Annie - Our 1956 Cadillac - Series 62 - 2 door Hardtop

[Captain]

You Definitely are going to have to have a "Premier Party" when you get it finished !!
It would be worth the drive over to see it.

That's a LOT spools of welding wire you have dedicated to getting ALL the Rust repairs done !!

Keep posting, Just the "Tin Work" is Awesome

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

OH yes, nice! Thanks for curbing my recent thoughts with these pics!
Brings back nightmares er uh memories.

customer: How much will it cost?
shop owner: I don't know. If you're lucky, as much as you want to spend times 2. Realistically, times 3 or 4. It will take as long as it takes.

[SuperBuickGuy]

OH yes, nice! Thanks for curbing my recent thoughts with these pics!
Brings back nightmares er uh memories.

customer: How much will it cost?
shop owner: I don't know. If you're lucky, as much as you want to spend times 2. Realistically, times 3 or 4. It will take as long as it takes.

I never thought of you as an optimist

[DanStokes]

Like owning a Rolls Royce. If you have to ask you can't afford it.

[SuperBuickGuy]

Like owning a Rolls Royce. If you have to ask you can't afford it.

that attitude is the one that lets contractors buy $100,000 trucks every year.... when I first started my project, the 'cost' was "at least 2m" - because I've been there, done that, I'll be at less than 1/2 of that for the same house/shop combo.... key is knowledge - did you know that Rolls Royce use GM transmissions? means you can bolt a SBC in them - once you do that an lose that stupid suspension with coil springs... then you still have an ugly english car that isn't fast, but you do have a rolls.

[DanStokes]

I loved the REAL Rolls Royces - pre-1980ish. Hand crafted elegance. Durable though not always reliable (the engines were bullet proof but the Lucas stuff was still - Lucas). The newer cars, not so much.

[CTX-SLPR]

Why stop with an SBC:

8.1L Vortec–Powered 1982 Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1982-rolls-royce-silver-spirit-6/

[DanStokes]

Why stop with an SBC:

8.1L Vortec–Powered 1982 Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...lver-spirit-6/

I hate to see a Rolls defiled. The Rolls Royce V8 is a lovely piece and deserved to live. I wonder what happened to the original engine but it was probably just a Lucas failure.

[CTX-SLPR]

I hate to see a Rolls defiled. The Rolls Royce V8 is a lovely piece and deserved to live. I wonder what happened to the original engine but it was probably just a Lucas failure.

Could also be a Bosch CIS failure, not as unreliable as Lucas but by reputation are finicky.

[74NovaMan]

OH yes, nice! Thanks for curbing my recent thoughts with these pics!
Brings back nightmares er uh memories.

customer: How much will it cost?
shop owner: I don't know. If you're lucky, as much as you want to spend times 2. Realistically, times 3 or 4. It will take as long as it takes.

Follow me for more financial advice!

[74NovaMan]

I'm told we are done with fabrication!

[74NovaMan]

Floor finishing:

[74NovaMan]

Floor Finished:

[DanStokes]

Floor Finished:

Dang, That's pretty! What paint is on the bottom?

[74NovaMan]

Hot rod black. It’s the same thing we used on the Mustang.