Beautiful lifetime Nevada car with just 38,032 original miles. Fresh repaint in original Commodore Blue, gorgeous original blue leather interior. Loaded with options, runs and drives like new. Fantastic entry-level Cadillac collectable!
This handsome Commodore Blue 1976 Cadillac Sevillehails from the warm, dry deserts of Nevada and shows just 38,032 original miles, making it one of the best of its kind we’ve seen. Better yet, it was just treated to an expensive new paint job in the original color, undertaken not because of damage but because the hot Nevada sun knocked the shine off the original enamel. The result is a crisp, shiny, bright Seville that looks like it should cost a lot more than it does. Obviously it has all its original sheetmetal and no patches or panel replacements were required during the repaint. Fit and finish are excellent thanks to an owner who was a stickler for details and held the guys doing the work to a very high standard—this Seville definitely doesn’t feel like an inexpensive Cadillac when you close the doors. There’s also a jaunty red pinstripe that looks fantastic and the padded roof remains in great shape, even though it spent 40 years in the desert sun. The chrome bumpers, stainless trim, and other details are likewise quite nice, with only light fading on the Cadillac crest logos on the hood and trunk showing the car’s age.
The light blue leather interior is the exact right choice with the Commodore Blue bodywork. Befitting its low mileage status, the hides are in excellent condition with only minor wear on the driver's seat that amounts to a frayed edge down low at the front of the lower cushion. Those are original carpets and they're thick and plush, not the standard stuff you got on lesser cars, and the car comes with a set of thick matching carpeted floor mats that aren't shown in photos. Perhaps most remarkably, the dash pad hasn't been cooked by the hot Nevada sun and the lovely wood inserts around the perimeter of the steering wheel are fully intact, not crumbling and broken like on almost every other 70s Cadillac you've ever seen. Driving the car, the isolation and lack of squeaks and rattles is rather impressive, another indication of this being a genuine low-mileage car. The trunk is upholstered in that same plush blue carpet, including a cover for the spare tire, and even the original rubber mat is still in place and in excellent condition. Note that even the trunk lid is upholstered!
All 1976 Sevilles received an Oldsmobile 350 cubic inch V8 with electronic fuel injection. Making 180 horsepower, which nearly matched the 190 made by the 500 cubic inch V8 used in the bigger cars, performance is far more energetic than you'd expect. Thanks to the sophisticated and reliable fuel injection system, it lights off quickly and settles into an easy idle almost immediately. The engine bay is nicely preserved, with a familiar gold air cleaner lid that signifies fuel injection lives underneath. Wiring, hoses, and other soft parts are in excellent shape and there are no notable deviations from stock. Service parts for these cars are readily available and the fuel injection system has many fans in the Cadillac world, so any future repairs should not be difficult nor expensive.
The only transmission available was a TH375 3-speed automatic, which was a slightly downsized version of the bulletproof TH400. Out back, the Seville received towering 2.56 gears, and as a result it routinely turns in 20+ MPG fuel economy on the open road—pretty impressive for a big luxury car in 1976. It also just loafs along in near silence at high speeds, which comes from a lot of sound deadening materials in the body, body seals that are in excellent condition, and special attention to the way the suspension and exhaust were mounted. Handsome chrome wire wheel covers are in good shape with only one or two small dings around the perimeter, and those 205/75/15 whitewall radials have only a few hundred miles on them.
Someone invested a lot of money into getting this Seville into top mechanical and cosmetic condition. There are a lot of these for sale, we know that, but we've never seen one that combined fantastic colors with full functionality and great preservation quite like this one. These are on the verge of becoming smart collectables and they're wonderful for CLC and AACA events because they offer modern comfort and convenience combined with handsome styling and vintage cachet. If you want a great starter collectable or you have a hole in your Cadillac collection, this Seville deserves a closer look. Call today!
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