Many years ago these two engineers pledge a keg of beer and decided to transform a 1969 Cadillac into the fastest live tub in the planet . After several attempts their carpool is quick — nowthey are expect for your helpto take their invention to the Bonneville Salt Flats , Utah , and adjust their silly speed record .
This is how they built it :
Acquire a well - screw 1969 Cadillac in mostly profound mechanically skillful condition . Convince AAA that you should get complimentary towing to retrieve it .
take away superfluous interior , underhood and luggage compartment component by any means necessary .
instal tremendous blade reinforcements designed to support thousands of Cypriot pound of water system .
Using plyboard , make a mock tub in the car ’s interior . essay not to glue your finger together more than fifteen times .
Using average compactness fibreboard ( MDF ) , make a negative tub moulding . George Sand for what seems like a million days . Spray many gallons of noxious chemicals onto it to make it smooth and burnished .
lie up fibreglass onto the moulding to make the custom tub .
freestanding from the mold using compressed melodic phrase .
throw away it into the passenger compartment .
Reverse the effects of time and collisions on the quality of the bodywork .
put down down a honeyed paint chore .
Reinforce , repair and paint the frame .
Get 472 cubic inch to play nicely together .
Drop body on bod like they did back in Detroit .
Park some warmth exchangers in the passsenger ’s foundation well to heat the urine in the bathing tub using the engine .
Make a custom air - drive dangling system .
Polish about a zillion objet d’art of chrome .
Make customs duty fiberglass for the splashboard and other component .
Remember to take care of the little thing .
Make a custom roll cage that conforms to the SCTA safety requirement .
Presto ! Carpool DeVille !
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