Vehicle Owner

Member ID: thejavelinman

Location: Alkham, UN

Vehicle Info

1981 Cadillac Seville

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed120mph
  • HP145
  • Weight4185lbs

Major Upgrades

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

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    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
    • Currently 2.6/5 Stars.
    • Currently 2.6/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Dec 05, 2003

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Rob’s Cadillac Seville
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thejavelinman's 1981 Cadillac Seville The car is pretty straight although I will get a few panels resprayed soon as the paint is not perfect anymore. I will also need to fix the Climate Control as the Flap for hot air seems to be stuck which makes driving with the windows closed a bit of a sweaty affair.

thejavelinman's 1981 Cadillac Seville Another shot of the back, the small aerial on the driver side of the trunk was probably for one of those big 80's car phones, I think this was hooked up under the dashboard as there are some small screw holes under the centre ashtray.

thejavelinman's 1981 Cadillac Seville The Daimler DS420, this car features the distinctive 'Bustleback' treatment Hooper Coachworks became famous for. It was these cars that inspired Bill Mitchell to design a Bustleback Caddy. He thought that if these cars would be lower they'd be really good, next to one of these Daimlers the Caddy is certainly a lot lower. The first attempt for the rear-end treatment was on a full size model but not many people at GM were impressed by it so instead it had to wait nearly 10 more years before it finally appeared on the small Seville.

thejavelinman's 1981 Cadillac Seville Another shot of a Cadillac and a Hooper bodied Rolls Royce, of all American Bustleback designs (Cadillac, Chrysler Imperial and Lincoln) the Cadillac was most true to the original. The rear treatment is influenced by the design of marine yachts, therefore feel free to use the term 'land yacht'

thejavelinman's 1981 Cadillac Seville thejavelinman's 1981 Cadillac Seville

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FUNNYCATAZ  

Posted by: FUNNYCATAZ

06/22/2008 09:19PM

Sleek ride very clean I got a 83 all yellow here but lookn good keep it rollin

car_menu  

Posted by: car_menu

02/06/2005 05:19PM

nice!! really nice interior too. check out my 81...

Sevillian41  

Posted by: Sevillian41

12/18/2004 02:59PM

Beautiful car. You must turn heads with it, I'm sure there's not many like yours in England driving around. Check out mine...Black Ice

luddyludwick  

Posted by: luddyludwick

09/14/2004 04:40PM

Great Seville...I'd want an '80 or '81 if I had a choice...I just love them...how was the 4 speed transmission conversion? Did you use a 200R4 or what? Just wondering...love those bustleback Sevilles...check out my FWB!

Joeychgo  

Posted by: Joeychgo

06/11/2004 08:10PM

There is a Best Looking Caddy Contest on www.lincolnvscadillac.com that you should enter! $100 gift certificate prize! YOu should enter your caddy!

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: thejavelinman

Location: Alkham, UN