Ride Nickname:
63 Cadillac
Make:
Cadillac
Model:
DeVille
Year:
1963
Introduction / Overview:
This six-window Sedan DeVille is my first car, which my dad bought for me off a street corner in 1987. We worked on it together for three years (until I was old enough to drive) and then I took over the expenses (more or less...) It sat for a few years after high school waiting for an engine rebuild, then hit the road again with my little sister at the wheel for two years. We sold it to a man in California in 1999, where it remained in limited use (mostly storage) until 2007 when I bought it back. The exterior looks about the same, but the interior took a pretty good hit due to sun exposure.
Drivetrain:
390 V8 (one-year engine--last year for 390 displacement, first year for combo aluminum front cover). Jetaway dual-coupling four-speed hydramatic.
Chassis:
GM-corporate "X-type" chassis, used on many platforms during the 1960's. However this car has a front upper a-arm, lower control arm and strut rod, vs. the double-a-arm arrangement on other GM cars at the time.
Wheels:
15" steels (what else?) and Cadillac brushed stainless hubcaps.
Body:
questionable bodywork done piecemeal over 30-year span, though the color remains original. Chrome, fender skirts, and glass are all original.
Interioir:
Back in those days, Cadillac had so many build combinations that it is rare to see two cars with the same interior trim and color. Mine is the DeVille 62-series baby-blue leather/brocade combination
Lifestyles:
Restorer
right now