Build Highlights
  • Body Mods (What We Did)
    • Corrected all gaps
    • Welded & molded the fenders
    • Painted it Top Secret Kandy Blue: The paint was sponsored by HOK
  • Body Mods (Gas Axe Garage)
    • 5-inch chop; 17" lower overall
    • Four-door conversion to a two-door
    • Built the fixed-roof Carson Top
    • Removed door handles, side emblems & antenna
    • Hood ornamentation nosed, trunk shaved
    • Rear skirts extended down
    • Rear taillights removed
    • Rear bumperettes now contain taillight lenses
    • Handmade door frames and vent windows fashioned to mirror those of a convertible
  • Drivetrain
    • Original 346 CI flathead, transmission & rear diff
  • Interior
    • Custom designed by the car's owner, Kevin Anderson
Kevin Anderson's '47 Crystal Caddy is a 62 Series Cadillac that answers the question: "What if Harley Earl & Bill Mitchell designed a car together?" What began as a museum-quality, 4-door sedan became the beautiful blue ride you see here. Gas Axe Garage did the  four to two door conversion and Carson-style top as well as many other gorgeous custom touches and details. For our part, we corrected all the body gaps, welded the fenders to the car and pontoons to the doors and smoothed everything to perfection. Then we laid down the custom House of Kolor Kandy Blue and cut and buffed it until it looked like glass. We're proud to have been part of such a fantastic build and to have worked with so many other talented craftsmen.