Vehicle Owner

Member ID: sven914

Location: Louisville, OH

Vehicle Info

1989 Cadillac Brougham

Bought: Sep, 2007

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-6025sec
  • Top Speed90mph
  • HP140
  • Weight5446lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

  • Monroe Brakes 
  • Monroe Shocks 

Exterior Styling

  • Goodyear Tires 

Ratings

    • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.

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Sven’s Cadillac Brougham
“Barbara Ann”

  • Currently 3.8444444444444 /5 Stars.
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This is my Barbara Ann; an 89 Brougham, with a bare bones stock Oldsmobilde Rocket 307 small block. She was manufactured in GM's Arlington Texas facility, in April of 89, and is one of 12,212. She has the d’Elegance interior package, and came with gold emblems. I’ve been adding vintage Cadillac emblems as to display the heritage and history of the Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. In 89, there were a total of 28,926 Brougham's made without the d'Elegance package, but only 12,212 made with it.

sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham

Merlettes


Stock

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Chrome can be dangerous with a nice shine

sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham

 

Before and after: I added a spear base to the hood ornament

sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham


sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham


sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham

I added a chrome centerline to the hood (used on the Cadillac De Ville line).

 

Oldsmobile Rocket 307

sven914s 1989 Cadillac Brougham

 

sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham

sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham

sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham

Classic V-crest, also used on the DeVille lines and the Fleetwood Brougham until 1975.



Before and After

I bought two hardtop pillar shields and cut out the emblem to rebuild the originals


sven914s 1989 Cadillac Brougham

 

sven914s 1989 Cadillac Brougham

I moved the rear quarter-panel Brougham script to the front, because thats were Cadillac put them in the early 70's.


sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham

1976 SeVille hubcaps that were an option for the Fleetwood Brougham. The emblem is custom gold to match Barbara Ann's gold emblem package.


sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham

Vintage Brougham d'Elegance quarter-panel script.

sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham

In the 1972 Cadillac stopped putting special designation on the Fleetwood Sixty Special, saying that all Fleetwood models were automatically Sixty Specials. In 86 the Fleetwood Brougham line separated into the Fleetwood and Brougham, where Brougham continued with the traditional chassis and body, and Fleetwood became front wheel drive and aerodynamic. My opinion is that the Brougham should have retained the Sixty Special designation (I jacked this one off a 91 Fleetwood). So anyone out there with a Brougham, if you see some prick driving an 87 or grater Fleetwood(FWD), steal his Sixty Special Bage, because it belongs on the trunk of YOUR Cadillac.

 

sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham

Everyone else does "Wreaths" under the locks.


Cadillac Motor Car Division, Heritage of Ownership

The original dealer badge: Barrett Of Youngstown

sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham

Gold Taillight emblem and marker light emblem, both takes on '40's hood ornaments

sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham

Classic tunes for a classic ride

sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham

sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham

 

The square door lamp lens from an '80's De Ville RWD has the Cadillac crest, while the factory lenses for the Brougham just has a blank metal square in the center (look closely at the left hand corner of the other interior shot).

sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham

The owner's manual came with the car and had the original warrenty book and a Cadillac Roadside Service card.

sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham

The two on the right are the originals; the ones on the left were purchaced to make a complete set.

sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham

I use this former Cadillac Gold Key to jump the ALDL and pull DTCs. Why? Cause it's Gangsta as hell.

sven914's 1989 Cadillac Brougham

90,000 miles this Cadillac has been on the road and I've been behind the wheel for 18,670 of them.




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road_monster  

Posted by: road_monster

12/05/2009 05:27PM

Beautiful Caddy! I LOVE IT!!! Nice work on the ride page and info too. Five Stars!!!!!! My RM was made in the Arlington plant too! Keep up the EXCELLENT work! -Stewart

sirdi  

Posted by: sirdi

06/26/2009 07:42AM

ncie and clean lac! 5* check my cadillacs out

cadillacking1  

Posted by: cadillacking1

06/22/2009 09:11PM

nice caddy man keepin it original its looks clean 5stars check my 98 and 84 eldorados

02041947  

Posted by: 02041947

06/21/2009 07:28AM

thanx man appreciated

pvt_platano  

Posted by: pvt_platano

06/21/2009 12:35AM

Thanks man. Your Lac is nice and clean. Where did you purchase those emblems?

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Member ID: sven914

Location: Louisville, OH