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Cadillac & LaSalle Club Forums => For Sale - Cars => Topic started by: V63 on April 18, 2024, 01:03:01 PM

Title: 1980 deville D’Elegance, 70k miles $3k Arizona
Post by: V63 on April 18, 2024, 01:03:01 PM
NOT MINE!

1980 sedan deville  D'Elegance 71k miles, 368 v8. NICE original pillow velour INTERIOR! Factory 2 tone paint,  no vinyl top,  original!

Title: Re: 1980 fleetwood D’Elegance, 70k $3k, “SO “
Post by: jagbuxx #12944 on April 19, 2024, 11:32:55 AM
I believe that is a Sedan deVille, not Fleetwood
Title: Re: 1980 deville D’Elegance, 70k $3k, “SO “
Post by: Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621 on April 21, 2024, 08:02:46 AM
Vinyl roof was optional, even on d'Elegance. Not deleted, just not ordered.
Title: Re: 1980 deville D’Elegance, 70k $3k, “SO “
Post by: 35-709 on April 21, 2024, 02:50:04 PM
Looks to me like there is a vinyl top there, just that some of it has been torn off.
Title: Re: 1980 deville D’Elegance, 70k $3k, “SO “
Post by: The Tassie Devil(le) on April 21, 2024, 07:52:18 PM
Definitely torn off.   The side is still there, plus the glue-covered roof.

Not a good look, but probably a lot better than what was left.

Bruce. >:D
Title: Re: 1980 deville D’Elegance, 70k miles $3k Arizona
Post by: James Landi on April 22, 2024, 06:32:48 AM
I suspect the 3,200 on the windshield is the "ask."  Likely a good candidate for a make-over, being that it has a durable engine. 
Title: Re: 1980 deville D’Elegance, 70k miles $3k Arizona
Post by: Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621 on April 22, 2024, 09:00:14 AM
Opera lamps were standard on the Coupe deVille d'Elegance but not on the Sedan de Ville d'Elegance.

Factory vinyl roof car would've had small tabs riveted into the body to attach the border moldings where edge of the roof would have been. If they were ground off and filled in, it's highly likely these areas would now be showing severe deterioration given the condition of the exterior. I think it left the factory without a vinyl roof.

*Looking more closely, I'm positive this is a factory two tone paint car without vinyl roof. In the 1980s, two-tone paint was often ordered with steel roof.