New guy with 1964 Cad Hearse in Alaska

[chestypuller]

i pulled my fuel tank out also, there some pinholes in the bottom of it. amyone repaired these? liner or jbwelded? or does this tank also come out of a more common vehicle?

[chestypuller]

found what i think will fit pretty close anyhow

73-91 GM 1 Ton Extra Heavy Duty Rear Leaf Spring [

# Leaves: 10 (9/1) Load: 4,650 Pack Thickness: 4-3/8 Measurements: 2-1/2 Wide 26x30

[chestypuller]

IF Anyones interested i got the leaf springs out, and they use a 5/8" spring bolt, they are 56.5" eye to eye and the center pin is 25.5" from front eye.

[chestypuller]

Have you looked deep door jambs or behind interior panels to see if there is a color difference?
My coach is currently pink (bought it that way) But I have lime green in the door jambs and white in the harder to reach places like under trim and behind my door panels.
My guess is your Commercial chassis was one color (black?) and the finished coach was possibly another

ya it looks like under some of the extrior pillar rear trim is silver, i wonder if they used a silver looking primer.

[Jus" Roach]

Have you looked deep door jambs or behind interior panels to see if there is a color difference?
My coach is currently pink (bought it that way) But I have lime green in the door jambs and white in the harder to reach places like under trim and behind my door panels.
My guess is your Commercial chassis was one color (black?) and the finished coach was possibly another

[chestypuller]

was working on the hearse tonight and noticed the black paint peeling in some places, and looks like silver metallic paint underneeth! i dont think it was originally black! anyone seen a silver hearse before?

[chestypuller]

dont think i wanna pay shipping on them! will be using truck springs i got laying around here.

[pyro]

I picked up a 63 Superior, and am going to either resell it, or part it out. Its an Arizona car, so the leaf springs are probaby gooing to be good. Its going to be 2-3 weeks before I lay claim to it.

[chestypuller]

i think im going to run the original rear axle, thing seems to drive good with the wood block under the frame between the axle where the leafs are snapped apart. still havent measured them, i really want to make this a driver sometime this summer! working on rebuilding the carb soon, and replacing all the rubber in cooling system and most gaskets as well as belts, and checking radiator for leaks.

got it in my barn now, just need to get that a$$ end up on some rail road ties so i can pull that axle. or work on the drivers spring swap. passanger is gonna need r&r too

brakes work, but hardly. im going to try to replace most the steel line and take the drums off to inspect what needs to be done. maybe swap discs onto the the back. what ever ends up being cheaper.

[chestypuller]

Normal rims are not riveted.

Rivets designate commercial chassis wheels to handle additional vehicle weight. (If you do want to swap them, be certian to check maximum weight capacity of other wheels before doing so - unless potential catastrophic FAIL is desired.) Cadillac first started playing with reversed inner lip/rivets on '59-'60 star wheels. (These are very uncommon, 90%+ were still 'normal', with rivets on reverse.) '61 was first year all commercial wheels flipped to having rivets on outside.

Interestingly enough, standard Cadillac hubcaps fit both standard and CC wheels - so outer lip remained constant throughout.

might just stick with stockers and get some hubcaps then. or do 1 ton truck rims and convert to 8 lug.

[60Crown]

Normal rims are not riveted.

Rivets designate commercial chassis wheels to handle additional vehicle weight. (If you do want to swap them, be certian to check maximum weight capacity of other wheels before doing so - unless potential catastrophic FAIL is desired.) Cadillac first started playing with reversed inner lip/rivets on '59-'60 star wheels. (These are very uncommon, 90%+ were still 'normal', with rivets on reverse.) '61 was first year all commercial wheels flipped to having rivets on outside.

Interestingly enough, standard Cadillac hubcaps fit both standard and CC wheels - so outer lip remained constant throughout.

[chestypuller]

this may be a dumb question, but why are the rims on cadillac hearse reversed looking? is it an offset thing? normal rims the welds and rivets are inside.

[Dickey]

My 58 is 5 on 5".

[chestypuller]

anyone know what bolt pattern these cadillacs are? i am hoping its the same as the 60's 70's gm muscle cars, since i see allot of them rims laying around, if not, whats it gonna take to convert it? i was also thinking of converting it to 8 on 6.5 1 ton pattern as theres lots of rims for that and i already have some. and a rear axle i could swap in.

[Weirdo]

That's one cool coach, Will be good to see more of it!