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Wow, I'm about 4 years late to the party, but having just had my 56 365 rebuilt and reading articles, I noticed my machine shop left out something...
My mistake there, I thought the rear's were the ones in question. Glad it was simple enough. One thing that messed with my head when I was first...
The adjusting wheel is through that little window on the inside. Take a heavy hammer and whack the drum on all sides. Spray some PB Blaster on...
Honestly.....admins just please delete this thread. Its annoying as shit.
B Buddy, I own 2 50's cadillacs and have for a couple years. You think anything you said I dont know? Cars take time to do to any degree....
Cadillac Parts Ltd. Their rebuild kit seems to be a quality kit, but it sure wouldve been nice if they state on the website it requires...
I just bought a water pump rebuild kit for my 56 cadillac. All the parts were great, but un-announced to the customer - when you open the package...
Every redneck in town isnt driving a 50's cadillac. Theyre driving a 1990 silverado or the equivalent. Parts are plentiful and cheap for chevy,...
Guys, at risk of flying off the handle and insulting people, Ive revised my response here. I asked if straight pipe would hurt my engine. I got...
Eh.
Yeah, unfortunately I got bit hard by the cadillac bug. Theyre easily my favorite car of the 40's and 50's..... Ive told myself several times Id...
Some exhaust notes I like: [MEDIA] [MEDIA] [MEDIA] [MEDIA] Id say that last one is the clearest example. Just an old raspy tone. Thats my...
Haha, if drinking cheap beer for 1 month afforded me a new exhaust on the caddy, Id have a lot bigger problems than exhaust pipes! But I hear...
Sorry if Im a bit brusk. Around once a month I go out with my father in law and a bunch of his old buddies.....majority are in their late 70's....
Yes.
By the way, all the high horse fat wallets came out with "do it the right way! you cant polish a turd!" when I asked about putting down some clear...
It annoys me when people talk about what a cadillac is supposed to be. I hear that too often. Its a 66 year old car that I breathed life back...
Id say in the neighborhood of 5-600 bucks installed. Id probably have an exhaust shop do the work bc itd take a torch to get the old rusty nuts...
For my own knowledge.....from purely a performance standpoint, wouldnt it be most effective to have no exhaust on an engine, not even headers? All...
Trust me guys if I had the wallet this old girl would have a lot more things replaced. Right now Im just trying to enjoy it and keep it rolling...
My favorite exhaust note is from old chris craft boats..... I was originally going to run a porter muffler. They sound good with a 331 cad, but...
So is every car on this entire forum when it was stock from the factory.
Id buy some angled pieces and go up over the axle. Plus this car has an X frame. The majority of the stock exhaust is straight, runs through the...
Over the years Ive heard and experienced mixed thoughts on exhaust, mainly running straight. The other day I took my 50 cad to a car show and...
I cant catch a $@!&ing break. My water rebuild kit came in the mail. Without telling anybody online, their new impeller requires machining to...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Guys Im rebuilding a water pump by myself for the first time and just wanted some suggestions or advice. Its for a 56 cadillac....
Another update.... The bottle jack actually did not fail. I guess it was the bearing breaking free. It popped once more today as it eased out of...
Some pics of my shop press escapade today......or lack of one. Wanted to see if I could even take the water pump apart myself before buying a...
I appreciate it, and love your build, but Id like to keep this in the stock location using the factory bracket (with minimal modification).....the...
Nice work youre doing.
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