Old Cars Weekly – 29 August 2019

J

imandMikeRingusedfourcarsto

createonecustomized’48Cadillac

sedanette called “MadamV.” Like

manyRingBrothers’creations,thisone-

of-a-kindCadillaccombinesthebestof

bothworlds—vintageandmodern.

ThefourcarsinvolvedintheMadam

V projectwerea pairof’48Cadillacse-

danettes, a used 2015 CadillacATS-V

anda brandnew 2016 CadillacATS-V.

Wes Rydell, a car dealer from Grand

Forks, N.D., who commissioned the

MadamV,providedallofthecars.

RingBrothersstartedbytearingthe

late-model Cadillacs completely apart.

JimandMiketookthecarsalltheway

downtotheirunit-bodystructures.They

then lengthened the 2016 chassis by

14 inches to accommodate the longer

1948 body.The 2016 ATS-Visa com-

plex modern vehicle with many inter-

connectedsystems thatdon’t takewell

tomeddlingcustomizers,sotheRings

madeit a point nottodisturbthecars’

fuelsystems.Also,theylengthenedthe

wiringwithGM-approvedconnectorsto

simplifythecar’stransitionandpreserve

thefunctionalityofthemodernameni-

ties.

OneofthedesigngoalsforMadam

V wasto make it looklike a car that

Cadillacwouldhavebuilt,sotheRings

incorporated design cues from these-

danettesandblendedthemwithmotifs

ByJohnGunnell

Cadillac MadamV is anATS-V in a classic’s skin

Ringbrotherslengthenedthe 2016 chassisby 14 in.to

accommodatethelonger 1948 bodypanels.

MadamMadam

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