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Rat Rod Low Reserve 1993 Cadillac Sedan Deville on 2040-cars
Year:1993
Mileage:145351
Location:
Goleta, California, United States
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The Caddy tags paid until September 2014.... if you "get-it" In January 2012 Two and a half years ago. I bought the car to experiment with giving a car a natural patina look and using my art skills I accomplished a bad-ass look on the hood, top, and trunk lid, the remainder of the car I was more subtle and had to be because the front left and right fenders are abs plastic and I painted them to look rusted, but on Saturday June 8, 2013, I painted the sides matte blue (see photos). I bought this car from the owner who was a Union 76 service station owner in town. The title is clear and in my name, this is NOT a flip or story about the car is a friend's and I'm selling it for them... This is my car! With that out of the way, at 142,000 miles the car was given a new set of Michelin Harmony 95T tires all the way around. P205/70R15, a full lube job, windshield wipers. At the same time, the serpentine belt was replaced, the cooling system was serviced, and the car was made road ready. It's fun to drive and you definitely get the looks, more on that in a minute. Yes, the wheels are orange, they are NOT painted, they were professionally powder-coated by Armando at PERMACOLOR in Carp. Center caps were purchased new on ebay and installed. On June 20, 2014 a new First Interstate battery was installed. The car was professionally lowered by the award-winning team at Scott's Hot-rods N Customs in Oxnard, Ca. The factory radio does not work, but the clock in it lights up, so it may be a fuse on the back of the radio, but I'm too old to crawl under the dash and look. There is a crusty bubble at the side rear of the drivers side, just up and left of the gas filler door. and the trunk will close, but it's a little tricky and does take some finesse. Dependable, YES... I had the car gone through so that it is always road-ready and when you put your foot down, the car knows what you want to do., Headlamps, turn signals, brake lights, dome light, door lights, back up lights, license plate lights all work, gauges work fine and the mileage is true. Brakes are fine and the tranny and engine perform as they should. Lots of room in this car. The interior is white with the exception of the center armrest which is tan and I recently replaced and in great condition, although the seats could use a good scrubbing, personally, I would have them dyed white, it's faster and they would look new if you did. The carpet and dash are blue. I added a Stroh's Beer Tap to the selector, it's old, since it has Detroit 26, Michigan rather than a zip code on it. (see photo) I yellowed the front turn signals and blacked out the grille center see photo and compare to the original shot of the car. The oil is Castrol Syntec, and of course, the filter was changed, fittings lubricated and all the usual belts, brakes, lights, tire pressure, etc. were checked and are fine. When the car was lowered it was pointed out to me that the left inner tie rod end should be replaced and it was on January 21, 2013, On that same day the transmission cooler hoses and clamps were repaired and a new transmission filter kit and fluid were installed. The valve cover gaskets were changed on Friday June 7, 2013, a small crack in the windshield repaired by Safe-lite, and a front-end alignment done. I had the engine and under-chassis professionally degreased.. In California, this is something that you have to go to a pro; You can't just do it in your driveway... big fine if you get caught.. and it was only a hundred bucks. NOW, about the pictures: The hood, top, and trunk were originally painted to look rusty... but I wanted a great patina, so I ground, used a little magic liquid, and then clear coated to bring out that brown patina we all love. The front fenders I've described. I painted the sides with advertising from a place that use to exist in Detroit (which is where I use to live, but moved to Ca. in 1978). That's why the rear license plate, which is abs plastic is painted to look rusty and says Detroit, there's a tiger in the back window (as in Detroit Tiger), there's a Stroh's beer tap on the selector... and, by the way, that's a 1955 Chevrolet hood ornament I used to replace the standard Cadillac emblem on the hood. I've popped off the side plastic... ugly... the trim over the rear wheels and the mirror casings are plastic but painted to look rusty (see photos), and the rear tail light surrounds and between the trunk lid and bumper are a kind of rubber/plastic, but painted to look like they are rusting.... This was something I wanted to try on a car to get the effect... I painted the sides of the car on Saturday, June 8, 2013 a matte blue (SEE PHOTOS). If you're not building and customizing your car, you're probably wasting time in front of the TV. Of course, this vehicle is sold as-is, where-is and it is the buyers responsibility to arrange transportation or pick-up of the car. I DRIVE THE CAR REGULARLY, 'CAUSE IT'S COOL! so, that being said, the mileage when you get the car will be somewhere between 145,000 and 146,000 miles. As of this writing the mileage is 145,351 and this vehicle has been listed locally, so auction may end at any time.
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