Another part of the fake DTS

[Logan]

Finally found a DTS front bumper for the fake DTS. The base Deville bumpers are easy to find.......the DTS with fogs is really hard to find.

http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/376867...1654_bumper.jpg

Hard to believe I found the DTS bumper for $50.

Whats that Johnny Cash song about the Cadillac assembly line parts?

[Bob D]

Nice job...

What a steal!!

[Regis]

Wow! That's a mother of a deal Logan. Looks sharp.

[navion]

I always how Johnny got that cast iron Caddy engine home in his lunch box!

I'll bet that song had ALL the auto makers checking lunch boxes on the way out. When I worked in a munitions plant they would occasionally line every one up and check lunch boxes at quitting time. Tended to irritate the hourly workers. (But the right to search was in the contract.)

Britt

[navion]

Hey Logan,

Is there a DTS around Nashville missing a front bumper? Sounds like you got a deal from MAS Inc.

(Midnight Auto Supply, Inc.)

Looks Great, and for that price you"stole it".

Do the fogs work?

Britt

[67coupedeville]

Apparently there is a movie about this song, anyone know anything about it?

ONE PIECE AT A TIME

Written by W. Kemp

Recorded by Johnny Cash on 3/5/76

Well, I left Kentucky back in '49

An' went to Detroit workin' on a 'sembly line

The first year they had me puttin' wheels on Cadillacs

Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by

And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry

'Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black

One day I devised myself a plan

That should be the envy of most any man

I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand

Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired

But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired

I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand

I'd get it one piece at a time

And it wouldn't cost me a dime

You'll know it's me when I come through your town

I'm gonna ride around in style

I'm gonna drive everybody wild

'Cause I'll have the only one there is around

So the very next day when I punched in

With my big lunchbox and with help from my friends

I left that day with a lunch box full of gears

Now, I never considered myself a thief

GM wouldn't miss just one little piece

Especially if I strung it out over several years

The first day I got me a fuel pump

And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk

Then I got me a transmission and all of the chrome

The little things I could get in my big lunchbox

Like nuts, an' bolts, and all four shocks

But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile home

Now, up to now my plan went all right

'Til we tried to put it all together one night

And that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong

The transmission was a '53

And the motor turned out to be a '73

And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone

So we drilled it out so that it would fit

And with a little bit of help with an A-daptor kit

We had that engine runnin' just like a song

Now the headlight' was another sight

We had two on the left and one on the right

But when we pulled out the switch all three of 'em come on

The back end looked kinda funny too

But we put it together and when we got thru

Well, that's when we noticed that we only had one tail-fin

About that time my wife walked out

And I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts

But she opened the door and said "Honey, take me for a spin"

So we drove up town just to get the tags

And I headed her right on down main drag

I could hear everybody laughin' for blocks around

But up there at the court house they didn't laugh

'Cause to type it up it took the whole staff

And when they got through the title weighed sixty pounds

I got it one piece at a time

And it didn't cost me a dime

You'll know it's me when I come through your town

I'm gonna ride around in style

I'm gonna drive everybody wild

'Cause I'll have the only one there is around

(Spoken) Ugh! Yow, RED RYDER

This is the COTTON MOUTH

In the PSYCHO-BILLY CADILLAC Come on

Huh, this is the COTTON MOUTH

And negatory on the cost of this mow-chine there RED RYDER

You might say I went right up to the factory

And picked it up, it's cheaper that way

Ugh!, what model is it?

Well, It's a '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, '55, '56

'57, '58' 59' automobile

It's a '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67

'68, '69, '70 automobile

Spence

[JBuckley]

Way to go Logan, thats a great deal, looks sharpe also.

Thank you again for all your help on my car this past week.

john

[Logan]

Still dont have the foglamps. But I can get those online new for about $50 each.

The bumper is actually out of North or South Carolina. Some guy on eBay had a stack of them.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...&category=33640

I dont think he knows what he has.......the DTS ones are extremely hard to find used and damage free.

His price was so cheap I was suspicious.....too cheap. He called with the tracking # and then called me again Saturday morning to see if it had come in. Huh? So anyway, I ran up to DHL freight (like....3 miles away....really) on Saturday and picked it up. Took about an hour to put it on.

Of course I need to paint it. I also have the DTS front plate cover.

[cardio-doc]

Unbelievable.

[Poobah]

I'll bet that song had ALL the auto makers checking lunch boxes on the way out. When I worked in a munitions plant they would occasionally line every one up and check lunch boxes at quitting time. Tended to irritate the hourly workers. (But the right to search was in the contract.)

I worked for Lockheed Aircraft many years ago. Employees always had to open their lunch boxes and thermos bottles and show them to the guard at the gate on the way out. (I always brought my lunch in a paper bag.)

[Poobah]

Does anyone know where I can get a good $50 ETC front bumper (like Davedog's) for my '94 Eldo?

[addison_ii]

Hey Logan,

Is there a DTS around Nashville missing a front bumper?

Looks Great, and for that price you"stole it".

Britt

Did you at least put your old bumper on the DTS you took that one off of?

Just kidding. Nice buy Logan

[JIMDTS]

Nice job

Hey Logan I just checked ebay and they have fog lights but thay appear high at 80bucks each

Looks Good

Jim

[JasonA]

You know, I kind of like that two-tone look, especially silver as a lower body color. I'd be half-inclined to paint the rest of the car that way...burgundy upper, silver lower.

I've always been a sucker for a two-tone paint job with silver as the lower color...ever since the '83 Hurst/Olds and the '85-'87 442 cars.

[Logan]

Hmmmm.....the fogs......$$$$$

I had one site saved....new fogs for $50. Suspected misprint....site has been since updated with the new/correct price.

Several options. I have the passenger side fog lamp here. Just need a drivers side.

[KHE]

Still dont have the foglamps. But I can get those online new for about $50 each.

The bumper is actually out of North or South Carolina. Some guy on eBay had a stack of them.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...&category=33640

I dont think he knows what he has.......the DTS ones are extremely hard to find used and damage free.

His price was so cheap I was suspicious.....too cheap. He called with the tracking # and then called me again Saturday morning to see if it had come in. Huh? So anyway, I ran up to DHL freight (like....3 miles away....really) on Saturday and picked it up. Took about an hour to put it on.

Of course I need to paint it. I also have the DTS front plate cover.

Wouldn't it be easier to paint before it was installed?

[tekfx19]

So how much has the transformation cost versus the old fashioned "buy the car you want" route? Just curious. I do realize the joy of modifying ones car so i understand that aspect. Other than that the DTS's cant be that much more than the DHS or Deville.

[Logan]

It will be easier to paint the bumper up and off the ground. Its bigger then it looks. Lots of chances of scratching it etc trying to install it after painting.

As for the modifying angle......

In the Nashville area, currently base Devilles are roughly $14-16K, where a real DTS is listed as $22-24 k used. So your talking a solid $8-9 K difference.

Wheels, paint, emblems, and bumper....so far may be $1500 in mods. Of course I stole the DTS wheels, ask Cardio-doc. Found them via a misprinted eBay auction with 3 minutes left to go.....for $600. Then sold the old wheels for $400.

Plus there is some satisfaction that comes from trying to do this on the cheap. The current fake DTS is way nicer then your standard Deville.

In most cases I agree, its typically cheaper to buy the real car you want.

[Logan]

I actually have a 2 night vision grilles here....

I personally found the DHS black grille with emblem to be the best choice. I perfer the black/gray DHS grille over the body color DTS one.

It is a night vision version emblem blocking off the hole stamped in the hood for the base Deville hood emblem/ornament.

[Logan]

Here is a pic of the blocked off hood ornament hole.

Made a round plate from a scrapped rear panel of the same color and 3M tape. The emblems are the gray DTS versions.

http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/376867...65_hood_001.jpg

[Logan]

Another pic...

The hole stamped in the hood was simply too big to get covered by the emblem alone.

http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/376867...95_hood_002.jpg