The 1960 Cadillac Coupe De Ville is coming along with more and more progress. In these two episodes the chassis is out of the barn and getting the hydraulic suspension all sorted out and installed. This isn’t going to be some hopping lowrider, but rather a lift and drive hot rod, so this thing still needs to ride like a Cadillac when it is done. Ultimately this car is going to be on hydraulics with the rockers sitting on the ground when laid all the way out, and that means that besides restoring rusted sheet metal there is also plenty of filler and floor panel construction going on. This means there is some flexibility in how things are being done and you’ll see that as we go along.
Here Karl makes the rear hydraulic suspension a reality, and explains the difference between the two ways that hydraulic suspensions work along with coil springs. You’ll see one system out back and one out front so you can see how both work.
On this episode of Make It Kustom, we are back on the 1960 Cadillac installing hydraulics in the front as well as mounting shocks in all four corners. We had to cut the frame up quite a bit to allow for the suspension to drop to where we need it. Thanks to all my buddies helping me out!!
