Just picked up a new 84 Deville De'elegance. Blue on blue with the soft cloth seats. The outside looks good as does the inside. It has 142K with a bad tranny and a motor that wont idle down. I only had it running for 10 minutes but the temp light came on. I looked under the hood and saw some melted wiring and some small mods but it all looks intacked.
Completely stock interior looks to have survived very well with the only defect being the locks not working.
Then comes the bad parts. The rust on the drivers floor board, its the only part of the floor board with rust
There is a rust hole in this fender thats hard to see. You can see the tire, just not in the pic.
Never did a floor pan though, are they a pain to deal with? I havent had it on the lift yet but the rest of the frame looks good. The plan would be to switch over the complete drivetrain from the 90 to this 84, everything except the interior mods, I like the interior as is. I would need to put some gauges somewhere though, any ideas?
I'd like to see it too.
Also, I was looking around online and saw an 80-89 caddy with caprice euro headlights in the 80-89 front clip and the bezels cut. IMO it looked really cool.....looked alot more european than the 90-92.
I was going to do this when I had those same lights, needed some modifications done and I eventually sold those lights.
Here's a picture of Caprice headlights on 80-89 front clip
OKAY.
Here's the picture. I believe this is the first Caddy that started the whole 90d frontend on the 80s model back when the 90-92 were fairly new. Note that no side panels were used or the impact bumper strips and no Fleetwood rockers on door/under door was used. He did use the 90d taillights on this car..
I tried to resize the front half of picture to no use, so you can see it better. You'll probably have to save pic on your computer and zoom in...
I'd like to see it too.
Also, I was looking around online and saw an 80-89 caddy with caprice euro headlights in the 80-89 front clip and the bezels cut. IMO it looked really cool.....looked alot more european than the 90-92.
I see those euro caprices in yards here from time to time. I wonder if headlights from a euro lumina or monte, etc. would work. They're alot more common. If I could do it and be able to actually adjust them, i'd do it. But I'm not having halfassed non adjustable headlamps held in just by the bezel. Personally I like it. It makes it look like a real euro spec car
edit: wonder if silverado lights would work? looked around online and saw a couple 3rd gen f body guys put them in
Well, no real update except that I got plates for it now. Had to combine to titles and they charged me $85 for tabs and new plates. The new high torque starter is working great so far. Now that I can drive it, I'm sure I will want to work on it. The DMV said it might have to pass an inspection and I will find out in about a month. They said either the title or the inspection notice will come in the mail. I dont have cats on it so hopefully its not the inspection notice.
I'm still having issues with the rear caliper bracket bolts, they have came off again right in front of the house and locked up the tire. One broke in half and one completely came out. Not sure that I have the right bolts in, anybody know the correct size?
I still need some stuff:
Top exterior windshield trim
Center hood trim
Interior rear quarter panels in black
Steering wheel in black
You MUST use wither new bolts from GM, or use LocTite on the bolts. New ones come with thread locker on them. The FSM specs replacement every time they are off, but if you use Loctite, you're good. I may have spares, I'll check.
Alright thanks. I have the wrong bolts in, they tighten down but wiggled going in. Not sure how I missed that the first time. Probably have the standard size that is close to correct metric size.
like those seats look in your car. I always thought I`d like to get some Impala SS wheels but for a few months now I am thinking more about the same Fleetwood mags that you have. I don`t know why but they look more stylish on it.
I also have to do the roof on my car and after seeing yours and a few others I am wondering i I shouldn`t remove the vinyl roof completely. But it will probably be even more expensive since it has to be nicely painted
I'd definitely suggest the hard top. The impala rims look decent but the stock impala tires are a little too bulky. I'm gonna go to 225/50/17s so I can get to the stock diameter tire size. Can't beat the 93-96 Fleetwood rims. I'd love to get some chrome Fleetwood rims though.
And that's about the best I can get. A working floor shifter with correct gear indication and working cup/change holder. Looks pretty decent in person too. Shifter is a little high but I can't get it lower.
I really like the interior. With that console, and mostly the console makes me think of a 70`s german car (Porsche or something). I think it`s the soberness and black colour, but I think it looks great.
No easy access to the back seat. My kids can get in pretty easy but a skinny adult will have to be creative, bigger people just cant ride in the back. I got back there once...that was an experience. I think its safe to say its a two seater.
Snow is going away and I was able to dig my car out. First mod was electric fans and a CS144 alternator. Getting a CDI ignition, weatherstripping and hidden switch panel soon. Just gotta dig the slicks out and hope they are still good to make it to the strip this year.
A better look at the center console all done. Just put the switch panel in for sunroof, horn, fuel pump and tranny kick down. The tranny kick down is a fun little switch to play with.
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