my '79 came witht he crest too.
simple:
take my '79 for example... it is a "DeVille", middle of the road Caddy. All the factory badgeing on the car still had the V... the steering wheel, the trunk etc... and just the crest on the hood (UGLY!)
now look at the 1979 Fleetwood...
notice, no V... instead it has the wreath!
just a way to distinguish the "base" model from the "upscale" model, thats all... it was like that until 1984, because the DeVille was RWD until 1984 (still could get the big body in Coupes) in 1985 the DeVille went FWD and Brougham took over the RWD chassis... the Fleetwood was also on the FWD chassis.
So now there is only 1 model on the RWD chassis... Brougham... so it kinda got it all, all the old Fleetwood options, Although you could still get an updated interior with the Brougham d"Elegance package.
I bought NOS (never used) 80's Brougham hood ornament on ebay and put it on my car, HUGE DIFFERENCE! gosh it is so much better.... but on the steering wheel and trunk, I kinda like the \/..... gives it a classic feel.
so thats why
simple:
take my '79 for example... it is a "DeVille", middle of the road Caddy. All the factory badgeing on the car still had the V... the steering wheel, the trunk etc... and just the crest on the hood (UGLY!)
now look at the 1979 Fleetwood...
notice, no V... instead it has the wreath!
just a way to distinguish the "base" model from the "upscale" model, thats all... it was like that until 1984, because the DeVille was RWD until 1984 (still could get the big body in Coupes) in 1985 the DeVille went FWD and Brougham took over the RWD chassis... the Fleetwood was also on the FWD chassis.
So now there is only 1 model on the RWD chassis... Brougham... so it kinda got it all, all the old Fleetwood options, Although you could still get an updated interior with the Brougham d"Elegance package.
I bought NOS (never used) 80's Brougham hood ornament on ebay and put it on my car, HUGE DIFFERENCE! gosh it is so much better.... but on the steering wheel and trunk, I kinda like the \/..... gives it a classic feel.
so thats why