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I've done caps in series, usually when what I have on hand doesn't have enough voltage, and as a bonus, the capacitence too big. One radio I restored needed 475V filter caps at 50uF, so I used a pair of 100uF at 250V caps in series, and I used 470K resistors across each one to be sure the voltage would divide evenly. The resistors also will bleed off the cap charge when turning the radio off, useful when working on the radio. Oh, the bleedoff isn't very fast, but 20 seconds it's down to safer levels.
Did this in an Admiral I restored as well, plenty of room under the chassis for the extra terminal strips too.
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