Johan ‘70 Cadillac pro touring

[Steve H]

Hello all, 

This was a “bucket list” build for me. It has been rattling around in my head for years, and was inspired by a Juha Aurio build from years ago. It’s a kit bash of the Johan 70 Caddy, and a modified AMT nascar chassis. I wanted to maintain the beautiful Cadillac lines while giving it a full tilt aggressive pro touring look. It’s built in a very similar style to the Dutch Boys Camaro I did last year.  
 

So…. the body got a “wide body” treatment, rear fenders are flared 2 3/4”, fronts 2”. Most of the trim was shaved, but I opted to keep most of the script. I added the Dutch Boys style door latches again. Front grill was opened from behind, new head lights added, and new turn signals. Front spoiler/splitter, rear spoiler, and nav antenna scratch built, and just for fun, there’s a backup camera in the fuel door. 
Under the hood got some details added, along with some basic wiring and plumbing. 
The engine is a 572 from Iceman Collections. I swapped out his valve covers for some Cadillac pieces, and added bootlace ferrule intake trumpets.

The wheel centres are from the Foose 65 Impala, with resin hoops, and tires from Scale Productions.

The interior has seats from a Ferrari, Lincoln door cards, modified kit dash with nav screen, scratch built centre console and speaker box, paddle shifters, embossing powder carpet, and carbon fibre accents.

Many thanks to those of you that patiently followed along and contributed to the build thread. All the comments and input were much appreciated. 

Build thread :

 

First photo is the build from Juha Aurio. Juha, if you happen to see this, thank you! 

And my version…

 

 

Thanks for having a look. As always, all comments welcome.

Edited December 22, 2023 by Steve H

[Kah puts]

A most impressive build, thanks for sharing ??

[Keef]

I absolutely LOVE this build!!! The color, wheels, and attention to detail are superb!

[espo]

Beautiful looking build. Like the body modifications you have done. 

[Brian1973]

Your Caddy is an inspiration I love resto mod builds most of my stash of classic cars I want to do resto mod but this build is amazing love the color wheels all the fine details very impressive you executed it very good everytime I look at it I see more about it I like very good job thanks for sharing very cool car..

[karbuildr]

Man, that is one killer Caddy. I could run out of superlatives when describing this build. But " wow" pretty much says it all. Gorgeous.

[Yeah Nah]

Man, that is something else. Just awesome.

[Phildaupho]

WOW - this turned out amazing. Excellent concept and build. If full scale it would be a SEMA stand out.

[Rattlecan Dan]

One of the best "Beasty" looking Caddys I've seen. Nice job!

[Claude Thibodeau]

Hi Steve!

Masterfull work, as usual I should add!

Is-it me, or is this parking lot becoming more and more familiar to me? 

Have a happy new year, and keep at it. So much styrene, so little time!

CT

[Zippi]

This is a nice one Steve.  Love the color choices.

[slusher]

Outstanding!

[PowerPlant]

Spectacular restomod

[ncbuckeye67]

Very cool idea, and killer execution. Wow!

[SpikeSchumacher]

Steve, that is truly outstanding!

[crazyjim]

Awesome mean looking build.

[Koellefornia Kid]

LOVE it! One of the meanest looking Cadillacs I‘ve ever seen! Very nice work!

[Paul Payne]

Super build! Should blow all the tuners away!

[IceMan Collections]

Wow! ? 

Great job, Steve. 

Appreciate the support. 

[AMT68]

Wonderful creation Steve. It had to be a considerable task in order to make it all come together. 

[Spottedlaurel]

What a beast, well done Steve! You put a lot of thought and effort into this, it's really paid-off.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!!

[PappyD340]

Very impressive build, well done!

[StokeModels]

So great to see this one finished Steve! Looks absolutely fantastic, probably the toughest looking Cadillac I've ever seen.

[Steve H]

On 12/22/2023 at 11:41 AM, Kah puts said:

A most impressive build, thanks for sharing ??

Thank you Glen.

 

On 12/22/2023 at 1:26 PM, Keef said:

I absolutely LOVE this build!!! The color, wheels, and attention to detail are superb!

Hi Keith, thanks for the kind words. I appreciate all the input and support you added to the WIP thread. Hope you are enjoying the holidays.

On 12/22/2023 at 1:34 PM, espo said:

Beautiful looking build. Like the body modifications you have done. 

Thanks David. I think the body modifications still respected the cars lines, which was the goal. Always good to hear from you sir.

On 12/22/2023 at 1:34 PM, Brian1973 said:

Your Caddy is an inspiration I love resto mod builds most of my stash of classic cars I want to do resto mod but this build is amazing love the color wheels all the fine details very impressive you executed it very good everytime I look at it I see more about it I like very good job thanks for sharing very cool car..

Hello Brian, and welcome to the forum. I appreciate the kind words, it was a challenging build but I’m happy with the end result. The WIP thread will give you a bit more info if you are interested. 

On 12/22/2023 at 2:56 PM, karbuildr said:

Man, that is one killer Caddy. I could run out of superlatives when describing this build. But " wow" pretty much says it all. Gorgeous.

Thanks for the “wow”! I like that as a descriptor, and I agree these Caddies are gorgeous.