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Hello, thanks for taking the time to read this. I’m Ben and I’m working on a vehicle 1-2 my senior haha. My brother has a 1990 Cadillac brougham 5.0L rwd four door with soft top (silver on silver, gunmetal accents, spoke rims). Our good friend bought this for his Hispanic wife who never was allowed to listen to rap in Costa Rica (culturally). Long story short, life went south for him quickly, terrible things out of his control happened, and due to an addiction he passed away 4 years ago. It was very hard for both of us.
His father kept this car as Ryan (my friend who passed) loved her and this car with whole heart. My brother got this vehicle from his father who decided it’s too far gone to repair (rust, top peeling, trim popping, old and hard to work on). My brother came to me asking if I could make it happen. Short of a true quality paint job I’m comfortable doing anything that needs to be done and we happen to have a man who is a great painter who has done several classic Cadillac restorations. It runs now great, drives, shifts etc like a Cadillac
It’s got a lot of rust to the point the rear trunk somehow pulls latched but rattles terribly. Minus the “skin” of the trunk it’s gone. The hood is missing a spring for now but just feels very weak as well, I’m assuming if I remove the noise/heat shield I’ll find rust there as well. The engine wiring all seems intact still, but all the “snake” conduit (black stuff) is brittle and disintegrates with touch. The door seals are absolutely gone and the trunk rubber (squishing bumper stuff) is gone causing a bad leak into the trunk but I can’t tell if it’s also at the base of the rear window.
My father was an auto-glass man in the 70-00’s. He gave me a run down of the trims and how to remove the clips. I’m not missing any chrome pieces though many are very loose as is the rear door vinyl sections. I believe I made a good move buying new fiberglass bumper taillight moldings. As I assume welding the bumpers in place is the best restoration option.
I cannot find a trunk anywhere I call so I assume I need to make my own reinforcement and use the trunk skin/stock latch assembly. The bumpers have minor rusting and I looked into having them chromed again but it was astronomical so I’m going to save the chrome I can and spray body color from bumper moldings up I suppose to “make it work”. The spokes have rusting at the point they meet the rim but was told by a friend that I would cry to see pricing to have them redone as well.
I’m wondering what direction everyone is going who needs these parts that are non existent. Perhaps I just don’t know where to look but this seems to be a dead end. I have asked local businesses I know for advice. They tell me to run away and it can’t be done.
Where can I find wiring diagrams, or technical info. I did try searching and found the tech section but didn’t see that type of info.... assuming my competence.... anyone here Brougham god and willing to take some time to help me. I am very active on jeep, explorer, and gen 3-4 chevys with knowledge and experience in most aspects of automotive. I try to help who and where I can, so anyone who’s maybe made it this far, please, any help or direction is appreciated.
His father kept this car as Ryan (my friend who passed) loved her and this car with whole heart. My brother got this vehicle from his father who decided it’s too far gone to repair (rust, top peeling, trim popping, old and hard to work on). My brother came to me asking if I could make it happen. Short of a true quality paint job I’m comfortable doing anything that needs to be done and we happen to have a man who is a great painter who has done several classic Cadillac restorations. It runs now great, drives, shifts etc like a Cadillac
It’s got a lot of rust to the point the rear trunk somehow pulls latched but rattles terribly. Minus the “skin” of the trunk it’s gone. The hood is missing a spring for now but just feels very weak as well, I’m assuming if I remove the noise/heat shield I’ll find rust there as well. The engine wiring all seems intact still, but all the “snake” conduit (black stuff) is brittle and disintegrates with touch. The door seals are absolutely gone and the trunk rubber (squishing bumper stuff) is gone causing a bad leak into the trunk but I can’t tell if it’s also at the base of the rear window.
My father was an auto-glass man in the 70-00’s. He gave me a run down of the trims and how to remove the clips. I’m not missing any chrome pieces though many are very loose as is the rear door vinyl sections. I believe I made a good move buying new fiberglass bumper taillight moldings. As I assume welding the bumpers in place is the best restoration option.
I cannot find a trunk anywhere I call so I assume I need to make my own reinforcement and use the trunk skin/stock latch assembly. The bumpers have minor rusting and I looked into having them chromed again but it was astronomical so I’m going to save the chrome I can and spray body color from bumper moldings up I suppose to “make it work”. The spokes have rusting at the point they meet the rim but was told by a friend that I would cry to see pricing to have them redone as well.
I’m wondering what direction everyone is going who needs these parts that are non existent. Perhaps I just don’t know where to look but this seems to be a dead end. I have asked local businesses I know for advice. They tell me to run away and it can’t be done.
Where can I find wiring diagrams, or technical info. I did try searching and found the tech section but didn’t see that type of info.... assuming my competence.... anyone here Brougham god and willing to take some time to help me. I am very active on jeep, explorer, and gen 3-4 chevys with knowledge and experience in most aspects of automotive. I try to help who and where I can, so anyone who’s maybe made it this far, please, any help or direction is appreciated.
