Yeah for sure. Most younger car people seem to be in these new POS computerized, emissionized, safetyized crap cars that are barely even cars at all. I'm a 58 year old mechanic (mechanic, not "technician") and I've brought quite a few of these old cars back to life. Unfortunately due to medical issues, I've done my last. I still have the last 2 I put back together, a 1972 Pinto woodgrain wagon, and a 1964 Fairlane four door. The Pinto came missing the engine, transmission, and quite a few other parts, and despite the fact that it is fairly new compared to most of these old '50s and '60s cars, It was a nightmare to find parts for. I still tinker with them, but I'm not going to take on another project. That car would look great with chrome smoothie wheels in the STOCK size. I've used them on 3 old cars and they look great. Not too expensive, and they are solid, with no see through parts so you can't see all the rust and muck behind them. I wonder if that has a standard 5x5.75 Chevy bolt pattern?
It's amazing to think there was a time when big huge monster cars like this were all over the place. I was alive, but of course didn't appreciate them then because - well - they were all over the place!
Your videos are fantastic! I love this Cadillac that you're assembling and am checking back every day to see if you post another great update on it or any of your other cars, since I've already watched basically all of your videos. Its also great to finally find another car guy on RUclips that's located in Texas. Keep up the great work!
Nice find! especially with the dual quad setup. There is a group of us dedicated to these 50's Cadillacs. Search the Mid Century Cadillacs forum to find us.
Ben, when uploading your videos, please keep putting in the topic as a sub-title. Really helps out the viewer, esp when they are restoing a 56 Caddy, also....
Did someone save that old Chevy as well? I've watched all of the Caddy videos and absolutely love what you've done with that beautiful classic. So good to see someone that respects the beauty and character of those cars rather than trashing them out like so many people do making retrorods and crap out of them.
Thanks for the info, that is very good to know! I had seen online that some other 1956 Caddys had a lamp on the lower part of the rear bumper that was amber and covered the whole entire rectangle, and assumed those were the regular ones, but I must have had them mixed up. Either way, I hope the bulbs inside them work!
That might have worked on a smaller car on a larger trailer, but we had like a half inch of clearance on each side. We even had to resort to taking one of the trailer fenders off because the car was soooo wide. The rockers would have been destroyed if we had done it like that
Very nice! Congratulations. Only because looking for fog lamps was mentioned a few times in the video, I'll say that the car does not have fog lamps. The optional, somewhat rectangle shaped '56 fog lamps would be located in place of the round park/turn lenses and their aluminum fillers.
Awesome car ! I have been looking for a 54-56 Coupe for years. They are just a bit out of my price range. Since me and my friends are older and bigger, a big four door actually looks a little more inviting. I have found a few Sedan 's I like, I just need to get rid of a few project's. Also a few years ago, the bumperettes on the rear corners were going for around $1,400. I Like the few video's I have watched so far.
Jim again here, I just watched the first video of you bring the Caddy home. When I see that air cleaner in trunk I was so surprised but as soon as I seen it I knew your Caddy had the two four barrel carb set up on it. I'm sure you know by now that it came stock from the factory like that! My only wish was that I could hear it start up. Do you have a video of that and the sound of those carbs sucking air when you goose the throotle??? Man what a sound that was! When I would drive it to high school, I'd remove the air cleaner on the way to school. Then cruise the high school goosing it . Is there a video #3???
Actually if you go to my channel home page, you will see my playlists. I have 18 videos on the Caddy. If you cant find it, try clicking this link it might help: ruclips.net/p/PLc_UqhyZpC_1V-rmJtxmkxQWvffnbnRE3
Recently became a subscriber. Your videos are wonderful. This car looks so damn good as it stands in this video. I can only wonder how it will be once I reach the end of this series.
Just a little hint , next time take a tow chain and run it through one of the front D rings at a angle and have a second vehicle pull it up on the trailer.
Body Tag Info: Style No.: 56-6239DX - 1956 Deluxe Sedan DeVille, 4-dr.; Body No.: F.W. 30160 - Fleetwood Plant; 30,160th body out of 41,732 total; Trim No.: 40 A - Lt. Gray Bombay Pattern Cloth & White Leather; Paint No.: 50-90 - Mandan Red & Alpine White; Acc.: EH - E-Z-Eye safety glass, Heater.
Ben, Stay with it my friend Cadillac's are way cool. The weather strip issue may be solved if you go to steel rubber. You can google it, or go to www,steelrubber.com. Then I notice you may live in the Dallas area I would suggest looking up honest John's Cadillac. They're in the Dallas area and you may have some luck there maybe. Finally you need to be just keep googling for Cadillac Restoration places, there out there. Cadillac's are the Standard of the world as the advertisement went, not very many people could afford them in the day so therefore these cars aren't going to be quite as easy to restore like Chevy's and Ford's. But if you hang in there and you don't give up you will really have something there in the end. That 56 is the first year of the four door hard top quite thing for 1956.
I sold auto parts for many years, and we also did machine work of all kinds as well. I hate to say it.. but I got a bad feeling about this engine guy. Has he been offering an explanation? I'm hoping he's just a perfectionist.
V Mc That's what a climate without snow and salt will do. You'd be lucky to find an 86 in that shape just laying around in someone's yard here in New England. Those 50s cars were all toast by the 1970s. Time to move.
Hey, how much did you pay for this find? Love the hood ornament! Mine (57 CSD) has the double fin ornament. I wish they would have kept the lady like yours.
TheCorvetteBen hey great 56 that car is sweet n straight as an arrow . That chrome looks great that's the beauty at a dry car that cadillac would look great just buffed out an all original with the dual quad set up. Like to see some updates on it. Thanks Anthony
Ben I actually saw another up dated video after I wrote u thanks for getting back with me on that. we must never give up let's keep them all alive that has always been my belief too. Thanks again Anthony
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Glad to see younger people taking an interest in these beautiful old cars!
I really lo e them! and I'm only 15.
Yeah for sure. Most younger car people seem to be in these new POS computerized, emissionized, safetyized crap cars that are barely even cars at all. I'm a 58 year old mechanic (mechanic, not "technician") and I've brought quite a few of these old cars back to life. Unfortunately due to medical issues, I've done my last. I still have the last 2 I put back together, a 1972 Pinto woodgrain wagon, and a 1964 Fairlane four door. The Pinto came missing the engine, transmission, and quite a few other parts, and despite the fact that it is fairly new compared to most of these old '50s and '60s cars, It was a nightmare to find parts for. I still tinker with them, but I'm not going to take on another project.
That car would look great with chrome smoothie wheels in the STOCK size. I've used them on 3 old cars and they look great. Not too expensive, and they are solid, with no see through parts so you can't see all the rust and muck behind them. I wonder if that has a standard 5x5.75 Chevy bolt pattern?
Cool caddy
Great year for the Caddy. More metal in one bumper than in entire cars these days.
It's amazing to think there was a time when big huge monster cars like this were all over the place. I was alive, but of course didn't appreciate them then because - well - they were all over the place!
And the paint is awesome...that is a clean, rustfree patina...keep it by all means
Nice straight body
Beauty!
My Grandma had a pink 1956 Caddy.
I about busted a gut laughing at 4 guys thinking they were going to push all that steel up a ramp!
Your Cadillac is so beautiful
Wow what a find! Straight as an arrow and so complete! Love it! Thanks for posting- John
J GPap Be sure to watch all the videos on it!
Looks as though you guys saved it just in the nick of time.
Starting this series. Excited about this one.
wow, what a beutifull car. got myself a -65 caddy but i'd love to get my hands on one of these some day!
Great old Caddy. Going to watch the whole series.
Well the engine runs, which is good. That is one step closer for both of us when it comes to driving it!
Precioso coche. Digno de devolverle todo su explendor. Yo en breve empezaré a restaurar un Cadillac convertible del '53.
First thing I thought of when you walked in front of the car with the headlights on was the movie Christine. Thanks for the video enjoyed it.
magnifique cette cadillac :)
bonne restauration
Your videos are fantastic! I love this Cadillac that you're assembling and am checking back every day to see if you post another great update on it or any of your other cars, since I've already watched basically all of your videos. Its also great to finally find another car guy on RUclips that's located in Texas. Keep up the great work!
i love this cadillac beautifull bellissima complimenti
Beautiful find👌
Nice find! especially with the dual quad setup. There is a group of us dedicated to these 50's Cadillacs. Search the Mid Century Cadillacs forum to find us.
This is my dream car! I'd give up my modern G6E for one of these any day.
This is wonderful car most excellent fine .I would fix the holes recover the seats and Driver like she is... awesome patina.... lucky guy
Ben, when uploading your videos, please keep putting in the topic as a sub-title. Really helps out the viewer, esp when they are restoing a 56 Caddy, also....
عربية سليمة جدا من الخارج ولكن تحتاج صيانة الفرش إنها من زمن فن صناعة السيارات. 👍
Did someone save that old Chevy as well? I've watched all of the Caddy videos and absolutely love what you've done with that beautiful classic. So good to see someone that respects the beauty and character of those cars rather than trashing them out like so many people do making retrorods and crap out of them.
Thanks for the info, that is very good to know! I had seen online that some other 1956 Caddys had a lamp on the lower part of the rear bumper that was amber and covered the whole entire rectangle, and assumed those were the regular ones, but I must have had them mixed up. Either way, I hope the bulbs inside them work!
CLEEEEEN Caddy!!!
Man that’s a nice car. I want it. 👍🏻
Ты хороший парень 👍. Желаю удачного завершения рестоврации машины.
WHAT A BEAUTY
That might have worked on a smaller car on a larger trailer, but we had like a half inch of clearance on each side. We even had to resort to taking one of the trailer fenders off because the car was soooo wide. The rockers would have been destroyed if we had done it like that
This would look good in my neighbors driveway
that is beautiful!
Great 🚗
u fixed her up nice
Man, she looks FINE!
I am exited to find out what happens to this one!
Very nice! Congratulations.
Only because looking for fog lamps was mentioned a few times in the video, I'll say that the car does not have fog lamps. The optional, somewhat rectangle shaped '56 fog lamps would be located in place of the round park/turn lenses and their aluminum fillers.
That is a great car !!!
She is a legend
The original owner paid extra to have the Eldorado dual quad carb on the DeVille. Very rare! I'm still only part way through all the great videos!👍
Awesome car ! I have been looking for a 54-56 Coupe for years. They are just a bit out of my price range. Since me and my friends are older and bigger, a big four door actually looks a little more inviting. I have found a few Sedan 's I like, I just need to get rid of a few project's. Also a few years ago, the bumperettes on the rear corners were going for around $1,400. I Like the few video's I have watched so far.
Very cool video :) I love this
Jim again here, I just watched the first video of you bring the Caddy home. When I see that air cleaner in trunk I was so surprised but as soon as I seen it I knew your Caddy had the two four barrel carb set up on it. I'm sure you know by now that it came stock from the factory like that!
My only wish was that I could hear it start up. Do you have a video of that and the sound of those carbs sucking air when you goose the throotle??? Man what a sound that was!
When I would drive it to high school, I'd remove the air cleaner on the way to school. Then cruise the high school goosing it .
Is there a video #3???
Actually if you go to my channel home page, you will see my playlists. I have 18 videos on the Caddy. If you cant find it, try clicking this link it might help:
ruclips.net/p/PLc_UqhyZpC_1V-rmJtxmkxQWvffnbnRE3
you are the lucyk guy, wow, this is great
I had 1956 Coup de Ville it was a special order with the Eldo engine, double bat wing, that’s what you have.
Man i love your video's
mohamed kareem Thanks! Be sure to share them with others!
Ok i will
Nice car.
Bruno Misquita Thanks! Be sure to check out the playlist so you can watch all 30 plus videos!
My dads had an electric eye on the dash! Auto Dim!
I hope you can get it to run... You got to let me drive this one dude! The oldest car I have driven is a 1964 impala!
Rotten battery cables are probably keeping it from turning over.
It sure is a nice straight car!!
Way better then any 57 Chevy
Hirthirt hirt it be nice if he finds a de soto 57
More Cadillac
Back when they poured steel like water. More steel in that than three cars today.
Awesome
It's doesn't have foglights they parking lights
You could pull out the seats and have a studio apartment that thing is so big!
Recently became a subscriber. Your videos are wonderful. This car looks so damn good as it stands in this video. I can only wonder how it will be once I reach the end of this series.
It will rub out........nice score
Awe yes the '50s, when the chrome was thick and the women were straight!
HI is it for sale love to bring it to NEW-ZEALAND i would drive it every friday and saturday just to enjoy till i leave this world
I just watched you put an antenna on this beast#61
Dual quads is the Eldorado intake set up
Omp bop ! Omp bop! My loves bigger than a Cadi ac ump bop ! Ump bop ! Bop! Bop!
SWEEEEEET!
When you pulled it out did you check for the Elvis provenance?
Just a little hint , next time take a tow chain and run it through one of the front D rings at a angle and have a second vehicle pull it up on the trailer.
I thought you might like this one!
Body Tag Info:
Style No.: 56-6239DX - 1956 Deluxe Sedan DeVille, 4-dr.;
Body No.: F.W. 30160 - Fleetwood Plant; 30,160th body out of 41,732 total;
Trim No.: 40 A - Lt. Gray Bombay Pattern Cloth & White Leather;
Paint No.: 50-90 - Mandan Red & Alpine White;
Acc.: EH - E-Z-Eye safety glass, Heater.
Ben,
Stay with it my friend Cadillac's are way cool. The weather strip issue may be solved if you go to steel rubber. You can google it, or go to www,steelrubber.com. Then I notice you may live in the Dallas area I would suggest looking up honest John's Cadillac. They're in the Dallas area and you may have some luck there maybe. Finally you need to be just keep googling for Cadillac Restoration places, there out there. Cadillac's are the Standard of the world as the advertisement went, not very many people could afford them in the day so therefore these cars aren't going to be quite as easy to restore like Chevy's and Ford's. But if you hang in there and you don't give up you will really have something there in the end. That 56 is the first year of the four door hard top quite thing for 1956.
Dad had one Cad motors helped win ww2 in tanks he drove them
I sold auto parts for many years, and we also did machine work of all kinds as well. I hate to say it.. but I got a bad feeling about this engine guy. Has he been offering an explanation? I'm hoping he's just a perfectionist.
How did you score this one?
Looks in amazing condition considering.
Well done.
Watch out Jonathan Ward from Icon must be looking for this car for his dielectrics project.
Had a 1960 Caddy Convertible / Tan over Green w/ tan Leather. Would 💘 LOVE to have this BEAUTY . .... BACK !!
No rust on a 56 ? Wow.
V Mc That's what a climate without snow and salt will do. You'd be lucky to find an 86 in that shape just laying around in someone's yard here in New England. Those 50s cars were all toast by the 1970s. Time to move.
im so jelly p.s im in dallas
Hey, how much did you pay for this find? Love the hood ornament! Mine (57 CSD) has the double fin ornament. I wish they would have kept the lady like yours.
how much did you pay??
The compressor is feature sound. Percect
how much did you buy caddy 56 for ? just love those cars
i wonder for how much you got that cadi?
Sabre wheels?
Cadillac ano 56 participou no filme... ( Rapisódia ) com Elizabeth Taylor e Vitório Gasmam
How much does these car cost in the usa in this condition?
I gotta wonder hpw tough it is to get parts like a radiator for a car from the 50s or older. Do they make reprodution parts for these types of cars?
Michael Cuff yes they make them 😀👏
Got a 7 body trunk😆
can you make a video on searching for a classic car. whether it's a project or fully restored car. local search and national search
Not a bad idea!
Like most cars are scored. Craigslist!
TheCorvetteBen how much did you pay
How long had it been sitting when you got it?
The last time it was inspected was in 2000, so I would say 12 to 13 years would be a good guess.
Can't believe you didn't have an electric winch.
+St White Those don't come standard on U-Haul trailers! XD
+TheCorvetteBen Oh yeah. There is that.
it said the paint number is 40-50A
+Alex L9ng 50-90
Did you amke more vids? I have a 57 CSD I want to restore.
Only about 60+ more videos...
Ben ,I'm looking for some corvette (C3) parts , how can I get in touch with You
Email me at Benjamin.friend56@yahoo.com
For the ID numbers, for those who might be wondering:
www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/50s-cadillac-id-numbers.743151/
That poece u keep saying is 1800 dollars. .what is it?
It is the air breather for the dual carb set up on the engine
does he want to sell the 50 chevrolet
Love your videos... how do you find these cars?!
***** Craigslist!
TheCorvetteBen hey great 56 that car is sweet n straight as an arrow . That chrome looks great that's the beauty at a dry car that cadillac would look great just buffed out an all original with the dual quad set up. Like to see some updates on it. Thanks Anthony
Anthony, there are thirty videos on this car. Check out the play tab on my channel page
Ben I actually saw another up dated video after I wrote u thanks for getting back with me on that. we must never give up let's keep them all alive that has always been my belief too. Thanks again Anthony
I respect you that Cadillac is worth more than a dozen tuners.. get that motor straight then..... blow your friends away
Кеді 50 год надворі простояв, даже не згнив
No seat covers...ect. You need to restore this vehicle or sell it to someone who can. She deserves better!
You need to watch the sixty something videos I have on this car before you comment and judge
P
Tail lights are fugly
Christine looks bad these days:/