Foose Design | 1949 Cadillac Gets Upgraded
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Bob "Bones" and Carolyn's 1949 Cadillac is a beauty, but often leaves them stranded. So we helped build them a cruiser that could go coast to coast while leaving the body alone and focusing on drivability and comfort.
Modifications-
•LS3 w/ 6speed 6L90E transmission
•Roadster Shop Chassis
•Custom exhaust system utilizing Magnaflow components and 4 mufflers
•Custom fuel tank from Rick's Tanks
•Baer Brakes
•Rewired electrical
•Fixed top and windows
•Repainted firewall and hood
•Vintage Air system
•Custom 18" wheels designed by Chip, machined by Mike Curtis/Curtis Speed Equipment
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It’s nice to see these older guys still working.
LOL, yeah man, I'm an old school hot rodder, 70 years young, and that was the first thing I noticed...... haha!!
All my life my dad had Cadillacs I had Cadillacs I'm 56 years old boy would I love to have a Cadillac like that how beautiful a car can be😊
I had an absolutely beautiful 52 Cadillac Convertible. Started perfectly cold, but hot it would barely turn over. After trying all kinds of things, I figured it out my self. I used a double ground wire, and that was it. Started like a new car thereafter. Sold it unfortunately because I was sick of idiots giving it door dings. I couldnt drive it and park it anywhere without being so nervous about parking lot hits. No matter where I parked it some idiot would park right next to me.
Looks better with the fender skirts on, I love the car, a beautiful vintage vehicle needed to be keep original, just my taste.
Everyone says this keep it original But if you want to drive and enjoy it Then you make it modern. You can always bring it back to original. He never cut the car up..
@@jcerullo5015have you ever driven one? I have. One of my brothers has owned a mint one for forty years and it’s a driver. This is something else.
Chip Foose & team just added 50+ years to the life of this American classic. Well done!
presioso cadillac, un sueño, saludos desde España, ahora vere todos vuestros videos, gracias.
I love it. Tastefully and meticulously done, but what else would expect from the master. Would love to drive it and experience the modern day performance, handling and ride, with that classic body and interior.
I like what Chip did to the car too, I wounder what something like that cost?
Probably $15,000 to $20,000
Those wheels are stunning!
They are only original once. I prefer my all original 58 Seville and 62 409 Imp, both of which have original miles in the teens. I’ve got a blazer LSX swap with aftermarket suspension, but my heart is with the originals. Might be hard to start and leak a little fluid, but so do I these days!
I appreciate the quality in the build, but something like this I believe should stay original. But it’s not my car.
Completely agree. Originality is now lost.
I agree with the displeasure. My advice would be to keep this one original and buy something different for long-distance cruising.
Yeah :(
It’s sad to see swap an original working engine in that shape…
I share your sentiment here, this is a nice vehicle for sure and very usable but I could never change my 41 series 60 😅 just feels wrong lol
I’m always fascinated with Chip’s attention to details, the red around the new wheels just like red steel rims under the factory hub cap back in the day. My first car was a ‘57 ElDorado, I sold it to finance college, best lesson I learned, you won’t find another one like it!
This is a build going on in my head for the last 50 years the AM chassis and LS swap more the last 10. But, age, health and financial situation keeps it just that , a dream! Nice Nick name for it, Sweet Dream, baby!
Beautiful job guys.
That car is gorgeous ❤️
True Craftsmanship... Foose is the best!
It is a pleasure to see your work! Thanks Chip for all that you have done to the car design industry! It will be very interesting seeing you do something minimalist and quiet.
OMG !!!! At the car in the first clips though !!!!!!! Double OMG at the end !!!!!!!
Gorgeous Job!! Well done. Regards from Europe Barcelona Spain
Chip Foose…just a regular dude working away in the shop…caddy has always been my favorite sleepers…
Amazing what a bucket of spare cash can achieve. Old school with modern underpinnings. SUPERB.
The new exhaust note has turned a beautiful car with a once passionate, soul stirring rumble (engine/exhaust), into what your pets turn into after they’ve neutered. Terrible. It’s now an Escalade masquerading as a ‘49 Cadi’. (Pet, cone of shame optional.)
Yeah, but it's nice to not have your ears hurt. I've had my share of cars that will rattle windows, and the exhaust note of my current car can be felt inside the house, but I added a muffler to tone it down for long trips. It doesn't smoke the tires from a 40mph roll as easily as it used to though, lol.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful transformation with your viewers!
Chip...............pure perfection.
another amazing build and I glad you didn't touch the body, that's priceless Americana.
My favorite car and my favorite builder. What a dream
I remember those big old boats with a three body trunk, this one is done right.
Wow! Beautiful! So fine!
Love the 4 muffler design. Rob's HP but makes a good sound. I get tired of everything sounding like a gravel truck. I'm guilty too.
During my younger years the exhaust had to be loud and proud. Today all I care for is dead silence. How the worm has turned.
@@johnvandeven2188 I think a powerful Caddy should have a low rumble telling you it's there but not get in the way of the conversation. This sounded really good.
Stunning
What A Super JOB...Beautiful Car... Really love those Wheels...!!
Mike Cutis is a wheel genius,
@@vinnieomahoney6359 Haven't heard his name for years. Good to see he's still making classy wheels!
I’ve always love the craftsmanship of Foose and the team. Two thumbs up!
👍🏾👍🏾
Absolutely amazing 🤩
Wow, that car oozes pure CLASS!
Oh Yeah my favorite builder/ designer. 😁😁😁😁
A touch of class that's hauls A$$.
Always a pleasure to watch highly skilled craftsmen do their thing. Beautiful car, guys! ✌️❤️🙂🇨🇦
That’s awesome, thanks for sharing.👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽😎😎😎
great job, i like this format showing the build progress
Beautiful job. Foose is a genius. Congratulations for the time.
Gorgeous Car Chip, I love your work. You have a Great Team
Beautiful.
A gorgeous car now made reliable, safe, and a pleasure to drive by skilled craftsman.
Wrong on all counts.
This is a joke.🙄👎
The late '40s were the pinnacle of automotive elegance. It all went downhill from there.
Absolutely stunning car great work like usual, that car is spot on a 100%. Some cars look better stock looking, and some cars can pull off full customs but this one needed to look stock.
Chip could pull off custom with any car.
Yay Chip… Yay Santa Barbara!
I always loved the fat "glug-glug-glug" exhaust tone on the old Caddy's. None of the upgrades took away from the original character of the car, but they are def an improvement. Xlnt philosophy.
I like what Chip did to the car too, I wounder what something like that cost?
Probably $15,000 to $20,000
I’m making a set of quarter panel trim spears from scratch for a 47 Caddy right now.
Love the music ....................
I like that Chip is hands on with all of his builds.
Do ya ? Is that what you like ? Cool.
Definitely loves what he does.
and ruins many of them... Chip's a talented man, but he's always going one step too far (IMO) whether it's the style/removing all badges/chrome accents, etc., and his paint jobs many times SUCK!!
NO HATE, I'd consider it an honor for Foose to do any of my cars, but many times I don't like his styling...the rest he's a genius/ frame off builds and such, can't top him.
LOVED IT!
sounded great at the beginning. I am all about a caddy being silent, but it did sound good before the work started.
Good job 👍
I like how the exhaust is properly argon purged.
Most exhaust fabricators either don’t know, or don’t care.
Usually purging is used when doing stainless for the food industry for standards, for an exhaust system, you don't really "need" to have it done as the exhaust will just eject any loose debris anyways, so long as the tube is sealed. You will also want to do it to any welds before a catalytic converter too, just to help with the efficiency and longevity of the converter. When you're working on the induction system, it's a completely different game, as you want to ensure that there is nothing on the inside of the wall that will make its way into the engine.
With Chip being Chip, he would want to make sure that the welds look as pretty on the inside as they do the outside, even though no one will see it. It's also why everything on the cars he builds have had time and attention given to it, even though it might never be seen again, as if it's not done to perfection, it shouldn't go on the car until it is.
@@MassageWithKlay
Not purging will affect the integrity of the weld, and cause it to crack due to vibration.
I’ve been doing this for thirty years, I should know.
Chip I got a 50 Pontiac two-door would love to do the same thing to it it's got originally 49,000 miles on it great job on the Cadillac
Fantastic work and a great video as well! Love seeing it all come together. Congrats on another stunning build!
You can daily drive that car to work now no issues with the engine perfect car
Now that was sweet !!! .
That hand painted red stripe around the rim made the whole car next level awesome. He is a genius.
Nice Ride
Jazz v8 soud beautifull pics ...
🤘🤘🤘
Beautiful Job and design on this car it seems Restomods are the going Craze these days in from the end result I can see why.
Awesome 😎👍
Amazing ☆☆☆☆☆
Can you imagine if you could have the guys that built that car back in 1949? See it now and get to drive it?
I would have happily watched this as 10 episodes, 10 minutes each with no music/narration, just shop audio.
No offense Chip,but I'm glad you didn't 2 tone this 1.Always liked the one a Kindigit,both are super!
A guy named Mike the stripe used to come to a little shop next to mine and his paint pallet was playboy magazine one page at a time
No one can match the quality and finish of Chip Foose
Thank GOD you didn't lower the car and make it some kind of hot rod. You did a beautiful and restrained reworking of a car that was already a masterpiece!
Much better without the fender skirts. So get glad you took them back off ..
Now y’all are just flat out using witchcraft for these phenomenal vehicles! 👍🏼
why have not any major car designers worked with Foose yet??? FOOSE come over to my TEXAS BBQ anytime sir !! Mesquite smoked chicken, catfish, shrimp...
Upgrade? The only thing left is part of the outer skin and some of the interior! They took a beautiful, INTACT classic and made a Harlem Cruiser out of it! I could have appreciated this more if they had rescued a soon-to-be-crushed junkyard car and did that to it.
It looked better with the wire wheels and no red stripe in my opinion.
Me too
classy car all the way...wheels rock!!....how much weight did you save with the new frame!?...reminds me of that 52 or 53 you overhauled for that lady real estate agent?.....that was the most beautiful car ive ever seen....charcoal gray i love...that was the picture of elegance!!..... thank you and your team for all you do...keep up the fantastic work....russell in va
I must say that is the perfect way to take a restored car and make it a pleasure to drive in today’s world ! Absolutely outstanding !!!
The Cadilac is beautiful nice and clean with a ls and the wheels look good CHIP FOOSE is the man 👍
Stunning, as always. When the money comes, I’ll send you a 1949 Series 60 Fleetwood Sedan for a similar treatment. Blessings on you all.
I have a '55 and '59 Fleetwood :)
Beautiful job guys............ That car is gorgeous ❤ !!!!!
Maravilloso
Gosh that is just plain beautiful - well done everyone; nothing more to say.
I have to hand it to Foose Design, that Cadillac has a perfect stance and is nice n low but not too low. Good job guys!
Chip actually works on the cars as opposed to kindigit!
What did you guys do with that beautiful Cadillac engine???
Gorgeous 😍
We had a 49 Chevy deluxe convertible.
I can see the similarities actually ❤
I noticed a lot of holes in the firewall being welded shut. This made me curious if the power windows and seat were left hydraulic, or were they converted to electric. The original hydraulic system was mounted on the firewall.
You are the best...☝️
Great looking upgrade, and just how I'd want it if it was mine. I noticed that the shots of the car driving at the end had the rear fender wheel covers removed, and in my opinion it looked much better. Amazing work!
The exhaust when it first rolled in was way too loud for the style of car, the new one is perfect. Beautiful job everyone!
It didn’t have any exhaust.
Haha! Well that explains it!
Superior! Thank you Guys, God Bless you All ! Best Wishes&Greetings from Germany! Mr.Foose,thank you for exist!
Subtle but superb ! Well you wouldn't expect anything less ! Great to nearly see Mike Curtiss ! Thankyou to all .
Sweet ..I’ll bet that thing rides like a soft cloud in a dream ..didn’t see any transmission work or change ..wouldn’t it need it with the new engine? ..anyway ..park it in my garage if needed ..
Foose is the best of the custom car builders today.
Got to Admire Chip. He has a plan is hands on from start to finish & the Execution of his guy’s work is Spot On. 👍
As a youth, I had a '57 Cadillac. It was the greatest car I ever owned.
Pittsburgh is full of hills and winding roads. That car held corners like an English sports car.
OK then?
Chip Foose is in a league of his own . Sweeeeeeeeeeeet.................
My 48 and 49 still run original 331 and many trips no issues
If it's Cadillac, it's got to be elegant, if it's elegant, it's got to be quiet! One of the hallmarks of the brand as not being able to tell if it was running! This, nice car! Too LOUD!
Just curious ... how much was the total cost of this great upgrade?
arte pura, capolavoro. uno spettacolo 💘💘💘💘
Chip Foose has a unique talent of modernising tradition always with class then adding that touch of bling to make the car look original yet a bit spicy. Perfect‼️☝🏻🧐
I have the 56 Chevy update you did saved now added this to the list, I love the updates as it makes the older cars more user friendly and you can definitely daily them, just goes to show you don’t need to spend mega bucks to own a foose touched car
Amazing build! I'm always inspired by Chip because he can do it all! Design, fabricate, build, you name it!
Love your work with your team. The car I would love to see you improve is the Facel Vega convertible.
Definitely a rare car!
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