Yes, those are brand new tires and they look great on this 1980 Cadillac Seville. The wheels ain’t bad, either. These bustleback cars take a hit from a lot of folks for that love-or-hate-it design but I love it. The seller has this one listed here on eBay in Booneville, Indiana and the bids are up to $8,600 but the reserve isn’t met. Wow.
This is painful for me as I had a low-mile ’84 Seville which I think was as nice as this one appears to be and it sold for $5,600 if I remember right. Have values gone up that much or is there something especially… special about this car? The seller mentions the bumper filler material being new here as it was on my car and this was a California car with no rust. Mine also had no rust and it was a black car.
These photos, though. What sort of carnival funhouse mirror camera lens was used to take these photos?! The car looks absolutely beautiful but man, it’s hard to really tell from these unusual, stretched, skewed, bent, elongated, curved, squeezed, stretched photos. The second-generation Seville was made from 1979 through 1985 and they went to front-wheel-drive as opposed to the rear-drive first-gen Sevilles. And, then there was that infamous bustleback rear clip.
The driver’s seat looks a little tired, although it doesn’t appear that there are any tears or damage other than possibly some worn-out foam, which can be fixed. The second-generation Seville was basically the same size as the first-generation cars and there was usually enough room inside for anyone. I’m 6′-5″ tall and I had more than enough legroom in the front seat or in the back. Correct me if I’m wrong, but this one appears to have vinyl seating surfaces which were common, although leather was available. The trunk was as luxurious as any at the time.
This is a California car, which has an Oldsmobile 350 cubic-inch V8 with 180 horsepower. This one has only 44,700 miles on it which is incredible. They don’t say how it runs but I’m assuming it runs fine. My car had the infamous HT-4100 which is probably why it sold for less money than this car will. Any thoughts on the bustleback design of the second-generation Seville: yay or nay?
Leave a Reply to Brad460 Cancel reply