1979 Cadillac Seville Elegante - American Luxury Top Tier circa late 70s classic car
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- Опубліковано 30 сер 2016
- Take a look at American craftsmanship at its finest displayed throughout this 1979 Cadillac Seville Elegante. This is a classic American luxury car to be proud of, in collector condition and likely one of the finest in the world. Gaze at the metallic two-tone Cedar finish and special stainless Elegante exclusive trim. The real wire wheels wear New Old Stock white wall Uni-Royals. This is a Caddy to be proud of. Enjoy the video, filmed in 4K UHD by Samspace81.
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To this day, the most beautiful Seville ever made.
It is a very enduring body style!
Always liked this edition of the Seville. Much better value than a Silver Shadow. More reliable than a Jag.❤@samspace81
Man what I wouldn’t give to own this ride....the design was legendary!
Agree
One of my favorite Cadillacs of all time. So rare to see one in this condition these days.
I loved the Sevilles with the bustle back design.
that Seville is so elegant
An absolutely stunning example of the epitome of late 70s American Luxury!
I agree 👍 💯
In the mid to late 70s, this was one of the THE cars to have. It was pure luxury. I always felt envious of those that had them. Especially, this one because it looked so slick.
Absolutely, thanks for checking it out Technical Glitch!
This awakened memories of a truly wonderful time in a beautiful place, in another life...
My boss had two of them, a Red one for his wife and Teal green one for himself, both company cars. I loved looking at them, I never rode in them but I admired them from afar.
I’ve always loved this style Seville , I want one now more than ever..
That color combination is to die for! My all time favorite Cadillac right up there with the 1975-76 Fleetwood Tallisman...Just enough bright work to make it stand out impeccably but without being garishly overdone. The lack of the padded top, which also looks great, gives a clean, refined and updated look without the need to actually change anything! Small details like the color-keyed bumper rub strips add that special touch! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Carl, love Caddys like this
This is probably the only example of badge engineering done well by GM. Hard to believe this platform is a stretched Nova. A beautiful car whose design has aged well over 40 years.
I think the term badge-engineering is wrong. If you understood the ground breaking technology used to develop the '76/'79 Seville into a much better road car than a same year RR you wouldn't say that. Badge engineering is a '79 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II and a Bentley T series, same car, different badges and grill? The Seville was technically a unique set-up.
Thanks
That was the best version of the Seville EVER!
You might be rightb
Gorgeous 2 tone paint! Paired w the crome strip and special wire wheels is just unique!!
I agree Byron, that was a memorable Cadillac. Appreciate you watching
I do believe that God took part in the creation of this automobile. Just plain beautiful!
the name then Satan took over and designed the next generation Seville with the busted back.
I love old and new school Lincoln's and Cadillacs just pure lURUXY at it's best
Good stuff 👏
My father had exact same car as shown in the video, but in one-color brown paint. I drove it often when I was a teenager. It was really fun car to drive. My father allowed me to borrow it so I can go to the beach with a friend. While driving down the highway toward beach, the CHP caught me for speeding. My father was upset about it. Oh well. Looking back my teenager days of driving this car, I wish my father would give it to me and I'd keep it for 40+ years. This Cadillac is my #1 favorite car. If I had money (with wife's permission) I'd buy this car IMMEDIATELY.
Thanks for sharing, Charles
Can anyone imagine this perfect sized Luxury car with today's technology? Small V8, o/d 10spd auto, all wheel drive, reliable fuel injection,.... Cadillac, are you listening!🎯
Would be cool
@@samspace81they're currently selling them. Check out the CT5 Premium Luxury V6 AWD models.
It will go down in history as one of the best looking sedans in world history
Glad you enjoyed the video, underrated Caddy
I USE 2 HAVE A 1978 CADILLAC SEVILLE ELEGANTE. NEVER COULD GET IT RUNNING RIGHT. I STILL LOVE THESE LACS.
Yes for sure, appreciate you watching
This Cadillac is soo beautiful and shiny :o
Beautifully preserved car. Love that tasteful color combination of refined seventies earthtones. Believe it or not, when this car was introduced in 1975, it was considered a compact by the standards of the time, sharing a body with the compact Chevrolet Nova, Pontiac Ventura/Phoenix, Oldsmobile Omega, and Buick Apollo/Skylark. Now, I hear it's considered mid-sized. In the mid-seventies, mid-sized cars were much bigger than this (though by 1979, downsizing had reduced them considerably).
You are right!
@@samspace81 The paint on the car is not the original colors. The color scheme on the 78 and 79 Seville "Elegante" only came in two variations. The color combinations were black and silver or firemist and cinnamon.
Paint on this car is original!
In my opinion the best looking Cadillac. Hand down. Close second is the Allante.
A beauty
I have always loved this type of body style Cadillac every since the first time I saw my aunts and uncles had them back and in the 80's.
I like them too Markus, thanks for commenting
Love the Gangster two tone paint job and wheels!
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Beautiful Seville, my favorite generation Seville, looks kinda like a miniature Fleetwood Brougham
Thank you for watching, love this body style Caddy
I had one when I was 20, Great memory with her.
Wonderful
The most beautiful Seville body style of all.
My grandmother has this exact car color with white interior. She's trying to sell it now.
Very cool thanks for sharing and I'm sure it will go fast 😀
They looked so much better w/o a vinyl top.
Joe Hammond the exact same opposite.
Beautiful,I have exact same model with 6,000 original miles,bought mine in 2009 from my dad,with5,100 miles.I Drive a tank or 2 of gas a year to keep it spotless
Wow......would love to buy your cadillac!
byron harkey haven't really entertained the thought of selling,but I guess if the offer was right,your welcome to look at it,mine is a 1978 same colors absolutely only 6000 miles,still looks new even under the hood and inside.northeast ohio
Thomas Watson and u live in what state Mr Watson?
Oh sorry I see u said ohio!!
Thomas Watson possible for a picture maybe?? I'm at byron.harkey@cbnorcal.com
My dream car in black and graphite silver with Black leather and Mayfair inserts and wire wheels! They’re both beautiful but I’d love one in elegante black
Dig them too
Had this exact Caddy, but 1978 model year . Had the 8 track no sun roof .
Great cruisers
I remember driving with my parents for NJ to FL non stop in 1982. 80 mph didn't feel like we were going that fast at all.
AMAZING. WOW. BEAUTIFUL. MAKE YOU LOOK TWICE AT THIS NEW SHIT. I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO RIDE IN THAT SPACESHIP
Yes, this Caddy was so well cared for. Really appreciate you following Samspace81, Harry
I remember seeing these all over in the early 90's and now I almost never see one.
I know wwhat you mean, never
They did well with that model, and the next model of Seville's with the hunchback even though they were built on Malibu/Nova frames. However, GM tried it once too often with the Cimmaron, which Cadillac could do nothing with styling wise. Lincoln tried the same trick with the Lincoln Versailles which was built on a Ford Granada frame and got creamed in sales. You never, ever see a Lincoln Versailles.
Great insight. Appreciate you watching the Samspace81 channel.
Beautiful
Not just then but now as well❤, the Oldsmobile edition.
I dig them too, appreciate you Raymond
Very nice
Awesome car
Thanks Ryan for watching
It is hard to imagine this first generation Seville is spawned from the Chevrolet Nova! The car's colour in this video as well the available two-tone black & silver combo were very eye catching combos that really stood out from other cars at the time. This car would have been well at home at the Barrett-Jackson auction it is that pristine.
They selected Nova's bodies that met special criteria of measurements. The bodies were cut and the Seville parts were all changed by hand. They only used the top assemblers for the Seville. They were beautiful and we'll built cars
@@ivorwm2291 no, only the Nova frame, had a whole new body, no body parts from Nova were ever used , look it up
@@califdad4 I refer you to a Cadillac video that was distributed to Cadillac dealers in 1975 describing the process of building the Seville. I worked in the parts department and they stuck the video player kiosk in the parts department. I heard it hundreds of times. I don't know what to tell you
@@ivorwm2291 if you read up, it says the underpinnins were Nova, but very few other parts were used.only roof stamping and trunk floor pan. Cadillac stylist added a crisp, angular body that set the tone for gm styling for the next decade. It was also bigger than a Nova, 17 feet long.
I only know what I was told when they were introduced. Whatever, they were excellent cars and I hated that I had to sell my 76
I always liked these.My cousin had a blue one. A friend of mines parents bought new cars frequently, even had Mercedes and Jaguar and told my friend of all the cars he bought , the only one he ever broke even on and actually made a few bucks on, was a 1979 Seville that was traded in on a new 81 car .
Appreciate you watching
Seville was the midsize Econo-Caddy. I never did care too much for this style. Give me a Deville.
I hear you. Appreciate you watching
Nope… far from it the 76 Seville was the MOST expensive Cadillac
Great looking cars I like them
What are absolutely beautiful looking Seville would I die to have those wheels and rims on my 1976 Seville, I got some aftermarket rims from that era on there, these Cadillacs are becoming extinct took me two years to find mine
I worked at a full service gas station during the time these were made and we had 2(?) regular customers who drove this model. I had the fortune to do oil changes on them. Really nice car, but was surprised to discover they were built on the Chevrolet Nova chassis. I am sure that was a cost saving measure and an ease in manufacturing. Nonetheless, that was one great little Cadillac. It beat the pants off the Lincoln Versailles.
Very cool. I dig them
Treat the seats with leather conditioner it’s a super nice car.
They are crying for it! Thanks Xavier for your viewership
So classy 💚💙💜
They are! Appreciate your viewership, thanks for commenting
Love the car, but that goes without saying, what I wanted to mention was how well done the video itself was! Now, I realize that even for selling REALLY BIG $$ cars, it wouldn't make sense to hire a film crew, but so many of the videos on here from other dealers are so poorly done, heck just plain awful, they leave me thinking are you so busy that you only have time to shoot these in ONE take? Come on, I run my own biz and know the hours a small biz owner has to put in sometimes, even often, but for putting something out on youtube for the whole world to see, make some time to make at least a passable final product!
Your video though I'd say is far better than just passable, it is very well done! Extra points for leaving out the usual annoying goof narrating through every last second of video, "it has power windows here you can see they go up and then they go down!"-No shit, they were standard on that model and what else would they do? Go sideways???
Very nice job on the shots, the extra effort put into the editing, etc all around well done!
Robert, that makes my day. THANK YOU for that appreciation. I am self-employed and I do marketing for individuals and dealers. I work hard to edit and put together these cars for my clients. Its nice to hear something like that instead of just getting a check thrown at me to move on to the next car as fast as I can. I really ENJOY what I do and it takes a lot of time to do it right. My love for cars is reflected in my work I like to thank. I'm constantly trying to improve too. Wait till you see some of the things I'm working on in the next few months. Be sure to subscribe to me if you haven't. Again, thank you for that.
@@samspace81 is the caddy sold
@1:42 it looks like the sway bar bushings hardened up on either the end links, or frame. i have a good eye and ear for when those go bad. you hit a bump, and you get what can best be describes as a bump return up thru to the steering wheel, along with the reverberating noise
Good eye David, thanks for watching too
I know this video of the Seville is years old, but I just saw it for the first time. It is odd that it did not have the optional digital dash. It appears to be loaded otherwise
Memorable Cadillac
Hi there Harald M. I found your comments on the Olds 350 in these Sevilles interesting. By the way, Cadillac took short motors from Olds so they could be inspected and turned over. These were still the Standard of the World days. The heads were standard, the intake a special intake manifold built at first by Bendix themselves. Not sure for how long, but then Cadillac had a department that built them themselves. They test ran them cold on chains, then hot installed in the completed car.
You talk about oil burning. I run a '78 Seville Elegante daily in France. Anyway certain oil makes do burn. You know these FI cars did not have a heat crossover, not needed with fuel injection. I change my oil every 300 miles and am interested in your Olds engine experience. Been in Cadillac for 45 years, just a bit (a lot) longer than my marriages.
Good stuff thank you Paul
Perfect Car
Nice Caddy thanks Ryan
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Bang for your bucks, back then!
Good cars
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Ive got a under 40k mile 1976 seville really pretty rare dunbarton green
I noticed that car someware someone did what I did to my car right when I bought it
a smog pump and lines ectomy
that big void between the compressor and the alternator the open veiw of the oil fill tube not covered up by a smog pump
on my car im converting the AC to a modern version with bracket and sanden compressor in place were the smog pump was and removing the $600 to replace frigidare A6 compressor
but using R12 to keep it cold. have not got the conversion installed yet just getting the parts, the new system may require use of the 1974 nova classic AC conversion kit to be rid of the infamous failing ac heat programmer that says blower no blow lol
replacement parts for the aftermarket system 10 times less costly and avaiabilty is no problem.
hope its an icy cold seville soon.
cadillacs have always had ac problems the down side of the great old school cadillacs.the damned HVAC programmer no longer available
there is an inline fuse for the fuel injection computer in the center of steering wheel under dash
replace it with a fuse relay and save yourself a tow
its sometimes not the computer box, its interupted power via that fuse powereig the compter thats bad it gets hot poor contact but doesnt blow so its never discovered.
$10 car starts everytime. that fuse was getting hot
replaced fuse blade style relay stays cool. good contact to 12volt
difficult to do job wires are very short but solved the problem
shops will instantly blame the computer box and run up a big bill, get rid of that inline fuse and replce the intank pump rid of the cat converter smog pump and enjoy driving the car
Wow interesting stuff. Thank you
добрый день, красивая машина моего юношества, спасибо.
The rims are a great choice. What kind are they? Where did you purchase?
Wish I could tell you
i love it
Thanks for watching
That is smoking hot!
God I wish I had money.
@apaulcalypse45 Yeah... These cars remind you of a simpler time and place in America. I would love one of these with that sweet tea paint job.
@apaulcalypse45 really. I need to see her Seville.
I’ve always like these cars, but never understood why Cadillac could put an inferior leaf sprung suspension in the back, especially for the high prices they were charging for this vehicle. Cost savings I guess, and the fact it was based on a Nova platform.
Interesting observation
Wow, that motor is clacking loud!
That speaker amplifies pretty intense, really not as noisy as it sounds here. Thanks for checking it out Jose
The Olds diesel were loud especially under acceleration.
This is how I imagine Alexander Delaware’s Cadillac to look like
I can see that, appreciate you watching
@@samspace81 the Alexander Delaware murder mystery novels by Johnathan Kellerman are my favorite so I went looking to find a car that looks like the one the character Alexander drives and I did and I can appreciate it
@2:50 your passenger side outer headlight is out of alignment along with the drivers side inner bulb. seems both are aimed up too high.
Good eye David, thanks for commenting & watching
Sam, is that engine the 350 Olds? Or is it the 403 Olds?
Its a Cadillac derived fuel-injected 350 V8 gas engine, I don't think Olds had a hand? You could also get a diesel this year!
The Olds engine they used in the Seville is the same crap I have in my Cutlass ........just keep an eye on the valvetrain.........Timing chain, Rocker arms and pushrods. I had to change my timing chain once, because the old one jumped several teeth. The middle rocker arms tend to collaps on Olds engines, because low quality oil burns in them due to the excessive heat of the exhaust crossover of the intake manifold. No oil flow through the pushrods means dry rocker arms and trouble for your engine,
No, I'm sorry, this was an OLD's 350 with a Cadillac EFI system and computer. I should know I owned this car.
@@samspace81 nope it's an Oldsmobile 350 with Cadillac injection adopted....the 368 caddy engine didn't appear until 1980
The only v8 caddy made in 79 was 425....in everything but Seville and eldo.....the dead giveaway for olds v8 is rear vertical distributor and front and center oil fill tube.... Cadillac v8 have a front distributor at 45 degree angle cap towards drivers side
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is it sold and where is it Miles ?
Yes it was sold when posted
Jesus..looks like nicer car then the other one I just watched...
How funny, it sure was my friend!! Yep just did that black & silver one, also clean but not like this one.
Also Sam..when and if Im in a wrecking yard and I see a trashed 78/79 Elegante Im going to start pulling interior parts...and more so the metal filler pieces around the rear window....so even if you get a really nice Seville and the vinyl is screwed,Id rather rip off..fix rough spots on roof...and paint body colour....to me they look nicer...
Another thing I do now on interior and on tailights,you see where the silver paint is off the red lens...I get a Sharpee silver paint pen and detail...works like a charm..its in the detail man
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Clean! Which tires are those?
Man I don't remember, its been years lol Appreciate you watching Samspace81 though
@@samspace81 Uniroyals. I had the same when I 1st got mine. But,city driving tore them up. So, I traded up to VOGUE tyres, expensive but, they sure if possible further dress up the car. Plus,instead of steel belted which was common on radials back then, VOGUE used aramid belts. Stronger than steel, but, very flexible promoting an even smoother ride & handling. To me, they were worth $$
I have a 1985 Seville. Would love to park this one in the garage next to mine!!! PM me with price!!!
When a small americancar didn't meant unconfortable or sub par
truly amazing. GM did really go to hell after 1979
It's Ders Mane 1990*
thanks to the American Govmt riddled with all kinds of restrictions and making room for massive layoffs so the US consumer would be forced to buy Asian imports
lol Appreciate you watching
What's the color codes for your car ...
That's a Cadillac I marketed years ago with original colors. I don't remember the codes
How much??
Long sold
I didn't know these were fuel injected---one of the best designs Cadillac put out--and then ruined by trying to make it look like a rolls Royce with that god-awful 1980-85 "busted back" lol
I think they were just TBI injected. (Electronic spray nozzle in the intake.)
TheTarrMan did this have cassette players
They were Sequentially Injected.... A very simple Electronic set-up borrowed from the Big Block "501" (1968-1976) that came in 472-500 ci displacement,it was optional on both engines...but the Quadrajet was way cheaper and won-out on most versions back in the day. Usually if the Dealer/Cadillac Production Manager ordered them up with Fuel-Injection;Mandatory additional Option Packages were the Norm....which drove the Price even further up than just the EFI stand-alone Option Box checked-off. The injectors were triggered by an additional pig-tail off the the HEI distributor.......and the simple ECM controlled duration of injector opening and cold-start fast idle,etc.....biggest problem back in the day....GM put a plug over the idle-speed mixture screw...so, over time the screw would loosen....increasing the idle speed..... quickest fix done then and now to get a proper idle....simply ditch the plug.
I believe you mean "bustle" back!
Yes a fuel injected Oldsmobile 350 ....an engine olds never was allowed to use
I heard that typical,not so luxurious sounding,70s style,keys in ignition buzzer. You shoulda done a start up with the seat belt chimes.Those were actual mechanical chimes and I believe a Cadillac first. Now they’re on almost all cars today.They sound almost the same now except of course they’re electronic. Also,how many miles on this baby?
Great design
Ohh and one more thing...where are you getting those whites...Sure Trac,Chinese???
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Sweet lURUXY Seville
Thanks Derrick for watching
@@samspace81 anytime nice Cadillac Seville real Deal
Chef John is that you?
Lol thanks for watching Samspace81
what is not widely know about the first 2 yrs of the 1975-6 Seville...the sales were dismal at best so Cadillac thought it might be better to increase the price of the car if it was to compete with Mercedes Benz and dawg if Cadillac wasn't spot on not that the Seville could mechanically compete with the E class Benz for the two cars were completely different the Seville was brought out to lure would be Benz buyers back to Cadillac for the Benz wasn't a car full of frills and comfort/luxury but it was because of the Seville that Mercedes beefed up their game tho it took over 8 yrs for Mercedes to put cup holders in their cars
Wonderful bit of history there! I love my daily driver Mercedes. Enjoy the channel! Thanks again
these cars were selling on the West Coast well enough, in 76, enough that Ford got concerned and dressed up a Granada trying to copy it, but theirs was a failure
@@califdad4 yes, I remember that dressed up Granada. It was called a Versailles.
@@robertpace901 and the salesmen at the Lincoln Mercury dealer told me that they didn't park a Versailles anywhere on the lot near the Monarchs LoL, especially before the roof change in 79
@@califdad4 I lived in Los Angeles back then. When that 76 Seville came out it was a popular model. In Palm Springs, they called them Palm Springs Pintos. But my relatives in the Midwest had no interest in the Seville. My aunt had 3 devilles... No interest in the Seville at all. To the old folks who liked Cadillac's, it just wasn't big enough. I think the 76-79 models were the best design years.
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Absolutely cool 😎
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Nova Frame Tec1 Research.
I had one of these as my first car, to be fair the quality of workmanship was not that great and the ride also overall it was not a good car but I still miss it.
Appreciate you watching & commenting
Don’t paint over the door screws
I love those Sevilles from 1975 till 1979 after 1980 they ruined the look of this car
i love em all
Their nice but why would someone buy one of these when the devilles and broughams look like a real cadillac.
Reminds me of a caprice with Oldsmobile tail lights
They're all cool
Oldsmobile engine Cadillac
Not the best
Vogue's plz
Yes!
Now that was bad a.. for 1979.
🇺🇸 what happened?
Right? Appreciate you watching!
I had one, wife and I were struggling financially and romantically. Sold my baby 😢. Then the year after we got a divorce. Divorce best choice as an adult so far. Selling my baby worst choice of my adult life
These came with only one engine - Oldsmobile 350 v8, then starting in 78 or 79 a diesel version of the same exact engine basically was available. It is doubtful to see any diesel versions around, these usually did not make it to 100k miles. When they did actually run, the diesel would get amazing mpg's around 30 highway.. I had a 1977 gas version, it was really smooth, got around 16 or 17 highway, around town about 10 to 12mpg. The 1980's seville had a problematic 8-6-4 engine(an effort to save gas) with cylinder deactivation, would run on 4 cyls highway - this was a 6 liter v8, also a small aluminum v8 called the ht4100 became available - i don't know if these were lemons but i remember people saying they were no good.. the gas 350 v8 was the best engine option, also was the diesel 350 if you could keep it running.
The 1980 model did not have the 8-6-4. The engine was only available in 1981. 1980 Seville has 6.0L EFI V8.
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Great Cadillac 😃
shame though, the bad rap these pretty little Sevilles got. A Chevy Cavalier all dressed up.
@@davidkastin4240 Yes. Thank you. I stand corrected. It is indeed the Cimmaron. Didn't GM get themselves in some financial hot water with that maneuver?
Ha good stuff guys, thank you both for watching & commenting - SAM
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i have a 1979 cadillac seville with white wall tyres and the original spoke rims and i am selling the car for 5000.00 or best offer
Good luck with sale, thanks for watching Samspace81, Chris
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1976 - 1979 was the best. the 1980 and up not worth a car
Can't argue, appreciate you watching Darryl
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Lol
Beautiful car , but it's an underengineerd poorly assembled and cheaply made money pit.
Interesting take 🤔
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I'm guessing you owned one? 😏 😆 👍 👍 I use to market for classic dealerships
Beautiful