Just listening to that purr when you backed her out of the garage leaves me grinning from ear to ear. What a song, and what a beauty. Hurray for a new wiper motor! And clever way to use the original switch. This whole adventure is so much fun to watch.
I've watched nearly every video of how you brought this car back to life. It is good to see you drive and work on it from time to time. Wiper function is a safety feature that is required for safe driving in the kind of rainstorm you showed us.
I love these 50s Cadillacs...The epitome of American class and distinction. A quiet, dignified beauty, with Botero-esque girth, without being stuffy like a Rolls or something exotic. This one has its old girl patina, a great warm color- showing its maturity, but still here, still alive thanks to Ben. A car has a soul- and the CAR thanks you.
I remember well when you showed us that car for the first time, I think a lot of us fell for it as hard as you did, Ben. After watching all the trials and tribulations you went through and watching you learn your craft it is fun to see you bring it out for the little jobs like this.
Yes, vacuum wipers are really not reliable. My first vehicle was a 1962 Jeep CJ5 with vacuum wipers. They would work okay sitting still, but once you got going and pressed down on the accelerator, those wipers would stand still.
"You can never have too much garage space." I wish I had a garage to work on my project car. Ha ha! Always like seeing the Caddy and what new improvements there are.
We had a ‘59, bought new for $4500. I still recall every detail. All shiny chrome, stainless, aluminum, and painted metal were excellent quality, inside and out. Looked like new when sold 12 years later.
If the car was pristine and your goal was to keep it all original, it probably wouldn’t be a car that you drive frequently (except maybe to car shows) and you sure wouldn’t drive in inclement weather. But, it’s not that kind of a car. It’s in good condition, deserves to be driven and should be modified to any extent necessary to keep you and your family safe. Great job modifying the original control knob to fit! I just love hearing the way that old Hydramatic shifts in your videos. It brings back fun memories of driving my dad’s Oldsmobile.
I know this is a older video, but I do love the 55! I watched all the videos of when you got it up to getting it running and doing all the work to make it road worthy. such a great car. Your so lucky to have such a treasure.
Great job Ben. I don’t blame you a bit for wanting to make your Cadillac safe for your family. No one should have a problem with that. The wiper motor turned out great.
Absolutely! Driveability, it's a fun ride not a museum piece. I remember them new and although I owned 3 Cadillacs, I always wanted a 50's barge. More power to ya!
I love your Texas attitude "Just save it cause it's gonna happen" is just perfect because IMO, wipers fall into the same category as disc brake conversions or some other safety conversion. This is about staying alive and not killing other people. Good work.
Ben, don't worry about the purists. Your car is a driver . . . let them go out to their shop and wax their cars that don't see much weather. You are making yours more reliable, more fun, and easier to drive. You are enjoying yours and I respect that. By the way, I'm an "old codger, old school, and 72". Enjoy it Ben . . . Rog
should have given a shout out to the USA company that made the new wiper assembly and/or your thoughts on the quality..small businesses need our support more than ever...
Keeping a classic car "all original" and "factory" has its place; mainly on the concourse of a major car show, or when selling it, depending greatly on your target audience. Making the car functional and reliable for actual use is equally valid, especially if you never plan on selling it. And even if you do, there are several potential buyer who, like yourself, would rather have it working and reliable than 1956 correct. I mean, as soon as someone replaced the original polyglass tires with radials, it wasn't factory correct. I love what you've done, and what you're doing, to this '56 Caddy.
I remember my dad pulling over to the side of the road in our 1958 Chevrolet wagon. Going uphill on a NH mountain road made the wipers stop completely. We've got a 57 Chevy with vacuum wipers, and I have a replacement electric motor I never installed. I'm in Palm Springs, and unlikely to ever drive the Chevy in the rain.
Great job Ben now it's time to learn how to paint so you can make that Beauty look like she did when she was new I've owned Two Cadillacs 1965 Cadillac two-door Coupe DeVille and a 1989 Cadillac Brougham d'Elegance for door loved both of them
I think you did a great job on this conversion, and were pretty ingenious in making it look stock/original from the interior view. Although obviously not “factory” under the hood, I’ve had these 50s GM vacuum wiper motors on several cars, and the electric motor is far superior. You did an awesome job with the washer pump switch and hiding the washer pump. You did the conversion exactly the way I would’ve wanted to… but probably wouldn’t have been as ingenious as you were. The heck with the critics and purists who will pick this apart because it’s “not like factory”. If anyone ever drove one of these vehicles from the 50s in anything more than a light sprinkle or rain, you’d know how lousy they were. Most of the time they would just stop and not move at all. And forget it in snow! Just horrible!! You did a fantastic job! Thanks for a very interesting and well done video!
That vacuum motor runs on manifold vacuum. When you accelerate, you loose manifold vacuum, so the motor stops.... no different that turning the valve off. The ONLY way your going to correct it, is with what your doing. The factory carburetor is a better carb. The key is, set them up 100% to factory specs., making sure nothing is badly worn, like the choke pull off. They always ware out, and end up being a vacuum leak. Glad to see your working on that awesome car!
@@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge If you look at the taillights you will see at the bottom of the lens there is a clear section, that is where the backup lights are. We had a 55 Pontiac Star Chief and it had backup lights, if a Pontiac had backup lights you know a Cadillac would have them.
Love it Ben!!! Feel your pain! My C3 has no wipers, no defrost, , scoop on the hood, quad Holley carb, fly eye filter, and I live in Tulsa... have to watch the winds before cruising with the T-tops...
love the videos on the caddy, I have a 1949 the the wipers can be a pain, don't blame you for putting in electric. However, on most of the caddy's there was a built in vacuum source on the fuel pump, most of the original units had them along with glass bowl, you did not have the problem as there was always a constant vacuum source, still would swap it out :)
Very nice walk around space in the new Caddy resting place. Ewwwww, Walmart. Too convenient for me. I remember vacuum wipers. 😃😂 Old guys??? 😒 😂 To heck with comments, except mine of course. 💁🏼♂️ Great outcome with the wiper/washer re-do. 👌👌👌
Nice to upgrade the wipers. But if you are going to drive with your family the back-up lights need to be operational 'cause I didn't see them working when you backed the Caddy out of the garage. Love the videos. They are always great viewing!
Nice work, Ben - you've done a great job of giving that ol' Caddy a new life. I know patina is the latest cool dude thing, but I think it would be nice to see some body repairs and a lick of paint on this ol' gal.
Great retro on the wipers, I had a '62 Ford Falcon with vacuum wipers and they ran off of the fuel pump, sounds funny but the top of the fuel pump was vacuum for the wipers and they actually worked pretty well,,acelleration would slow them abit but all in all was functional, thanks for sharing and as always"Howdy from Texas 😁"!!
I use Rain x on my glass, sides and back, every vehicle I drive, makes driving in heavy rain much safer. A lot of times I don’t even turn on the wipers, well 60 + years from 1956 some wipers just come on by themselves.
I noticed your Kennedy bumper sticker on the back window. On my '68 Chev window I have an original "Nixon's The One" bumper sticker from the 1968 election!
usually there is a vacuum ball that builds and holds vacuum for accessories when vacuum is high, so it delivers it when it is low, and is does not give it back to the engine, but only to the accessories hosed off it
I remember back in the '60's how slow the vacuum wipers were on a 1948 Chevrolet when the car was accelerating. Now I'm a purist, but a practical purist, who says that safety trumps originality. What good is being all original if you get in a wreck because you could not see in the rain? Also, I hope you put a dual chamber master cylinder on it to replace the original single cylinder m/c. Keep up the good work on that Caddy! Btw, your back-up lights are not working. But that will be another project for another video.
always look forward to your project videos. just me personally I would have cleaned up the holder for the water bottle. just some flat black or even silver paint.
I do enjoy completely stock vehicles. Now having said that I am an even bigger fan of doing upgrades for the sake of reliability. Especially as it pertains to safety. I'm probably going to be doing at least a front disc conversion and power brake upgrade on my 57 sedan. 4 wheel drum single res non power brakes are fairly horrible. Especially when you've already got one foot on a clutch pedal, lol.
Vacuum is at its highest level in idle. As soon as you open the throttle the vacuum disappears. Your wipers worked well, so the "motor" is not the problem. You could have fitted a modern vacuum pump like they use them on diesel engines for the break booster and kept the original vacuum motor.
Your philosophy on originality vs functionality is very similar to mine, make it so you enjoy driving it. I don’t know why anyone has a problem with a dimple bolt on mod that could be reversed anyway.
I learned to drive on a 54 Ford and my first car was a 51 Chevy. Both had vacuum wipers and would slow way down and even stop when you accelerated. I did not like the 6 Volt systems on those early rigs either.
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"No man can ever say you have too many garage spaces..." TRUTH!!!! PREACH BROTHAH, PREACH!!!!
Just listening to that purr when you backed her out of the garage leaves me grinning from ear to ear. What a song, and what a beauty.
Hurray for a new wiper motor! And clever way to use the original switch. This whole adventure is so much fun to watch.
I've watched nearly every video of how you brought this car back to life. It is good to see you drive and work on it from time to time. Wiper function is a safety feature that is required for safe driving in the kind of rainstorm you showed us.
Always enjoy seeing the progress on the Caddy and happy she has a good dry home to live in between drives.
I love these 50s Cadillacs...The epitome of American class and distinction. A quiet, dignified beauty, with Botero-esque girth, without being stuffy like a Rolls or something exotic.
This one has its old girl patina, a great warm color- showing its maturity, but still here, still alive thanks to Ben. A car has a soul- and the CAR thanks you.
I remember well when you showed us that car for the first time, I think a lot of us fell for it as hard as you did, Ben. After watching all the trials and tribulations you went through and watching you learn your craft it is fun to see you bring it out for the little jobs like this.
I can't get enough of your Cadillac videos......Russell D.
Yes, vacuum wipers are really not reliable. My first vehicle was a 1962 Jeep CJ5 with vacuum wipers. They would work okay sitting still, but once you got going and pressed down on the accelerator, those wipers would stand still.
"You can never have too much garage space." I wish I had a garage to work on my project car. Ha ha! Always like seeing the Caddy and what new improvements there are.
Vacuum wipers, drum manual brakes, bias-ply tires. Those were exciting times.
I just love the videos with the Cadillac can't get enough of them
We had a ‘59, bought new for $4500. I still recall every detail. All shiny chrome, stainless, aluminum, and painted metal were excellent quality, inside and out. Looked like new when sold 12 years later.
I know your "Corvette Ben" but I can't get enough of that sweet Caddy.
Good to see the caddy! What a rain storm!!
If the car was pristine and your goal was to keep it all original, it probably wouldn’t be a car that you drive frequently (except maybe to car shows) and you sure wouldn’t drive in inclement weather. But, it’s not that kind of a car. It’s in good condition, deserves to be driven and should be modified to any extent necessary to keep you and your family safe. Great job modifying the original control knob to fit! I just love hearing the way that old Hydramatic shifts in your videos. It brings back fun memories of driving my dad’s Oldsmobile.
I know this is a older video, but I do love the 55! I watched all the videos of when you got it up to getting it running and doing all the work to make it road worthy. such a great car. Your so lucky to have such a treasure.
Love love that you are making that car whole again
Great job Ben. I don’t blame you a bit for wanting to make your Cadillac safe for your family. No one should have a problem with that. The wiper motor turned out great.
Absolutely! Driveability, it's a fun ride not a museum piece. I remember them new and although I owned 3 Cadillacs, I always wanted a 50's barge. More power to ya!
I love your Texas attitude "Just save it cause it's gonna happen" is just perfect because IMO, wipers fall into the same category as disc brake conversions or some other safety conversion. This is about staying alive and not killing other people. Good work.
Ben, don't worry about the purists. Your car is a driver . . . let them go out to their shop and wax their cars that don't see much weather. You are making yours more reliable, more fun,
and easier to drive. You are enjoying yours and I respect that. By the way, I'm an "old codger, old school, and 72". Enjoy it Ben . . . Rog
should have given a shout out to the USA company that made the new wiper assembly and/or your thoughts on the quality..small businesses need our support more than ever...
I'm glad you used the original knob. I hate hack work and the extra time you took to have it look right was worth it.
It's better to be safe. No one sees under the hood unless you show them. Great stuff. Love the Cadillac!
Nothing wrong with adding modern convenience and safety!
Great job, love the videos, I wax my windows so the rain blows off at 35mph use wipers less.
Great fan of improving an old car so you can enjoy it in a safe manner.
Keeping a classic car "all original" and "factory" has its place; mainly on the concourse of a major car show, or when selling it, depending greatly on your target audience. Making the car functional and reliable for actual use is equally valid, especially if you never plan on selling it. And even if you do, there are several potential buyer who, like yourself, would rather have it working and reliable than 1956 correct. I mean, as soon as someone replaced the original polyglass tires with radials, it wasn't factory correct. I love what you've done, and what you're doing, to this '56 Caddy.
Yeah the car has had radials on it since it went back on the road. Never considered that an upgrade till you mentioned it.
I love the charm of vacuum wipers. But to each their own!
I remember my dad pulling over to the side of the road in our 1958 Chevrolet wagon. Going uphill on a NH mountain road made the wipers stop completely. We've got a 57 Chevy with vacuum wipers, and I have a replacement electric motor I never installed. I'm in Palm Springs, and unlikely to ever drive the Chevy in the rain.
Great job Ben now it's time to learn how to paint so you can make that Beauty look like she did when she was new I've owned Two Cadillacs 1965 Cadillac two-door Coupe DeVille and a 1989 Cadillac Brougham d'Elegance for door loved both of them
Who cares if they complain. Your car, you do what makes you happy.
I think you did a great job on this conversion, and were pretty ingenious in making it look stock/original from the interior view. Although obviously not “factory” under the hood, I’ve had these 50s GM vacuum wiper motors on several cars, and the electric motor is far superior. You did an awesome job with the washer pump switch and hiding the washer pump. You did the conversion exactly the way I would’ve wanted to… but probably wouldn’t have been as ingenious as you were.
The heck with the critics and purists who will pick this apart because it’s “not like factory”. If anyone ever drove one of these vehicles from the 50s in anything more than a light sprinkle or rain, you’d know how lousy they were. Most of the time they would just stop and not move at all. And forget it in snow! Just horrible!! You did a fantastic job! Thanks for a very interesting and well done video!
Love the new garage configuration. Awesome job on the updated wiper motor & washer. 🏋️♂️ 👍👍
That vacuum motor runs on manifold vacuum. When you accelerate, you loose manifold vacuum, so the motor stops.... no different that turning the valve off. The ONLY way your going to correct it, is with what your doing. The factory carburetor is a better carb. The key is, set them up 100% to factory specs., making sure nothing is badly worn, like the choke pull off. They always ware out, and end up being a vacuum leak. Glad to see your working on that awesome car!
I agree factory carbs is better Rochester 4 jets
Great to see the 56 on the road! I couldn’t help but see a certain 69 C-10 in the background. Lol
love the Cadillac backup lights dont come on when she is in reverse
New video coming up ...
I don't think this even has backup lights?
@@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge If you look at the taillights you will see at the bottom of the lens there is a clear section, that is where the backup lights are. We had a 55 Pontiac Star Chief and it had backup lights, if a Pontiac had backup lights you know a Cadillac would have them.
I Love This Car! Please keep fixing it up, would love to see it painted the same Color..Beautiful!
Love it Ben!!! Feel your pain! My C3 has no wipers, no defrost, , scoop on the hood, quad Holley carb, fly eye filter, and I live in Tulsa... have to watch the winds before cruising with the T-tops...
I always hit like and then watch when we get to see the Caddy. 👊☮️
love the videos on the caddy, I have a 1949 the the wipers can be a pain, don't blame you for putting in electric. However, on most of the caddy's there was a built in vacuum source on the fuel pump, most of the original units had them along with glass bowl, you did not have the problem as there was always a constant vacuum source, still would swap it out :)
Very nice walk around space in the new Caddy resting place.
Ewwwww, Walmart. Too convenient for me.
I remember vacuum wipers. 😃😂
Old guys??? 😒 😂
To heck with comments, except mine of course. 💁🏼♂️
Great outcome with the wiper/washer re-do. 👌👌👌
Nice to upgrade the wipers. But if you are going to drive with your family the back-up lights need to be operational 'cause I didn't see them working when you backed the Caddy out of the garage. Love the videos. They are always great viewing!
Nice work, Ben - you've done a great job of giving that ol' Caddy a new life. I know patina is the latest cool dude thing, but I think it would be nice to see some body repairs and a lick of paint on this ol' gal.
I went through this in an old Willis Jeep. I put a larger vaccum can in. It helped a lot. Your doing it one better.
Great job installing that electric windshield washer assembly. That's definitely going to be better in those Texas downpours. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent upgrade.
To the heck with it!!! It's your car, do with it all that you want to do with it! Enjoy it! If you can not enjoy it, why have it? Good video!
Great retro on the wipers, I had a '62 Ford Falcon with vacuum wipers and they ran off of the fuel pump, sounds funny but the top of the fuel pump was vacuum for the wipers and they actually worked pretty well,,acelleration would slow them abit but all in all was functional, thanks for sharing and as always"Howdy from Texas 😁"!!
I use Rain x on my glass, sides and back, every vehicle I drive, makes driving in heavy rain much safer. A lot of times I don’t even turn on the wipers, well 60 + years from 1956 some wipers just come on by themselves.
Wise choice Ben!
Don’t listen to all the nonsense people say. I know you know that already.😁
Great work Ben!
I noticed your Kennedy bumper sticker on the back window. On my '68 Chev window I have an original "Nixon's The One" bumper sticker from the 1968 election!
Vacuum wipers are terrible, I don't blame you at all for modifying them.
Good Job Ben, Makin progress ea time you tinker with her. Thumbs Up !!!!
Another nice job of explaining what you were doing and why! Thanks for sharing! 8-)
I love those old cadillac's i would love to own one one day. love your video's keep up the good work stay safe .
The wiper motors crack had me rolling.
I like functionality over factory any day of the week! You won't be sitting under that awning next time!
Great job on the wipers. I HATED the vacuum wipers on my '41 Chevy.
A job well done Ben 👍. I’m with you, I like to keep things original too but this is a safety upgrade and in the end, it could all easily be reversed.
Good retrofit. What! No backup lights? 😉
I adapted a 61 Falcon electric wiper motor to my 59 Fairlane. Vacuum wipers suck. Best mod ever.
not a complaint from me for sure, added the same conversion to my 53 bel air, good job!
I remember vacuum wipers on my 1953 Ford. Great while your stopped, but...
I was waiting for you to do this after the washer pump video. My 55 Star Chief wipers are not working. That is a great add.
We had vacuum wipers in our 1958 Rambler, hit the gas they go slow and speed up when you let off the gas.
Good job. A word to the wise, mount that washer pump to the firewall. Please don't rely on the zip tie cables, they do break.
You may also opt to convert the drum breaks to disks. A car that heavy could really use them. Would make the car a lot more useable.
1971 Gremlin had a vacuum wiper system that worked amazingly well under acceleration load.
Nice job! I really would LUV to see you paint the body w/"rattle cans"
A bonus Cadillac 👍👍👍
Very cool video and project!!!👍🏼😎❤️
usually there is a vacuum ball that builds and holds vacuum for accessories when vacuum is high, so it delivers it when it is low, and is does not give it back to the engine, but only to the accessories hosed off it
I love that car. It's so awesome. 😁
Good work 👌
Love the Patina..
Looks good and is much safer than the vacum setup.
Love your channel look forward to seeing your videos
Good job ! that is way better !!!
Love ur vids Ben I'm thinking of getting a 73 corvette C3 when I get older.
I remember back in the '60's how slow the vacuum wipers were on a 1948 Chevrolet when the car was accelerating. Now I'm a purist, but a practical purist, who says that safety trumps originality. What good is being all original if you get in a wreck because you could not see in the rain? Also, I hope you put a dual chamber master cylinder on it to replace the original single cylinder m/c. Keep up the good work on that Caddy! Btw, your back-up lights are not working. But that will be another project for another video.
always look forward to your project videos. just me personally I would have cleaned up the holder for the water bottle. just some flat black or even silver paint.
Love that Caddy!
Not a big fan of Cadillacs but that's one sharp car! Nice upgrade on the wipers. 👍
I do enjoy completely stock vehicles. Now having said that I am an even bigger fan of doing upgrades for the sake of reliability. Especially as it pertains to safety. I'm probably going to be doing at least a front disc conversion and power brake upgrade on my 57 sedan. 4 wheel drum single res non power brakes are fairly horrible. Especially when you've already got one foot on a clutch pedal, lol.
I have 7 garage spaces- but only 6 cars right now!
Ben I know your fixing the problem on your wipers. Use some rainX fluid. I put it on all my cars, and the Apache helicopter! 😁
Great job Ben the point is to keep the old girl on the road
Vacuum is at its highest level in idle. As soon as you open the throttle the vacuum disappears.
Your wipers worked well, so the "motor" is not the problem. You could have fitted a modern vacuum pump like they use them on diesel engines for the break booster and kept the original vacuum motor.
Absolutely love that Cadillac complete restoration or restomod I don't care either way I'm good God bless
Job well done 👍
Welcome back I thought you were M.I.A. Glad you are back
Your philosophy on originality vs functionality is very similar to mine, make it so you enjoy driving it. I don’t know why anyone has a problem with a dimple bolt on mod that could be reversed anyway.
your new electric washer pump is a Chrysler design. it works quite well.
Trial and error, trial and error. That extra garage space is worth it!
I learned to drive on a 54 Ford and my first car was a 51 Chevy. Both had vacuum wipers and would slow way down and even stop when you accelerated. I did not like the 6 Volt systems on those early rigs either.
That was cool. Them old vacuum wipperwere not the best that's for sure.
During rainstorms, you have to take it to Denton and step out with a newspaper on your head and sing "Over at the Frankenstein Place."
Nice swap.
Get you some silicone wiper blades. It will help so much also
Nice work. Make a video of the modification for the sprayer. Needs to hit the windshield in a wide spray not a stream over the hood😅 good job though👍
Spray nozzles just need aimed a hair lower. Five second fix
Beautiful Cadillac, thanks for sharing. Will you do the paint too?
Ben - please show a video of repairing the reverse lights!