The first car I ever drove, at age 9, was my folks 47 Cadillac four-door sedan. In those days, ignition locks were easily unlocked by jiggling older GM keys, which I had somehow acquired. It was early morning and my folks were still in bed asleep. I backed the car out of the driveway, and drove about three-quarters of the way down the block, barely able to see over the dash. When I tried to turn around, pulling into a driveway and then putting it in reverse, I got confused and hit the gas pedal too hard. I backed out of the driveway way too fast, jumped the curb, and roared across someone's lawn in reverse! Somehow, I managed to recover and get the car home, safe and sound, before my parents got up. So my experience of the 47 Caddie has been indelibly impressed in mind ever since. After that first wild ride, I snuck the car out many times in the early morning hours and really learned how to drive in it.
The owner said if I could start it I could drive it... and I looked at him and said really I probably could figure it out I think the 40 ford was harder to start than this.. Awesome story thank you so much for sharing
At age 7, I learned how to drive in my mother's 1963 Studebaker. I used to go out and warm it up for her each morning while she was taking a shower. At first, I would just go back and forth in the driveway, but, eventually, I would take it around the block as I knew how much time I had each morning before my mother came out of the house. One time, I took a corner too fast and I flew across the seat, but, I hung onto the steering wheel with one hand and was able to recover before jumping the curb and going into someone's yard. Years later, two of our neighbors told me that they watched me every morning, but, never told my mother because they thought it was funny.
And there she is! In 1974 I worked on a 1947 Cadillac. Someone had bought it out of an apple orchard. It had been sitting since 1964 ('64 plates) but we managed to get her running and safety inspected for road use. It was very similar to this unit, except I remember the spare was in a cradle on the right side of the trunk. I had to repair a hole in the bottom of it so that stands out in my memory. It was a four door automatic as well. It had a power antenna and heated seats. Great Ol' Beast for sure. The buyer ran it locally here in Nova Scotia for a number of years and then resold it.
"Best Of All, It's A Cadillac". This Cadillac is gorgeous & a great example of art deco style of the forties!!! Thanks for sharing this exciting video!!! 👍👍🙂
Part of the rationale for having four speeds on the Hydra-Matic is that using a fluid coupling does not provide any torque multiplication, so an extra low range makes up for that deficiency. The Turbo Hydra-Matic's torque converter more than makes up for this so it was not actually a step backwards to go from 4 to 3 ranges starting in 1964. The controlled coupling feature was added in model year 1956, in an effort to smooth out the shift, which could be relatively abrupt (especially on the 2-3 shift) in the original Hydra-Matic.
What a stunning automobile. I particularly like the design and materials of the seats. Totally different era. Can you imagine the weight of the drive train alone with a cast iron Hydra-Matic. It is sure that we will never see cars with this long a wheel base again. Funny how the total length was shorter than some cars of the '50s, '60s and '70s but had more room in the interior with that long wheel base. Thanks for the close look on something I will never see.
Thank you I want to find a series 61 fastback I love the designs of the fastbacks my favorite is Pontiac late 40s early 50s with Indian chief head lighting up I love early 50s tin woodies as well
Brick House was playing and was soooo appropriate for this massive Caddy. Jay has a new "standard" the dual camera in the glove box test. the '47 was a prelude of what WAS to come . The "war" of the tail fins. Those back seats were like LazYboy chairs.
Haha I don’t have two big cameras anymore I just have one looking to get another body eventually.. I had two cameras at one point but sold both of them to buy this one =) just bought a drone haven’t had time to mess with it yet though..
Here's the skinny about early 4 speed automatics. They had fluid couplings(like 2 fans pointed towards each other with only one powered. The force of air from the powered fan makes the non-powered fan spin). As a way to seamlessly transmit power, it didn't have the needed kick when starting up from a stop. So, they added a really low first gear(like the compound low of a 4-speed truck transmission). In normal use, the Hydramatic starts in 1st and upshifts seamlessly to 2nd at around 5 mph, even at heavy throttle. When a transmission has a torque converter, it doesn't need a low 1st gear. What differentiates a torque converter from a fluid coupling is that it has a stator, which functions by recirculating the fluid and multiplying the torque by 2+ times. It takes the start-up torque of the engine and multiplies it. The replacement for the HydraMatic was the Turbo Hydramatic 400, which has a tall 1st gear, but a little lower than the 2-speed Powerglides and Jetaways and ST 300's. On a different note, when Mercedes-Benz came out with their own automatics, they were fluid coupling 4-speeds, with, like the HydraMatic, a compound 1st gear. But, they only used the 1st gear if the pedal was mashed to the floor. The next generation MB automatic, the Type II, was a 3-speed behind the next gen 4.5L V8. The first gen V8, the 6.3L, used the Type I fluid coupling automatic(but beefed-up) the first small V8, 3.5L and the 4's and 6's still used the 4-speed Type I fluid coupling automatic. Soon a 4-speed version of the Type II came out and was used in all the 4's, 6's and diesels. Then MB introduced a new 4-speed torque converter automatic from a clean slate, the Type 3 and later the Type 4. These went back to 2nd gear starts and had low 1st gears. This time, if the selector was placed in low or 2, it would start up in 1st at any throttle position but continue to the max speed for that gear before shifting to 2nd. When slowing to a stop, no matter the gear shift position, it would only shift down to 2nd. This was to help with creeping. Just because it is a 4-speed automatic doesn't necessarily mean it has overdrive 4th. With M-B's next automatic, the Type 5 they decided to add an overdrive gear. Like Mopar did with their 3-speed Torqueflite to add overdrive, MB put an overdrive gear in the tailshaft housing(a 5th gear). These aren't too common because M-B came up with a new clean slate automatic, the computer-controlled Type 6(another 5-speed). Because of M-B's partnership with Mopar, they also got the Type 6 to put behind their new 5.7L and larger hemi in cars. Mopar actually started manufacturing this a/t in North America, themselves. Because the Sprinter was a pure M-B, it got the genuine M-B a/t.
5:03 Paul of Peter Paul and Mary did something on a Long Play record about the teenagers and an old guy with a car like this at the light. "Want a drag?" "I know I'm going to need my bands adjusted." Sound good for 1st to 2nd, but pitch went up and slowly back down to top gear. Looks in the mirror for the kids car. Siren and red roof light. LoL
Thanks for doing this car, you bring a different get personal with the car to your channel, you cover all the bases , I'm a huge fan of my car story with lou, Lou is a great guy and you certainly are ranked right up there, I love this channel and your subs by car lovers will grow very fast, well done!!
Thank you I really appreciate that.. I watch Lou he is a great guy I’d love to meet him one day =) Ed’s car reviews is good too I watch a lot of them can’t think of them all right now I watch a lot of vin wiki too some really good car stories on that channel. =) bucket list thing is to tell a story there.
Thank you glad you liked this episode =) I’m bummed weather is about to go south but have no fear still be cranking out more awesome videos 4-5 times a week =)
Beautiful automobile! 🤩 It exudes such as strong solid presence that is a unmistakably Cadillac ! This model year and also the '49 s are some of my favorites of that era. Great video 👍 the in depth and up close reviews are awesome 😎
Garry Not Linda. Just bit of information on the HydraMatic transmission. A lot of people are under the impression that there is no Park in this transmission. I've heard that comment by people from the collector community who should know better. Park, in the first generation HydraMatic used in Cadillac, Oldsmobile and Pontiac is found by turning off the engine and placing the shift lever in reverse. To start the engine the shift lever must be returned to the neutral position and depressing the brake pedal. The owners manual advised setting the parking brake as well, especially on a hill. I learned that one the hard way! As I remember an actual Park position was added in the 1957 model year for Olds and Pontiac. I think Cadillac got it earlier.
Thank you Gary for sharing that insight... man just imagine though if your a jay leno level of collector and have loads of cars you’ll have to put a note somewhere to remind you of that.
When I was in high school many years ago, I drove past a city lot in Chicago that had a parked 1947 Cadillac Hearse. It was awesome and for sale and I really wanted it. I lived in an upscale suburb and of course my parents were horrified at the very idea of me buying that car. Of course it was wildly impractical but cool as hell. I was fixated on it for a long time. They wanted $350.00 for it. But my parents weren’t budging as it would have embarrassed them. They wanted to keep their squeaky clean suburban image and parking a ‘47 hearse outside their house would have obliterated that.
@@What.its.like. Yeah. I still think about that car so many years later. It was your thumbnail image that took me back. Seeing the front end of that hearse every time I drove by had me wanting that car so badly. I remember my dad (who owned a big machine shop in Illinois) told me that he asked a guy about me getting that car and the guy told him that the only way you’d find parts for it would be to make them. It really wasn’t true though. A 1947 car in 1969 wouldn’t really have been that old. Parts would have been a search but not as bad as today.
The 59 mercury someone said in the comment section that they had one and needed to use a truck plate because it was so wide that’s were that came from =)
Another beautiful car and awesome video. Kinda surprised though that this Caddie doesn't seem that luxurious. I would've thought it'd have a lot of goodies lacking on less expensive contemporaries. And what's the deal with that air filter? Looks like there are 3 different boxes/elements? Also Jay, another negative would be that fastback styling wouldn't give taller film noir hoods in the rear enough headroom to rock their fedoras ;).
To of had a few Bosses and Landlords that like Caddillac's. They'd leave the dome lights on and run down the batteries. Then only a Caddillac dealership can get it working again.
I remember that car really left an impression on me the owner told me if I could start it I could drive it and I told him don’t under estimate that statement I was born way too late.. had the windshield wash feature which was crazy because this was 1947
The first car I ever drove, at age 9, was my folks 47 Cadillac four-door sedan. In those days, ignition locks were easily unlocked by jiggling older GM keys, which I had somehow acquired. It was early morning and my folks were still in bed asleep. I backed the car out of the driveway, and drove about three-quarters of the way down the block, barely able to see over the dash. When I tried to turn around, pulling into a driveway and then putting it in reverse, I got confused and hit the gas pedal too hard. I backed out of the driveway way too fast, jumped the curb, and roared across someone's lawn in reverse! Somehow, I managed to recover and get the car home, safe and sound, before my parents got up. So my experience of the 47 Caddie has been indelibly impressed in mind ever since. After that first wild ride, I snuck the car out many times in the early morning hours and really learned how to drive in it.
The owner said if I could start it I could drive it... and I looked at him and said really I probably could figure it out I think the 40 ford was harder to start than this..
Awesome story thank you so much for sharing
At age 7, I learned how to drive in my mother's 1963 Studebaker. I used to go out and warm it up for her each morning while she was taking a shower. At first, I would just go back and forth in the driveway, but, eventually, I would take it around the block as I knew how much time I had each morning before my mother came out of the house. One time, I took a corner too fast and I flew across the seat, but, I hung onto the steering wheel with one hand and was able to recover before jumping the curb and going into someone's yard. Years later, two of our neighbors told me that they watched me every morning, but, never told my mother because they thought it was funny.
Beautiful car thanks for the tour I was born in 46 love to see solid cars from that Era. Thanks again
And there she is! In 1974 I worked on a 1947 Cadillac. Someone had bought it out of an apple orchard. It had been sitting since 1964 ('64 plates) but we managed to get her running and safety inspected for road use.
It was very similar to this unit, except I remember the spare was in a cradle on the right side of the trunk. I had to repair a hole in the bottom of it so that stands out in my memory. It was a four door automatic as well. It had a power antenna and heated seats. Great Ol' Beast for sure. The buyer ran it locally here in Nova Scotia for a number of years and then resold it.
Same year I was born and the Cadillac is in way better shape than I am. Very good presentation.
Thank you =)
"Best Of All, It's A Cadillac". This Cadillac is gorgeous & a great example of art deco style of the forties!!! Thanks for sharing this exciting video!!! 👍👍🙂
The Cadillac Cimarron was a big mistake for the company.
@@glennso47 You got that right!!!
Part of the rationale for having four speeds on the Hydra-Matic is that using a fluid coupling does not provide any torque multiplication, so an extra low range makes up for that deficiency. The Turbo Hydra-Matic's torque converter more than makes up for this so it was not actually a step backwards to go from 4 to 3 ranges starting in 1964. The controlled coupling feature was added in model year 1956, in an effort to smooth out the shift, which could be relatively abrupt (especially on the 2-3 shift) in the original Hydra-Matic.
Thank you so much for adding that clarification I totally forgot to mention that sometimes the 2nd to 3rd shift wasn’t as smooth as the ads claim
What a stunning automobile. I particularly like the design and materials of the seats. Totally different era. Can you imagine the weight of the drive train alone with a cast iron Hydra-Matic. It is sure that we will never see cars with this long a wheel base again. Funny how the total length was shorter than some cars of the '50s, '60s and '70s but had more room in the interior with that long wheel base. Thanks for the close look on something I will never see.
This car was and is absolutely stunning.. I was born way too late
Yes! This is awesome! So hard to find nice videos on many early postwar cars. Excellent video on a fantastic Caddy!
Thank you I want to find a series 61 fastback I love the designs of the fastbacks my favorite is Pontiac late 40s early 50s with Indian chief head lighting up I love early 50s tin woodies as well
Great review of this '47 Cadillac. Thanks so much for this video.
You can almost put a new Cadillac in the glove compartment of this car! 🤷♂️
No courtesy mirrors but today is no courtesy! 🙇♂️
Brick House was playing and was soooo appropriate for this massive Caddy. Jay has a new "standard" the dual camera in the glove box test. the '47 was a prelude of what WAS to come . The "war" of the tail fins. Those back seats were like LazYboy chairs.
Haha I don’t have two big cameras anymore I just have one looking to get another body eventually.. I had two cameras at one point but sold both of them to buy this one =) just bought a drone haven’t had time to mess with it yet though..
Just picked up a 1947 series 62 fastback, cant wait to restore it
Awesome I love the flashbacks of her late 40s I think they have a timeless Classy look
That's a car that any retired mobster would be proud to own and drive! Nice ride!😀
I’d be proud to drive this around =)
Great review of the 47 Cadillac Series 62.
Thank you =)
She is beautiful!
Yeah it was super clean
My Father had one of these in 1970s Ive many fond memories of this car in India.
Wow that’s awesome =)
I love those fenders on this year
They look great I want to find a series 61 fastback
Here's the skinny about early 4 speed automatics. They had fluid couplings(like 2 fans pointed towards each other with only one powered. The force of air from the powered fan makes the non-powered fan spin). As a way to seamlessly transmit power, it didn't have the needed kick when starting up from a stop. So, they added a really low first gear(like the compound low of a 4-speed truck transmission). In normal use, the Hydramatic starts in 1st and upshifts seamlessly to 2nd at around 5 mph, even at heavy throttle. When a transmission has a torque converter, it doesn't need a low 1st gear. What differentiates a torque converter from a fluid coupling is that it has a stator, which functions by recirculating the fluid and multiplying the torque by 2+ times. It takes the start-up torque of the engine and multiplies it. The replacement for the HydraMatic was the Turbo Hydramatic 400, which has a tall 1st gear, but a little lower than the 2-speed Powerglides and Jetaways and ST 300's.
On a different note, when Mercedes-Benz came out with their own automatics, they were fluid coupling 4-speeds, with, like the HydraMatic, a compound 1st gear. But, they only used the 1st gear if the pedal was mashed to the floor. The next generation MB automatic, the Type II, was a 3-speed behind the next gen 4.5L V8. The first gen V8, the 6.3L, used the Type I fluid coupling automatic(but beefed-up) the first small V8, 3.5L and the 4's and 6's still used the 4-speed Type I fluid coupling automatic. Soon a 4-speed version of the Type II came out and was used in all the 4's, 6's and diesels. Then MB introduced a new 4-speed torque converter automatic from a clean slate, the Type 3 and later the Type 4. These went back to 2nd gear starts and had low 1st gears. This time, if the selector was placed in low or 2, it would start up in 1st at any throttle position but continue to the max speed for that gear before shifting to 2nd. When slowing to a stop, no matter the gear shift position, it would only shift down to 2nd. This was to help with creeping.
Just because it is a 4-speed automatic doesn't necessarily mean it has overdrive 4th. With M-B's next automatic, the Type 5 they decided to add an overdrive gear. Like Mopar did with their 3-speed Torqueflite to add overdrive, MB put an overdrive gear in the tailshaft housing(a 5th gear). These aren't too common because M-B came up with a new clean slate automatic, the computer-controlled Type 6(another 5-speed). Because of M-B's partnership with Mopar, they also got the Type 6 to put behind their new 5.7L and larger hemi in cars. Mopar actually started manufacturing this a/t in North America, themselves. Because the Sprinter was a pure M-B, it got the genuine M-B a/t.
Awesome added information thank you so much for taking the time and sharing this =)
Great information thanks
Beautiful Cadillac! Would have loved to see more of the exterior of this car. Great video!
=)
Amazing auto and historian on Cadillac!! 😊
Thank you I really try =)
5:03 Paul of Peter Paul and Mary did something on a Long Play record about the teenagers and an old guy with a car like this at the light. "Want a drag?" "I know I'm going to need my bands adjusted." Sound good for 1st to 2nd, but pitch went up and slowly back down to top gear.
Looks in the mirror for the kids car. Siren and red roof light. LoL
Dad had a baby blue 1950 coupe. Great channel Had to Sub
Thank you welcome to the channel =)
Thanks for doing this car, you bring a different get personal with the car to your channel, you cover all the bases , I'm a huge fan of my car story with lou, Lou is a great guy and you certainly are ranked right up there, I love this channel and your subs by car lovers will grow very fast, well done!!
Thank you I really appreciate that.. I watch Lou he is a great guy I’d love to meet him one day =) Ed’s car reviews is good too I watch a lot of them can’t think of them all right now I watch a lot of vin wiki too some really good car stories on that channel. =) bucket list thing is to tell a story there.
Beautiful car made with lasting materials, not plastic! Nice review!!!
Thank you =) these were built to last that’s for sure
BEAUTIFUL CAR AND AS ALWAYS EXCELLENT VIDEO
Thank you glad you liked this episode =)
I’m bummed weather is about to go south but have no fear still be cranking out more awesome videos 4-5 times a week =)
Beautiful automobile! 🤩 It exudes such as strong solid presence that is a unmistakably Cadillac ! This model year and also the '49 s are some of my favorites of that era. Great video 👍 the in depth and up close reviews are awesome 😎
Thank you for digging this episode =)
Garry Not Linda. Just bit of information on the HydraMatic transmission. A lot of people are under the impression that there is no Park in this transmission. I've heard that comment by people from the collector community who should know better. Park, in the first generation HydraMatic used in Cadillac, Oldsmobile and Pontiac is found by turning off the engine and placing the shift lever in reverse. To start the engine the shift lever must be returned to the neutral position and depressing the brake pedal. The owners manual advised setting the parking brake as well, especially on a hill. I learned that one the hard way! As I remember an actual Park position was added in the 1957 model year for Olds and Pontiac. I think Cadillac got it earlier.
Thank you Gary for sharing that insight... man just imagine though if your a jay leno level of collector and have loads of cars you’ll have to put a note somewhere to remind you of that.
When I was in high school many years ago, I drove past a city lot in Chicago that had a parked 1947 Cadillac Hearse. It was awesome and for sale and I really wanted it. I lived in an upscale suburb and of course my parents were horrified at the very idea of me buying that car. Of course it was wildly impractical but cool as hell. I was fixated on it for a long time. They wanted $350.00 for it. But my parents weren’t budging as it would have embarrassed them. They wanted to keep their squeaky clean suburban image and parking a ‘47 hearse outside their house would have obliterated that.
47 Cadillac hearse sounds awesome to bad you couldn’t get that ride
@@What.its.like. Yeah. I still think about that car so many years later. It was your thumbnail image that took me back. Seeing the front end of that hearse every time I drove by had me wanting that car so badly. I remember my dad (who owned a big machine shop in Illinois) told me that he asked a guy about me getting that car and the guy told him that the only way you’d find parts for it would be to make them. It really wasn’t true though. A 1947 car in 1969 wouldn’t really have been that old. Parts would have been a search but not as bad as today.
What a treat ! Well done
Thank you glad you liked this video
Nice car and video. Thumbs up liked.
Thank you =)
@@What.its.like.
You are welcome also.
It's not a truck so you don't need special plates, the Ferrari Testarossa is over 80ins in width
The 59 mercury someone said in the comment section that they had one and needed to use a truck plate because it was so wide that’s were that came from =)
Thanks for another great video
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Another beautiful car and awesome video. Kinda surprised though that this Caddie doesn't seem that luxurious. I would've thought it'd have a lot of goodies lacking on less expensive contemporaries. And what's the deal with that air filter? Looks like there are 3 different boxes/elements? Also Jay, another negative would be that fastback styling wouldn't give taller film noir hoods in the rear enough headroom to rock their fedoras ;).
The Cadillac series 62 was launched for the 1940 model year.
In 1939 for the 1940 model year
To of had a few Bosses and Landlords that like Caddillac's. They'd leave the dome lights on and run down the batteries. Then only a Caddillac dealership can get it working again.
Great video! Love the car 😊
Thank you =)
COOL 😎
Back then it was a CADDILAC it could probably have been any size THEY wanted it to be.
I remember that car really left an impression on me the owner told me if I could start it I could drive it and I told him don’t under estimate that statement I was born way too late.. had the windshield wash feature which was crazy because this was 1947
I have a 1947 s61 4 door with 346 engine I am fixing up for my self, tell me where I can find parts for the engine.
Try eBay might have to find a machinist locally and have them made..
What are you looking for
1st view from Columbia SC
Awesome how’s life =) hope this doesn’t get blocked at a car shop it was a live band
The vido the color cady are aswome
You can not get a Cadillac for $34,000 not new.
Yeah it’s a crazy world we live in now $100k for a car
NO AC .