[The Stickman]

Well It is about time I started one for this car. And the car has already cost me blood. I cut my finger/hand with the grinder. My room mate Sarah was there and saw my hand and said I definitely need to go to the ER. Now she didn't tell me at the time. But she told me after that she could see the tendon. The Doc said I just missed it. Pretty darn lucky. I was cutting a bracket off as I was doing an LED light install in my bumper. I installed 4 inch LED's that are frenched into the bumper. The stock grill and bumper are being used as I like them better than what was on it when I bought it. Here are some pics. The first is the before pic.






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh1KuyuALQ0

Now Let me tell you a little more about the car. It is a 1996 Cadillac Hearse made by Federal and the model is The Heritage. It is fully loaded and has full power leather seats on both sides. It has an LT-1 that has been re-prom'd and has the Hooker Competition header with dual cats. It has a complete AutoMeter Phantom gauge cluster in the dash. It has stock the 14 bolt 9.5 rearend in it. The rear gear is now a Grizzly 4.10 unit with an Eaton Tru Trac diff. It also has UMI upper and lower control arms in the rear. It will have 17X9.5 wheels with BFG G-Force Sports 275/40-17 tires. I will be lowering it but how much I am not sure yet. I have to see if my Eibachs will work and if so how much they drop it. The car will also get some custom body work besides the cowl hood and bumper mods, when it starts getting warmer.

 

[Stewzer55]

Those lights look good in the bumper, interesting custom for sure.

 

[The Stickman]

Ok time for an update. I have done a few more things to the front end to clean it up but it still needs lots of work. Also have the wheels and tires for it but the tires aren't mounted on the wheels yet. Hope to get that done this week. I have also gotten Blue LED's for the dash which looks rather cool if you ask me. I am very pleased with that. I also put in the front Eibach springs from my old Custom Cruiser. Dropped the nose down where I want. Hope to get the rear springs in this week too. I just hope all the extra weight doesn't make it sag in the rear. Here are some pics.

 

[rpm-inc]

I like it! You got another pic of the gauges further back? I am going to have to something similar with can bus gauges.

 

[Blue Wail]

Nice headlights. I took me a minute to recognize the mod to the front fenders.

Gonna paint the interior black?
Should be a unique car.
Keep us up to date on it.

Nab

 

[The Stickman]

I like it! You got another pic of the gauges further back? I am going to have to something similar with can bus gauges.

I will have to try to get a better pic. It's hard at the moment as the car has a tiny steering wheel so it gets in the way of the shot. Also makes the car hard to drive. So new steering wheel is a must.

 

[The Stickman]

Nice headlights. I took me a minute to recognize the mod to the front fenders.

Gonna paint the interior black?
Should be a unique car.
Keep us up to date on it.

Nab

I would love to do the interior in black but there is so much interior that is blue. A lot is already custom though done by the previous owner.

 

[The Stickman]

Now sitting level and fully lowered. It is really getting there.

 

[Toms9C1]

I would love to have one of these. Nice job man!

 

[The Stickman]

I have some new pics with the new wheels and tires on. Slight rub on the right rear but that should be fixed Saturday. They are 17X9.5 JNC's with 275/40-17 BFG G-Force Sports Comp2's

 

[96 Black]

It'll make one helluva movie!



bound to be better than this one:

 

[The Stickman]

bound to be better than this one:

I always loved THE CAR. Wish I could figure a way to make that horn. There is also a Lincoln Hearse that looks alot like THE CAR>

 

[The Stickman]

Tiny update. I finally got a new 15 inch steering wheel to replace the 13 inch version that was on the car. What a difference. It steers and turns better. It was way over sensitive with the other one on it. I can now see all my gauges. Well except the fuel gauge which is obscured by the wiper/turn signal stalk and tilt mechanism. I also hit up the 2 best U Pull-it yards around and not a Fleetwood to be found. So I will have to look elsewhere for front fenders.

 

[The Stickman]

Well I got some things done. The car has new fenders and the blinker block off panels are done better and sealed off better. There are also little LEDs for side marker and blinkers. I also sealed up the holes in the rear quarters and rattle canned the car satin black so it is all one color.

 

[Blue Wail]

ha ha, looks like you either joined a funeral procession or are also in the hearse club.
Very cool.

Nab

 

[The Stickman]

ha ha, looks like you either joined a funeral procession or are also in the hearse club.
Very cool.

Nab

Yea in a hearse club. Was our annual show.

 

[The Stickman]

I haven't updated this in some time so here goes. I completed more of the fender mods. They are far from finished. All of this is self taught so learning as I go. I used a piece from the old fenders to bridge the gap between the fender and the bumper. Worked out well except for one part. I made the fender flare into the bumper for a seamless flow. Problem is when I jack the car up the frame twists and the bumper moves which bends the fender some.

 

[The Stickman]

I also did the dash in a faux suede as well as the head liner. Sorry no pics of the headliner. Not a hard job but really need 2 to 3 people to do it. The other people are simply to hold the material up and off the part while one person lays the material down and smooths it out. It also has an added effect of cutting down on the heat that gets reflected off the dash.

 

[The Stickman]

I also did a change over to all black interior using seats, door panels, and dash from a limo fro the same coach builder. And I can now exit the rear doors from the inside. Looks much better now.

 

[gbhs72]

How about the LLM mod? :grin2:

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