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84 Coupe Deville Project

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#1 ·
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?
 
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#517 ·
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

Yea, post it here.
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...
 
#523 ·
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
 
#524 ·
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
 
#533 ·
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
 
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