1970 caddy sedan deville(sinister) lq4 s475 turbo cam=)
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Also, I have one more system that I will be working on that I will need some wisdom on certain 'parts ".... let's just say there's about to be 12 more pistons on the front of sinister.......ill post pics tomarrow....
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Caddy brakes are amazing. Drove Pap's '56 Series 62 coupe with 4 wheel power drums and could bounce your head off the dash with a tippy-toe on the pedal. This thing may look "generic" to the unassuming, but that's what is so cool about it.
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Whats even funnier is the size of the brake pedal, you can literally put both feet on it lol! Thanks, can't wait to get it back on the road,
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Yesterday's progress.... stuff is finally coming together permanently, I am doing some of the welding myself, more like having slag burn through the tops of my shoes and in between my toes...... for what seemed like forever......
Lower bars are set to length, lower brakets are tacked into place on axle and new portion of frame.
Speaking of that, I have quite a bit of time in that section, the horns are angled with the lower control arms, and should have easy up/down travel. I triangulate them at 15 degrees pointing towards the middle of the car (that's what the caddys original lowers were)
It took some trimming to get the horns to fit around the floor support, so what I cut out, I then boxed back in.
You can see where floor support was in the way
Lower bars are set to length, lower brakets are tacked into place on axle and new portion of frame.
Speaking of that, I have quite a bit of time in that section, the horns are angled with the lower control arms, and should have easy up/down travel. I triangulate them at 15 degrees pointing towards the middle of the car (that's what the caddys original lowers were)
It took some trimming to get the horns to fit around the floor support, so what I cut out, I then boxed back in.
You can see where floor support was in the way
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Looking good! I was wondering about the front brakes and how you were gonna make every thing work? Isn't the ford bolt pattern different on rotors? And how will you mount caliper? Do they sell brackets or you have to make your own?
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I'll have to make a bracket to go from crown Vic spindle to the brembo calipers, I haven't even looked at it to see what it will take, I'm have g hard enough time keeping my head wrapped around the rear end right now lol.