We had a black ‘59 series 62 two door. I maintained it cosmetically as a teenager. Excellent quality interior...cloth, vinyl, carpet. All metal....die cast, chrome and stainless. Exuded quality...look and feel was great. Garaged. Retained its new car smell over the 12 yrs my folks owned it. $4500 new. I passed my driving test in it on the first try! Easy to parallel park when you knew how.
I am a purest when comes to old cars, so I would prefer factory power train, but that's me and not everyone. you did a fantastic job on the restoration! and thank you for saving this car .
Beautiful car Jerry ! ! I restore cars too mostly Mopar nowadays but I've done a bunch of others in my day . . Lots of blocking to make that black look good great job . .thanks for the link
Great job. I'd love to read about the resto. I've got a 57 Sedan DeVille. Like to get some info on the sources you used for new parts or refurbishing originals. AWESOME JOB!!
My goal was to get it restored so my mom can see it before she passed away but that didn't happen. I just don't have the money right now to finish the restore Ariel project and just don't want it to sit in the garage for years like it was when my mom had it.
it has a 1969 Cadillac 472 engine and Turbo 400 transmission now that we recently rebuilt, we did have some rust repair to do, the original engine and transmission are long gone
Jerry I have the same vehicle but it's A4 door in my garage. It was in my mom's garage for years and one side of the garage had a leak so it was rusted but the rest of the body aged but not is rusted out as the side that was exposed to the moisture. The interior and everything is original for some reason I can't use the key to open the trunk It has a rebuilt engine, new transmission, brake system, exhaust system, a new gas tank, and it will crank up. I don't know if I should sell it or let it sit in the garage and another several years. I ended up spending 19k on all the repairs. I went over the budget . Any suggestions?
No. Those were different model designations. Series 62 was the base model. C de V was the next higher model. Same everything except for interior trim and options.
why not go with the original power train?. I have a 58 Cadillac still has original engine and transmission, rebuilt both over last few years for the 1st time, their working beautifuly. my parents bought it in 1960.
@Jerry Wagner I love this set up. This car is almost perfectly like my vision. I'm building a 57 Coupe De Ville. Sorry to bother but you are saving me a ton of research- What year and model dodge truck did you source the mounts from? I'll hit my local yards as soon as I find out. Great work.
I really admire the history of american cars but,,, I noticed most of the owners are very very distant from us on the streets. The owners will try to avoid admirers looking at their cars. I do understand the concerns of having the risk of strangers damaging cars but its really not the case for we ALL KNOW look but dont touch but still the owners have a rude response for it happend to me other day and will no longer care of the sight of these classic cars for the fact of the owners thinking too g66d for anyone else to retrospect unless its another owner of a classic cars. So thats the haps and advice to admirers of seeing the classic cars on the street. Classic Cars driven by A Holes, please prove me wrong and retrospect people who admire the work done to restore the cars of ol..
@@Jerry.Wagner / 57 corvette and 57 Caddilac , both owners had same crappy attitude towards my questioning of year. 1 week after the next here by Del Mar of San Diego... It may be a case of class I was driving Chevy Van,,, I love Chevy s...
"...turned out pretty nice..." Understatement of the decade? Congratulations on a mega job!
Absolutely superb job. Well done for saving it. One of my favourite looking cars. Hope you enjoy it. Best wishes from the UK 👍
Gorgeous resto job!!
We had a black ‘59 series 62 two door. I maintained it cosmetically as a teenager. Excellent quality interior...cloth, vinyl, carpet. All metal....die cast, chrome and stainless. Exuded quality...look and feel was great. Garaged. Retained its new car smell over the 12 yrs my folks owned it. $4500 new. I passed my driving test in it on the first try! Easy to parallel park when you knew how.
I love the way the aftermarket A/C system was worked in. This motorcar could either be a trailer Queen or an everyday driver. Top notch resto!
Lover that chrome! Can't get enough!
What a fantastic job and beautiful before and after's.
How in the hell is this even possible. Masterpiece job.
I am a purest when comes to old cars, so I would prefer factory power train, but that's me and not everyone. you did a fantastic job on the restoration! and thank you for saving this car .
OMG! What a beauty from that old rust-bucket.
Superbe congratulations ...
A chrome barge impressively restored!
Beautiful car Jerry ! ! I restore cars too mostly Mopar nowadays but I've done a bunch of others in my day . . Lots of blocking to make that black look good great job . .thanks for the link
oh man this one was truly saved.
Those white walls awsome
Súper!
wow you guys to this car from ashy.to classy...looks very good👍👍
That's beautiful
Great job. I'd love to read about the resto. I've got a 57 Sedan DeVille. Like to get some info on the sources you used for new parts or refurbishing originals. AWESOME JOB!!
NICE!..
Wow
My goal was to get it restored so my mom can see it before she passed away but that didn't happen. I just don't have the money right now to finish the restore Ariel project and just don't want it to sit in the garage for years like it was when my mom had it.
Beautiful-- still the body looked fairly straight and rust free as it was in CA, you guys sure do excellent workDid you keep the original engine??
it has a 1969 Cadillac 472 engine and Turbo 400 transmission now that we recently rebuilt, we did have some rust repair to do, the original engine and transmission are long gone
Jerry I have the same vehicle but it's A4 door in my garage. It was in my mom's garage for years and one side of the garage had a leak so it was rusted but the rest of the body aged but not is rusted out as the side that was exposed to the moisture. The interior and everything is original for some reason I can't use the key to open the trunk
It has a rebuilt engine, new transmission, brake system, exhaust system, a new gas tank, and it will crank up. I don't know if I should sell it or let it sit in the garage and another several years. I ended up spending 19k on all the repairs. I went over the budget . Any suggestions?
I would keep it and fix it up as you can and enjoy it by riding around town in it
I wonder why you changed the gear selector arrangement from P N DR L R ?? Beautiful car anyway!
the car has a 1969 Cadillac 472 engine and a Turbo 400 Transmission, hence the change of the selector
+Jerry W Ahhhh Gotcha.
Why not restore the engine bay (firewall) to match the rest of the car?
if it was a more valuable car like an Eldorado or convertible then it would make sense, but this is only a series 62
No. Those were different model designations. Series 62 was the base model. C de V was the next higher model. Same everything except for interior trim and options.
why not go with the original power train?. I have a 58 Cadillac still has original engine and transmission, rebuilt both over last few years for the 1st time, their working beautifuly. my parents bought it in 1960.
When I got the car it already was missing it's original power train, what it has now makes it a better Cadillac
How difficult was that motor swap? New motor mounts?
Yes, dodge truck motor mounts, welding and cutting to the frame so the oil filter were clear and some other items but well worth it
@Jerry Wagner I love this set up. This car is almost perfectly like my vision. I'm building a 57 Coupe De Ville. Sorry to bother but you are saving me a ton of research- What year and model dodge truck did you source the mounts from? I'll hit my local yards as soon as I find out. Great work.
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wow butey
I really admire the history of american cars but,,, I noticed most of the owners are very very distant from us on the streets. The owners will try to avoid admirers looking at their cars. I do understand the concerns of having the risk of strangers damaging cars but its really not the case for we ALL KNOW look but dont touch but still the owners have a rude response for it happend to me other day and will no longer care of the sight of these classic cars for the fact of the owners thinking too g66d for anyone else to retrospect unless its another owner of a classic cars. So thats the haps and advice to admirers of seeing the classic cars on the street. Classic Cars driven by A Holes, please prove me wrong and retrospect people who admire the work done to restore the cars of ol..
Not me, I let people touch and feel and invite them to open the door and sit inside and take photos
@@Jerry.Wagner ya awesome!!!!
@@Jerry.Wagner / 57 corvette and 57 Caddilac , both owners had same crappy attitude towards my questioning of year. 1 week after the next here by Del Mar of San Diego... It may be a case of class I was driving Chevy Van,,, I love Chevy s...
Is that a 1970 Camaro grill being used as a speaker cover under the dashboard , LOL ! ! !
not hardly, it's a 1957 Cadillac factory speaker