05/Apr/08 /18:01 filed in:
RestorationAs spring is finally in the air - I once again visited my buddy Gerald in Gmunden to wake up the Pimperado and to do some repairs.
Gerald and I started to work on our Cadillacs on tuesday. I´ve made a long "To Do" list of things that I want to improve this upcoming season.
Yesterday I removed the front driver seat to have some minor imperfections repaired at the upholstery shop. I also removed the gold plated head light bezels to have them re-plated in chrome. Also some other smaller parts of the interior, like the door handles will be re-plated. I´m doing this to change the appearance a little.
We also replaced the fuel pump on Gerald´s 1958 Eldorado.
You can read more about it on his website.Today the sun was shining and so we decided to take the cars out of the garage and do a little test-drive.
The Pimperado started right up. As there was no more front seat installed, temporarily I had to improvise a little - check the image below
The work will continue...
well - thats not really a Cadillac seat in there - but it was good enough for a spin around the block.
removing the headlight bezels
I will change them from gold- to chrome-plated
not the most comfortable seating position
spring cleaning in Gerald´s Garage
Tags:Spring 2008, Headlight bezel, Leather seats