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Nope, it was on of those surprise features. I also got an allen wrench too!!

Funny As I was getting in to disconnect everything in preparation of removing the engine I look up and see this on the manifold, apparently it was leaking there and the previous owner couldn't be bothered to drill a bolt out.

Getting Her Naked The next time I was out I went out and bought a nice 3.5 ton floor jack from HF. I found an engine stand on CraigsList, and while I was there picked up another set of jackstands. My collection is really starting to build. I ended up putting her up on jackstands all around...

Front End Tear Down I started the front end tear down trying to get to the engine. The hood was heavy as hell and since I didn't have a cherry picker or anything of use at the time I had to rig some ratchet straps the the joist and do a little rigging to get it suspended and then slid over...

New Seats While this car isn't going full rat-rod mode so it will have some normal items in it. For instance these are seats I found in a junk yard out of a 2001 Seville. The power seats work and they were cheap as chips. I did a paint test on some of the plastic parts, here's what it...

Interior Ripped Out Here's where I ripped out the interior. My dad did automotive interiors for 15 years, so my natural inclination is to start there. Heres a few shots of damage after the interior was ripped out.

Here's my gal, Francine. Since my wife assumes anyone named Francine would be weird or just plain not attractive, she named the car Francine so she wouldn't get jealous of the time I spend with her. I bought her almost 2 years ago and progress has been slow, but recently, I've been picking up...

Ohh sweet, more Cadillac guys, heres my 70 Deville, before and where it is now. I just bought a cherry picker off Craigslist today to get hte engine out. Going to chop the springs to get her low as can be, chop the hood, and all kinds of other madness. Can't wait. Day I bought her. Last week

Exactly what I'm looking to do, thanks for the legwork of finding the pics Crankenstien

I was thinking the lid would be split into a 3 section and store behind the seat. Funny part is is that I haven't actually driven this car yet. I drove it home and started tearing it down. I'll get her going first then circle back to this. Thanks for the pic of the rumble seat.

So I've got this '70 Caddy and if you don't know, they freaking huge. Going along with the size thing, the trunks are huge. I'm thinking to adding 3rd row seating, in the trunk. I'll start with some type of bench seat that can lay flat when not in use, trunk hinges reversed somehow and likely...

Old thread i know, but hello from Tampa.

I'm Jason from Tampa Florida, I am a Software Developer by day, dad, husband, and hobbyist by night and weekend. I am currently working on a 1970 Cadillac De Ville Convertible. I grew up in South Alabama watching my dad do Automotive Upholstery, he was more into Mopar and the likes, which i...