1940 V16 series 90 Formal sedan

[KD]

I just purchased this car and will start restoring soon and will post progress.
Ken D

[The Tassie Devil(le)]

G'day Ken,

Congratulations on your purchase, and I hope you haven't created a budget for the reconstruction.

When I budget for anything, my wife doubles the time, and trebbles the cost, or is that the other way round.

Bruce. 

[Andrew Armitage]

Let's see some pictures!

[KD]

Here are some pics , will have better ones later

[KD]

It won't let me post any pictures. Not even one,It says file too big.

[KD]

Is there something I can do to post a pic or 2?

[David King (kz78hy)]

Unfortunately, it's a learning curve as the photo up load of this site is terrible and I hate it!

David

[Glen]

Check this thread, maybe it will help you post a picture. 

http://www.cadillaclasalleclub.org/forum/forum-tips-and-help/how-do-i-add-pictures-to-my-post/

[Andrew Armitage]

You need to resize your pictures so that they're smaller.  Here's what I do...

Make a copy of the picture (so you aren't altering your original picture permenently)
Right click on the picture and scroll down to "open with"
select "paint"
in the upper tool bar, select image
click on resize/skew
I normally reduce the size to 25% for both horizontal and vertical
Save the new changes
Post the copy to the forum

[Paul Tesone]

Ken - I struggled with this photo resizing issue myself . I see that you have already received some instructions on how to do it , but I'll nonetheless tell you how I post my photos . Go to the "General Discussion " section of the Forum . Scroll down to my July 2nd entry to the "fans under seat " post . I detailed in that post how I was told  to put photos on the Forum . As I said in the post , some of the "renaming" is not necessary if you're not concerned about loosing the photos from your file . But if you want to keep the photo in a file for future use , you should make a copy and use THAT copy to post or attach to an email . There are other ways of doing it , I'm sure : but with my software and my camera , this is what works for me . Try it , it you haven't had any success with other methods . Once you get accustomed to the technique , you can adjust the resizing percentage and the renaming to meet your specific needs . Good luck . Paul Tesone CLC #6876 .

[Bill Hedge CLC 14424]

The above replies are all helpful.  Below are some links that may also be helpful.

http://www.cadillaclasalleclub.org/forum/restoration-blog/1947-series-6269-restoration/msg186709/#msg186709

http://www.cadillaclasalleclub.org/forum/general-discussion/posting-pictures/msg165047/#msg165047

[KD]

I finally figured out how to post pics, so here they are. I am just about ready to start taking it apart

[KD]

more pics

[KD]

one more

[KD]

I contacted the state prison @ Florance, Az and they do powdercoating and upholstry, I am going to have them give me an estimate and  probably at least use them for the powdercoating. They will probably be very competive. I'll keep you informed .
I'm in the process of removing the body on my 1940 V16 Formal Sedan
Ken D

[David King (kz78hy)]

Ken,

The work force there could be the person that gives the up-most detail to the one who could care less.  Do you really want a V16 done that way?  These are high dollar cars, to do one on the cheap, you might as well sell now as all the money spent will be wasted as it will have to be redone by the next owner and this car and market will care/notice.

My 2 cents.

David

[Jim Beard]

Ken, I noticed you had many different posts started in the restoration blog about your v16 sedan. You should try to keep just one post going about your project so you can keep all your progress and information in one place. Otherwise you and the people following the progress of your sedan will have to do much searching to find something.

[KD]

In regards to work performed at  the prison, I just thought they couldn't screw up powdercoating. Those guys have nothing but time and would probably do a great job. I'm not going to do poor quality restoration. Thanks for your concern. I'll take some pics of the restoration, but right now I'm just taking it apart. I have all of the glass, doors, hardware,trim, door panels, fenders, radiator and hood removed and am just about ready to remove the body. I'm running out of room to work, lol.
I've taken pictures of everything I've removed so it can be redone correctly. It's is an original car and has only 55,000 miles on it.
The previous owner had it for 60 years.

[Bill Hedge CLC 14424]

Ken and Jim:

I hope that this is what you had in mind. 

Ken:  In future posts about your V16 restoration, just use the reply function to the last post in this thread and everything should stay together.  If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.  I will be in Columbus at the Grand Nationals for the next couple of days so I may not see your message right away.  Good luck!

Bill Hedge CLC #14424
Administrator, CLC Message Board

[KD]

Removing the body off the V16