Written by Jesse Kieser
Downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina – the cigarette capital of the world. On a small two-way street in the art district, the noise of an 18-wheeler echoes off the buildings, catching ears that hear the pitter pattering of a beast approaching. People turn to see only a flat black Cadillac with a metal-flake red hard top with four riders inside. Everyone looks down the road past the Caddy to see where the source of that truck-like noise is, and then they are rudely startled by a romp of the throttle and a billow of black smoke coming from the Caddy’s four-inch side pipe in its front fender. That’s followed by some cursing from those on the sidewalk. Jason Livingston and crew laughing from inside the car make a perfect scene at the Heavy Rebel Weekender bash on July 4th. Livingston, a construction worker who hails from Lenoir, North Carolina, built a Frankenstein of a car: a 1965 Cadillac with a Turbo Diesel Cummings drive train. He, like so many, wanted to do something different, but he had no etchings or drawn-out plan. Rather, a combination of efforts and fate led his wife’s (Amanda Livingston) Cadillac to become what it is today. ”Plus, I like blowing black smoke on people on the side walk. They’re waiting on a truck to come by or something. This car comes by, and we blow black smoke on them. I guess it makes people mad that we laugh about it and go on,” said Livingston. Livingston has owned the car for five years. Last year, the car was a flat Carolina Blue color with a gold top, but it was changed for good reasons. ”We did a flat black because with the pipe out the side, it would spew black smoke on the side from the front to the back,” said Livingston. “After a day’s driving you can still see black smoke all the way down the side. Plus, we just needed a change.”
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John Jackson
Prick and Mrs.Prick deserve all the coverage they can get with that car they are cool people with a bad ride. I got to shoot it for the upcoming issue of diesel world make sure you check it out I also have some pics posted here
http://notstockphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/pricks-caddy/9078086_aBHHS#604808793_ACdrL
sixpoint
Really nice year for Cadillac. What did they do with the original 429c.i. engine? Sharp car. Gotta lose them godfather tires.
sean
Saw this car at Sema, it was fuckn rad
Chop
This is a bad ass car!
nothingschanged
Clean!
Michael Montemayor
I own a 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 60 special, I have owned the car now for 3 years. I have been considering, changing the original 427 out and putting a diesel in. But my only problem is I do not know how. I was just wondering if anybody could give me like a layout plan or something.