Ralf K on the Curbside Classic Cohort shared this picture of a car he found that has been almost completely consumed by greenery. Despite this melange of organic material and sheetmetal, the car itself looks to be in fairly good condition. Can you tell what it is? You have one hint: it’s a car I’m quite fond of. Bonus points if you can pinpoint the year.
’86 Seville
Got to be it, it says “Seville” on the side marker light.
a common Cadillac appears to be front wheel drive
’89 Eldorado
A Seville Elegante from the 1986 to 1988
Wire wheels say 1986 most likely but they are available after that.
’86+ Eldorado with the rare Poison Ivy package.
… upon closer inspection of the cornering lamp in the photo, it’s a Seville, not an Eldo.
86 seville
Whether on a Seville or Eldorado, those enormous sidelights tacked on clear in the middle of the fender are absolutely garish.
Cornering lights. They only illuminated when the directional signals were functioning. Lit the curb, so one could see it better and not jump it when turning.
Definitely not a necessity, but they could be handy, in some circumstances.
Definitely a 1986 Seville!
Better yet,can you identify where this car is from the greenery? (c:
Moss = Portland, takes a few years
Kudzu = The South, takes about 30 minutes
Washington state somewhere, probably western.
Does this car have something to hide?
If you looked like it does you’d hide too 😀 !!!
Cadillac for sure and would say ’88ish?
Suzuki x90
Oldsmobuick Montecutlass
+1
Cadillac Seville about a 1992.
Cheap looking crappy fake wire wheel hubcaps gotta be a Cadillac.
Got the brand if not the year and model, but bonus points for on-target commentary plus not being from Cadillac’s homeland or time zones. Bryce gets the win in my book.
Looks like a 2 tone 1986-91 Cadillac Seville or Eldorado. Like this one.
How the hell did it get in there? Some people should be punished for neglecting a car like that. Seriously.
86 Cadillac Seville Chia Pet.
Lol, Lol……That’s a good one P!!
Its an 86 to 88 Caddy Seville no doubt, wonder why they just abandoned it like that. From what I can make of the paint it seems to be in relatively good shape still.
Would guess it’s an 86 or 87 Seville with the HT-4100. That explains why it’s abandoned in such good cosmetic conditions. The 88s got the 4.5
Oh, gods: The dreaded V8-6-4. Which was nearly as bad as the 350 Olds Diesel. *Shudder!*
The V4/6/8 didn’t come in the FWD Cadillacs, like these Sevilles. They made their debut in the RWD 1981 Fleetwood.
When the system was deactivated, it left the car in V8 mode.
Now, those V8 GM diesels were a nightmare. I remember the various lawsuits against GM in the early 80’s, like it was yesterday. The stock of the diesel cars would linger on lots. GM had to offer dealers discounts just to put them on dealership lots. I think GM bought back a few or didn’t, hence the numerous lawsuits.
Check out this piece of GM propaganda from 1978… More like wishful thinking on GMs part. :/
The V8-6-4 was a totally different engine than the HT-4100. Disconect the cylinder deactivation thing, and you actually had a good 6 Liter V8 Caddy motor.
The HT-4100 was an attempt to make a smaller V8 with an aluminum block for the up and coming small 80s Caddy FWD’s. It ended up getting shoved into everything, including biggies like the Fleetwood Brougham. It was underpowered and liked to self-destruct in short order, i.e. it sucked royally. As a caveat, some do manage to stay together for many miles and many years for some reason known only to God-but they still are gutless.
The later 4.5 and 4.9 were basically what the 4.1 should have been in the first place.
Perhaps thats why its in the brambles. ITS HT-400 failed years ago and its
was not worth repairing.
To understand the problem with the 4100 one must understand the concept of tolerance and standardization which got Cadillac the Dewar Trophy. Ideally an engine will have all its parts exactly the right size. The reality is that when making thousands of copies of a part some will be a bit larger than specified and some smaller. 4100’s that were build with all smaller parts were OK, and those with larger parts were OK, and those with parts just right were OK. The problem was with engines that had mixed parts that were larger and smaller. These engines failed. A subtle problem that did not show up for about a year, and then it took a while before it became obvious that 25% of the engines were failing. After that it took quite a while to sort out the problem. The SAE Journal had a short article on it when they sorted the problem out.
Quite unforgivable for “The Standard of The World.”
it’s a matallic blue 1986 Cadilac seville, Eldorado had the turn and marker lights in the chrome strip. The seville had them above.
Did they find Elvis in there?
Got overhang?