Project Brodillac - 1962 Cadillac Limo

[Brewtal66]

So this car is 100% the opposite of performance and pro touring. But I love this massive boat of a car, and it's the ultimate cruiser. With that being said, I figured I'd share some pictures of the car and story.



To start, about 8 years ago I saw a 1959 Cadillac Limo, on air bags, at a car show cruising around. I thought to myself, "that's the biggest, baddest car I've ever seen, I GOTTA HAVE ONE!" Fast forward a few years, and I have a '62 Limo. This is a 1962 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Series, a factory limo.

Now this car was 100% untouched, very very very little was done to it. I guess you could say it was unmolested. I bought it in Parker, AZ, so there's hardly any rust at all with it. I got the car here and started working on it. I had to rebuild the carb, power steering pump, and water pump. Put on new plugs, wires, and alternator and she was running! It never really ran that great, but enough that me and my buddies hopped in and cruised all over town.

February of 2014 I decided it was time to start wrenching on this car. I yanked the original engine and transmission, with plans on going LS powered. Long story short, last Friday I finished the swap! I couldn't be more happy with the swap.



This is an LQ4, 6.0L motor and 4L80E bolted up behind it. The car drives absolutely amazing now. Starts right up, no problems, and cruises like a new car. I can even cruise on the freeway in the fast lane doing 75MPH without any issues.



I don't plan on going into an in-depth build thread here, but just posting some pictures along the way. Just changing it up a bit.

My next step on the car is start rebuilding all the suspension and brakes. Basically, make the car 100% mechanically sound, then start worrying about the interior and such.



One of these days I'll get off my ass and create a build thread for my Chevelle.