Project: 1976 Coupe de Ville....

[DopeStar 156]

Colombia Too off 57 in Washington Township......

[My_favorite_Brougham]

Try this guy. He has nothing but old Cadillacs and plenty of them, and if he doesn't have it, he'll look out for it and call you if he comes across it.

http://www.honestjohn.com/

[bicentennialcadillac]

Originally Posted by DopeStar 156

I was thinking about getting any old color and just dying the things. I still haven't lost faith in ebay and this junkyard near me that's like a dead Cadillac graveyard.....

I ran across my catalog; the lower skins are $89.95, left or right, and can be dyed to any color for an extra $20.

(703) 335-1935

[DopeStar 156]

I have another question actually, what kind of hubcaps was this car supposed to have? This one has the wire hubcaps like the 77-84 cars had. I always thought the 70's cars had the discs, were the wires optional?

[77CDV]

I think the wire discs as we know them came along as an option in 1975 or1976, when they were also offered for the Seville. Standard for the Devilles in 76 was a full chrome "sombrero" wheel cover, with a raised center section with a crest (no wreath) at the center. The valley between the central section and the outter rim is a series of ridges, originally painted flat black between them. Here's a pic.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/74-75...ayphotohosting

I don't care for the wire discs on the 71-76 C cars. They just look wrong somehow. I think they make the car look smaller, less substantial. Oddly, they have the opposite effect on the 77-92. But that's just my opinion.

Craig

[DopeStar 156]

So which would be more desirable on this car? The discs or the wires?

[I~LUV~Caddys8792]

For me, the discs. And that's really saying something considering how much I usually like wire wheel covers. But to me, the Wires look good on the "smaller size" 77+ deVilles and Broughams...just doesn't fit with the truly massive ones.

[CaddymanTom]

Wire wheel discs were optional on the Devilles, Fleetwoods and Sevilles for 1976. On the wires the Devilles had only the crest, no wreath, the Sevilles and Fleetwoods had both the crest and the wreath on the wire wheel covers. The "Sombrero" wheel covers with just the crest were standard on the Devilles. Also for 1976 Cadillac offered a finned wheel cover with the blacked out center. This cover came standard on the De'Elgance package. However they could be ordered as a separate option.

[77CDV]

Originally Posted by CaddymanTom

Wire wheel discs were optional on the Devilles, Fleetwoods and Sevilles for 1976. On the wires the Devilles had only the crest, no wreath, the Sevilles and Fleetwoods had both the crest and the wreath on the wire wheel covers. The "Sombrero" wheel covers with just the crest were standard on the Devilles. Also for 1976 Cadillac offered a finned wheel cover with the blacked out center. This cover came standard on the De'Elgance package. However they could be ordered as a separate option.

Yes, the turbine vane wheels covers are awesome. I like them the best of the three for my taste. The wire discs on these cars just look cheesy to me. Don't know why, they just don't seem to suit the car.

[DopeStar 156]

Well I got it today and I've got a few questions....

The heat always blows from the floor vents, why is that? There's a green dot by the telltale lights that's always on and an orange one that turns on occasionally, what do those mean?