1956 Cadillac Sedan Deville Resto Video 1: Bringing Her Home

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10 жыл бұрын

In this video I pull our latest find, a 1956 Cadillac Sedan Deville, out of its backyard grave. Once we get it home, we throw in a battery and see what works and if the engine will turn over.

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@aa64912 6 жыл бұрын

Great year for the Caddy. More metal in one bumper than in entire cars these days.

@TeeBeeBad63 9 жыл бұрын

Glad to see younger people taking an interest in these beautiful old cars!

@alexthelion1342 8 жыл бұрын

I really lo e them! and I'm only 15.

@geraldscott9446 6 жыл бұрын

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?

@dallaspugh9746 5 жыл бұрын

Cool caddy

@hebneh 7 жыл бұрын

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!

@BoiseLib 7 жыл бұрын

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!

@hirthirthirt1693 6 жыл бұрын

And the paint is awesome...that is a clean, rustfree patina...keep it by all means

@myronhuffman91 5 жыл бұрын

Nice straight body

@GarryFullerSr 7 жыл бұрын

Great old Caddy. Going to watch the whole series.

@johngiampapa 9 жыл бұрын

Wow what a find! Straight as an arrow and so complete! Love it! Thanks for posting- John

@TheCorvetteBen 9 жыл бұрын

J GPap Be sure to watch all the videos on it!

@ashleyschooneman2834 9 жыл бұрын

Your Cadillac is so beautiful

@dennisleporte2327 10 жыл бұрын

Looks as though you guys saved it just in the nick of time.

@standnstiff4670 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful find👌

@MrSmokestac 10 жыл бұрын

wow, what a beutifull car. got myself a -65 caddy but i'd love to get my hands on one of these some day!

@DavidGragg82 5 жыл бұрын

Starting this series. Excited about this one.

@MRCOOL2345e 9 жыл бұрын

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 KZfaq that's located in Texas. Keep up the great work!

@kensendelofski3761 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@psddiesel 10 жыл бұрын

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.

@ivanar9572 4 жыл бұрын

Precioso coche. Digno de devolverle todo su explendor. Yo en breve empezaré a restaurar un Cadillac convertible del '53.

@sebastienbuick5323 10 жыл бұрын

magnifique cette cadillac :) bonne restauration

@solbergmk7601 5 жыл бұрын

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....

@richardcline1337 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@TheCorvetteBen 10 жыл бұрын

Well the engine runs, which is good. That is one step closer for both of us when it comes to driving it!

@anbus1018 6 жыл бұрын

This is wonderful car most excellent fine .I would fix the holes recover the seats and Driver like she is... awesome patina.... lucky guy

@TheVirzo4 10 жыл бұрын

i love this cadillac beautifull bellissima complimenti

@AvenirRacing 4 жыл бұрын

This is my dream car! I'd give up my modern G6E for one of these any day.

@TheCorvetteBen 10 жыл бұрын

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!

@oldudesrule 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@hristo369 10 жыл бұрын

Very cool video :) I love this

@rosewhite--- 5 жыл бұрын

that is beautiful!

@vernoncarroll9839 4 жыл бұрын

Man that’s a nice car. I want it. 👍🏻

@slsl-ud2me 7 жыл бұрын

WHAT A BEAUTY

@stang89617 5 жыл бұрын

CLEEEEEN Caddy!!!

@Denrep1 10 жыл бұрын

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.

@reddog6429 5 жыл бұрын

That is a great car !!!

@fathallagaara8377 2 жыл бұрын

عربية سليمة جدا من الخارج ولكن تحتاج صيانة الفرش إنها من زمن فن صناعة السيارات. 👍

@gaminglogiebear5827 10 жыл бұрын

u fixed her up nice

@Ggliddy34 Жыл бұрын

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.

@fleetwoodpup8328 Жыл бұрын

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!👍

@MitchGrooms 10 жыл бұрын

you are the lucyk guy, wow, this is great

@davidkornblatt991 6 жыл бұрын

She is a legend

@jamesmunro8783 4 жыл бұрын

I had 1956 Coup de Ville it was a special order with the Eldo engine, double bat wing, that’s what you have.

@Mars-vx3jx 2 жыл бұрын

Great 🚗

@The1FastGP 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@steventangney1367 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@TheCorvetteBen 10 жыл бұрын

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

@ScottDLR 8 жыл бұрын

Rotten battery cables are probably keeping it from turning over. It sure is a nice straight car!!

@J44001 10 жыл бұрын

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???

@TheCorvetteBen 10 жыл бұрын

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: kzfaq.info/sun/PLc_UqhyZpC_1V-rmJtxmkxQWvffnbnRE3

@user-lm6nk9pe5l 9 жыл бұрын

Man i love your video's

@TheCorvetteBen 9 жыл бұрын

mohamed kareem Thanks! Be sure to share them with others!

@user-lm6nk9pe5l 9 жыл бұрын

Ok i will

@SHERIFF0001SHEIKH 4 жыл бұрын

Ты хороший парень 👍. Желаю удачного завершения рестоврации машины.

@elliottnkardashian833 4 жыл бұрын

It's doesn't have foglights they parking lights

@rgs4x 10 жыл бұрын

It will rub out........nice score

@gbppittpetitt8684 5 ай бұрын

My dads had an electric eye on the dash! Auto Dim!

@davidkornblatt991 6 жыл бұрын

I just watched you put an antenna on this beast#61

@BrunoMisquita 9 жыл бұрын

Nice car.

@TheCorvetteBen 9 жыл бұрын

Bruno Misquita Thanks! Be sure to check out the playlist so you can watch all 30 plus videos!

@TheDutchTexan 10 жыл бұрын

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!

@Impalasport348 10 жыл бұрын

How did you score this one? Looks in amazing condition considering. Well done.

@TheDutchTexan 10 жыл бұрын

Man, she looks FINE! I am exited to find out what happens to this one!

@glenharper3136 6 жыл бұрын

SWEEEEEET!

@garymarshall2967 7 жыл бұрын

how much did you buy caddy 56 for ? just love those cars

@thyslop1737 3 жыл бұрын

Back when they poured steel like water. More steel in that than three cars today.

@MrVieDetailing 9 жыл бұрын

How much does these car cost in the usa in this condition?

@thomasmorgan4918 2 жыл бұрын

This would look good in my neighbors driveway

@kdsboosted4954 2 жыл бұрын

Dual quads is the Eldorado intake set up

@TheCooldrummerchic 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@rockinrowdy13 5 жыл бұрын

You could pull out the seats and have a studio apartment that thing is so big!

@walterrdbrown9724 6 жыл бұрын

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

@kimberlysteen225 7 жыл бұрын

how much did you pay??

@rgs4x 10 жыл бұрын

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.

@timmiranowski682 10 жыл бұрын

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.

@hirthirthirt1693 6 жыл бұрын

Way better then any 57 Chevy

@johnbeer5242 5 жыл бұрын

Hirthirt hirt it be nice if he finds a de soto 57

@brianjoyce9040 5 жыл бұрын

The compressor is feature sound. Percect

@thyslop1737 3 жыл бұрын

When you pulled it out did you check for the Elvis provenance?

@expresautopaintbody9277 4 жыл бұрын

i wonder for how much you got that cadi?

@davidsoltai8905 5 жыл бұрын

Sabre wheels?

@adhemarfrancisco8955 2 жыл бұрын

Cadillac ano 56 participou no filme... ( Rapisódia ) com Elizabeth Taylor e Vitório Gasmam

@nadz109 3 жыл бұрын

More Cadillac

@rongates7766 5 жыл бұрын

Dad had one Cad motors helped win ww2 in tanks he drove them

@TheCorvetteBen 10 жыл бұрын

I thought you might like this one!

@michaelcuff5780 6 жыл бұрын

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?

@johnbeer5242 5 жыл бұрын

Michael Cuff yes they make them 😀👏

@TomJones-hi2wb 10 жыл бұрын

im so jelly p.s im in dallas

@mytvmemories 10 жыл бұрын

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.

@borisschwaggs9051 10 жыл бұрын

How long had it been sitting when you got it?

@TheCorvetteBen 10 жыл бұрын

The last time it was inspected was in 2000, so I would say 12 to 13 years would be a good guess.

@TheCooldrummerchic 5 жыл бұрын

Did you amke more vids? I have a 57 CSD I want to restore.

@TheCorvetteBen 5 жыл бұрын

Only about 60+ more videos...

@davidrenhew169 6 жыл бұрын

Ben ,I'm looking for some corvette (C3) parts , how can I get in touch with You

@TheCorvetteBen 6 жыл бұрын

Email me at Benjamin.friend56@yahoo.com

@xicano001 7 жыл бұрын

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

@TheCorvetteBen 7 жыл бұрын

Not a bad idea!

@balajiiyengar4 4 жыл бұрын

Watch out Jonathan Ward from Icon must be looking for this car for his dielectrics project.

@andybabernitch9938 4 жыл бұрын

Had a 1960 Caddy Convertible / Tan over Green w/ tan Leather. Would 💘 LOVE to have this BEAUTY . .... BACK !!

@michaelcuff5780 5 жыл бұрын

Omp bop ! Omp bop! My loves bigger than a Cadi ac ump bop ! Ump bop ! Bop! Bop!

@VinzentDk 8 жыл бұрын

For the ID numbers, for those who might be wondering: www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/50s-cadillac-id-numbers.743151/

@mckeevb 5 жыл бұрын

No rust on a 56 ? Wow.

@rexcars1835 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@johna.4334 5 жыл бұрын

Awe yes the '50s, when the chrome was thick and the women were straight!

@MrRusty145 Жыл бұрын

Got a 7 body trunk😆

@alexthelion1342 8 жыл бұрын

it said the paint number is 40-50A

@KiwiRik 8 жыл бұрын

+Alex L9ng 50-90

@Chevroldsmobuiac 9 жыл бұрын

Love your videos... how do you find these cars?!

@TheCorvetteBen 9 жыл бұрын

***** Craigslist!

@anthonysantoro1096 9 жыл бұрын

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

@TheCorvetteBen 9 жыл бұрын

Anthony, there are thirty videos on this car. Check out the play tab on my channel page

@anthonysantoro1096 9 жыл бұрын

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

@martymcfly3073 10 жыл бұрын

That poece u keep saying is 1800 dollars. .what is it?

@TheCorvetteBen 10 жыл бұрын

It is the air breather for the dual carb set up on the engine

@dalebysouth4215 8 жыл бұрын

does he want to sell the 50 chevrolet

@TheCorvetteBen 10 жыл бұрын

Like most cars are scored. Craigslist!

@sinister1007 4 жыл бұрын

TheCorvetteBen how much did you pay

@stwhite5135 8 жыл бұрын

Can't believe you didn't have an electric winch.

@TheCorvetteBen 8 жыл бұрын

+St White Those don't come standard on U-Haul trailers! XD

@stwhite5135 8 жыл бұрын

+TheCorvetteBen Oh yeah. There is that.

@hod1312 9 жыл бұрын

Кеді 50 год надворі простояв, даже не згнив

@clevelandmaker7044 10 жыл бұрын

I respect you that Cadillac is worth more than a dozen tuners.. get that motor straight then..... blow your friends away

@marianameneghellidib3425 2 жыл бұрын

@turnipgreen2869 5 жыл бұрын

Tail lights are fugly

@blairwilliamson5554 Жыл бұрын

Too bad you decided to go cheap on the upholstery. Especially when it's a Cadillac.

@TheCorvetteBen Жыл бұрын

Didn’t see you pony up any money. Where is your Cadillac?

@blairwilliamson5554 Жыл бұрын

@@TheCorvetteBen I've got 3 of them in my garage. Easier for me. I do auto and boat upholstery. I hope you at least paint the old girl. You have to spend money to make money 💰

@TheCorvetteBen Жыл бұрын

This car wasn’t bought to make money on believe it or not

@blairwilliamson5554 Жыл бұрын

@@TheCorvetteBen gotcha ! Just for fun.