Here is some pictures of the slow process of bringing back on the road my 1956 Sedan deVille. I bought it in 2011 and it was in a sad state but ok for a project. It was an home made restoration in my garage. Got help from many of my friends along the way. I greatfully thank them for their help. Upholstery was professionally done in original paterns but not original colors. Body work was also done professionally by a friend but I did sand a lot. The floors and support repairs was done by me. First time in welding. I must say that I learned a lot along the way and I know my car! 112B8956-FDE6-4E54-A884-FDC31616D3DB.jpeg692B76ED-4DD3-4DD6-B45E-D499D3E9B04C.jpegF1DAAD4A-261D-4B65-A7B3-E764AA2E9337.jpeg9A0AD380-4906-4E8B-8755-AC768B10873D.jpegF252EA67-E75A-439F-A22A-C174C1A22F5B.jpeg83146793-5A52-4199-9432-453E8047482D.jpegF21013CB-42D1-42F6-89C9-91320CB785CE.jpeg36AB9D68-F0DB-4E54-A415-E981DF4E8C0F.jpeg7DBBA8AC-6F0A-4B23-BAF8-D573ED6CCA0C.jpeg2B647334-C45C-4B7E-BF7A-539FD3D78164.jpeg
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Very nice!
Beautiful! Well done Eric. Thank you for sharing your restoration images with us. Makes me want to get back into work that my ride currently needs. Clay/Lexi
Enter that one into the CLC calendar. Gorgeous!
Great job, thank you for sharing!
Greetings from Sweden.
/ Johan Lundgren
Thats aa nice car! I love 4 dr hardtops :)
Herculean effort, well done !
Quote from: Big Fins on August 24, 2022, 07:31:37 PMEnter that one into the CLC calendar. Gorgeous!
Quote from: Big Fins on August 24, 2022, 07:31:37 PMEnter that one into the CLC calendar. Gorgeous!
Thank you! I followed your advice. It is in the 2024 CLC calendar!
Quote from: billyoung on March 02, 2023, 08:41:09 AMHerculean effort, well done !
Yes indeed. But now I'm proud of it!
Eric, You are justifiably proud! Wonderful work... James
Hello, Sorry if this is already posted. I posted a question day before forum updated.
First of all, congratulations on the hard work and determination. What a beautiful job. I am rebuilding my 60 coupe. My question is I see you have the car on its side. Are you using a rotisserie I just don't see? Or is it literally on its side. If so, Any issues on body crushing after that? This method might help for replacing my inner rockers and floor braces. Thank you for your time.
I put it on it's side directly on the floor. The rocker were already replaced and the floor wasn't all rotten so the car was structurally solid. So no brace were needed. The steel on these car were amazingly solid so, no damage on the rear fender occurred.
I thank you for your response. Again. Job well done. Keep up the good work.
Quote from: Saturnin15 on March 25, 2024, 10:15:26 PMI put it on it's side directly on the floor. The rocker were already replaced and the floor wasn't all rotten so the car was structurally solid. So no brace were needed. The steel on these car were amazingly solid so, no damage on the rear fender occurred.
Eric your car looks great. Nice photos and also of the restoration process. Lovely colour. Lots of hard work that paid off as clearly indicated in the photos. I am going to be listing a bunch of '56 Caddy stuff in the coming weeks, some of which may be of interest to you, as well as others who own this year of Cadillac. Let us enjoy our up and coming driving season which is fast approaching. Clay/Lexi