My first professional boss after graduating college had an '85 Seville. Fortunately, she liked me and I got to drive it frequently. I remember it being so quiet and the ride was terrific. Loved it!
They do drive very well and they feel like expensive cars. At least mine did when I owned it 30 years ago. I would lime to get a 1980 model with the full power V8. Elegante two tone of course. I very much like what Wayne has done to his paint wise.
I had a '85 Seville back in 2003 I bought for $1,700. Loved it. I had just purchased a Mark IV and would love too just look at them side by side. My "Camelot" years where I had both my dream cars. Mine was silver with a black Caboret top and black leather interior. My wife and daughter were not thrilled to drive it, but I loved driving it. My future son in law wrecked it and I kept it another year with a window sticker across back "Battlecar Cadillactica". My daughter not amused.
One of my favorites from Cadillac. I remember seeing these new on a rotating showroom stand at Penske Cadillac in Menlo Park CA and remember thinking it was the ultimate at the time (aside from new 500SEL Mercedes) . Thanks for the video
Yes! The ride in these Sevilles is just the right combination of soft and firm. You get a little bit of wallow, but that’s to be expected for a big car ride. Say what you will about the bustleback and the HT-4100, I absolutely love these.
Having owned one of these I believe Adam's impressions are spot on. It is very much a luxury car in ride and road noise. Those seats are uber comfortable. And yes that engine lets this car down.
A set of Vogue Tyres would be nice on the Seville. They are readily available and they aren't that much more expensive than the wide whitewalls. Also, many Cadillacs came with them, as brand new cars.
Hello Adam, I’m new to your channel and you are just awesome. I’ve owned two of these Sevilles, 1st one was a 1980 all Black with the 368 engine and what a pleasure to drive, 2nd was a 1983 HT4100, burgundy sides with silver top and red leather, she was a beautiful automobile and I didn’t mind the low power from the 4100 because like you say, it’s not a performance vehicle and when your out for a leisurely drive it was perfect and I never had a problem with it. I also owed a 1969 Mark III that to this day is my favorite and sorry I ever let her go. Wimbledon white body, black pinstripe and black top with white leather interior 😢miss it daily! Thank you so much for what you do, you just hit the spot for so many memories. Take care Adam.
Hello from the UK, Adam. I think this is the first car review from you, where the splendid tree colours on your drive almost outshine the car!! Great channel and I look forward to more.
Adam I’m also a fan! I loved these too! The elegance that these cars showed were impeccable! But, I still love my Buick Park Avenue the best even with the damn 440t4 tranny 🤦🏼♂️ she’s a dream boat! Thanks for sharing your 80s cars! Hope to see more!!! ❤
The bustle back looks never grew on me. I had a 77 Seville which was one of the best Cadillacs I've owned, and an 84 Eldo that ate its engine @ 70,000 miles.
Just watched all three videos on this specimen. I remember my friend's mother always wanting and loving this car. Now I know why she never got it (though she may have been able to afford another model Cadillac) But.. $20,000? That was a chunk of change in the day when most middle class jobs paid that much in a year. The paradox though, is that today people make $65,000 a year and still buy a $65,000 car or truck. Strange but true..
CAN'T DETERMINE IF I'M MORE SORRY OR HUMILIATED TO SAY...🥺 ...but I had a l984 bustle-back Seviile. I can't fault anything you said about what a real joy it was to drive about. It drove & rode like a dream, it was unfortunately a nightmare about the most wildly mechanically unreliable car anybody could ever own. I wouldn't wish that train wreck on my worst enemy. We spent more time at the smartly appointed Sewell Village Cadillac dealership in Dallas, TX, than we did at our lakefront vacation cabin [in hindsight I recognize conspicuous consumer consumption was just a thing we all did in the l98o's, so of course we had a cabin to go fishing, swimming & tanning whenever we could get away for a few days]. Sewell Village took great care of us showing very paternal compassion for anyone plagued with such very inconvenient car car troubles. I actually enjoyed seeing what kind of current year model Cadillac or Oldsmobile loaner car they were going to fix us up with because they'd always have to keep our Seville for up to a week EVERY time. We'd go & take the loaner for a day-long drive in the country and drop in w/lunch to pay a call on my extended family in the little village called Argo Church, TX, where my mom was raised, just because it was such a relief & you'd have forgotten how totally exhausting it is to drive about everyday in a car you can't trust. When we were suddenly in a reliable new loaner we couldn't drive enough (lol- driving is a passion my husband & I had in common.) Whenever we'd get the Seville back the repairs would'a been hella expensive. Cartoon eye-bugging ears blasting steam expensive. In fact we spent more money to keep it on the road the first year than we'd paid for the 4-year-old car a year earlier. AND we'd just be counting the days until the next calamitously expensive thing on it flew all to pieces w/o warning; our Seville was notorious for leaving you stranded on the freeway or anywhere else because it's breakdowns were generally quite sudden and catastrophic. To give you some idea how much Sewell Village was profiting off of our miserable mistake of a purchase, one time my husband & the maintenence manager got into a stupid but very heated argument that nearly came to blows & when I told the dealership's well known owner Carl Sewell about it, he just gave us those repairs totalling over $5,ooo for free w/o batting an eye (& the maintenance manager threw in a brand new set of wire wheel covers b/c the originals were getting noticeably cruddy looking. He really made sure despite the Seville being such an indisputable piece of doodoo💩whenever we'd leave they'd'a left us with nothing bad to say about Cadillac itself or Sewell Village😄! I applauded the kindly old gentleman Mr.Sewell for that & can't imagine such generosity from any other make's dealership with which I've ever done business.🤷🏻♀️[Indeed they've become so uniformly & universally awful we now buy new cars online thru Carvana. Especially if you're paying cash & need no financing you can not only meet the objective of having zero interaction with any dealership, we have only a few moment's interaction w/Carvana's delivery personnel. Maybe l5-2o minutes; just to give it a test drive & sign a few documents & boom💥💨brand new car w/no day & a half STUPID CHARÁDE OF HAGGLING & INVARIABLE HAVING YOUR INTELLIGENCE DISRESPECTED/INSULTED!] We were far from independently wealthy in the eighties, but admittedly as our luxury & sports cars reflected those were prosperous times for many & we were doing plenty well financially, but we were quite quite upset & concerned how much of a bottomless money pit that damn Seville was. We couldn't afford to keep that up, to say nothing of what a mad botherment it was to have it in the shop so frequently. After less than 2 years I traded it for a little two seater Honda CRX that would prove to be one of the most reliable, low maintenance cars I ever had - I'd eventually put over 245K miles on the CRX & it never broke down & left me stranded roadside even once. It was never in the shop one time for anything but routine maintenance that you always knew was scheduled at particular mileage intervals. Interestingly, THAT'S the level of reliability we'd experienced in our previous Cadillacs, jyst based on our previous experience with them it's what we'd taken for granted from Cadillac & expected of the bustle-back Seville. I was known as the Cadillac lady at the office where I worked & was always driving a tasteful late model Caddy. One is buying a level of opulence but making much of it back up in the end through the auto's legendary dependability & convenience of ownership. Nobody's perfect & GM's Cadillac division were just asleep @ the wheel when they designed & built this unique, luxurious model.😢 Thanks for your always entertaining & interesting videos & all the wonderful memories they bring back💘 The jenn
These are gorgeous cars. What do you think of them as a classic car investment today? Do you think the value will appreciate on these and which one from the 80-85 series would be most desireable as an investment?
Hi, I found Your channel over the Seville review. Seville got imprinted on my mind as most impressive interior experience way back in around 2004. A colleague has bought one in pink color on the cheap (granny car, somewhere in the real of 900,- I think), it did look a bit funny and peculiar in that color, that was in Bar Harbor, Maine, and so he took us for an evening ride in that Cadillac up (sic.) mount Cadillac :D. Not sure which engine exactly, but by sound I took it for a petrol V8. But the interior! .... Now maybe this is something You would know, as its a feature I wasnt able to find in Seville reviews I watched recently: the glove compartment, when You opened it, on the left there were two components organized in neat well composed even rectangles, the light I suppose and maybe electric socket was the other, still there are two items on all Sevilles but not in such an composed an organized fashion. Was that feature just in certain years or trim levels? With best regards, TJ
I had a 1983 Eldorado Biarritz which of course as you know is more or less a two door version of the Seville. I loved it such a nice driving car assuming you don't expect to go too fast. (But who does in a vintage Cadillac anyways...) Nobody really business an older Cadillac for the fuel economy but especially on the open road the HT4100 delivered mid 20s which was appreciated when premium fuel was approaching $4.00/gal. One day I hope to get a Seville because I do like the bustle look. I have an 81 Imperial which would complement the design. I could give or take the 80s Lincoln Continental. Despite the early teething problems of the 4.1, I am not convinced those troubles contributed entirely to Cadillac's struggles against the imports. The 4.5/9 by the early 1990s was a very good engine. One upside, at least for today, is that all of the bad 4.1s have largely been replaced. Unless you buy a neglected car a currently well running car should last if taken care of.
I've always liked these cars a lot, but my question is: is it "safe" to buy one with the HT4100 engine? I know you said get a low mileage version and drive it gingerly, and that they're good until they're not - when they go I guess they REALLY go, right? Is the best one to get the V8-6-4 and deactivate the cylinder deactivation? Engine wise, isn't the first generation 76-79 made with a better engine/drive train?
Years ago, I had Diamondback make me some custom smoothwall redline tires for my ‘72 Luxury LeMans. Great company, based in South Carolina. Better prices than Coker Tire.
Does it have the turn signal indicators on the interior above the rear window? I’m wondering when Cadillac began that feature. Grandma’s ‘74 & ‘78 Deville had them but not the ’85.
I owned a 1985 Seville elegante for 16 years here in Munich, Bavaria and often drove home to my parents to the Bavarian Wood on the Autobahn, at a Speed of 80 - 85 mph there was quite a wind noise from the side windows, so it wasn’t made for this speeds i think, mine had the touring suspension, a firm ride, but perhaps without it would have been more comfortable ✨🤔
Both of my '84 Seville and Eldorado ride about the same. The 4.1 has quite a bit of engine bay room to work on the engine. Notorious leaking valve covers. First thing I did was replace the valve cover gaskets. Some people replace them with the better '85 cast covers Yeah I agree head liner replacement colors are becoming few. The upholstry shop that replaced the one in my '89 FWD Fleetwood had few choices of colors and we picked the best match.
@@johna.4334 That's really more work than I would want to take on. I don't disagree with you. It's getting difficult to find repair shops to even touch a car from that era. Most now if they can't plug in an OBD to fix it they don't want to touch it. I have a couple of Cad's I'd like to get repainted and I can't even find someone to touch them since they have lacquer paint. All they seem to want to do is insurance work. One place flat out told me if it was over 10 yrs old they aren't interested.
Back in 84 when the new corvette came out, magazines like motor trend and such, started to compare the handling of every car to the corvette. Even luxury cars and station wagons were panned because they didn't handle like a corvette. That's when I dropped my subscription to any magazine that did this.
I've really enjoyed this Seville Sunday. Great videos Adam, and yeah, I'll be missing the fall colors soon too... An idea for a porch chat- was Cadillac really the standard of the world? What periods of time do you consider the best in Cadillacs history. Also, I saw the video on Tony's channel with you in the white 89 town car. That's a sweet car! You mentioned in that video that you wanted one of his trucks... it has me wondering if you own any trucks aside the modern Chevy, and what sort of trucks do you like? Personally I'm more of a car guy, but I really do love some pickups, particularly the 78-79 and 80-86 F150s. I have an 86 F150 XLT Lariat with the extended cab with what I always refer to as the opera windows. It's in rough shape at this point, spent years as a work truck before it had a few rough years doing 100 mile a day commutes with my father driving.
Here is one for ya Bud. Our Main Street and Avenue were almost gravel. Yupper road graders. Sorry 🤫🤭 sometimes our used oil kept the dust and weeds down. 🏴☠️😎🌹👍🏻
A few I have seen listed over 20K with low mileage and now I am seeing prices drop to move them. The 4.1 is likely why they will never go as high as the 5.7 Brougham. I am keeping my Seville just because of it's styling uniqueness.
UV rays from the sun keep the oil from soaking through the white walls, nice to see someone standing up for the HT4100's they are not the best design but all things considered they are what was available and a true cadillac enthusiast accepts that and embraces it lol
A quick ask.. I feel a rouge auto maker showing real style, forget the mpg, could grab the market in this type of car? A lot of folks tell me they would love it. Maybe the current engineers like Cookie Cars ??🇺🇲
Ha ha so when you floor it the wrrr-ing turns into worrying 😆 You know when I inherited my grandpa's '71 Ninety Eight I had lots of white modeling paint I repainted every tire! Yes, I was a broke high schooler. Maybe the extra turn signal noises was for grand parents driving around with them still on! Not in this car, it's just not done!
GM is and has always been superior to Ford in terms of powertrain smoothness and transmission shifts...idk why but GM always had separate engines/trans for their upper level vehicles while Mercs and Lincs still had basic Ford parts bin 302/351 and AOD trans that you could find in the cheaper, lower level Ford models...not as much differentiation between brands like GM had.
My mother had 1985 Cadillac Seville my dad gave her for Christmas I remember riding in the car when I was younger it’s was nice car
My first professional boss after graduating college had an '85 Seville. Fortunately, she liked me and I got to drive it frequently. I remember it being so quiet and the ride was terrific. Loved it!
That shade of brown interior is amazing. 🏆
They do drive very well and they feel like expensive cars. At least mine did when I owned it 30 years ago. I would lime to get a 1980 model with the full power V8. Elegante two tone of course. I very much like what Wayne has done to his paint wise.
I've never watched such an in depth review of this generation. All 3 vids were informative & very cool to see✌
I had a '85 Seville back in 2003 I bought for $1,700. Loved it. I had just purchased a Mark IV and would love too just look at them side by side. My "Camelot" years where I had both my dream cars. Mine was silver with a black Caboret top and black leather interior. My wife and daughter were not thrilled to drive it, but I loved driving it. My future son in law wrecked it and I kept it another year with a window sticker across back "Battlecar Cadillactica". My daughter not amused.
Hey Adam, the Seville is gorgeous as is the autumn day there in Michigan!!! Enjoy the beautiful weather, winter is on the way!!! 👍👍🎃
Thank you very much, a wonderful car that will never be made like this. Thank you for the excellent explanation, the effort, and the classy comment
One of my favorites from Cadillac. I remember seeing these new on a rotating showroom stand at Penske Cadillac in Menlo Park CA and remember thinking it was the ultimate at the time (aside from new 500SEL Mercedes) . Thanks for the video
Yes! The ride in these Sevilles is just the right combination of soft and firm. You get a little bit of wallow, but that’s to be expected for a big car ride. Say what you will about the bustleback and the HT-4100, I absolutely love these.
I had a chance to check out a mint condition one local to me this year and didn’t do it. Kinda regret that now, super cool car. A true Cadillac.
Having owned one of these I believe Adam's impressions are spot on. It is very much a luxury car in ride and road noise. Those seats are uber comfortable. And yes that engine lets this car down.
We really enjoy these videos, Thank You!
Nice autumn and landscape.
I have a '78 Eldorado Biarritz with 66k. One tire, an original TPC Spec blew up just parked in my warehouse. The tread just blew off!
A set of Vogue Tyres would be nice on the Seville. They are readily available and they aren't that much more expensive than the wide whitewalls. Also, many Cadillacs came with them, as brand new cars.
Hello Adam, I’m new to your channel and you are just awesome. I’ve owned two of these Sevilles, 1st one was a 1980 all Black with the 368 engine and what a pleasure to drive, 2nd was a 1983 HT4100, burgundy sides with silver top and red leather, she was a beautiful automobile and I didn’t mind the low power from the 4100 because like you say, it’s not a performance vehicle and when your out for a leisurely drive it was perfect and I never had a problem with it. I also owed a 1969 Mark III that to this day is my favorite and sorry I ever let her go. Wimbledon white body, black pinstripe and black top with white leather interior 😢miss it daily! Thank you so much for what you do, you just hit the spot for so many memories. Take care Adam.
Wow, is that car quiet! What a lovely afternoon for a leisurely ride and drive in such a luxurious car.
Hello from the UK, Adam. I think this is the first car review from you, where the splendid tree colours on your drive almost outshine the car!! Great channel and I look forward to more.
Adam I’m also a fan! I loved these too! The elegance that these cars showed were impeccable! But, I still love my Buick Park Avenue the best even with the damn 440t4 tranny 🤦🏼♂️ she’s a dream boat! Thanks for sharing your 80s cars! Hope to see more!!! ❤
Great video Adam. My grandpa had one of these busslebacks when I was a kid. Great memories 🙂
The bustle back looks never grew on me. I had a 77 Seville which was one of the best Cadillacs I've owned, and an 84 Eldo that ate its engine @ 70,000 miles.
Just watched all three videos on this specimen. I remember my friend's mother always wanting and loving this car. Now I know why she never got it (though she may have been able to afford another model Cadillac) But.. $20,000? That was a chunk of change in the day when most middle class jobs paid that much in a year. The paradox though, is that today people make $65,000 a year and still buy a $65,000 car or truck. Strange but true..
The car from the inside is the top of beauty
Thanks again Adam. I feel like I have said that almost as much as hello. I love that design. Some muscle would help and not LoL 😂
CAN'T DETERMINE IF I'M MORE SORRY OR HUMILIATED TO SAY...🥺
...but I had a l984 bustle-back Seviile.
I can't fault anything you said about what a real joy it was to drive about. It drove & rode like a dream, it was unfortunately a nightmare about the most wildly mechanically unreliable car anybody could ever own. I wouldn't wish that train wreck on my worst enemy.
We spent more time at the smartly appointed Sewell Village Cadillac dealership in Dallas, TX, than we did at our lakefront vacation cabin [in hindsight I recognize conspicuous consumer consumption was just a thing we all did in the l98o's, so of course we had a cabin to go fishing, swimming & tanning whenever we could get away for a few days]. Sewell Village took great care of us showing very paternal compassion for anyone plagued with such very inconvenient car car troubles. I actually enjoyed seeing what kind of current year model Cadillac or Oldsmobile loaner car they were going to fix us up with because they'd always have to keep our Seville for up to a week EVERY time. We'd go & take the loaner for a day-long drive in the country and drop in w/lunch to pay a call on my extended family in the little village called Argo Church, TX, where my mom was raised, just because it was such a relief & you'd have forgotten how totally exhausting it is to drive about everyday in a car you can't trust. When we were suddenly in a reliable new loaner we couldn't drive enough (lol- driving is a passion my husband & I had in common.)
Whenever we'd get the Seville back the repairs would'a been hella expensive. Cartoon eye-bugging ears blasting steam expensive. In fact we spent more money to keep it on the road the first year than we'd paid for the 4-year-old car a year earlier. AND we'd just be counting the days until the next calamitously expensive thing on it flew all to pieces w/o warning; our Seville was notorious for leaving you stranded on the freeway or anywhere else because it's breakdowns were generally quite sudden and catastrophic.
To give you some idea how much Sewell Village was profiting off of our miserable mistake of a purchase, one time my husband & the maintenence manager got into a stupid but very heated argument that nearly came to blows & when I told the dealership's well known owner Carl Sewell about it, he just gave us those repairs totalling over $5,ooo for free w/o batting an eye (& the maintenance manager threw in a brand new set of wire wheel covers b/c the originals were getting noticeably cruddy looking. He really made sure despite the Seville being such an indisputable piece of doodoo💩whenever we'd leave they'd'a left us with nothing bad to say about Cadillac itself or Sewell Village😄! I applauded the kindly old gentleman Mr.Sewell for that & can't imagine such generosity from any other make's dealership with which I've ever done business.🤷🏻♀️[Indeed they've become so uniformly & universally awful we now buy new cars online thru Carvana. Especially if you're paying cash & need no financing you can not only meet the objective of having zero interaction with any dealership, we have only a few moment's interaction w/Carvana's delivery personnel. Maybe l5-2o minutes; just to give it a test drive & sign a few documents & boom💥💨brand new car w/no day & a half STUPID CHARÁDE OF HAGGLING & INVARIABLE HAVING YOUR INTELLIGENCE DISRESPECTED/INSULTED!]
We were far from independently wealthy in the eighties, but admittedly as our luxury & sports cars reflected those were prosperous times for many & we were doing plenty well financially, but we were quite quite upset & concerned how much of a bottomless money pit that damn Seville was. We couldn't afford to keep that up, to say nothing of what a mad botherment it was to have it in the shop so frequently. After less than 2 years I traded it for a little two seater Honda CRX that would prove to be one of the most reliable, low maintenance cars I ever had - I'd eventually put over 245K miles on the CRX & it never broke down & left me stranded roadside even once. It was never in the shop one time for anything but routine maintenance that you always knew was scheduled at particular mileage intervals.
Interestingly, THAT'S the level of reliability we'd experienced in our previous Cadillacs, jyst based on our previous experience with them it's what we'd taken for granted from Cadillac & expected of the bustle-back Seville. I was known as the Cadillac lady at the office where I worked & was always driving a tasteful late model Caddy. One is buying a level of opulence but making much of it back up in the end through the auto's legendary dependability & convenience of ownership.
Nobody's perfect & GM's Cadillac division were just asleep @ the wheel when they designed & built this unique, luxurious model.😢
Thanks for your always entertaining & interesting videos & all the wonderful memories they bring back💘
The jenn
My dad bought a silver one brand new in 84, still drives it today
These are gorgeous cars. What do you think of them as a classic car investment today? Do you think the value will appreciate on these and which one from the 80-85 series would be most desireable as an investment?
Hi, I found Your channel over the Seville review. Seville got imprinted on my mind as most impressive interior experience way back in around 2004. A colleague has bought one in pink color on the cheap (granny car, somewhere in the real of 900,- I think), it did look a bit funny and peculiar in that color, that was in Bar Harbor, Maine, and so he took us for an evening ride in that Cadillac up (sic.) mount Cadillac :D. Not sure which engine exactly, but by sound I took it for a petrol V8. But the interior! .... Now maybe this is something You would know, as its a feature I wasnt able to find in Seville reviews I watched recently: the glove compartment, when You opened it, on the left there were two components organized in neat well composed even rectangles, the light I suppose and maybe electric socket was the other, still there are two items on all Sevilles but not in such an composed an organized fashion. Was that feature just in certain years or trim levels? With best regards, TJ
I had a 1983 Eldorado Biarritz which of course as you know is more or less a two door version of the Seville. I loved it such a nice driving car assuming you don't expect to go too fast. (But who does in a vintage Cadillac anyways...) Nobody really business an older Cadillac for the fuel economy but especially on the open road the HT4100 delivered mid 20s which was appreciated when premium fuel was approaching $4.00/gal. One day I hope to get a Seville because I do like the bustle look. I have an 81 Imperial which would complement the design. I could give or take the 80s Lincoln Continental. Despite the early teething problems of the 4.1, I am not convinced those troubles contributed entirely to Cadillac's struggles against the imports. The 4.5/9 by the early 1990s was a very good engine. One upside, at least for today, is that all of the bad 4.1s have largely been replaced. Unless you buy a neglected car a currently well running car should last if taken care of.
I think the button-tufted leather seats should be optional on all Cadillacs. I owned a Cadillac that had them and they were insanely comfortable.
I've always liked these cars a lot, but my question is: is it "safe" to buy one with the HT4100 engine? I know you said get a low mileage version and drive it gingerly, and that they're good until they're not - when they go I guess they REALLY go, right? Is the best one to get the V8-6-4 and deactivate the cylinder deactivation? Engine wise, isn't the first generation 76-79 made with a better engine/drive train?
Correct whitewals are available, Coker Tire Also suretracs online have them
Regarding your comments about obtaining whitewall tires, have you looked into Diamondback Classic Radials?
Years ago, I had Diamondback make me some custom smoothwall redline tires for my ‘72 Luxury LeMans. Great company, based in South Carolina. Better prices than Coker Tire.
Does it have the turn signal indicators on the interior above the rear window? I’m wondering when Cadillac began that feature. Grandma’s ‘74 & ‘78 Deville had them but not the ’85.
I owned a 1985 Seville elegante for 16 years here in Munich, Bavaria and often drove home to my parents to the Bavarian Wood on the Autobahn, at a Speed of 80 - 85 mph there was quite a wind noise from the side windows, so it wasn’t made for this speeds i think,
mine had the touring suspension, a firm ride, but perhaps without it would have been more comfortable ✨🤔
Both of my '84 Seville and Eldorado ride about the same. The 4.1 has quite a bit of engine bay room to work on the engine. Notorious leaking valve covers. First thing I did was replace the valve cover gaskets. Some people replace them with the better '85 cast covers Yeah I agree head liner replacement colors are becoming few. The upholstry shop that replaced the one in my '89 FWD Fleetwood had few choices of colors and we picked the best match.
First thing I would do on the GM 4100 engine is replace the intake manifold gasket. I speak from experience.
@@johna.4334 That's really more work than I would want to take on. I don't disagree with you. It's getting difficult to find repair shops to even touch a car from that era. Most now if they can't plug in an OBD to fix it they don't want to touch it. I have a couple of Cad's I'd like to get repainted and I can't even find someone to touch them since they have lacquer paint. All they seem to want to do is insurance work. One place flat out told me if it was over 10 yrs old they aren't interested.
This channel is very underrated very good unlike Doug demuro’s videos that suck.
Back in 84 when the new corvette came out, magazines like motor trend and such, started to compare the handling of every car to the corvette. Even luxury cars and station wagons were panned because they didn't handle like a corvette. That's when I dropped my subscription to any magazine that did this.
I've really enjoyed this Seville Sunday. Great videos Adam, and yeah, I'll be missing the fall colors soon too...
An idea for a porch chat- was Cadillac really the standard of the world? What periods of time do you consider the best in Cadillacs history.
Also, I saw the video on Tony's channel with you in the white 89 town car. That's a sweet car! You mentioned in that video that you wanted one of his trucks... it has me wondering if you own any trucks aside the modern Chevy, and what sort of trucks do you like? Personally I'm more of a car guy, but I really do love some pickups, particularly the 78-79 and 80-86 F150s. I have an 86 F150 XLT Lariat with the extended cab with what I always refer to as the opera windows. It's in rough shape at this point, spent years as a work truck before it had a few rough years doing 100 mile a day commutes with my father driving.
I love bull nose Fords
'98-'04 Chevy S10/GMC Sonoma were/are great looking small pickup trucks. Great resale value today as well.
Absolutely agree…Beautiful fall ride !
For the purpose of reliability. Drop in a GM LS 5.3 managed with a stand alone ECU…then you’ll have something.
He doesn't do engine swaps. But I think a Cadillac 425, 368, or the L26 4.9 would all be closer to stock swaps.
Hi Adam what’s your total number of your collection it’s amazing
I really miss the floaty ride of cars from the era. Those cars are highway cruisers.
Here is one for ya Bud. Our Main Street and Avenue were almost gravel. Yupper road graders. Sorry 🤫🤭 sometimes our used oil kept the dust and weeds down. 🏴☠️😎🌹👍🏻
Wonder if they'll go way up in value like the low mileage 90 to 92 5.7 l broughams
A few I have seen listed over 20K with low mileage and now I am seeing prices drop to move them. The 4.1 is likely why they will never go as high as the 5.7 Brougham. I am keeping my Seville just because of it's styling uniqueness.
UV rays from the sun keep the oil from soaking through the white walls, nice to see someone standing up for the HT4100's they are not the best design but all things considered they are what was available and a true cadillac enthusiast accepts that and embraces it lol
Hi great vid. Where did shot this did. The trees are so pretty
A quick ask.. I feel a rouge auto maker showing real style, forget the mpg, could grab the market in this type of car? A lot of folks tell me they would love it. Maybe the current engineers like Cookie Cars ??🇺🇲
1:27 The cloth crushed velour interior ones are even more silent on the inside....
Adam, another great video -thanx.
Question: Did this Seville come with TBI?
Yes
The engine is set up for the "fashionably late" crowd,
or the "better late than never" crowd.
One of the two.....
They were not built as a rocket ship,a nice cruiser sedan,the loud blinkers are good,at least people remember to cancel them
Ha ha so when you floor it the wrrr-ing turns into worrying 😆
You know when I inherited my grandpa's '71 Ninety Eight I had lots of white modeling
paint I repainted every tire! Yes, I was a broke high schooler.
Maybe the extra turn signal noises was for grand parents driving around with them still on! Not in this car, it's just not done!
Bro lives in a painting
I never could take the rear-end of those.
Please keep white walls on the car.
Such a nice car, too bad about the unreliable running gear
I appreciate the time you put into these videos. I'm curious, is the 4.1 in your Seville original or was it rebuilt?
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Almost everything was slow in those days.
Very nice car wonder if
You wonder if what?
If you want tires go to Coker tire
GM is and has always been superior to Ford in terms of powertrain smoothness and transmission shifts...idk why but GM always had separate engines/trans for their upper level vehicles while Mercs and Lincs still had basic Ford parts bin 302/351 and AOD trans that you could find in the cheaper, lower level Ford models...not as much differentiation between brands like GM had.
Adam, By 1985 standards the Seville is fine but it is no '74 Marquis😉
Of course, not.
I am what is commonly known in some circles as first.
Umm. You don't want to know what people who announce that rediculous statement are also commonly known as ( in other circles).
@@giggiddy Awesome, is what they’re known as. Ask me how I know.
First loser -yes.
@@johna.4334 lololo. Thank you!
@@johna.4334 Jealousy is as jealousy does.
2cd 🤭
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Vogue tires look good on them
1st view
First loser -yes.
@@johna.4334 nice positive comment. Look in the mirror