1961 Caddilac

[sak]

Been working on this for a few years, a lil at a time in between other projects. Modelhouse resin but will be a " mild custom" as I couldn't call it stock.

Edited September 3, 2024 by sak

[sak]

The rear decklid area was really deformed and it the process of fixing it, had to sacrifice the spear on the decklid. Figured I should then remove the spear on the bonnet as well.  Modified the 1959 cadillac interior to be as close to a 1961 as I could. 

[sak]

And got it sprayed with 2k today. Just before that encountered a minor problem. The rear decklid was a thorn in my butt all summer. Lots of bondo back there and it would crack and I would gouge out the crack and patch it, then it would crack again. I thought it finally shrinked as shrunk as it was going to get, but this morning it cracked again. I went ahead anyway. Hopefully the 2k will be robust enough to lock it down. I can blocksand that area down and repaint at a later time.

[Maindrian Pace]

Great body work, and that Bel Air (or is it the Moebius Ventura) roof is an absolute natural on the Cadillac body.

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

At first I said noooo, he's not cutting up a Modelhause Caddy. But now I'm saying yeeees, do it brother.

[sak]

12 minutes ago, Perspective Customs said:

At first I said noooo, he's not cutting up a Modelhause Caddy. But now I'm saying yeeees, do it brother.

Thanks. I cut it because it was badly warped and broke when I tried to repair. And the mobius catalina was the closest thing I had. I suppose the belair could've worked too. Either one is incorrect for a cadillac as it had a unique rear glass window.

[hedotwo]

Great job!  What color?  Topaz?

[H.A.K]

WOW!!! thats great looking. Love a 61 bubble top.

[espo]

I agree with everyone else on the roof changes. In most of the pictures it looks like the AMT Bel Air roof section, but in the painted body pictures it looks like you changed the design to match the Cads OEM roof with the little kink in the drip rail. 

[David G.]

That's a shame about the cracking, the rest of it looks so good.

David G.

[sak]

12 hours ago, hedotwo said:

Great job!  What color?  Topaz?

"Fontana rose"

[sak]

4 hours ago, espo said:

I agree with everyone else on the roof changes. In most of the pictures it looks like the AMT Bel Air roof section, but in the painted body pictures it looks like you changed the design to match the Cads OEM roof with the little kink in the drip rail. 

Yeah . I grinded away the driprail, re-shaped it, and made new drip rails.

[sak]

Painted the dashboard today. A mishmash of 59 cadillac and 61. The cadillac logo on the steering wheel is a hubcap decal from the monogram 1959 cadillac. Should be red for 1961 but good enough.

[MeatMan]

Nice project!
Did you use 2 part bondo? I've seen that with the putty but never the 2 part.

[David G.]

That's a sweet looking interior, beautiful color combination and detail!

David G.

[dino246gt]

That interior is awesome! So is the roof swap! Love this build!!

[Rod666]

Beautiful work!

[Kah puts]

Your pushing all the right buttons on this build for me, the colour, the make and year, looking forward to more smiles ?