With the front end of the 41 Cadillac bolted together it was time for the hood.   All of the hood trim brackets and screws were put into the bead blaster to remover the rust.  The side vent grills and top center hood chrome (with the "Flying Goddess") were cleaned up and the rusted screws were drilled out and holes rethreaded. The hood ornament is also the hood latch/opener.  The hood brace was assembled & installed with the hood opening springs. I used the overhead hoist & straps, to get the right angle that matched the support brace, to move the very heavy hood into place and installed.  The support bolt holes are slotted the allow adjustments to be made, however the hood still has to go back another 1/2"  With the hood on I could not see over it when I sat in the drivers seat & determined that the seat should be raised 4". The front of the seat goes into slots and the rear is bolted down. 4" heavy boxed tubing was cut 4 ...

Unique one of a kind 1953 Kaiser Manhattan that has won multiple awards including Best Bitchin From Good Guys Scottsdale, Radical Hard Top Division First Place Grand National and Sacramento Autorama, Dare to Be Different Scottsdale Good Guys, plus many more. In May 2006 Karen and I were in Petaluma Ca. ween she saw a 53 Kaiser in my friend's field and said of you ever want to build a car for me "I like that one" Thus "KarensKaiser" It took 6 years and 6000 man hours to create this very unique one of a kind Kaiser.  Completely restored stock body - All stainless & chrome trim restored including hub caps - New windshield & side glass - Paint is PPG "Hot Rods by Dean" green (custom mix) & Karen white - "KarensKaiser" script on front finders instead of Kaiser Manhattan - Rear door vents made stationary fronts restored.  1953 Kaiser frame boxed and powder coated - Fat Man Fabrication front clip - Mustang II front suspensi...

The front of the 41 Cadillac still needed to be assembled and I started with the front fenders, gravel pans then the grill and bumper. The grill has parking /  turn signal lights in it and the fenders have head lights that need to be repaired then wired in to the 2005 wiring harness.  The parking lights were not into bad of condition at least all the parts were there. They were put in the bead blaster to be cleaned up the housings were painted with the chrome and glass scrubbed clean. the gaskets are destroyed but I will worry about then later.  The light sockets are usable with bead blasting, paint and heat shrink tubbing on the existing wire. The socket base spring loaded terminals were frozen and had to be soaked oil overnight to get them worked free. Then the wires were extended to be long enough to reach the 05 wire harness.  The 05 wire harness wires were tagged for the hi/low beam,  parking light and turn light by turning them on at the dash swi...