XP715

By the way, if anybody on the board's got deep enough pockets for it, the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham town car I just mentioned is being auctioned off next February. XP48: The 1956 Motorama Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Town Car Whoever buys this thing had better take me for a ride in it! :lol:

It's gotta be out there somewhere; if both Bonneville Specials survived all this time then why would the Club de Mer get scrapped? It's probably sitting in some field or junkyard or shed somewhere waiting for that one lucky bastard to come along, know what it is, and talk whichever old man that's been sitting on it for the past forty years into selling it. Just look at the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham town car used for the 1956 Motorama that turned up at the legendary Warhoops Salvage Yard a while back; there's still plenty of neat stuff to be found.

Junkyard's where it's at for stuff like that

Nice ride, dude; the exhaust must sound wicked. Got any good side shots?

You got a PM from me dude, thanks!

Ah, the wonderful things dealers can get old people to waste their money on. The sad thing in all of this is that as we speak, somewhere in some part of Florida, in some common parking lot at some over-65 retirement community where everybody drives a golf cart, there is a Cimarr0n that looks just as we described, no doubt with some nifty "Roadster" emblems on the trunk too.

Even if said Cimarr0ns also had gold packages and opera lights and Presidential Seal emblems on said vinyl roofs?

Hah, Eddie Bauer baby seats. That's classic. If you're posting pictures of my Cutlass I'll be mighty disappointed if its burnout video doesn't mosey its way onto the board as well (with full story attached for extra hilarity of course) :lol:

I'm pretty sure if I sat here and listed everything the admins would ban me for spamming, but basically it consists of a good bit of tuneup and cosmetic work under the hood (Who knows, maybe even a complete top end rebuild if I completely lose my mind.), bodywork including a new set of rear fender and bumper fillers and new paint (body's very solid, just needs to be freshened up), new quarter roof, some interior work (headliner, front seat reupholstered, door panels, touched up, etc.) So I guess the best answer would be a little bit of everything. Given the relative value of the car you may think I'm a bit stupid, but I just REALLY like this thing. And at $300 I felt that it was an excellent price per pound purchase. Cheaper than bananas!

I do get a pretty big kick out of your Datsun's voice module :lol: KEY! Is in the ignition! KEY! Is in the ignition! KEY! Is in the ignition! KEY! Is in the ignition! KEY! Is in the ignition! KEY! Is in the ignition! KEY! Is in the ignition! KEY! Is in the ignition!

Yeah me and him both have put some mileage on the old girl since it's taken up residence at his house. But I'm on winter break from school now and won't be back until January 26th, so it's time for the work to begin!

This thread explains the origins of the wreath and whose idea it was. As for his daughter sitting on it for the photograph, well, why not take that if you had one of those sitting out in your yard? :) I can't believe you even question me, knowing that Sixty8's a DATSUN man now :P

That's MY red Coupe Deville that Sixty8's been gracious enough to hook me up with storage with since I bought it a while ago. There was talk of him buying it for a while but for some reason I just couldn't let the old girl go so easily, even if it was to a good home that I could visit any time day or night! But for the record, the group photo you see in my sig WAS taken in Sixty8's side yard :)

Niceness. Especially that steel gray '71-'72 you've got towards the bottom. I need to get me one of those! those separated headlights are the coolest; they make the car look ten feet wide.

Really now, because I think handsome is a much more fitting adjective for this particular Caddy. The only thing I'm not feeling on the entire car are those odd hubcaps which look much too '71 Pontiac Catalina to be attached to an otherwise stunning vehicle. Put a tasteful real wire wheel on it with those same wide whitewalls and call it a day. Superb!

Thanks dude. I almost forgot to ask, does anybody else on this board own one of these cars? Or even better (in my opinion anyways), a '71-'72 boattail Riviera?

I'm on the fence with Porsche. They look like a blast to drive, but damn, the money! I suppose if I caught wind of a cheap 944 being offered for sale I couldn't really say no, though. And the 928's got some neat headlights! :lol:

Hey all, my name's Ross, and this fine machine you see here is my 1996 Buick Riviera, also affectionately called The Egg by my family and friends. I was lucky enough to purchase this beautiful car in September of 2004 with just under 115,000 ticks on the clock for $2000 from a lady whose husband had passed away in May of that year. As a result of this loss, she wasn't financially able to keep two cars on the road any longer and opted to keep her husband's vehicle for obvious reasons. It's got a pretty strange choice of options when compared to other Rivieras of this generation. It's non-supercharged, sunroof-delete, and has no memory or heated seats or mirrors, yet somebody felt the need to spring for a homelink system, Bright White Diamond Metallic paint (extra $750) and, the strangest and rarest option of all, chrome turbine wheels. I have yet to see another set of these wheels on any other last generation Riviera in person, online, or otherwise. I've never seen them mentioned or shown in any sales literature for the car, and the Riviera Owners Association does not even list them as an option on any of their pages about these cars; the only chrome wheels they list for the 1995-1996 Rivieras (before they went to the seven spoke chrome wheels for 1997-1999) are the ones with the offset spokes, which in and of themselves are quite a rare option, but those I have seen once in person and in a few photos here and there. I have been told by a few local Buick dealers that these wheels were cast in a very limited number and then abruptly cancelled and changed to a satin silver finish (I own a set for winter wheels) without superceding the part numbers for anything. They said the reason this was done was because they realized that the wheels would not make it to warranty due to the fact that the chrome cracked around the sharp edges of the back of the spokes (chrome does not adhere well to sharp edges). Yuck. Looks like that part of the story checks out. This is how these wheels appeared when I bought the car. You can see the chrome flaking away from the inside of the wheel outwards in large pieces quite clearly. Believe it or not this was the best wheel on the car! And here's what they look like after I spent a pretty penny having them reconditioned and rechromed because I loved them so much. Tires are Michelin Symmetrys with a six millimeter whitewall (The same tire you see many new Lincoln Town Cars and Mercury Grand Marquis's leaving the factory with) which I think really pop with the chrome wheels and Bright White Diamond paint. As you can see they still retain the center caps in original condition; if anybody out there has a set of these they are worth their weight in gold to me. As I said before, I was told that when the finish was changed the part numbers were not superceded. So could a set of these be sitting new in boxes somewhere on a warehouse shelf? Perhaps, but who is going to take the time to open every box to see if they're chrome or satin silver? People who know these cars ask me if I've had a set of satin silver wheels chromed; thankfully this car came with a full-size spare in the trunk courtesy of one of its previous owners that I have left alone, in all of its flaking rusted glory, so that I can show them what one of the originals looks like. As a result of this strange wheel issue, my question to you guys is this: can any of you out there help me to either confirm or deny what i was told by the dealers about these being an extremely limited production factory option? It seems plausible, and the part numbers are indeed not superceded (when trying to order a new set of wheels and hubcaps by taking the numbers right off of them and giving them to the parts manager, I was greeted with a new set of satin silver wheels and center caps a week later). Thanks in advance for any comments I receive in regards to this or otherwise; you seem like a pretty cool bunch :lol:

Fair enough, but the offer for his moustache stands :P

Why that's a mighty fancy buckboard ya got there, ma'am. :lol: All kidding aside your ride is most excellent. I'm not a Saab fan one bit but there's an exception to every rule and I think I've found it. Welcome to the board!

Dennis Gage is perhaps the biggest faggot going in the automotive scene. A thousand dollars to the person that pulls his moustache off :)

Those aren't just any whitewalls; they're the correct Royal Seal whitewalls! I know these aren't produced anymore but does anybody know of any places that may have old stock or perhaps a crotchety old man that's sitting on a pile of them amidst his other wonderful junk? I'd kill to have a set of these on my '79 Coupe Deville when it's all done.

Man, you used to be cool. You used to have two Cadillacs and a 1968 Camaro registered and on the road. Now you leave the good shit at your house to rot away to nothing in the front yard as you dream of turning the rest of it into Farmer Sly's Datsun Ranch. Thank God my Coupe Deville's there to un-gay the place a little bit. *sigh* I suppose the little Datsun that could IS pretty fun to beat the bag out of when it snows..... not that your girlfriend ever really lets you do it *whip crack* :P

The XP715 fleet, in chronological order, has consisted of: 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme- driven hard and totalled twice. Loved it so much I was retarded enough to fix it the first time. Three weeks after it was done (painted and everything, oh boy) I was hit by a kid that was high out of his effing tree. Hit a granite curbstone doing about 35 and tweeked the engine cradle. Now holds the title of shiniest car at the junkyard. Penney's Towing in Tewksbury if you're ever in my little asscrack of Massachusetts. Rest in peace, little buddy... 1989 Oldsmobile Toronado- this car probably takes the cake as far as straight up weird is concerned. Burgundy with a burgundy velour interior and more buttons and gadgets on the dashboard than most commercial airliners. Wasn't a Trofeo though, so I was sadly without the nifty screen. Bought it with 89,000 miles and roasted the transmission by 93,000, but not before I put a flowmaster on it and spent summer of 2004 bombing around town and freaking out the neighbors with it. Also came with the FE3 sport touring suspension, which, in those years probably just consisted of the emblem on the trunk. Found again in summer 2005 in some local pothead/online poker addict's driveway not a quarter of a mile from my house; he bought it off of the guy I sold it to after he blew the tranny completely :lol: 1996 Buick Riviera- This car is my baby. Affectionately called The Egg by my family and friends (it's bright white diamond metallic), this car was purchased for $2000 from a lady who had just lost her husband a few months previous. For such a high-end car it's very interesting how its options turned out. Non-supercharged, sunroof-delete, no memory or heated seats, no memory or heated mirrors, yet somebody felt the need to spring for the homelink system, bright white diamond metallic paint ($750 extra) and, strangest of all, chrome turbine wheels. I have never seen another one in person, online, or otherwise that has had this set of wheels on it and quite possibly never will. The story I was told by local Buick dealers and service managers is that General Motors only cast a thousand sets of them before realizing that the wheels wouldn't make it to warranty (the chrome cracks around the sharp edges of the turbine spokes) and abruptly killed the run, changing the finish to satin silver and never superceding part numbers or anything (Can any of you GM dudes out there either confirm or deny this for me; even members of the Riviera Owners Association don't know what to make of the set of wheels on this car). The wheels on this car were in very bad shape when I bought the car but had them reconditioned because I knew they were something special and couldn't get rid of them. I also have the full-size spare that came with the car (still chrome, still original, still effed up) in case people ask if I had a set of the identical satin silver wheels chromed. Pictures are forthcoming in their own thread because I really would like to learn more about these wheels as well as see if there's another car out there with them still on it. 1979 Cadillac Coupe Deville- Hubba hubba. Factory firethorn red with a white padded quarter roof and white leather seats. Classic Detroit luxury for the most discerning pimp, hustler, or aging leisure suit-wearing swinger with an orange spray-on shopping mall George Hamilton suntan. The only disappointment is that it didn't come with the matching white belt and white shoes. Currently forming a large oil spot in sixty8panther's driveway where it awaits the tuneup of a lifetime. I'm not down with nicknaming cars, but if I was, I think "unburnt fuel" would be a wonderful choice for her at this point. I don't care what anybody says; it was the impulse buy of the century.

Alright cocktoucher, you win; I finally joined your precious messageboard. Ross here, the often talked about and seldom seen owner of the big red '79 Coupe Deville currently taking up residence in sixty8's ample driveway. Like everybody else in the thread except the one dude there that gets a boner off the front wheel drive models, I too am a fan of the giant rear wheel drive V8 Jew Canoe Coupe Devilles of yesteryear (pardon the expression) and look forward to the day when the big red monster is fixed up a bit and can once again reclaim its place on the open road. Y'know, legally. Everybody loves a winter project.