cadillac restoration

I get a lot of emails as you can imagine but this one sent to me from Tom from Texas was great and he is allowing me to share his story and pictures from his restore project a 1951 series 61 Cadillac. Here is his email.

Vinnie,

Glad I found your site, and I plan to use it as time goes on here.  I have worked for a railroad for about 21 years now, and decided I needed a hobby to get my mind off the job and have another passion.  I found my first Caddy in 2001 which was a 1992 Sedan DeVille and fell in love with it.  I then decided to get real brave and buy a 1951 Model 62 near Corsicana that had been in storage(inside, thank God), but did not run and the engine was stuck.  Well it was a good buy at $1,850 and five years later, alot of lessons learned and about $35,000 I have my baby, which I named after the first and last owners of the car before me.  It was sold new in San Salvador, Elsalvador and I am still trying to trace the history on how it got here.  It ended its last career in Greenville, TX in the late 60′s and then went into storage about 1980, which was the last registration.

Thanks for letting me share a bit, and I have enclosed a few pictures of Vera-Jose.

Take care,  Tom D.  Fort Worth, TX

Now for the after pictures which I am sure you will look at a few times because Tom really did a great job with this restoration project.

To read more about this year see our 1951 Cadillac page.

I need your help – I am putting together a list of all the best resources when it comes to Cadillac’s and I want to know your favorite sites and forums. Just send me an email and tell me what sites you browse and go to for reliable information. Thanks Vinny

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