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1941 Cadillac Tudor Sedan Restoration.
Originally Bob wanted a radical custom made out of this completely stock and original 41. Finances changed and we did a quick restoration on a very solid and original car.
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This is one of the profiles we were looking at for this unit. A 3" chop and a possible 1" wedge out of the hood. Even looked at a 5" chop in the rear. |
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The interior was actually in very good condition other than the seats. Door panels were merely cleaned and reused. |
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Just an idea of the rust we encountered. This is a rocker panel. |
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Another shot of the rockers with the stainless pulled back. |
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The RR quarter had an interesting hole and lots of work to get it right. |
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This shows the rear quarter panel with the fender removed and the rocker stainless removed. |
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Here is the backside of the rocker panels. |
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Rear fenders and the mounting flange is gone. Same on the quarter panel. |
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Flat head V8? Ford was not the first. This baby has hydraulic lifters and runs like a fine watch, we did nothing but clean the carb. Only 48,000 on this unit. |
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A close up of the taillight pot metal. Most of the pot metal needed work, but was salvageable. |
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Most of the chrome laid out. We had planned on re-chroming all of this but money shortfall changed the plan. |
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The interior had a wood grain appliqué. We did noting with the dash as it was in great shape. |
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The new rocker panels have been fitted. Note the relief cuts to get the arch correct for the stainless to fit. |
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Here the outside rocker has been installed but not the back side. |
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The fenders are straight and rockers are on, making progress. |
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This shows the fender mount flange rebuilt and ready for final body work. Almost the entire mount flange was replaced. |
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The final black paint and clear coat have been applied, The picture does not do justice. |
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This is the rear with black and clear coat being color sanded with 2000 grit then it will be buffed. |
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Once the paint was done Billy Phillips got to do his thing. This is a nice trunk restored to original condition. |
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The interior is done. New front and rear seat covers and carpet, the rest was just cleaned! |
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Assembled and rolled out the door. Note the wide whites and
rear fender skirts. 65 SS Impala 396 alongside. |
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One nice unit, very straight and very black. |
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Here is Kelly who did most of the work on the unit to get it straight. |
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Bob ended up selling the Caddy on Ebay, gentleman from KY got it and think he got wet pants when he saw the car he had bought?? |
