Well I'm back from my internetless Thanksgiving and I saw plenty of RWD Cadillacs out on the road and for sale. Folks must have been bringing them out for the occasion. ...That and I visited family on the South side of San Antonio where many folks are still driving them as beaters. I did have my camera phone, so I snapped away. Forgive the quality as I was in a hurry most of the time and people were staring at my like I were a thief! ...haha.., Well, here goes..

I went to Cracker Barrel earlier in the week before Thanksgiving and I saw this. The whole family just walked on in and didn't even notice this. :bonkers: Well I just like to fawn over these cars, so I did. It was a '92 d'Elegence 5.7L and was in pretty nice shape, but looked like it was being driven as a daily driver by probably the little old lady who bought it new. Looked real nice, but I've already said that. Yum..
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x141/Shutterbug668/11-18-07_1317.jpg

Next was this triple black and tinted Brougham. Looked original and unaltered, which seems to be a hard find since these color combos are usually snatched up by modifiers first. I couldn't get too close, but it sure was a 'beaut to look at!
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x141/Shutterbug668/11-19-07_1542.jpg

Next was this mint mint mint mint '83 Fleetwood Brougham with a very nice light blue/teal firemist and velour seats that looked sooooo comfy. The paper said one-owner and that no one had sat in the back seat ever! :eek: Only 60,somthing miles on here and always garaged. But it did have the ht4100 and was asking 2K for her. It was gone two days later when I drove by again. Oh she was clean clean clean, too. Another Yum!
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x141/Shutterbug668/11-19-07_1647.jpg

Okay heres a '75 Deville that was a dark brown antelope-ish color with tan seats. Looked real clean in the inside and owner said the A/C worked, but who knows! Was asking 4K for her. Cadillac 500!
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x141/Shutterbug668/11-19-07_1615.jpg

And the sadest story you'll ever hear... If you remember long ago I mentioned an '81 Fleetwood Brougham that my cousin's uncle hit a deer with. He was gonna give it to me for $250, but he unfortunately promised it to my vandel cousin who decided to take it. It was his father's car that he bought new in October of 1980. He died in '95 having only put 50K miles on it (he had another RWD '80 Deville that he and his wife drove too, and his place of work was literally a 30sec walk from his house). The car went to his son, my cousin's uncle who then promised it his nephew who was something like 10 years old at the time. Well he was not interested in it and my cousin's uncle offered it to me for $250 back in 2006. I prompty agreed, but when my cousin found out, he decided to take his uncle back up on the promise he'd made years before, just to spite me. He knew I liked Cadillacs of this vintage and did the following. Grrr...this makes me mad. The car was in mint mint mint condition, clean in and out, always dealer-serviced, and always garaged. The car had 50K miles on it when this happened. Everything worked immaculately including the CB radio and the power antenna. The engine ran flawlessly with the variable displacement 6.0L 368 engine. Only the grill had been knocked out by a deer and didn't even affect the header panel. Everything was mint!!

Well my cousin took it mud-trudging at 80-90mph in a field. Said he ran it into trees and over hills, just to see when it would stop running. Before he did this he took a circular saw to the roof and cut off the mint top, destroying the perfect vinyl and cutting the windshield and pillars. He beat the the doors off the car with a sledge hammer and crowbar-ripped the seats. Then when the car was barely in pieced he used it has target practice with 12ga. slugs, destroying all engine components. The A/C exploded, sending four pounds of precious r12 into the atmosphere. Then he axed the deck lid and hood off and fill the car with its own guts which he had fun running over with a four-wheeler. Then he dumped junk and a refrigerator in the car and strapped all the metal to the roof and hauled it off to the scrap yard for a recycling refund of $140. He even drove by where I was staying, just to rub it in. He knew I wanted this mint mint mint '81 Fleet, but he destroyed it and showed me. He did let me have the front and rear bumpers which were miraculously in okay shape. I think it was a "thats all youre gonna get" consolation sarcasm gift. If he wasn't the son of my aunt, I'd call him an SOB. :mad::mad::mad: Remember this car was literally Barret-Jackson quality before this happened. He rolled a mint car out of the garage, and did this with his bare hands, on purpose. You can't blame mother nature or father time on this one; it's purely the savageness of man!! Those Canadians look like pampers compared to this! :mad:
This car was a pampered beautiful virgin maiden.........
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x141/Shutterbug668/11-20-07_1124.jpg
This car was a gem from heaven...........
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x141/Shutterbug668/11-20-07_1224.jpg

On a slightly lighter note, I did see a few other Broughams, though I did not take photos. I saw an '85 dark green firemist Fleetwood Brougham, but it was just a beater with tree-dents and body damage all over. The interior was shot though it had a new headliner. Had that cracked, hard leather like junk yard cars. At a 163,000 miles, there's no way I would have considered that ht4100 car. He was asking 2K for her. I don't think so.

Also saw a couple 90-92s going down the road that looked real nice. The car-collectors must have brought them out for Thanksgiving.

Hmm, didn't even notice that DTS right next to the first one. :bang2:

I would murder your cousin. MURDER him.

I would murder your cousin. MURDER him.

Yeah well, I guess you can't control the family you're stuck with. Oh, and feel free! :alchi: I'm just tryin' not to think about it... :alchi::alchi::alchi:


Just thank God it wasn't a Coupe. Else, I might've done the deed myself.

Is that his Ram? Key it.

Damn it! That ruined the nice little nicotine buzz I had going... shit, now I'm depressed. Dude, I don't know your family, but that would start a very expensive war with me - nothing off limits. I'd get him to the point of tears asking my why I did this to him. I'm not kidding. I'm usually a peace loving person, but you do not do that to a Cadillac over personal shit.

my heart sank as i saw those pictures.

my deepest consolidations....

Yeah, now I'm all depressed too. Thank god it's not on Youtube also. Did he destroy that Cadillac to get back at you, or just because?

That's lame. I say you do that to his car as revenge :hmm:

It was just 'cause... no personal problems it all. We don't even know each other that well. I think to him it was all a big joke, but it sure WAS NOT funny. Their whole family is that way; pyros and whatnot. He's just a wild kid, that's all. Fixin' to go into the army, too. That should help relieve his repressed anger...haha...wants to shoot some folks. I kinda feel sorry for him.........kinda

The sun would not set before I took vengeance on this son of a bitch. What the hell kind of "family" would do something like that?

Tell me about it, I feel like I just read something about a 4 year old kid getting raped and killed. I'm revolted.

It's one thing to do that to a beater, but...

Aw shit, screw it! I can't un-see it, and I can't do anything about it.

Yall go ahead and get your transgressions out; I've been fighting this for a year so I'm giving up; there's nothing else we can do for her. I think I might go buy a Brougham and love it to make me feel better.

This reminds me of the family that lives by my grandpa's house. The father and the son never got along, got into a bit fight or something, so the kid sets his mattress on fire, burns the house to the ground. Does your cousin have no honor for his late father? I mean it's one thing to do it to some car you got for free or got a great deal, but your dad's car that he bought brand new....wow, just wow.

Yall go ahead and get your transgressions out; I've been fighting this for a year so I'm giving up; there's nothing else we can do for her. I think I might go buy a Brougham and love it to make me feel better.

Yeah, do that and drive it to the family get togethers so your cousin can see it and then you can spite him to your heart's desire.

It was actually his grandfather's (his uncle's dad). He's only 17 and rambunctious. All of us in the family are awestruck at this blatant disrespect. The wife (who still has her '80 Deville) was nearly torn to tears when she saw her husband's pride and joy like that. She had happened to be there. He was the poor son of an immigrant who worked his fingers to the bone till the day he died to provide a decent life for his kids and grandkids. This Cadillac was his one bit of comfort in a harsh world. His grandson who now reaps the benefits of the multi-million-dollar company that his grandfather build from scratch shows his gratitude like this...yuck

Oh, so he's a spoiled piece of shit. Seeing as how everyone knows about this, maybe they'll kick him out of the family or something...isn't there a legal way to do that?

Castration.

Doesn't sound like there'd be much to cut off anyway...

Oh, so he's a spoiled piece of shit. Seeing as how everyone knows about this, maybe they'll kick him out of the family or something...isn't there a legal way to do that?

Ehh, I doubt it. The family is shocked, but they all see it as "boys will be boys." None of them have fine respect for cars like these. Just another old car in their minds. Only the the sentimental value of the heirloom is what scared them.

And this is why I say, just cause you happen to share common progenitors does not make you family, merely related. Sounds like your cousin belongs on the Group W bench.;) On the upside, maybe Grandma will pass on her 80 to you in consolation, esp. if you show her you'll treat it right.

Craig

From what you've described, I think your cousin will find his time in the military rather "interesting" before he gets an "unusual" discharge before his basic is finished.:annoyed:

^^ Yeah probably! He's practically been kicked out of everything. He was expelled from high school this last year for breaking/entering and vandalism along with several underage drinking charges and possible harassment case which was dropped.

Oh he sounds like a real class act....not just your regular restless teenager.

God, that's just sick. I can sort-of condone abusing an already beat-up car that's on its last legs, but to completely destroy a mint-condition car that was his grandfather's pride and joy is beyond disgusting.

It's a real shame his grandmother had to see what he did. Total disrespect. I hope she cuts him out of the will. I sure as hell would. I'd make sure he gets nothing from the multi-million dollar company his grandfather started.

The Army might straighten him out, but it's a long shot. More than likely, he'll continue acting like a shit-for-brains doucebag, and they'll send his ass packing.

a little time in Iraq will be a real dose of reality. They have nice cars over there that blow up on their own.

why didn't anybody in his own family woop his ass? even automotive ignorant people would know thats not right because anybody could have seen that car was worth money. his family obvious doesn't care how irresponsible their kid is. that would seriously piss me off but then again working on cars for a living i see brand new vehicles people buy for 20,30 or even 50 grand and they are filty in and out. bottom line is its just a car to most people they just dont care:nono:

He's a perfect candidate for that boot camp they're always sending teenagers too. The one you always see on Maury or any of those other daytime talk shows.

I bet R Lee Ermey could straighten that SOB out.