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Sheville
01-02-2009, 07:40 AM
Hey, my name is Jelmer and I'm from the Netherlands (Europe) I bought this Cadillac 2 years ago when I was 18. I already did a lot of work during this time in order to keep the Seville pleasant to drive.
I've also personalized it slightly. I will keep improving it in the future, until it's completely answering to my demands

I have obtained several books concerned to the car, Most of them:

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/22-07-2008%20-%20Interior/DSC00317.jpg

More about the car; It's an original Swiss car (general motors Suisse) displaying Kilometers, there aren't much of these around. It came with the owners manual in English and a German translation aswell. The service records were also included. I bought it in 2006, it was just imported and had only 77.700 on it (48.500 miles)

Changes I did to the exterior:

-Bi xenon in the outter headlights
-Xenon in the inner headlights
-Removed original Turbine hubcaps (don't want them to be stolen), installed some earlier 70's hubcaps (still have 3 sets of these left)
-30% blue tint on the side front windows
-3% tint on the rear windows

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/10-02-2008%20-%20Black%20and%20White/09.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/10-02-2008%20-%20Black%20and%20White/14.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/10-02-2008%20-%20Black%20and%20White/12.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/10-02-2008%20-%20Black%20and%20White/02.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/10-02-2008%20-%20Black%20and%20White/05.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/10-02-2008%20-%20Black%20and%20White/01.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/10-02-2008%20-%20Black%20and%20White/10.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/10-02-2008/30.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/10-02-2008/27.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/DSC05408.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/22-07-2008%20-%20Interior/DSC00314.jpg

I had the complete interior tore down to the metal, everything was still rustfree, here's a list of things I've done:

-Everything has been cleaned; carpets, leather etc.
-Did a lot of wiring before the carpet went back in.
-Modern head unit under seat with transmitter
-Extra switches for additional High beams, interior lightning + dimmer
-Extra +12V Outlets
-Led lightning everywere
-New speakers
-Different steering wheel, it's a 73-75 model (Mine was cracked and didn't have the wood insert anymore)
-It's 100% complete again, down to all the cigarette lighters... and everything works!

Here are the interior pictures, the upholstery is all original 1977:

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/22-07-2008%20-%20Interior/DSC00306.jpg

Both front seats are 6 way power, it was an overpriced option. So you won't find it on every Seville

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/22-07-2008%20-%20Interior/DSC00269.jpg

I've added an tachometer, but it disturbed the look of the dash, so I removed it later

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/22-07-2008%20-%20Interior/DSC00245.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/22-07-2008%20-%20Interior/DSC00251.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/22-07-2008%20-%20Interior/DSC00253.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/22-07-2008%20-%20Interior/DSC00304.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/22-07-2008%20-%20Interior/DSC00316.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/22-07-2008%20-%20Interior/DSC00309.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/22-07-2008%20-%20Interior/DSC00293.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/22-07-2008%20-%20Interior/DSC00792.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/22-07-2008%20-%20Interior/DSC00782.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/22-07-2008%20-%20Interior/DSC00771.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/22-07-2008%20-%20Interior/DSC00787.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/AsiaHiTopic/The%2077%20Seville/22-07-2008%20-%20Interior/DSC00799.jpg

Sorry for so many pictures, but it was hard to make a selection from almost thoussand photo's. Hope you like it. I will update any changes

The car isn't my daily driver. I have a '88 Chevrolet C1500 for that duty. I also have a '93 Lexus LS400 with every option, which I 'preserve' in the garage.

Stealth
01-02-2009, 10:10 AM
I assume it is a 1977 Seville ?

Nice car, nice project keeping it it looking new and fresh.

Moving it to a better section so it wont get lost ...

welcome



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cadmat
01-02-2009, 03:04 PM
Absolutly beautiful!.. your photos are true Art!.. and you have a great Cadillac to work with there.. Love It!!

Sheville
01-04-2009, 02:21 AM
Thanks for the possitive comments! Sorry for the inconvenience; it's a 1977 Seville yes.

@Stealth; I think this is a better section too, didn't came around it when I posted the above story

@cadmat: A friend of mine did the black and white's with his Cannon EOS400D, I like these the most too. It was near the beach here.