caddy flathead, whats it worth?

[Bandit Ls-1]

found one locally looks cool as hell but dont know much about this. its out of a 39 cadillac 60 special i belive and has the 3spd trans attached to it, dont know if the motor spins free but its complete except for the carb and generator r gone and im sure its gonna need to be torn down and rebuilt. any idea if its worth anything havent found much info on it.

 

[Caddad65]

Couple of hundred bucks at most.
They are rather expensive to rebuild though.

They make really cool rat motors!
The Exhaust exits through the top of the block.

 

[Bandit Ls-1]

1st thing i said when i saw it was "this would make the koolest rat motor ever!". i see pipes coming out of it straight up!. and i figured it be expensive to rebuild know of any sites for parts?.

 

[Willowbilly3]

pipes out the top--priceless. Heavy sucka tho, about 750# I heard.

 

[440shorty]

pictures?

have any pics?

440shorty

 

[Bandit Ls-1]

missed out on it... it was at the local junkyard and i went back for it 2day and the whole car got crushed.... SOB! im so bummed out. i bet that thing weighed 700+lbs it looked like a dam iron block that someone chisseled it out to look like a motor lol. i did manage to snag a cell phone pic of it yesterday so check it out.

 

[eyesore]

No!

That really $(#&%@'s me off that some fool would crush a cool old motor like that. WHAT is wrong with these morons?

ISore

 

[Bandit Ls-1]

man tell me about... i tried to track it down thinking maybe its just in line waiting to be crushed since it was still early in the morning but nothing. some idiot hatian worker i talked to about it thought i was crazy for wanting it....

 

[Caddad65]

I know an old timer here in town that might have one.

Where are you located?

 

[Bandit Ls-1]

lol on the other end of the country.... Florida. thats ok i just thought it was kool and thought id snag it but owell.

 

[Willowbilly3]

I have a friend here in town with a 41 cad. He has owned it for a long time, drug it around the country thinking he would have it restored someday. Then a few years ago a bad hailstorm gave him the excuse he needed to stall out. I would like to aquire it and just drive it like it is, was a good runner a few years ago when they last ran it.

 

[Lars]

danish roadster with a caddie

I have a friend here in Denmark, who is rebuilding his original 32 roadster with a Caddie flathead. He has a lot of old speedparts for it, as in heads, intakes and ignition-parts and a Ital-mechanica blower.
I´ve told him about this site, so maybe he will join in. He can tell you alot, about these engines
By the way, it was used in the M5 tanks during the 2. ww.
Lars

 

[dodge253]

Caddy powered rat ,being built here by rod hadfield.absolutely love it.

cheers.

 

[bob w]

The last two posts are from Denmark and Oz. Hot rodding is everywhere! And we at RRR are privileged to be involved worldwide.
Dodge253, That is a fantastic truck you posted. Thanks.

 

[Dqracer]

Very nice ,,I luv it ,, that chopped T coupe with the 12 spoke skinny's is pretty awesome too. Thanks for the pics

 

[35Mastr]

Very cool rides indeed.I want to see more of the T Coupe.

 

[22dodge]

Nice....

Caddy powered rat ,being built here by rod hadfield.absolutely love it.

cheers.

Isn't Rod the fellow with the blown V-12 Lincoln pickup and
a twin blowner Ford cammer in a tall T coupe ?

The Caddy rat looks awesome, can't wait to see it finished. '22

 

[Bonehead]

It is a great looking hot rod, and the background rods are cool too. But I am not used to seeing the steering on the "wrong" side.

 

[22dodge]

Isn't Rod the fellow with the blown V-12 Lincoln pickup and a twin blowner Ford cammer in a tall T coupe ? '22

This is the V-12 Lincoln....

 

[22dodge]

Isn't Rod the fellow with the blown V-12 Lincoln pickup and a twin blowner Ford cammer in a tall T coupe ? '22

And this is the tall "T".