I never get this; aren’t museums based on preserving history, and by association: facts? A ‘60 Cad is 225-in overall, that’s 18.75 feet.
You would think it would be facts, but I've been in a lot of museums and seen wrong info before. I knew it was an automatic, but when I saw that it was a 4 speed auto, I had never heard of that. 1960 precedes my car knowledge by maybe 5 years. You learn something new everyday!
Yep, 4 speed auto, no overdrive. Yes the Copper Caddy was chopped before it got there. It's pretty extreme but I still love it. The details are insane. Got the chrome and grille mostly done today.
so you have 3 gears before you get the 1:1 ratio? Why? And TH400 only three, regular, appears like a downgrade or did they find out 2 gears is enough for accelaration? Lucas, this car is FANTASTIC. I'd luv to own it as much as Iam happy to not have to clean and polish all these chrome knobs. Keep the pics coming. I like! Patrick
1st. gear in the Hydros was more or less for initial takeoff. With your foot to the floor it would shift from 1st.-2nd. at about maybe 10MPH. They were very popular in drag racing back in the day because of 1st. gear
Nothing major to report, weather has been less then stellar this week. But, I did get a few trinkets for the car in the mail. All my cars have a classic leather key fob like this, picking out the right one is a fairly serious search for me. Scored this one of Etsy.
The original 4-speed hydramatic had a fluid coupling, but no torque converter; in other words, it didn't multiply torque like a traditional torque converter does. Therefore, 1st gear is really steep, to get you off the line, as Telriv said above. Here's a link to a Hemmings article about it: https://www.hemmings.com/blog/article/gm-hydra-matic/
Just another little $7 touch. Trying to hold back on big purchases for a while for obvious reasons. Going to be swapping out the wheels and tires eventually I decided. These Sabers are nice and pretty, but aren't my style. So they'll be for sale too.
Wait- dice door lock knobs are in but the Sabre Spokes are out?? Imma gonna get inline now for the front & rear seats, for when you put '93 Mustang bucket in it. The Cad seats will fit neatly in my '59...
The dice will probably go away with the wheel swap. I felt like they kind of tie in with the style of the Sabers, i.e. classic late 50s/early 60s like fuzzy dice.... but I can't drive with anything swinging from my rearview.
I would see it differently- the Sabre Spokes are factory Cadillac class, dice knobs are JC Whitney-grade. Just my humble op. The first styled alloy wheel - 1955.
It's cool, you like them. They aren't my style and this car is mine. If they were on someone else's car I think they'd be fine.....and hearing "I like the hubcaps" and explaining they're actually wheels is old even after less then a month of driving.
I also like the original rims, but yes of course your dec. Me I would at least keep them with the car. What rims are u envisioning???
IF I had more money then I do, I'd do a set of 20" Eldorados like the black '60 Mike shared.... since I'm on a semi-budget now, I'll probably do some 15" Supremes with 1 1/2" white walls. As I said, I think the Sabers look really nice and I understand you guys loving them. If they were original to my car I'd keep them, but since they're not, they're going to look nice on someone else's car. My cars don't generally look "nice", though.
Spending the day fixing lots of little details that are driving me nuts. Luckily Napa is still open so I stocked up on trim screws and nuts, and I have some touch up paint made from them I'll be using Tuesday when it's supposed to be in the 60s.
Their selection (at least at mine) really is impressive. Dang near EVERYTHING in stock for all brands.
Lucas, Glad you enjoyed the black '60 pic I posted, I thought you might! I'm also impressed you knew what kind of rims are on the car from a snapshot, I didn't have a clue haha!
