a reminder. How can you pass up a show like this. Free... seriously...
Looks like the back end of a vw bus. Diggin those tail lights though.
in idiots terms now... what do you think I should do. I can order one with the provisions for a PCV valve set up. But I'd rather not get another...
I have a 1953 Caddy 331 motor. I have a finned valley pan and my question is this... the original valley pan had a HUGE vent in it. I'm...
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