1958 Cadillac Coupe DeVille

The Motordom Motorcar for 1958, is a rare masterpiece in all the things that make a Cadillac - a Cadillac.  There is it's clean graceful symmetry of line.  And the protection provided by it's many safety features, every window of every Cadillac is safety plate glass.  And of course there is it's remarkable look of stature and substance.  Never before have Fleetwood Coach crafted comfort and spaciousness been blended into such interior elegance.  And most assuredly it has set it's own extraordinary pace in modern motor car performance.  And optional on every model is the wonder of air suspension.  In the way it looks, rides and drives, this is Cadillac's finest.  We hope that you will take the time to see and drive this magnificent new Cadillac very soon.  

Saving a 1958 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Series 62 

Who would have thought, almost 60 years ago, that such a beautiful automobile, could end up like this.  I made this video of the Cadillac from where it has been resting for 40 plus years.  Waiting....presumably, for ME.  I placed advertisements for the 58 Cadillac over the sound of my crunching through weeds.  Far more interesting that way.  So, the video is an updated 58 Cadillac Commercial I guess - click play.  Hey, at least I'm original!  

The GOOD NEWS is - that I have intention and vision and big eyes and an unquenchable passion for this stuff, that would make a child's love for Sesame Street look like amateur hour.  This car has a home.  My home.  Will it look pristine and beautiful like it once had when she was new?  Probably not.  Not with me anyways. But what it will have, is a guy who will endlessly tinker, tap and fap over it.  She will run.  She will drive.  She will stop.  It also will serve as a means of transportation at some point - and see lands far and wide.  It is going to take some time....I've got a Dodge ahead in line. Personally, I like how it looks - at least for the time being.  What IS important, is not so much what my plans are (or what some critics plans would be) - but that it is not going to be crushed (which is what was going to happen).  It's been sitting here for over 40 years. 40 years of opportunity for someone to save it.  But nobody did.  Until I came along.  Enjoy the video and the numerous pictures I have in a gallery below.  

I possess a sensitive, imaginative, nonsensical side of emotion towards an automobile.  It defies the known logic that a car is anything more than an inanimate object, and as such, I loathe to use an automobile for parts.  But - then that organ donor logic kicks in.  I intend to use as much as I can from these two mates below, before their turn to really finally rest in peace, comes.  I guess I have always had this little notion that a car has idiosyncracies.  It has a body made of mineral earth, molded by design into something pleasing to the eye.  It has a nervous system, a regulatory system, a digestive system...it needs fuel, lubrication and water to survive - and creates waste product.  It is a product of human energy, from drawing board, to factory, to this graveyard - it stores our memories, our senses of touch, scent, seeing and hearing.  It evokes many feelings in human behavior.  It may not move on it's own, but neither does a plant.  It becomes an extension of one's body, in terms of control - much like your mind makes your arms move - you make your car move. In some sense, it often becomes the face of a person - when you see a particular car that someone you know owns.  As such - eh....I get carried away with it.  

Here are pictures of the Cadillac as found, from it's open air grave.  I've brought home much worse, I can tell you that. And that's pretty much all I can tell you.  Enjoy the pics - I will update with more as time progresses on this most wondrous automobile.