 Another old project (non 914), I'm blown away by East coaster's Caddy conversion |
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| barefoot |
 Feb 27 2026, 11:02 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,482 Joined: 19-March 13 From: Charleston SC Member No.: 15,673 Region Association: South East States 
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Just went thru East Coasters thread on Yukon/Caddy graft remind me of a very old project of mine started in 1960, yea I'm that old !
My first car in HS was a 40 Ford coupe with the Olds Rocket 88 motor conversion. I drove that in High School until I got tired of blowing ford transmissions, even blew one trying to get unstuck from a snowdrift! Thank god old tranny's were plentiful in the bone yard. Got pretty good at those replacements working on the dirt floor of Dad's garage. That had to change, so sourced a LaSalle tranny and a Pontiac rear end and started the conversion. Had to adapt to longitudinal rear springs rather than the old Ford transverse kit. I din't have a fancy lift like East Coaster has & can't remember how I got the body off must have been some HS buddies. But that made the conversion work much easier. Just had stick & Oxy/acetylene touch for welding, no TIG or MIG. Tools then were dad's Craftsman 1/2 drill & angle grinder. Thats when Craftsman made REAL tools. I fabed up the headers and planned on a cap for street driving. I'd sourced Corvair turbo mufflers (2.5" diameter tubing) College & work got in the way of finishing this, just needed driveshaft & shift linkage as I recall so it went off to a buddy to finish. Oh well, it kept my creative juices flowing for a while. Barefoot    |
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| Root_Werks |
Feb 27 2026, 11:14 AM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,901 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Those old coupes, man they just look sweet.
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| Ottomotion |
Feb 27 2026, 12:17 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 12-January 23 From: Central California Member No.: 27,090 Region Association: None |
Mine has an Elephant in it...
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| TJB/914 |
Feb 27 2026, 12:30 PM
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| Artfrombama |
Feb 27 2026, 12:39 PM
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Artfrombama Group: Members Posts: 429 Joined: 21-January 24 From: One of the chosen few Member No.: 27,870 Region Association: South East States
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Cool story @barefoot
Still have the car? Have you kept up with it? That was quite an accomplishment for a 17-18 year old kid. |
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