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#21

Want To Buy - Parts / 1937 1938 Cadillac Series 78 W...

Last post by Donotlift - Yesterday at 04:15:58 PM

WTB Cadillac Series 78 full wheel covers, 1 of full set. Any condition thank you, all leads greatly appreciated

#22

General Discussion / Re: At home tire/wheel balanci...

Last post by Big Fins - Yesterday at 04:11:45 PM

We used bubble balancers for years with great results.

Like anything else, it's the operator that brings the end results.

Now a days, the tire dude pushes buttons and does what he is told by the machine. No thought or skill involved.

#23

General Discussion / Re: 1959 Eldorado Hubacp Clock

Last post by Big Fins - Yesterday at 04:08:54 PM

The original hands looked a lot better, IMHO. However, the wood grain looked ugly.

All polished up, it looks great.

I'd hang it on the wall of my office!

#24

General Discussion / Re: At home tire/wheel balanci...

Last post by marty55cdv - Yesterday at 01:49:43 PM

  Back in the day (35 years ago) I used a static Bubble balancer to balance the occasional 74 super beetle with front struts to get rid of 50 + mph hour shaking. Spin balancers didn't seem to help, technology has improved for sure but the bubble balancer was new technology once too.   

#25

Restoration Corner / Re: Carl 61 Fleetwood Phyllis

Last post by David King (kz78hy) - Yesterday at 01:48:05 PM

Rubber the Right Way has 10 to 15 percent off sales a few times a year and I would bet the 4th of July would be a time for the next one.  I get emails when they happen and will forward to you the next time it shows up.

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Technical / Authenticity / Re: How to restore 55 Series 7...

Last post by Lexi - Yesterday at 12:29:37 PM

If you need information on the dash itself prior to removal, let me know. I got a spare rear dash out of a '56 S75 which aside from the decorative star pattern and clock, are the same I believe. I could get some close up shots of the reverse side for you. Attached is a reported rear S75 dash from a '55. Clay/Lexi

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General Discussion / Re: 1959 Eldorado Hubacp Clock

Last post by D. Mailan - Yesterday at 12:27:16 PM

Here are some photos

#28

General Discussion / 1959 Eldorado Hubacp Clock

Last post by D. Mailan - Yesterday at 12:25:58 PM

Hi everyone!! Hope all is well!!

I thought I'd share a recent Cadillac part find. My mom was on a trip in Arizona and happened to stop in an antique shop. She saw this clock and the Cadillac emblem. She had no idea what model it came from and sent a picture of it to me. It had a sticker price of $39. I didn't even have to look at it for more than half a second, I told her she had to get it.

Yesterday, I finally got to see it. I really didn't think it was right that such a rare and unique hubcap (in very good shape too) was turned into a wall fixture but since it already had a hook in the back and a little hole for the clock movement, I decided to make the best of it. The clock movement was not working, the stickers looked very old, the Victorian era hands and the wood trim did not seem appropriate. I went down to our local arts and crafts store, purchased a new battery movement, more modern hands, and got some new sticker numbers for the dial. I took off the tacky wood trim and glass face. I wiped off the many years of dust that had collected, and polished the stainless. It's not perfect. Trying to get the numbers on the clock to look right was incredibly difficult especially due to the curvature of the inner hub.

Like I said, I would never do something like this to an Eldorado hubcap (probably one of the most intricate and unique hubcaps to be affixed to an automobile. It could easily be restored to a hubcap if need be. Since the holes were there, I thought I'd clean it up and find a nice place for it.
 
The final result was amazing! I hung it above the light above the bathroom sink and the light makes the stainless glow beautifully. It almost appears that the hubcap is floating all by itself. It just makes you want to think what Cadillac it had originally been on, or what roads that hubcap had traveled, or the places it has gone! It's something I will cherish for many many many years to come.

Derick
 

#29

Technical / Authenticity / Re: Zinc additives

Last post by TJ Hopland - Yesterday at 12:17:49 PM

Here is a thread with a link to a video that came up recently.  Seems logical and makes sense to me.  First time anyone ever seemed to explain anything.  Most of the time its just one of those things that you have to do and no one really seems to know why other than marketing people seem to put a lot of effort into telling people you need to buy their product.

https://forums.cadillaclasalle.club/index.php?topic=174935.0

I'm not telling you one way or another, do your own research and make up your own mind how to take care of your equipment.

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Technical / Authenticity / Re: How to restore 55 Series 7...

Last post by Lexi - Yesterday at 12:16:18 PM

Very interesting project. I never knew how that backing was made, so I can't help. If it is as you say, you may have to hire a graphic arts place to copy, restore, then print it for application. They can print it on a self adhesive backing. I used this process on another project of mine & the medium the image was printed on was like a clear acetate so it was highly durable. Probably would not need a clear coat. Can't remember size limitations but in my case the image was at least 3 feet long. Enough to easily fit on each side of the clock and finish in one pass on your door side. In 1956 the rear dash background is different and made of what looks like thin striated metal. None of that '50s "star pattern" design in sight   Clay/Lexi