I
figured I would temporarily take a break from Ketchikan, Alaska and head on
over to Sitka where I found this perfect (Rotting in Style) example of a 1980
Cadillac Seville. That’s right, the
FIRST car in American to be equipped with a diesel engine standard. I don’t know why I got excited about
that. I just figured you’d like to know
if you didn’t already.
Anyway,
this car does have the 5.7L diesel V8 that made a whiplash inducing 105
horsepower. Wow, but again, this car is
not made for power. It’s made for
luxury. The interior is jam-packed with
buttons and switches. It even has an
“information center”. This particular
car also comes with its own greenhouse system as you can see by the tree
growing out of the driver side floorboard and the fungus or whatever it is
growing out of the passenger side.
All
kidding aside, this car came with a fully independent suspension, and four disk
brakes. Not only is that really
cool stuff for the 80s, but still even for today’s standards. This particular car is also rocking the
chrome strip that runs along the side of the car. This was an option back in 1980. It even appears to have a thermometer on the
driver side side view mirror.
It’s
also rocking plenty of moss. I have
noticed this about a lot of abandoned things in Alaska. If it’s not moving (or even if it moves only
little), moss is growing on it. This car
also has an absurd amount of Cadillac badges.
The tail lights, trunk, side, mirrors, hubcaps, and more all have the
badge or “Cadillac” on them. We get it:
it’s a Cadillac.
This
car actually has some pretty cool styling.
I love the shape of 80s cars.
However, this car remains sitting in Alaska where it remains Rotting in
Style.
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My parents had one of these that the diesel died in as the 5.7L gas converted to diesels engines did. We put a gas 5.7 in and drove it for a while rode nice but never
ReplyDeletereally liked the slant back on these. I guess it will continue to rust in peace in A.K.
The style grew on me, but filming the front, I was a little surprised when I walked around the back and saw that slant. But yes... She will sit here forever probably.
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