1934 Cadillac
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Rat
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I like your photo shop.
Really nice car
Thinking out of the box..leave the rear doors on the car and extend those. giveing yourself suicide doors
Really nice car
Thinking out of the box..leave the rear doors on the car and extend those. giveing yourself suicide doors
zzrodder
It ain't grey hair, it's chrome!
Hmmm.. I think it would look goofy with those little quarter windows and the fender cutout in the door, kinda like an oversize Bantam, take out too much length and the cab will look out of proportion... I'm thinking to suicide the doors though by just swapping the hinges to the rear of the doors.
deerchooper
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i just got a hood ornament like that a couple weeks ago.
i like your direction, i really like the headlight buckets, lol.
i like your direction, i really like the headlight buckets, lol.
the reverend muddy grimes
Brother Binder
i love the caddy in a caddy idea. semi-pure but not is a nice touch
Rat
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on second look
I see what your are saying.
That is really a elegant design transformation
I see what your are saying.
That is really a elegant design transformation
zzrodder
It ain't grey hair, it's chrome!
Got it home !!
Finally got the Caddy home, I was gettin' twitchy, wanting it here so I can tear into it !! Now I've had a closer look, it seems the body is really in decent shape as far as rot goes. Of course the wood is thrashed, but that is expected, got to redo it all in steel anyway.
It's a big car, 134" wheelbase, I'm going to reduce it to about 124" in the process of converting it to a 2dr. Most of the damage on the body is as a result of sitting around on a farm so long and getting pushed around plus scavengers taking stuff - the rad was torn out for the metal value, in the process, they destroyed the grille and cut apart the grille shell.
Finally got the Caddy home, I was gettin' twitchy, wanting it here so I can tear into it !! Now I've had a closer look, it seems the body is really in decent shape as far as rot goes. Of course the wood is thrashed, but that is expected, got to redo it all in steel anyway.
It's a big car, 134" wheelbase, I'm going to reduce it to about 124" in the process of converting it to a 2dr. Most of the damage on the body is as a result of sitting around on a farm so long and getting pushed around plus scavengers taking stuff - the rad was torn out for the metal value, in the process, they destroyed the grille and cut apart the grille shell.
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earthman
Fascinated by rolling objects!
This is going to be another delicious ZZ build thread [P
zzrodder
It ain't grey hair, it's chrome!
Yeah, I'll have to keep an eye on evilbay for another..... Cleaned the junk out of it today, ripped out some wood and evicted a mouse from the windshield header - can't have mice livin' in the Rat !
zzrodder
It ain't grey hair, it's chrome!
Deconstruction
Not on purpose, maybe just the way I positioned the pieces. The front doors do taper down to the front tho and shortenig the roof seems to accentuate it. I like it too, and will try to get it as close to that as I can.
Got the doors off and yanked out a buch of rotten wood, surprised to see this car had power brakes even tho they are mechanical, didn't know they had 'em then. It must have put a lot of people out of work when they stopped using wood - there is a ton of it in this car !!
Not on purpose, maybe just the way I positioned the pieces. The front doors do taper down to the front tho and shortenig the roof seems to accentuate it. I like it too, and will try to get it as close to that as I can.
Got the doors off and yanked out a buch of rotten wood, surprised to see this car had power brakes even tho they are mechanical, didn't know they had 'em then. It must have put a lot of people out of work when they stopped using wood - there is a ton of it in this car !!
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rainman
Rough Rodder
That wheel and dash are killer, hope you plan on keeping them?
zzrodder
It ain't grey hair, it's chrome!
The dash for sure, unfortunately the wheel has a bunch of broken spokes and the rim is badly eroded, it will get a place of honour on my garage wall. I'm planning to make my own banjo wheel in a similar style, though smaller.
zzrodder
It ain't grey hair, it's chrome!
Taking the car apart, came across some more interesting stuff. The lever shocks are adjustable by lever under the dash via rods and linkage. I tried moving the control lever on the shock and worked the arm, they still work great! You could tune the shocks as you drove for " town and country " driving - only the upscale cars nowadays have this feature - also it has a beefy rear sway bar.
Hmmm, them are worthy ratrod parts !!
You could tune the shocks as you drove for " town and country " driving - only the upscale cars nowadays have this feature - also it has a beefy rear sway bar.Hmmm, them are worthy ratrod parts !!
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rainman
Rough Rodder
Absolutely!!!!!!
Rat
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Caddies use to be one of top dogs in the world of autos when that was built.
If cars could talk
If cars could talk
zzrodder
It ain't grey hair, it's chrome!
No turning back now !
Liberated the rest of the wood from the body, marked and whacked the roof off. This is kinda like doing a race car body, just the skin is left !! Cowl and dash come off next, still some wood hiding in there. Then I can brace and square the pieces, lengthen the doors and start putting the puzzle back together. [S[[S[
Sounds easy enuff..
Liberated the rest of the wood from the body, marked and whacked the roof off.
This is kinda like doing a race car body, just the skin is left !! Cowl and dash come off next, still some wood hiding in there. Then I can brace and square the pieces, lengthen the doors and start putting the puzzle back together. [S[[S[Sounds easy enuff..
