1991 Cadillac Brougham D’Elegance triple black

[dinhnguyen57]

Not mine

https://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/cto/d/lake-forest-1991-cadillac-brougham/6939915146.html

[Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621]

"Even has a factory cupholder, rare for 1991..." where do they come up with this stuff? 

[Big Fins]

"Even has a factory cupholder, rare for 1991..." where do they come up with this stuff? 

Dreamworld? It say's Cadillac, it has to be worth 4 times the actual value. It just depends on your desperation.

[jdemerson]

Rare cupholder aside, there's some reason to think that the seller is an honest person who is presenting the flaws along with the strengths. For a 98,000 mile car it looks quite decent...

When I see a car like this, I always wonder about the possibilities: Suppose someone who enjoys working on cars managed to buy it for, say, $3,500. Then suppose that, over time (5 years?), they worked on bringing it up to #2 condition and spent another $6,500 plus their own labor. Could they wind up with a very nice car, one worth keeping though certainly not flipping, for $10,000?  It would never be a show car, but could it be a very nice "parade car" and a pleasant and easy-to-maintain (think Chevy 350 drivetrain) driver?

I understand well the rule-of-thumb: Buy the very best car you can afford  up front. But what if an enthusiast only had $3,500 to spend now?  And the new owner gets a lot of satisfaction from doing one's own work gradually over time?  Isn't that a part of what the bobby is about?

John Emerson
1952 Cadillac Sedan 6219X

[dinhnguyen57]

I don’t need another car, but if I was in the market for a modern classic Cadillac that I could drive frequently and enjoy with a family of kids (These were the Cadillac bodies that I saw when growing up in Detroit in the 1980’s and ‘90’s), it probably is not a bad buy at $3000 or less.  Heck, it’s a triple black car.  Low mileage cars in pristine condition should probably be taken care of better and preserved better than to drive it often with little kids, so this car would fit well for some one was to drive it a lot and not worry too much about wear and tear.

I would probably fix the headliner (under $1000), fix the window motor (under $500) and get the AC working ($2000) and live with the other stuff.

Sadly, as frequently the car, storage is always the limiting factor.