Author Archives: Ben Thielbar

The interior is somewhat in! The 1984 Seville interior bolted on basically, need to modify the rear but the front literally fit bolt to bolt. Other interior bits are in progress further. The interior carpet cleaned up good on the Buick. The mirrors mounted easy, bolt holes were there!

As a side effect of my 1984 Seville dying I have a complete blue tufted interior to put in this! And tons of other interior and exterior parts. So that’s okay I suppose, the HT4100 is something that is kinda known for going, and this car was a bit far gone otherwise. I ordered engineContinue reading “Updates 06.01.25”

Worked hard to figure out how to do my front facia nice. I think this works, what I did was cut the grill up the middle and adjust the angle, and mated it to the upper grill of the Oldsmobile. Then I will use a Cadillac Seville bumper and add blinkers to that. Overall I’mContinue reading “Front facia work 06.01.25”

Well I’ve begun to fabricate fins, I may be a bit all over the place but I’m getting a feel for exactly my game plan. I love how this looks however, the fins from the Eldorado for just perfect to the lines of the car.

So I got the transmission released from the motor. It was rather convenient and it made me happy to find the engine turned over easy Then I played around with the front end. The top chrome piece I am uncertain about, but I think this looks good so far.

Good by Jane Eldorad-Doe. In 1987 you were totaled, your owner took a check and parked you in a backyard in Fort Worth Texas to die with only 13k miles on you. Kids vandalized you and broke your windshield, the Texas sun scorched you and ruined you’re interior with weather. After 38 years of rest,Continue reading “Update 04.24.25”

Well it’s out! Ooofftah. Car stripped clean, time to go goodbye. Sad she sat wrecked since 1987.. but the parts I needed were mint.. and the engine has only 13k on the clock and turns over nice. Whelp. Into the g body you go..

Well I was hoping to get the engine out this weekend, I didn’t but I got real close. Some pictures of the progress. Riding on all spares! I had 3 spare Eldorado / Seville compact rims to maneuver the car on its exit. I had to remove the caliper to fit a spare from myContinue reading “Updates 04.20.25”

After separating the wires for the interior and parts exclusive, here we have the engine management and climate control sub-harness, complete extract with no cuts, just missing the ECM and display units. Now all I need is to implant this in the Buick with some minor triming and splicing and hazahhh. 1981 Cadillac Calais nervousContinue reading “Update 04.01.2025”

Well I’m finally getting somewhere, I now have the full interior wiring harness out with little harm done to it. A harder task than one would expect I assure you, but it’s now in one piece and I only had to cut and label the door wiring to get it all out. A majority iContinue reading “Updates 03.30.25”