As on my former 1960 Coupe deville the original clock gave up after a short while when getting it running again after several years standstill. It was a complete melt down of the solenoid coil winding up the clock. I then decided to change/upgrade to a modern quartz clock mechanism getting rid of the old […]
Hi Decided to upgrade the front wheel bearings from ball bearings to roller bearings on my 1956 Cadillac ser 62 Coupe. Ball bearings was standard on Cadillacs up to 1960 when they changed to roller bearings. The roller bearings are more durable and especially today when many of us have upgraded? to radial tires which […]
Also on my Cadillac 1956 the original clock had stopped working and I decided to disassemble and see if it was repairable. I soon found the trouble. It was a small spring lever that transfer the turning motion from the driving spring mechanism to the clockwork that was broken. I fixed it (hopefully for a […]
It has been written a lot on how to tune cars and how to get more power at full speed or higher performance on the drag strip. But for us who cruise along in a leisurely pace, there is not much, this is why we have written this article about how to think when […]