Pink 1956 Cadillac Sedan DeVille Barn Find! Parked in 1969! Sitting for 52 years! Will it Run?!?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- A friend of mine mentioned there was a 1956 Caddy Sedan Deville rotting away in his grandmothers garage. And that it was PINK! Well Duff and I couldn't pass that up! Lets see if we can get this thing back on the road after 50 plus years of sitting abandoned in a 2 stall garage! Sorry guys but this one is already spoken for. I do still have the engine and transmission however if you need a core 365 OHV V8.
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You stuck with that so much longer than I would have with that motor. However, you outdid yourself with the Puddin appearance and to top it all off, a pressure washing. Thanks for making Monday mornings so enjoyable. I hope this car doesn't make you lose the shop.
Definitely agreed I was thinking when I saw the freeze plugs gone that thing is toast it froze and popped! He's got intestinal fortitude that's for sure!!!
Ida put it on a stand and yank the pan off. Put a pipe wrench on the crank and gave it hell.
That Caddy has as many peculiarties as a nympho nun, a real chamber of horrors ! How did so much water get in the pan with engine buttoned up ? As for the block, given the missing freeze plugs, it's likely cracked. Oh word is me !
@@pookysdad4884 I don't believe that freeze plugs are just for knocking sand out of an engine block. That might have applied for the old flat-head Ford, but casting science has come a long way since then.
@@pookysdad4884 A freeze plugs is a freeze plugs. A rose by any other name, would smell as sweet.
Hard to believe that this car at some point rolled out of Cadillac dealer brand new and it was probably the fanciest and most opulent vehicle on the road
It wasn't a Eldorado drop top...... but it certainly was beautiful, and top of the line :D
We related?
Not to detract from this once great car , but the deville series was the entry level model in the Cadillac lineup .
@@HowardJrFord actually, the series sixty two was the entry level
Elvis had bought several of the Pink Cadi/s for his Mum and other friends.
I can remember Dad having one of these in 57. My Jr Sr prom car in 58.
Good times!
Wow
That Duffster dawg is a sweetheart. I think he loves his owner a bit. Love the fast tail wag!
When the engine tipped , the trans spilled its oil, and you spun off the balancer… glad to see that it’s not just my projects that end up that way. My 4 year old, father and law, and myself watch every episode. Father and law and I love the mechanical side, ray, he just loves watching for duff dog! Keep up the good work, love seeing it!
Thanks for all the views Dustin and family!
Hey brokoski, your dealing with a stuck engine, an old engine. I mean an uphill battle. 99% of dudes wouldnt even touch it. Good job bud and i mean it.
Thanks Buster!
The old taillight trick, WOW! It has been a long time since I used that trick.
Love the long vids thank you mr mortske
You're welcome Bill!
That was a cool car to bad it’s so chewy
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Man that was rough. Just straight up brutal. That's why I have two rules. It's gotta have a title and not be stuck. 🤣 Good effort!
I had that exact car in baby blue back in the '90s. She is an elegant lady. It is too bad she wasn't taken care of better.
Bet it smelt so darn good when you pulled that pan amigo.
That spring in the cap is to keep the static out of the radio while you’re cruisin
Hell of a try brother. Watching from Indonesia, good video. Say hi to duff
Would make a fancy boat anchor,Liked, will watch more
Damn that's so sad. I'd love to have a 56 Cad, I even love the pink. I have a shell pink Stratocaster that would compliment that thing
I love me some old Caddy's!
Should've finished my sentence. But not this one.
Great car id love to see and duff cruise in shes a classic
Ya shes beat wow didn't think it'd be that bad
I really like this year! We have a 1956 Dodge Crusader and 1956 Chevy Belaire (or 210). There seems to be come controversy on what the exact model is on our Chevy. Either way, love the look of the 50’s!
This is a cool Cadillac! Someone Will buy this for sure
Yup, already sold!
@@MortskeRepair I knew it!! Love the videos brother!!
@@bigcaputo09 Thanks Matt!
I was told the spring in the dust cap was for grounding the drum to the chassis, anti static gadget.
Yup, for the AM radio
betting the other half of that tool is for hubcaps
I believe you're right!
Derelict Cadillac to play with is the best therapy...
Yes American cars from the mid 50's had ball bearings. I think they were easy to repack as compared to tapered roller bearings.It's a messy job regardless of the type. Do you suppose that's why we have cartridge bearings?
The year of this car is located on the dashboard right in front of the passenger. Cadillac did this on 1954/56 model years.
That's awesome!
looks like the oil pump may be OK, but the vacuum pump is toast.
Gotcha, learning something new every day!
That spring was probably a retainer to keep the hub nut from backing off.
Don’t listen to me I just noticed it was a standard castle nut with a pin so fahget aboot it🤷🏽♂️
For radio static surprisingly...
@@MortskeRepair honestly I believe it. They were ahead of their time. Like a Buick riviera having solar pop open head lights in 1964.
At 1:07:** “Now we’ve got a problem.” You were well past the point where I would’ve admitted defeat. Nice work and congratulations on 50k subscribers!
Thanks!
Bet when caddy was parked was in 8/10 condition maybe even a 10/10 sad how ppl put stuff/hoard away and neglect these classics😔
Ooft that's one chewy pink boat anchor
What a shame it wasn't stored somewhere dry
Yeah, sucky!
Just got to the part when you pulled the oil pan.... 😬 Holy jebus...
@@jockmchaggis6797 It'll be fine!
Another one Bites the Dust. Ohh well Mortske you gave it your best shot, you sure got lucky with Duff such a good boy. When are you going to do another live feed either just you or with the Puddininater lol 🤣🤣🤣
Someday when things slow down!
@@MortskeRepair ok 👌 thanks
The only life I thought you were going to find in that engine were more crickets.
I went through the same thing with one. Next time I'll find a late model Chev truck or suburban wrecked and use the motor & trans. But unless or until it runs and drives no point in fixing/replacing the sheet metal. Considering the shape of the engine/trans is as bad as the rest of the car, i'd guess it's just a parts car now or a derby car.
U could always call it the Morgueske Cadillac
haha
I’m new! I don’t know what do do! Flipping classic…..
Haha, glad you caught that!
We had a Kelvinator refrigerator in that color pink.
Be a sweet beer fridge!
@@MortskeRepair The refrigerator and matching pink propane stove was included in a 1959 10 by 40 foot New Moon trailer similar to the one used in the movie that Lucy and Desi did in the 1950s.
@@jamespn DANG!
Hey mate I think if you'd started with sandwiches🥳 at the beginning your enthusiasm would been more evident 🤪👍🏼
Still kool finding an old caddy 😉
Power on 🚀
Why don't you get a re-manufactured engine and do a frame off restoration?
Frame off restoration on a 50s cadillac is about 75 grand. Or more.
@@johnfranklin5277 Well, you can't just junk it. It's a Cadillac for Pete's sake!
Yeah, we can't afford a free meal around here.
Hey Bud can you please do more 80s cars those are bitching love your channel bub
Sure, wattaya wanna see? It's gotta have a carburetor tho!
I was born in 1956 the 28 th of Marsh..
Good morning.
You need to start drinking Canadian beer. Much better for you !! Lol
I'll check into that! Thanks Doc!
Rather sad...this would have been gorgeous when it was parked. Puts the rust in my Aussie fleet into proportion - it's bad enough, but it doesn't make me cry.
That poor Caddy. It was a beautiful car in its day. Oh well, as beautiful as 50s Caddys are, they weren't the best technology wise in the 50s unless they were kept extremely nice. Later Caddys have definitely gotten better, like any car I suppose. I've always been told that the breakthrough technology is stuff that GM experimented with, but they didn't want to put them in their Chevys, Pontiacs and Buicks, so they would basically give that stuff to their Cadillac division and say "here you go, knock yourself out, Cadillac" so to speak. I do like Cadillacs 60s (the 50s for their body styles) on up definitely had torque, not the best torque but pretty d&mn okay in my book. Definitely not muscle or truck torque, but their torque. Love the models and body designs throughout the years... and yes their technology after the 50s anyway.
I feel like a "cowboy" dealt with this car as Mortske would put it. Only thing is, the wiring didn't seem to be all cowboy'd with... hehe.
Give that Caddy all the Sandwiches
Take her up to cold war motors and let Scott play with it for a few years. That is one sweet ride... NOPE too far gone.
Scott wouldn't want this one!
you said there was water in the pan i bet the crank is rusted to the connecting rods
The fuel filler should be behind the tail light.
1956 caddy 365 was listed as 305 hp
Hot Rod Lincoln! Johnny Cash
Dude I love puddin
Those hubcaps are worth almost as much as the rest of the car
No doubt!
i guess that you can't win with those stuck engines mortske
Mortske boat anchor repair
How about some Beerfest clips...
Man, haven't seen that one in years! Just remember Willy Nelson at the end!
At 25:50 some critter goes across the air cleaner
Just a ball of hair
@@MortskeRepair I really thought I was onto something! Haha
The car is old enough that you could push it to start it, or see if it will spin.
If the engine was loose in the car I would think about it.
Just drop it at the house, I'll take it over
puddin is a great guy.
Sure is!
Send it back to Cadillac...
Rust: Makes cars fall apart, but holds brakes together stronger than a weld. This must have been a beautiful car back in it's day. Too bad it had to sit and rot.
Don’t forget lighter than carbon fiber
all good bro maybe next time she will be arunner
I don't think it rotted at ALL. I watched my uncle spend a lot of his time(35 years) fixing 3 "cancerlacs"
Ya crush it so people will know what to put time into and what not to
I love how Duff just jumps in there and gets to work giving the old nasal appraisal
Not much gets past that nose!
@@MortskeRepair BTW, that is not a torque converter. It's simply a fluid coupling. The trans is a four speed Hydramatic. With four forward speeds it didn't need the additional torque multiplication of a torque converter.
@@corvettejohn4507 You are correct. My 53 Pontiac had the Hydramatic. When taking off from a stop, the engine would rev slightly, much like letting out the clutch.
@@MortskeRepair duff knows what went on the last 75 years with 1 sniff
This is one of the main reasons I enjoy watching your channel. Oh we will just try to get this engine that hasn’t ran in over 30 years to run again. Oh this broke and that broke? I’ll just take it apart and fix it just to see if it will run again. DETERMINATION!!
The Spring in the Dust Cap is for Radio Suppression ..Helps keep Static out of the old Tube AM car radio
That's wild! Thanks!
Yes sir!!👍✌️🤙🏻👍
truth
Huh neat
Wow what will they think of next
It's Monday night in Hong Kong, and this is the best thing to happen to me today.
Almost seems like you've found all the local cars that can be started. Been awhile since you were able to get one running. But they're still fun to watch. Thanks!
We'll keep after it and get one someday!
@@MortskeRepair Derek from VGG, and Rich from DeBoss were saying in one of the latest vids that most old cars are picked over in MN/ND/SD.
Rich mentioned still a good amount in MT, WY, and ID
I still think he could have lapped the valves on that cabover Ford Flathead and got it to run lol
The best thing about a Monday morning is one of your videos!! Thanks for taking the time to share these with us
Glad you enjoyed it!
Almost like the vice grip guy
I think you had the right idea from the start of the video, this rust bucket has a lot of great parts for someone restoring a 1956 Caddy. You can make more than your money back by selling all the parts
That batwing air cleaner is much sought after, should be worth a hundred, maybe more.
Love the honesty and realism, not everything is worth saving...
Those early Hydramatics were once the hot deal - ever heard of B&M Hydros? They built them for drag racing.
Yes they did. The were the terror of the NHRA Junior Stock classes. 1955-1957 Chevy Sedan Deliveries were allowed to run them and they kicked but in their classes. Of course the Pontiacs did well with them too.
Don't think it's a torque converter, just a fluid coupling used in 1st gear only and then bypassed for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th...
Danged cricket had me second guessing myself everytime I heard him start back up. Thanks for the upload Mortske!
Monday morning anticipation of an Elvis resurrection turns into an alien autopsy, I was needing a few sammiches as things started going downhill fast. Good thing you had a clip of Puddin dancing to livin up the mood, they all can't be winners.
Glad you enjoyed that!
Someone somewhere needs that block I’m sure ! I heard those motors are pretty strong runners . You took it WAY farther then most people would !
Oh it won't go for scrap that's for sure!
I thought you were gonna lose the shop halfway through this one ! Talk about improper storage. This poor girl was done wrong !
I love the "car experts" standing around directing what to do!
Always!
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There are definitely some experts out here but I'm not going to say anything🤣.I've seen too many TH-cam know it all guys, one of them was telling me not to use or he couldn't use a ohm meter on a coil, he just takes the coil and throws it in the corner and I thought what a baby. But he broke out his own meter to test diodes, and I thought what a hypocrite not mortski some other dude. that had a TH-cam channel and thought he was God, he is very smart but he's not God. have a good day too bad that Cadillac was stored like that. I told him you can use a battery and a light bulb to test dials where do you use a ohm meter only when you want to .🙄
@@chriss5956 Nice!
Hardcore Barnfind. Mortske ALWAYS doin the hardest of the hard!
Wish it woulda turned out better!
Brings back memories of a 56' caddie taking off the drivers side of my once 52' Hillman Minx Convertible. I watched the whole thing as I was coming home from a date and it turned out it was a friend with his Moms /caddie. Big monster car hitting a small convertible. Thanks for the memories. That innocent happened in 59'.
Hey mortske. Next time you pull plugs on your next show? Be interesting to see how that vintage spark plugs cleaner works? Good show as always!!
Yeah we could surely do that!
@@MortskeRepair I would like to see that! I was about to pick one up? But since you have one. It would be very interesting I think on your next motor revival.
Thanks for sharing your adventures with us, I always love a Greta appearance 👍 best to you and the Duff Dog!
Lol so the kids can rip darts in the back killed me!!!
Well yeah! Start em young!
@@MortskeRepair I'm not gonna say I didn't have my first beer before age 10 but that's just a midwest thing like riding in the back of the truck it's normal for us!!
@@CPthetooladdict And we turned out just fine!
@@MortskeRepair ahhh the good old days!!
I needed some Mortske today, thanks for the video!
What a shame that car was left to rot. So sad!
I enjoy the struggle but there’s not always gold at the end of the rainbow….we all appreciate the post Mortem 👍🏻🇬🇧 keep up the hard work bud
Thanks Jim!
The struggle is real, Thanks Mortske.
I had high hopes for her to run but those were dashed when I saw how it was stored.😞. You did your best! That’s all we can ask for!👍
We got a good streak of dead ones going!
There's not much left of the old girl, part it out for some worthy survivor to keep on the road.
Too bad Mortske 😞, a 56 Caddy Hardtop in pink no less. As usual you gave it your all. Yes it was in a barn but Mother Nature made sure her goose was cooked. And who throws a bag of salt on the trunk lid of their car. 👎. I’m sure you were hoping for better outcome. Thanks for the vid Mortske n Duff you always entertain.
WHAT DO YOU THINK DUFF????? I THINK THE CADDYS ENGINE IS JUNK.. NEW ENGINE FIX THE FLOORS AND BODY .. YA!! OK DUFF,,.. THANKS GREAT,, VIDEO!! YOU SHOULD HAVE A T- SHIRT,, IN FRONT M. R . M. AND DUFFS PICTURE IN BACK.......
Just put this on some Cadillac forum for sale for parts for a few months and then take it to the junkyard.
I already found a local buyer to get the shell out of my way.
I have worked on several of these pos ever time you would make a plan like pull the inspection cover i would cringe cause I knew what u would find then the hole starter and flywheel mess I knew that that cast iron hydramatic 4spd wieghts about same as Honda civic
As I continue to watch that trans is a buick dynaflow they used them about a few yrs in some caddy's cause the hydramatic plant burned bad in like 1955
Good info! Thanks!
Penzoil Note: My dad bought a 1965 Pontiac Bonneville in 1966. Car had 3,200 miles on it and had it's first service before he drove it off from the dealership. He changed the oil in the car religiously its whole life at or before 3,500 miles and used Penzoil 10W-40 its whole life. He gave me the car for Christmas 1983 and in 1984 the timing chain broke at 158,000 miles. When I removed the valve covers there was literally only room for the rockers to move. Everything else was solid sludge, lifter valley was just as bad. I don't care if they say that they have changed the formula, I will not use Penzoil in anything ever.
Haha grandpa was right!
AMEN BROTHER!!! Pensoil sucks!!!!
Looks just like the one my Mom drove back in the day... we got rid of it in about 1964... 300 HP 365"... 4 speed Hydramatic... called "The Florida Color"... coral rose... Don't think it's a torque converter, just a fluid coupling used in a really low 1st gear only and then bypassed for direct mechanical 2nd, 3rd, and 4th for better MPG... prolly do 140 MPH...
Good stuff!
Yes, according to the brochure.
In fact, that transmission doesn't have a torque converter. The Hydramatic had a fluid coupling.
Yup, your correct. These young uns....lol.
Its serious when both supervisors show up matter of minutes of starting a job..Then OHSA shows up haha!
Thank goodness Greta never sent the EPA!
So... I'm watching the Caddy engine vomit its guts all over the garage floor and I'm thinking, does anybody think that fella is going about this the right way and wait... did I just hear crickets?
Yup, you sure did!
@@MortskeRepair lol
Man...this sure doesn't look like what Aretha was singing about in her Pink Cadillac song! Its a sad rust bucket!!
Had a mate had a 60 coupe de ville
Loved the self seeking radio….. but not the fuel consumption😂….. us brits suffer from over priced fuel🤦🏻♂️had been hit rear quarter…. 4ton of filler later looked fine…..🙄…….yours needs a bit more work…. At least Duff likes leather but not the back seat🤮
Well, I'm guessing maybe the frame was still okay? Maybe a restoration project for a really dedicated Cadillac fan with REALLY good metal fabricating skills. If you were to keep it, you'd have to name it Elvis. Either that or Mary Kay but Elvis gives it a little bit of masculinity.
I've been doing the same thing you have I got a 1972 Chevrolet K20 four-by-four that's been parked for 30 years it looked like Pepto-Bismol when I got it but it's beautiful now and it drives perfect
Dammit man, when ya fire up the the old "Rescue Rig" 250 to pump tires it's mandatory that ya gotta have the ole yellow beacon strobing away! haha ...yeah!!! Left tail light is probably the gas filler door too, just like '56 Bel Airs.
Next time I'll turn it on!
Sad this Cadillac could not be saved. Unfortunately not all are worth restoring. Hopefully you can part out this car and make some money, as well as help keep other 1956 Cadillac's on the road.
Had a willys m38a1c…… had to remove a piston using a block of wood an a 16lb sledge hammer…… it shifted!…… good luck👍🏼