Ok; I don’t know or care (or want to start a discussion about) what the actual political message on this Seville limo found in New York by Triborough is, but I suspect it’s not about the actual car. Still, I’d prefer to think this is a one of its kind, and that there isn’t a clone of it out there.
It seems to be showing some signs of structural instability around the mid-section, or it was just a rather poor stretch job from the beginning. Given the painful choices of engines available in these, hopefully this was one of the early versions which still had the Cadillac 368 or Olds 350 available. I’d hate to think of a limo powered by the 4.1.
Now if only the license plate had the word “sin” added to it.
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Hmmm. It looks rather better than an unmodified Seville.
If it’s got the same two wheelcovers on the other side (big IF there) he should swap so that each side is matched or at least has the direction going the same way front to back. I’ve always had a problem with non-directional table-saw style wheels or covers looking “wrong” on one side.
I think any attempt at “fixing” this car would be counter-productive, and rather spoil the effect. 🙂 Let’s face it, that’s the least of its problems.
There’s actually an easy way to fix that Seville… it’s called a shredder 😀 …
Demo derby?
Hmmm. The hunchback of Seville , not Notre Dame.
The Butchering of Seville, not the Barbering
Actually this was in McCarren Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn not Washington D.C.
The car has lived in Williamsburg for at least a few years, despite the Virginia plates which would make you think it would be from that other Williamsburg in Virginia.
I wondered about that, since you’re from NYC. I made an assumption, based on the political message and the plates.
Also, you have anti-copying protection turned on in your Flickr postings at the Cohort. Since it says clearly that all images posted at the Cohort may be used at CC, I’m defeating that by using a screen-shot instead of normal down-load.
Paul, send me a message on flickr so I can make you a contact with the proper permissions.
This would be perfect as the ride of choice for some wasteland crime boss in a post apocalyptic Mad Max type movie. The tubes on the roof are obviously for the methane fuel system. I could see Master sitting in the back with the honeys while Blaster does the driving.
Who run Bartertown????
The horror, the horror.
“There ought to be a law…”
For its engine, even worse than the 4.1 would be the GM 350 Diesel. How’s THAT for a horrible thought?
0-60 in about a week?
Looks like it’s supposed to be art. Or, as is more common in Williamsburg, “art.”
You know what they say-“art is anything you can get away with’.
Cloning that would be treason.
What a piece! Why would you want a Seville limo in the first place? I thought the whole point of having a limo was to start with a big, expensive car.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to be shuttled in my Chevrolet Lumina limousine.
Barclay! Fetch me my 3.1 L of goodness!
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What? It’s no worse than the Caddy.
…or a stretched Toyota SUV.
Looks like the conversion was done by the same doctor who attached those people in The Human Centipede.
I so wish that Lumina was a photoshop and not real…
I see lots and lots of poorly done stretch limos , they all look kinda bent like this POC Caddy does .
That Lumina , OTOH , would be just fine South of The Border….
-Nate
Those are Missouri plates, though. Of course, I’ve seen sketchier when I was in MO.
Don’t shoot me, people of Missouri!
Matador, I’ve lived in three of the four corners of Missouri as well as the middle and have been to all but one of the 114 counties in this state. Some things just don’t faze me.
That Lumina isn’t the worst thing I’ve seen. A Lumina van sitting on a jacked up 4×4 chassis on the other hand…. 🙂
I was considering making a Missouri comment but decided to let it pass…
Folks I know who live there , call it ‘ Misery ‘ and are trying to leave .
-Nate
It’s possible to make derogatory statements (ie, broad generalizations) about any state in this nation. On the flip side, each state in this nation also has a lot going for it. So is the glass half-full or half-empty?
Half full to me .
As you pointed out , everyone has different views of different places .
-Nate
It doesn’t matter the glass is half full or half empty, the car salesman will still try to sell you both variants, while upselling you the optional glass handling package. 😉
I’m one of the few who actually likes that shape Seville (we hold our annual Seville-Appreciation-Society convention in a phone booth), but that conversion hurts my eyes. A photo of it could be used to scare kids into eating veggies.
Quality of execution notwithstanding, I find this almost more attractive than the original. The added length makes the bustleback work better.
As for the concept that cloning is treason, I need to ponder that one some more. Perhaps this means that regular reproduction is only espionage.
Well, I suppose it could have been worse – this limen (er, sorry, limo) could have been cobbled together from a 1986-91 Seville. Too bad this wretched thing wasn’t posted on Halloween, since it is pretty scary.
I’ve seen this limo before a long time ago in it’s current “theme” and I’m pretty sure that it was a beater that was on eBay many years ago (similar condition without the anti-cloning motif). Yes, I like the bustleback Seville and intermittently search for Seville limos of this vintage.
They were a “thing” in Paris, France in the late 80’s and early 90’s and it seems there are more there (and Europe) than in the US now. The one that I was in in Paris was very nice for the time. The only thing that I picked up and remember from the driver was that he was proud that it was front drive and sure that he said it was 6 cylinder, whether it was a conversion, or “fixed” 4-6-8, idk.
Most of the limo conversions for the Seville seem to be either white or gray (instead of black). There was a fashion designer (don’t know who) that had one that what strangely appealing (to me) that was 2 tone red (burgundy-ish), gold trim and “spare tires” at both the front and one at the rear trunk. Neo-classics were still “timelessly fashionable” and “too much was still not enough”… this is before the term “pimped out” was coined… or perhaps the reason for the term.
Many older limos have problems inherent to the conversion, especially sag and corrosion, depending on the company that did the conversion- the 80’s seem to be the worst since so many smaller shops seemed to pop up and spit out conversions of dubious quality, based on unexpected vehicles that weren’t of particular excellence to begin with.
I’m also a fan of the bustleback Sevilles, and making a limo out of one isn’t the craziest thing in the world–no worse than the limos based on the downsized FWD devilles of the 80’s, and I’ve seen a few of those.
But this one…wow. As if the sag and the beater condition isn’t bad enough, WTF is up with that “panel” after the front doors? I know some limos have decorative pillar covers that are sort of wide–but this thing is just weird. And ugly. Definitely *not* one of the better limo conversions I’ve seen!
I was wondering about that panel too. Here’s my hypothesis: the middle section is actually another front door welded shut and modified lightly. This means they didn’t need to get custom made exterior or interior trim. Of course, if they retained the original front door glass, it’d be angled as per the A-pillar, so a nice wide panel would hide the fact there’s much more glass behind it than is visible.
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Depending on what year this thing is, it could also have the Buick 4.1 liter V6 credit option featuring 125 horses and 210 torque for the 1980-82 models years.