This old fella stopped in today wondering I new anyone interested in buying his car It is a 1980 Cadillac Deville with a Diesel 51,000km the thing is in really nice shape I guess they didnt make to many Diesel! I really wish I had some xtra coin. He want $4900
It must be a good engine that was properly maintained as most of them blew up years ago. Mostly due to neglect. I had 2 of the Olds diesels way back in the day. kinda like the way they ran and they were cheap to run. Diesel was a lot less than gas back in the early 80's
"The Oldsmobile diesel engines gained a reputation for unreliability and anemic performance that badly damaged the North American passenger diesel market for the next 20 years.[1][2]"
I drove a diesel Parisienne on a 1600 mile trip years ago and it averaged about 33 mpg. Amazing at the time. Now a Roadmaster throttle body or Caprice throttle body does close to that. Still a cool Caddy though. Love the unusual colour.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars