Ron Hamilton Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 A couple of years ago, I ran across a Johan '61 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Built-up. It was unpainted, but was missing its fornt wheels, and one of the fins was broken off. I got it prettty cheap, and I figured that one day I will fix the car up to go with my '61 Lincoln Continental Sedan. Fast Forward to last year, I was at a model Meeting, and I was purchasing an old built-up from a good friend, when I told him about the '61 Cadillac I had, and asked him had he come across any '61 Cadillac Wheels and Tires in his extensive parts collection. I went into a box, and handed me a built up '61 Cadillac, that was crudely painted, and missing one of its wheels. He gave it to me as a gift. Both of its fins were broken, but other than that it was all there. Last month I came across a rathe sad looking '61 Cadillac Promo, that was warped, but it had an intact fin, and a set of wheelcovers. About a week ago, I stripped the painted Cadillac, and fixed the fins with sheet styrene, using the promo as the pattern, and pirated the wheels and tires from it. I also fixed the fin on the unpainted one, that also had holes punched in it for mirrors and spotlights, that I filled in. I put both of them up on wheels for now until I primer and paint them. One of them will be Black, with a Beige or Gray contrasting interior, and the other will be another '61 Cadillac Color Combination. Since I was able to get 2 sets of wheels and tires, they can both be done as Replica Stock Cars. I have a lot of painting to do one it gets warm.
bobthehobbyguy Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 Nice work. What colors are you planning for them?
StevenGuthmiller Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 Pretty neat stuff Ron! I've had several opportunities over the past few years to pick up one of these '61-'62 Caddies, but have just never been able to pull the trigger on one. I just don't get into 4 door cars. I so wish that Johan would have done all of these 4 doors in 2 door versions. The '61 Cadillac is one of my favorite cars, as well as the '61 Oldsmobile, which I've also thought about a number of times. I've got a '61 & '62 Olds in my "watch" list on ebay right now, but I'm pretty confident I won't bid on one. I just can't get past that "dumpy" roof line. The Cadillacs are better & I actually like the Lincolns, (nice example you have there by the way) but the Olds I just can't get into. Steve
Ron Hamilton Posted March 23, 2015 Author Posted March 23, 2015 Nice work. What colors are you planning for them? One of them is going to be Black, and the other will probably be a light , metallic color for a contrast. I was going to do one of them with a set of 20's, but I was able to get 2 sets of wheels, so I am going to do them as Replica Stocks I guess, but I do have another '61 Lincoln Continental Sedan, thatI am going to go the 20" route on, so who knows. It depends on my state of mind when it hits the bench.
72 Charger Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 Wow I did not know they even did the 61 62 caddi's . They look stunning I cant wait to see what you do with them .
vintagercr Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 I'm sure they will look just as stunning as the Lincoln!
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