Full Build: "Overtaker" Caddy Hearse Wakes the Dead
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ต.ค. 2021
- We take a '76 Cadillac Hearse and start turning it into a torque monster that will scream down the track starting with the drivetrain. We also install a custom exhaust, & add fuel and air goodies to make Overtaker rise from the ashes. Then, a new rear axle helps our '76 Caddy Hearse drag car and all its horsepower to grip the pavement. Plus, we add brake upgrades to help bring it to a dead stop. To pay it off, we take our hefty hearse down the eighth mile with a little help from some throttle in the bottle!
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PARTS USED IN THIS EPISODE
Duralast
Duralast Brake Caliper
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EBC Brakes
EBC Stage 5 Super Street Kit
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Aluminum Radiator
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Radiator Hoses
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Water Pump & Gasket Set
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B&M Shifter Kit
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Camshaft
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Frostbite Cooling Fans
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Lakewood Drag Shocks
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M&H Racemaster Radial Drag Race Tires
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Sanderson Headers
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Summit Racing Sport Seats
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Timing Set
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U.S. Wheel Rat Rod Series
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ARP
Head Studs
Holley
850 CFM Street HP Carburetor
Holley
QuickFuel 175 Fuel Pump
JW Performance
Heads, Valves, Rocker Arm Assembly
Magnaflow
Side Pipe Muffler Builder Series
NOS
Nitrous Oxide System Kit - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Back in the 60's I used to race my 1948 Cadillac ambulance with flathead 8, three on the tree, at Island Raceway in NJ. I consistently turned 23 seconds in the 1/4 mile. It weighed just over 6600 pounds. Thanks for this video. It brought back some pretty good memories for me.
What happened to it?
@@Simon_r2600 I sold it to a Hippy and he turned it into a Flower Power Art car.
2.3 seconds is still quick by today's standards.
23 SECONDS...PRETTY IMPRESSIVE FOR THAT BOAT...WOW...FUN!!!
@@bigsparky8888 My 66 Galaxie XL ran best 13.79 with a warmed over 390, 4:11 gears. This car could've done a lot better if it was warmed over a bit and took better care of
Love how they changed co-host like it was nothing hahahaha
I think the hearse should still be functional as a hearse and able to carry caskets. it could then be used for funerals for hot rodders or car aficionados. Imagine how cool that funeral would be!
I've always thought about taking a hearse and building it to be fun, but also taking a casket and building a full sound system in it, with a heap of speakers. But make it with a quick disconnect connector, so you don't need to haul that weight if you feel like taking it down the quarter mile.
This project needs to be revisited. This needs to ACTUALLY be a contender.
Y’all need to give Tommy his own show called Different Power!!!! I love shows where Tommy is in it bc he bring the funny and the smarts
I was excited to see whether you'd run quicker times than my 1.3 liter 1965 VW Beetle...You didn't, but the anticipation made the whole show a joy to watch.
Imagine a gear head funeral home, put casket in the back and give em one last burn out.
A buddy of mine who was a big gear head and Cadillac fan, sadly took his life a few years ago. When his mother was riding to the church in the hearse, a Cadillac, she mentioned how much her son loved Cadillacs and burnouts. No shit, the hearse driver did a little brake stand burnout right there with my buddies urn in the back. So badass
Now I have Something to Watch on the Weekend Very Nice 😁
Great build. I would've stripped more weight though. The wood floor, the interior sound proof, and give it a metallic black paint job.
I absolutely loved this. I learned to drive at 12 years old in a 1951 Pontiac hearse loaded with welding equipment.
That has to be a great story...😊
Reminds me of Smokey and the Bandit, the two black guys in the hearse and their C.B handle was “Grave Robber”, lol
Man this has been one of my dream cars and builds since I was a kid....
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Loved this build!! I've been dreaming of picking up an old hearse and tuning it up a bit. Can't imagine how much money y'all spent on parts on this one, but the results were pretty cool. Thanks for taking us along for the ride!!
It was a serious engine back in 1970. It had 400hp, but it was reduced later to 200 because of the emissions regulations.
For what it was designed to be, 400 hp was great.
That's more than Chrysler's 440 Six Pack or Ford's Boss 429.
That's quite impressive for an engine that was designed to be smooth running and quiet with a very mild cam and really poor exhaust scavenging, etc.
To get that sled under 10 is a GIANT victory.
man that living room looks so comfy. I wouldn't have changed a thing.
a build to die for.
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Stumbled across these characters and I've got to say they are entertaining. The content was interesting, as well as informative. The interaction between all the various players was superb. The story line was unusual and quirky. Love it. Maybe that's because I'm also a bit quirky and the unusual has always appealed to me.
At age 17, eons ago, I spotted an ad in the local paper that I couldn't resist checking out. The ad was for a 1957 Chrysler Imperial hearse. It had been produced by a company named 'National Coach located in Arkansas.' I'd seen several Cadillac hearses no longer owned by funeral homes running around town. They were typically owned by band members or long-hairs (a.k.a., Hippies). As I read the listing I had a very different plan were this one to become mine.
So, I called the number, spoke with the seller, and arranged a time and place to see what he had. When I drove up I knew from first glance this I had to take home, barring major mechanical issues. Upon inspection I discovered many positives and damn few negatives. One, it only had 30K on the odometer. It was in essence a one owner vehicle. It had been recently purchased out of some small town in southwestern Oklahoma by the seller. He bought it solely for re-selling purposes. I could hardly believe the condition it was in. Paint was great. Bright work looked very close to showroom. The interior looked absolutely brand new. The car was rock solid with only superficial rust on the chassis and everything underneath. It had spent its entire life garaged and had never been farther away from the funeral home than 50 miles or so at any one time.
I was pretty much sold on it. But, once I opened the hood I was definitely sold. The car could not have been better suited for what I had in mind. Resting between the inner fenders I discovered a 392 Hemi. with a single 4bbl just as it had been delivered from the factory. Behind is was a 3-speed Torque Flight (push button activated (too cool, for sure). The only things I could see most likely needing immediate attention was the battery, some new cables, upper and lower radiator hosed, heater hoses, and maybe some radiator work. I worked at a radiator shop at the time so rebuilding a radiator and/or heater core would not be difficult. That evening I gave the seller $100 as the down payment and returned the next night with both my father (I wasn't old enough to legally enter into a contract) and the remainder of the money. I paid $800 dollars for the car, and about a million more when I factored in the endless grief I received from my mother about having a hearse parked in her driveway. (Actually, it was in the garage most of the time, but you know mothers can be).
I acquired the car the summer before my senior year in high school. That car was probably, no, was definitely at the center of the most memorable events of that year. Man, did I love that car. It seemed everyone else did, too (except Mom.) The only mods I did on the car was adding a set of Cragar SS wheels and considerably bigger meats out back and a little exhaust work. Thirteen years later I finally sold the car for a very nice price - replacing it with a new 'toy'. However, I have regretted doing so for more than 30 years now. That much 'cool', that much uniqueness, that level of oddity and quirkiness just doesn't come around all that often. Of all the various 'toys' to have come and gone during my lifetime this is the one I loved and miss most.
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That's a hell of a story. Those Cragars go good on pretty much everything from that era, but I can't say I've seen them on a hearse of any kind.
the 68-70 model is still one of the nicest looking hearses
but nr 1 is still the 40's caddy hearse/limousine
My mom got one of those for my dad's funeral and when we were going to the cemetery, she told the driver "FLOOR IT" , this ain't a joke, they're fast even original... Lmao 9.76 is perfect
All the goods for a 58hp improvement na. Much wow.
you got to admit... the extra headroom is nice :P
Very entertaining. Sure glad I didn't have to see the budget meetings for this production! I'd love to see what beancounters cut.
nice to see someone smart enough to wear some safety glasses -good on Ya
Thank you for setting a good example of how to work on a transmission gloves are essential you can develop nerve damage with long exposure to ATF. You guys are great
what?????? geez
Yeah, and then you want this car don't left your case to the road..
Cool factor 10!
Wait what?! I was working with an incompetent mechanic yesterday. And the transmission fell on me and covered me in ATF. My skin started to burn. Would that be an affect
@@randalhall766 Its been 9 months since you left that comment. Its safe to assume your dead from the ATF by now.
Perfect car for Halloween.
Reminds me of that 70's flick called "Phantasm".
Finally! Somebody remembers something else besides ghost busters.
“I’ll get you,,, Booyy!”
@@scotteric8711 but there's no "Ghostbusters" or "who ya gonna call" comments here...
Some day I wanna get me an old hearse like this
You guys always make this look so damn easy it pisses me off.
Great job
You are finally building a car I would Love to own. It's been my dream to own one. Plus I want a coffin in the back.
Years ago my sister got a job at a local funeral home. Her job was to take a hearse and go to wherever the recently deceased was and bring them back to the funeral home for preparation. Her very first call was to a local hospital. The body, a man, was loaded into her hearse in a carboard coffin and away she went. She was jus a mile or two away from the funeral parlour when she encountered a steep hill that was covered in ice. As she went down the hill towards the lights at the bottom she lost all control and could barely steer to keep the car on the road. As luck would have, as she approached the intersection the light changed and a car pulled out just in time to broadside it. Upon impact, the carboard coffin hit the seat wall located behind the driver seat and the body was catapulted into the passenger seat slumping over the dash. She got out and went over to see if the driver of the other car was alright and the police arrived. They checked her car out and then summoned and ambulance to see if her passenger could be revived. The police told her that an ambulance was on the way and she asked why. The police responded with, "Well ma'am, your passenger didn't do so good in the accident." To which she replied, "But he was already dead. He died last night and I was taking him to the funeral home." About that time the ambulance arrived and the attendants rushed over to treat their patient. She, the other driver, and the police all sat back while the ambulance attendants did everything they could to revive her co-worker. The were very sorry to tell her that her co-driver was DOA. She just stared at them and they said, "You don't seem too upset." Her response, "I'm not. He was already dead. We just wanted to see how long it would take for you guys to figure that out." The attendants were very very angry but the cops and the other driver thought it was hilarious. She kept that job for about five years but she always avoided that hill.
This is EXACTLY why I'm subbed to y'all! I love this content
I was hoping for better results with the heads/cam/intake... I love this old thing!
I have a low mileage '75 500 engine to put in my '93 C3500 crew cab.
It wasnt a performance engine
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If it was a 69 / 70 it would have 375 / 525 lb of TQ
This guy is a national treasure.
My very first car I ever bought was a 1975 Cadillac Sedan De'Ville. 500ci of Detroit big block. They had to have a sunken intake because a normal plenum wouldn't fit. I loved that thing. Even though she was only 200 ponies she had 450+ lb/toruque
I think a Halloween or skeleton paint job would make it badass
I want a hearse like this for camping and my bed is a coffin that rolls out do that on Halloween night..lol
Look up Jason Pickett's 1993 Buick hearse called Haulin Ash which run 8.51 at 161 in the quarter mile.
I had a '76 Cadillac Miller-Meteor hearse a bunch of years ago. Mine was black with blue interior and the 500 cu in engine. I sure had fun driving my buddies around in it, and put it in a car show once. Interior was perfect, but was very rusty underneath. One of the taillights fell out because the housing was so rusty. I knew it would be hard and expensive to find parts for, so I sold it to some college kids. I think they wrecked it. Anyway, it was fun for Halloween !
I love that car it rides nice I've been in one of those they bring back memories thank you for getting this car and fixing it god bless you
For the record, it was W.O. Bentley that stated that there was no replacement for displacement...in about 1930!
Absolutely love this build... this car would be so much fun to drive. I think it's a real chick mobile just needs a kick butt stereo and a mattress... nice work
...and black lights and some neon posters inside.🤣
Kfc dead chicks (:
That is an S&S (Sayers and Scovill) Victoria body.
That 500 is no joke, few minor modifications and your flying down the road. I was planning on a LS swap tell a friend told me I’d like this setup a lot better, I took the chance and don’t regret it. I put Holley sniper efi on it and hooked it up to a manual 6 speed tremec that Caddy is a beast! I twisted the spokes off the original wheels on a recent burnout
There's a reason for stuffing a caddie engine into a model A. That's a lot of engine.
That 500 they build is a joke though. 425 heads on a 472/500 is a downgrade, as they have worse flow and lower compression. When Flashcraft (THE go to company for Cadillac engines) dynos a 1976 500, despite that being the weakest year for the engine, the numbers they found were that the BARE BONE STOCK, low output 500 still out out 302 HP and 493 ft/lb of TW, and that wasn't even on a rebuild, but in 45 year old engine. Meanwhile these guys managed to only hit 258 HP and 323 TQ.
@@the-dullahan that's not too impressive when you can cheaply get 300+ hp out of a straight 6
@@jnywd8450 no one said it was impressive, Madame. Work on that reading xo prehwnaion a little. You can "cheaply" get 300 HP out of a Cadillac block with a total budget of $100 on Craigslist, by the way, but I'd love to hear about your straight six build cost.
@@jnywd8450 LOL that's sad bro. No one said 300 HP was a lot but you realize your argument makes no sense right? You need to spend extra money on a straight 6 just to hit 300 HP while these Cadillac engines are $250 or less on Craigslist or $100 at the junkyard they're 400 HP in factory form.
I'm dreaming up a mid-engine conversion for a caddy hearse and came here for some thought and inspiration. Thanks boys
"it's far more of a riding type car" 😂
One of my favourite memories of my time on the spanners, was getting a bollocking from the service manager after a complaint or two about me thrashing the nuts off a hearse, while blasting Slayer out. No regrets! And I still want a hearse of my own.
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Now that I see this is it worth mentioning in some states herded don’t have to abide by speed laws
Doing a rear diff swap and your expertise was great. Also now considering electric fans and fuel pump for the ol jeep.
I was a little surprised that they were not able to get more HP from gasoline but a respectable 9.75 w/juice.
You know there is a saying about hursts not having a tow hitch but this one has one!
These boys did good! Who else would have some fun like that!
That NA torque is about the same torque to displacement as a stone stock slant six sucking through an oil bath filter and a single barrel carb with all the accessories. Yes, wheel torque. That caddy is hurt.
Not bad, not bad, but I have to say, instead of keeping the caddy 500 mill, I think I'd have to go cummins 12 valve. Otherwise, pretty badass.
Being raised in the funeral business , I would say you guys have a "Deadly Winner" !
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Best videos ever thanks for the content
"You can just lay back and ride in it!" 🤣👍🇱🇷
i love the flag reflection on the back of the caddy when your fabbing up the side pipe
I have been planning on hotrodding one of these caddy commercial chassis hearses for a loooong time. I want to use an older generation one though. My goal is 800RWHP, a blower out the hood, and dual sidepipes.
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I wish caddy made station wagons in the 70s and 80s I love a big body car
Those aren’t too heavy. Our loader picks it up easily and carry’s it’s to the crusher. After busting it down we put a Suburban, Crown Victoria and an F-250 on top of it and busted those down. The the loader picked all 3 up as a bundle.
Hopefully this will get some ideas flowing for Isacc.
@Sterling Builds 👍
I have wanted one of those since I was a little kid, I always thought it would be really cool to make a speaker box in the shape of an old school coffin.
Need to run these pipes down the sides of my 96 fleetwood 6 door
Having a 72 Cadillac superior hearse I absolutely loved the build series. I saw it for sale on creagslist for $12.500. Worth it
no its not lol
They have it for sale. Price is now $6,660.
Is this built by Superior??
@@aussiefurbymogwaifan6621 yes
The Brothers Grimm would be proud! Straight outta Carmageddon :)
These guys: There's no replacement for displacement.
Also these guys: dang this thing is weak, we need nitrous.
My choice would have been the 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor, hearse edition. I'd be too tempted to turn the Ambulance into Ecto-1. Imagine drag racing THAT summabich.
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According to Guinness World records the worlds fastest hearse over 400m is 12.2 seconds at 115 mph. record set in Tasmania (Australia) Feb 2010
Tommy is the Star of all these !
I would love to have a 60’s hearse,street rod maybe Pro Touring car.🤙
Should've built a tiny Munster style coffin mount for the Nitrous bottle. Same location, but you would reach back, open a tiny coffin, open the Nitrous bottle valve, and finally close the coffin. That would've been awesome!
I would love to see this vehicle as a 4wd with a 572 big block and a twin turbo. Would be a sweet ride.
In high school I alway wanted to own a hearse. Thank you for your video! It bought back so many good memories.
First time I appreciated side pipes .
Sweeter than a swing set !
you can also take a good pair of stock front shocks and drill a hole on the side of the bottom part of the shock to allow fluid = oil to exit . be carful it will squirt out . the have now been modified to do the same funtion as the 90 /10 shocks but are little to no money spent .
I tried that back in 1963 and it was no fun driving it to the track with no front shocks. It didn't take long for them to start squeaking. As soon as I got home I put good shocks back on. And it didn't help much either. Back then traction was a real problem with asphalt starting lines and no traction compound so we tried all kinds of tricks.
@@bobthbldr3 that's why you carry 2 sets of shocks one pair of good ones for normal driving and the modified ones for the drag strip
I’m from Greeneville TN. I remember the funeral home that the stuff is from in the little case.
Never new much about Cadillac's "commercial chassis", for which 1976 was the last year (after that, they built hearses by cutting up coups and sedans) . I know that Cadillac models were the only GM full-sized cars built after 1971 with a continuous caster adjustment (1:10:34 notice the adjustment nuts on the strut-rod going into the 2-point control arm), probably because some ambulances still rode on bias-ply tires in the 1970s, and they also had a space for a second battery. The car in this video has leaf springs, rather than the 4 link setup in the sedans, which might have come from GM's "clamshell wagons" , which used them to keep the floor flatter. I've read that some of these cars were used for both hearse and ambulance duty; they must have had an interesting combination of equipment. Thanks for posting; I hope this car leads a long life in its current form.
Great job. I just wish after all that you gave it some attention on the outside.
Yes do more videos like this
Just curious what happened to 500hp/700tq you guys change your mind along way?
That's what I'm saying. They should just blow that motor up with a 300hp shot. What a turd 340hp with 150hp shot and 500ci in a car thats probably pushing 5000lbs. A stock Honda with a fart cannon could probably give them a run for their money lol
@@rustychevy2087 Needs new heads to get there tho, right? I was also disappointed by the numbers. not even 1 ft-lb per CUI :-/
@@Griznah yeah probably, I'd only take it to 5500 with the stock rods so it'd have to make ho by then. Plus I have no idea if the oil system is crap like Buick's
unfortunately by 1974 they detuned it to around 200hp
Usually put the 472 heads on the 500 plus a cam for 460 N/A HP and 650 lb.-ft.
So much torque it triggered the left turn signal 1:35:00
Torque monsters are always fun!
I have a 1960 Oldsmobile 98 Holiday Special 4 door that I dad got many years ago from a funeral home they used it to take people to and from the cemetery now I have it I think it is about as long as that hearse there no doubt a big car that’s for sure they sure do float across the ground. I think you guys should setup a drag race challenge between your Hearse and Farmtrucks Hearse as some sort of Street outlaws type race if possible that would be one heck of a deal have it here on TH-cam channel or on motor trend channel
I like how they added spray and went all the way down to short block with out tapping the rings for spray
I'd drive the hell out of a hearse. A big old 502 with twin turbos or a procgarger
The Overtaker name is pure gold. LMAO 🤣
I used to own a 68 Fleetwood Brougham. I needed a carrier bearing. When I seen your lift pick that hearst up I was amazed. I took it too the place where it was purchased it and they could not get it up. So needless to say I was amazed. I took it a different shop and a smaller dude slid under it and removed and replace it in about 10 min.Go figure
Nigga called it a "Hearst" 😂😂😂😂😂
That carburetor you removed was literally made 14 blocks from my place, on Lexington Ave in Rochester, NY. My father worked as a plant foreman in the early 80s making quadrajets
i grew up about 2 miles from where that caddy was built before it was converted...in Flint MI....well i lived outside the city limits but was close to the plant..my dad and granddad worked there at BOC (buick olds cad)
@@richardbaumgart2454 they used to run truck routes non stop from Syracuse to flint and Detroit through Buffalo and Rochester. Fisher made bodies in Syracuse, carburators in Rochester then electrics and AC Delco components in Buffalo them off to flint and Detroit for assembly. You guys play Euchre out there?
@@jeremypilot1015 we had Fisher body in Flint also..yeah we play Euchre lol why you ask? We used to get engines from Tonawanda also although Flint made small block chevy's and 3.8l Buicks...maybe the big blocks were made in Tonawanda
@@richardbaumgart2454 Euchre is a GM UAW game. People in Syracuse act like they never heard of it. It's huge in Rochester. And yeah forgot about the Tonawanda plant. The good old days when people could live a decent life off of a normal job. Have paid vacation. I never knew an auto worker in the 80s that was hurting for money.
@@jeremypilot1015 they used to play Euchre in the shops
Love this episode. Not the same old thing. I like the name Overtaker. I was thinking of driving up daisies...but yours is great.
My Sedan Deville weighs 4780 lbs. and runs 12's in the quarter..... :)
Damn. My company's F150 weighs 4780. She can't do 12s though lol
4780 lbs?I was thinking 5500# minimum. Did you gut the interior?
@@vwsandvettes3253 No.. They are about 5000 lbs stock.
Good timing on this, just started a funeral home and need a hearse in a year or two...because you know...business expenses 😅😆😁
Junkyards don't waste a lot of time taking out the rear-end. They break out the fire wrench and go to town!
i had a 1973 Miller & Meteor hearse back in the day..572 big block and a th400..thing was pretty quick for a 6600 pound car...Sadly was sold for medical expenses from a motorcyle crash i had in 2001..I miss that tank..
The ONE time taking the air cleaner off actually knocked a second off the ET
it went so fast,
the wheels nearly fell off
That beau runs better than i thought in the beginning, im a Gm fan im glad too see they didn't ls swap it
Awesome skills guys! I love hearses myself. & just for style, not for any weird goth-punk / heavy metal/ Halloween reason like some others like them for. Hearses Just have such a beautiful style. I'd like to make one a camper or limo type interior
great job. keep it up. good video clip turned out! watched all 102 minutes without stopping!
Had a 59, Paid $100 for it, motor had dropped a rod so no motor to work with. Had a 454 I was building so why not.. Was never the first off the line but was first into the traps most of the time, also called mine OverTaker , The blower sticking through the hood probably gave away the fact it was not stock.
Love it! Rad rod!
That steering wheel....just in case you have to drive wearing handcuffs. :-)