I found a hood that's decently solid and not all the way on the west coast! So we road tripped to go get it. Supper excited that we were able to find one, I was starting to worry that we would just have to run the car without a hood. Pulled that sad 390ci Cadillac engine out of the car to sell and it was almost pulled apart down to the short block. the transmission was already out of the car. Just trying to get things organized and make progress on the old car. I'm going to learn how to paint with a spray gun and actually fix and paint the new hood. I hope to paint match and patina the new hood.

Welcome to the channel, I hope yall are excited as I am to build the ultimate tow pig! Its fitting because its pink! Don't get me wrong pulling and hauling with a nice late model pick up has its benefits but it's not nearly as cool or as fun as piling 6 deep in a 4-door hard top Cadillac and heading to the racetrack or some even with your junky racecar / streetcar in tow. Back in the day and up until I'd guess late 70s folks still flat towed hotrods or used a trailer but pulled in with the family car and sometimes something really cool like a corvette or another hotrod. For 4 years I have been wanting to build a Caddy to tow with and the best years for Cadillac were 59/60 in my opinion. I wanted a 4-door hardtop so everyone could tag along. If you missed the last video where we rescued this beautiful1960 Cadillac Series 62 4 door sedan from North Carolina after checking it out on Power Tour 2023. Stopped by an awesome fellas house and got to meet Rob and see his awesome collection. I saved a picture of his 1960 Cadillac towing a 1958 Corvette gasser with a blown LS to the racetrack. I saw a picture of his cars 4 years ago and have wanted to build one ever since. So back to the caddy.... if you're going to build the ultimate tow pig then it needs a diesel, right? What's the best diesel on the market for reliability and simplicity? CUMMINS! The 12 valve Cummins 5.9 is the best on the market. I happened to get a good buy on a junky 1996 Dodge Ram 3500 2wd a couple years ago with a built automatic and a turned up 5.9 12 valve Cummins. So, we have a great donor for the motor and transmission, which believe is a 47 RE. I hope to stuff that motor and trans in the caddy and keep it under the hood. Wide whitewall tires and slam it on the ground with air bags. I will build a trailer hitch to hide behind the license plate and pull our car trailer with. Will have to get that @poppyspatina gloss clear coat to wipe the caddy down with!