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Re: Slosh Tubz new company project "Square Peg" frame laying 1987 GMC Jimmy

i love those huge caddies but its going to take some work and cash to find new glas for it , from wat i see on the photo's the metal seems ......ok on it for its age and all the trim still seems to be there , to bad about the rearbumper part being rusted through
the wheelcovers in the back will prolly take some searching though those are the first parts that go missing on a wreck right after the hubcaps (you might be able to find those in dessert valley autoparts in arizona or ebay if you know the partnumber i heared those hubcaps are about as expensive as a set of aloy rims (it might be an idea for a wheelmanifacturer to make a 22 inch rim with a machined center thats close to a caddy hubcap btw )
http://hubcapsonwheels.com/images/CC..._75_hubcap.jpg
i think they could hide the bolts behind a centercover like on the older machined wheels

are you going to go new tech old steel on it like with cloud 9 or go with an original guzzlin caddillac lump and restore it like it was comming out of the factorie?
from wat i understood the motors that caddillac made in those days where verry good they made out of a harder metal than the chevies out of that time (higher nickel carbon or chrome content in the metal sumtin like that ?) and there lighter than the chevy bigblocks too , unfortunately there allmost no go faster parts available and hardly any aftermarket dress up stuff
there was an article a long time ago in hot rod magazine of a budget dragster that used a caddy bottom end from one year and the heads from another , it raised the compression a little and they mounted some bigger valves to get it to breath a little better , think edelbrock makes a manifold for the old v8

kindah wondering if theres room for a 7.0 LS7 in there or its caddilac escalade counterpart , the weight of the car is enough to warant it , if you use a running truck as a donor and adapt the chevy truck / escalade frame to fit the classic body it would make getting wear out parts like brakepads . balljoints , and steeringlinkage , they prolly have ready made kits for airride suspension on the newer stuff too , and the frame would have good working brakes and an electronic transmission

Re: Slosh Tubz new company project "Square Peg" frame laying 1987 GMC Jimmy

IIRC... Didn't Richard (Gas Monkey Garage) already purchase "Dolly?"
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Nice save! Lay. It. Out. Smoothies. Black paint so deep you can swim in it. Lipstick red guts. Done.
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Re: Slosh Tubz new company project "Square Peg" frame laying 1987 GMC Jimmy

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Originally Posted by 67cheby (Post 5980858)

well....I bought our SEMA 2014 project today ! I drove by the metal yard on the way to work this morning they were waiting in line to scrap this !! 1955 Coupe Deville 2 door !

awesome save ,those bumpers are huge

Re: Slosh Tubz new company project "Square Peg" frame laying 1987 GMC Jimmy

With the progression of trucks I would have sworn an 88-98 would have been your next SEMA project. Slosh Tubz for the Old Body Style.
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Love the Caddy! That's awesome already.
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Originally Posted by 67cheby (Post 5980858)

well....I bought our SEMA 2014 project today ! I drove by the metal yard on the way to work this morning they were waiting in line to scrap this !! 1955 Coupe Deville 2 door !

A lot of work but Nice Save ! ! ! !

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Originally Posted by gringoloco (Post 5981827)

Nice save! Lay. It. Out. Smoothies. Black paint so deep you can swim in it. Lipstick red guts. Done.
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:agree:

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Originally Posted by watahyahknow (Post 5981627)

http://youtu.be/01FBQN4EDwY
yup

Okay... Just sayin
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Love the caddy!
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you only got 6 months to sema..

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Originally Posted by rhd_c10 (Post 5984146)

you only got 6 months to sema..

I think he was intending for 2014 SEMA

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Originally Posted by nibs (Post 5984169)

I think he was intending for 2014 SEMA

i know that... i was referring to 2013... for square peg...

Re: Slosh Tubz new company project "Square Peg" frame laying 1987 GMC Jimmy

That caddy looks cool Mike!

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Originally Posted by nibs (Post 5980988)

Im going to have to say, Im jealous of your life right now Mike...

LOL...thanks man

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Originally Posted by babyblueoval (Post 5980995)

I see 2 baja beetles in the background Mike. Just sayin'....... :lol:
yep there is !
The Caddy looks cool and the name is perfect!

thanks

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Originally Posted by watahyahknow (Post 5981514)

Who knows what I will end up doing, it will be clean/classic !

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Originally Posted by 72BlckButy (Post 5981588)

IIRC... Didn't Richard (Gas Monkey Garage) already purchase "Dolly?"
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dang.....re-name time !

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Originally Posted by watahyahknow (Post 5981627)

http://youtu.be/01FBQN4EDwY
yup

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Originally Posted by gringoloco (Post 5981827)

Nice save! Lay. It. Out. Smoothies. Black paint so deep you can swim in it. Lipstick red guts. Done.
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oh yea..

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Originally Posted by motornut (Post 5982057)

awesome save ,those bumpers are huge

LOL, yes they are

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Originally Posted by nt30 (Post 5982065)

With the progression of trucks I would have sworn an 88-98 would have been your next SEMA project. Slosh Tubz for the Old Body Style.
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oh they are coming SOON !

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Originally Posted by Zoomin (Post 5982159)

Love the Caddy! That's awesome already.
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thanks man

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Originally Posted by LODI3QTR (Post 5982644)

A lot of work but Nice Save ! ! ! !

YEP, but the kind of build that might do big things !

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Originally Posted by cAlvis165 (Post 5983396)

:agree:

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Originally Posted by 72BlckButy (Post 5983486)

Okay... Just sayin
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LOL

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Originally Posted by screaminchevypickup (Post 5984015)

Love the caddy!
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thanks man, me too !

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Originally Posted by rhd_c10 (Post 5984146)

you only got 6 months to sema..

yes fixing to really get to working !

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Originally Posted by nibs (Post 5984169)

I think he was intending for 2014 SEMA

Correct

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Originally Posted by Pop's C-10 (Post 5984176)

A lil caddy inspiration :metal:

http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/show...light=cadillac

I will check it out !

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Originally Posted by rhd_c10 (Post 5984190)

i know that... i was referring to 2013... for square peg...

LOL, I am fixing to crank up !

Re: Slosh Tubz new company project "Square Peg" frame laying 1987 GMC Jimmy

Did a little clean out.... I will start another build thread so I don't clutter this one up !

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Geez! Thats a lot of crap! lol

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there is more dead leaves in that thing than my backyard!
LOL

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Man--restore that old engine! Love those OEM valve covers!

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Originally Posted by Rusbuilt (Post 5984427)

Geez! Thats a lot of crap! lol

3 big trash cans full out of the back floor board !

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Originally Posted by nibs (Post 5984443)

there is more dead leaves in that thing than my backyard!
LOL

LOL !
[QUOTE=jkeating1;5984474]Man--restore that old engine! Love those OEM valve covers![/QUOTE

it does look cool !

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Originally Posted by jkeating1 (Post 5984474)

Man--restore that old engine! Love those OEM valve covers!

i think he be better off buying a running caddy engine if he wants to go that way, there seems to be a few parts missing and from all the rust i see i bet its seazed up too

it might be an idea to put the old covers on an LS7 as a cover over the ignition and the LS covers not sure if they would cover enough though

Re: Slosh Tubz new company project "Square Peg" frame laying 1987 GMC Jimmy

Send the chrome to modesto great work and good prices. You are going to need it with all the trim on that beast

Re: Slosh Tubz new company project "Square Peg" frame laying 1987 GMC Jimmy

Pretty sure that the front fenders & the doors & a lot of the glass & the patch panels on the rear quarters are same as '55 chevy 2-dr HT.

Lotsa parts-sharing went on across GM labels back in those years.