Cadillac Coupe Deville

[HarleyEarl]

I love Cadillacs and wanted to highlight the Cadillac Coupe Deville....one of my favorites. The first production model was in 1949. It was Cadillac's first hardtop and it had the first modern high compression, overhead valve V8.

Beautiful:

Edited December 26, 2005 by HarleyEarl

[balthazar]

There was a '49 S60S sitting at a diner not far from me: unlicensed, some surface rust, cracked glass, dirty. It was F'ing beautiful.

[Flybrian]

I've always found the very last Coupe DeVilles to be extremely well-proportioned and formal.

[Enzora]

Someone around UNC's campus has a '59 Coupe Deville. In the typical collegiate sea of Hondas and Volkswagens, that thing really knows how to stand out.

[Imaj]

I've always found the very last Coupe DeVilles to be extremely well-proportioned and formal.

[post="63317"][/post]

I see this DeVille often, mostly sedans.. I don't like it much..

[Sixty8panther]

As most of you already know there's a 1979 Coupe DeVille sitting in my driveway right now. It has only 73K original miles and came from the factory painted firethorn red wiht a white half top and bright white leahter interior. Last year for the 425 (7 liters) Last year for the W I D E styling and sloped rear window Last year for HIgh-beam floor switch The knid of car that they write songs about, and the kind of car people remember 50 years later as on e of the cool ones. :) Gotta hit the sack now... exhausted form the holiday

[HarleyEarl]

Some more phocking beautiful '49 Coupe Devilles.

[ocnblu]

They're cool, Harley, except it looks like the blue one has too much air in the shocks.

[balthazar]

1950:




Edited December 26, 2005 by balthazar

[mustang84]

I love the supersized, chrome-plated Coupe DeVille barges of the late 70s.

1978


1979


1980

[RichW5]

I had a '77 Coupe Deville, that I bought with 8500 miles on it. Kept it 7 1/2 years and it was practically bullet proof. The only flaw was the side trim was attached with fasteners that went through holes in the fenders. Eventually Caddys of that era developed big rust circles around the attachment point. I put glass pack mufflers on my '77 along with the best performance Monroe shocks and upgraded the brakes shoes. It drove and handled extremely well. Great car!

[mrmonte]

The 77-79 were great cars. I used to drive my Uncles 79 that he bought new and never used so in the late 80's it still looked brand new. I felt like some big shot . As far as I am concerned they were the last great big Caddy's from a styling and reliabilty stand point. The 91-96 brougham and the 79-85 Eldo's were nice too but those Devilles are way better looking and driving.

[HarleyEarl]

Balthazar....thanks for those great shots of the '50 Coupe Deville. Just makes my mouth water, and loins quiver. There is something so sexy, hot and so American about a large, powerful, Cadillac coupe. Edited December 27, 2005 by HarleyEarl

[balthazar]

No problem....uh... you were going to keep this topic going like the Eldo one, right? At least for the years there were sheetmetal differences? ('55-58, '67-02) You'd get another chance to work that '71 pic in....

[knightfan26917]

I love the supersized, chrome-plated Coupe DeVille barges of the late 70s.

*chuckles*

So do I ... I didn't, at first ... but then, family friends of ours bought a cinnamon brown 1979 Caddy Sedan Deville ... and I absolutely love it. They've let me drive it the last few times I've visited them in TN ... what a treat!

Gotta love Sixty8's red coupe, too ;).


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[HarleyEarl]

'51

[Sixty8panther]

I've always found the very last Coupe DeVilles to be extremely well-proportioned and formal.

[post="63317"][/post]

Wow.... I think the EXACT opposite about those cars. To me they scream Citation proportions with horrific styling. This is the era of FWD Cadillacs that tarnished the Cadillac image so badly that snobs to this day will not test drive a brand new STS-V.



Here's the Firethorn '79

[Sixty8panther]

Speaking of the Coupe Deville like I mentioned the other day my buddy Ross IS going to keep it after all since I still have not payed him for it and he has a love affair with it. :P He'll be storing it at my house untill a point in the future unknown... mean time I' going to replace the Fleetwood Brougham with a temp. beater. I keep trying to get Ross to join this site. He's a lunatic not unlike myself. :D

[XP715]

Speaking of the Coupe Deville like I mentioned the other day my buddy Ross IS going to keep it after all since I still have not payed him for it and he has a love affair with it. :P

He'll be storing it at my house untill a point in the future unknown... mean time I' going to replace the Fleetwood Brougham with a temp. beater.

I keep trying to get Ross to join this site. He's a lunatic not unlike myself. :D

[post="63908"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post]

Alright cocktoucher, you win; I finally joined your precious messageboard.


Ross here, the often talked about and seldom seen owner of the big red '79 Coupe Deville currently taking up residence in sixty8's ample driveway. Like everybody else in the thread except the one dude there that gets a boner off the front wheel drive models, I too am a fan of the giant rear wheel drive V8 Jew Canoe Coupe Devilles of yesteryear (pardon the expression) and look forward to the day when the big red monster is fixed up a bit and can once again reclaim its place on the open road. Y'know, legally. Everybody loves a winter project.

[Sixty8panther]

:huh: I do not know you! :blink: (glad you took up my suggestion for your username)

[Mach5GTP]

My dad had a 64 CDV and my mom a 75 CDV (500ci!), both white, tho not at the same time (wouldn't thata been fun!). The 64 was restored for use as my oldest sister's wedding car, to take her from the church to the reception. It was completed, quite literally, the night before her wedding. Sadly, it wasn't used much after that, and was sold a couple years later. The 75 was my mom's daily driver (my mom rocks!), and would lay double-rubber as long as you wanted it to. Go mom! What I loved most about those cars, particularly the 64, were the enormous quarter panels, like a woman's legs, long and promising... :drool:

[HarleyEarl]

My dad had a 64 CDV and my mom a 75 CDV (500ci!), both white, tho not at the same time (wouldn't thata been fun!).

The 64 was restored for use as my oldest sister's wedding car, to take her from the church to the reception.  It was completed, quite literally, the night before her wedding.  Sadly, it wasn't used much after that, and was sold a couple years later.

The 75 was my mom's daily driver (my mom rocks!), and would lay double-rubber as long as you wanted it to.  Go mom!

What I loved most about those cars, particularly the 64, were the enormous quarter panels, like a woman's legs, long and promising... :drool:

[post="63950"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post]

Interesting analogy....almost poetic.....you have something there.

[HarleyEarl]

Simply the nicest example of this generation ever, thanks Mustang84.

Edited December 28, 2005 by HarleyEarl

[JuniperStyles]

I inherited a pristine 1991 Coupe deVille from my uncle and use it as my daily driver. Its an incredible car.

[Sixty8panther]

Simply the nicest example of this generation ever, thanks Mustang84.

[post="64008"][/post]

somehow everything just WORKS on that car.... the whitewalls and tan roof work so great wiht the opera lights. :)

[XP715]

somehow everything just WORKS on that car.... the whitewalls and tan roof work so great wiht the opera lights. :)

[post="64344"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post]

Those aren't just any whitewalls; they're the correct Royal Seal whitewalls! I know these aren't produced anymore but does anybody know of any places that may have old stock or perhaps a crotchety old man that's sitting on a pile of them amidst his other wonderful junk? I'd kill to have a set of these on my '79 Coupe Deville when it's all done.

[Sixty8panther]

corker probably.... or you can call up Deniss Gauge and ask him. If he's not too busy grooming his mustache he'll help you out. He-he.

[XP715]

corker probably.... or you can call up Deniss Gauge and ask him. If he's not too busy grooming his mustache he'll help you out.

He-he.

[post="64481"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post]

Dennis Gage is perhaps the biggest faggot going in the automotive scene. A thousand dollars to the person that pulls his moustache off :)

[z28luvr01]

Hey Ross, just so you know, we don't really care for that kind of language here. Keep it clean, mmkay? Thanks.

[XP715]

Hey Ross, just so you know, we don't really care for that kind of language here. Keep it clean, mmkay? Thanks.

[post="64495"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post]

Fair enough, but the offer for his moustache stands :P

[Sixty8panther]

Hey retard how about throwing in a turbo 3800 into the EGG in north-south configuration and sending power to a IRS from a totalled 2005 STS?

P.S. don't say shit like that... you're makig me look bad and people will think you're a redneck homophobe or someting. I know you're just messin around but stick to midler language like cockgoblin.

MmmKay?

Edited December 29, 2005 by Sixty8panther

[Sixty8panther]

Anyway... some more in reverse chronological order:

[XP715]

Niceness. Especially that steel gray '71-'72 you've got towards the bottom. I need to get me one of those! those separated headlights are the coolest; they make the car look ten feet wide.

[Sixty8panther]

more to follow....