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1958 Coupe DeVille all original

Started by fishchipper, February 05, 2015, 04:03:15 PM

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fishchipper

Quote from: marty55cdv on April 28, 2015, 01:54:17 PM
  Chip this was all done with just #7 ?  No Compound ?  I have not tried leaving the polish on old paint , I usually get rid of the oxidation first and then feed it the polish, this is amazing. Looks great !

No compound on the paint at all. Just multiple costs of #7 and two passes of the Souveran wax. Leaving the #7 on overnight on the first pass was key. It is what conditions the paint and allowed all the good oils to go back into the paint. It was simply amazing how much better the paint felt after the one pass.

Walter Youshock

AMAZING!  I wish I knew about this 24 years ago when I bought my car.  It might still have the original paint...
CLC #11959 (Life)
1957 Coupe deVille
1991 Brougham

Karkrazy

Great rare color..leave it all original.  Nice find!
Likely some of you own my former cars.. I had many, many Cads as well as other luxury makes over the years.
Currently have no collector cars right now, but looking..if you have something give me a try.

Belgium1958owner

1958 Eldorado Seville, body 481
1956 Eldorado Seville, body 1968
1958 Eldorado Seville, body 612 (parts car)
Member of : 1958 Cadillac Owner Association
CLC # 29119
1956 Packard Four Hundred Coupe, body 3002
1956 Packard Caribbean hardtop, body 81

INTMD8

Wow she cleaned up nice! Great pics and results  ;D

cadman56

Beautiful car.  Great story.
Make sure to check out all the threads regarding the vacuum pump inside the engine & the splitter valve mounted on the firewall.  They will cause headaches if not correct.
Keep her as original as possible.  Great advise from all the posts.
Larry
1956 Cadillac Coupe deVille (sold)
1956 Cadillac Convertible (sold)
1956 Cadillac Eldorado Seville (sold)
1967 Cadillac Eldorado (sold)
1968 Cadillac Convertible (Sold)
1991 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham dElegance
Larry Blanchard CLC #5820

Cadillac Jack 82


Congrats!  Love the color!  Its only original once so keep the paint.  I'd recommend a detailing shop to give that paint a workover....did wonders for my 1954 Buick as the body paint was original (or at least it was 40 some year old lacquer).  Hope to see it one day next to my 57!
Tim

CLC Member #30850

1959 Cadillac CDV "Shelley"
1964 Cadillac SDV "Rosalie"
1966 Oldsmobile Toronado "Sienna"

Past Cars

1937 LaSalle Cpe
1940 Chevrolet Cpe
1941 Ford 11Y
1954 Buick 48D
1955 Cadillac CDV
1955 Packard Clipper
1957 Cadillac Series 62
1962 VW Bug
1962 Dodge 880
1966 Mercury Montclair
1967 Buick Wildcat Convertible
1968 Chevy Chevelle SS
1968 Plymouth Barracuda
1977 Lincoln MKV

Shuravi91

#67
Nice car! We renovate DeVille 1958.

Highwayman68

This thread provides a lot of motivation to make mine look better.
1968 Fleetwood Purchased in 1981

57eldoking

1957 Eldorado Biarritz #906
1957 Eldorado Biarritz #1020 http://bit.ly/1kTvFlM
1957 Eldorado Seville  #1777 http://bit.ly/1T3Uo1c
1995 Fleetwood Brougham  http://bit.ly/20YwJV4
2010 SRX Performance

1946 Chevy 1/2 ton pickup
1957 Buick Caballero Estate Wagon (x2)
1960 Chevy Apache 10 Stepside
1991 Jeep Grand Wagoneer (x2)
1992 Pontiac Trans Sport GT

Vikingrental

Hey Chip, could you post some picks of what the worst previous areas of the body look like after the polishing? near the fins by the trunk lid with the cracked up and worn through paint, Your Cadillac looks amazing! I can't believe paint that old can be saved that well.

Seville1957

Absolutely stunning! Those guys are miracle workers, can't wait to get my 57 Seville on the road!

Skwerly62

That looks great Chip. I'm jealous that you had such a large crew of volunteers ! I will be trying the exact same thing on my 58 once the weather gets a bit warmer. I think since it's just me and my aching joints I'll do most of the polishing via orbital. Turned out beautiful, enjoy thoroughly. Email sent.
1958 Extended Deck 62 Sedan SOLD
1960 Coupe - current project
USCG Vet - Fly CG!

fishchipper

I'll try to get some current pictures of the "really" bad areas of the car and how they look now.  I will say that the areas where bare metal was exposed still has bare metal there.  Nothing I can do short of repainting is going to bring that back, but the areas of cracking with repeated treatment of #7 did amazingly well.  Are there still cracks?  Of course, but they have really diminished to the point where you can run your hand on it and not fear for everything coming off.  I've reapplied the #7 to it several times since this picture, and between that and a good coat of wax, the paint has really come back. 

I've been working on trying to soften up the leather inside, and have had success with leatherique treatments, but if anyone has any other suggestions, let me know.  I'll get pictures uploaded when I can.

whoozy2002