A great deal of planning
It was a long and winding road leading to the completion of this highly modified 1953 Cadillac Convertible, customized and built with a great deal of planning, talent, time and patience along the way! The initial concept of the idea of creating a hot-rodded Caddy was conceived with a meeting with the famed car builder Boyd Coddington, and from that came a rendering of what such a car would look like upon completion.
Detail is an important aspect of custom car building
However, after some time had passed, the car was not being worked on at a fast enough pace, so it went to the newly opened American Hot Rods. Perhaps getting the car moved over there with a more intense work schedule would be given and a focus on getting it completed in a more reasonable time frame. Which did happen!
The end result is a beautifully constructed boulevard cruiser that has head-turning looks and more than ample performance all wrapped in a classic ‘50s shell, but with modern underpinnings and an extremely powerful powerplant under the hood. The exquisite detail work is evident in every part of the car, from top to bottom and front to rear, all done over time with great detail of planning work done at every juncture. This was a complicated build all things considered, but no problem for the highly experienced team from American Hot Rods.
