Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Junkyard Find: 1982 Cadillac Cimarron

10 -1982 Cadillac Cimarron Down On The Junkyard - Picture Courtesy of Murilee MartinSometimes I just have to choose a Junkyard Find car based on its potential for a good Crab Spirits Story™, and that's what's happening today. The Cadillac Cimarron— well, there's not much we need to say here about the image-tarnishing disaster that finished the brand-devaluing job GM started a few years earlier with the Seville (other than the fact that it took many years to undo the damage and convince car buyers that Cadillacs weren't just badge-engineered bait-and-switches. The Cimarron never sold very well, and the J-body cars weren't known for longevity, so Cimarron sightings are extremely rare today; we've seen this '82 and this '83 Cimarron d'Oro, plus the very first Down On The Street car. Here's an '82 that I found during a recent trip to California.
12 -1982 Cadillac Cimarron Down On The Junkyard - Picture Courtesy of Murilee MartinYes, it turned out that Cadillac badges on a Cavalier just wouldn't translate into a thick stream of pure cash for The General.
04 -1982 Cadillac Cimarron Down On The Junkyard - Picture Courtesy of Murilee MartinLeather or Pleather? Does it matter?
08 -1982 Cadillac Cimarron Down On The Junkyard - Picture Courtesy of Murilee MartinYou couldn't get the Iron Duke in a Cimarron (Cadillac Division execs probably expended all their remaining political capital to keep the raspy, shaky half-a-Pontiac-301 out of their J-Car); instead, the base engine in '82 was the developed-for-the-J pushrod 1.8 four-banger.
01 -1982 Cadillac Cimarron Down On The Junkyard - Picture Courtesy of Murilee MartinWould a Coupe Deville buyer have slapped this Chevron Travel Club sticker on a side window?
18 -1982 Cadillac Cimarron Down On The Junkyard - Picture Courtesy of Murilee MartinCimarron By Cadillac!

Why not start the day with a Cimarron promotional film, while Crab Spirits works on the real story of this fine automobile?

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from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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