1976 Seville SanRemo.2 Door

[Dick Heller]

Are the doors strectched?  Is the description accurate, i.e., # built?

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The San Remo stood out from the other conversions of the period, because of the proper 2dr length of the door and rear 1/4. The wheel base was retained as well. The doors were extended...as well as the rear 1/4. My understanding is that there were only 25 or so coupes built. The cars were #d at first. Convertibles were also built. There was a fire in 1979 at the San Remo factory in Chattsworth Ca...funny thing the fire coincided with the introduction of the "new" seville for 1980. I own car #10 a 77 San Remo.

[Rich Sullivan CLC #11473]

The San Remos, especially the Convertibles, were really the correct way to do conversions of sedan vehicles--Ive always hoped someone would apply similar techniques to the newer Cadillac models (i.e. creating a Coupe deVille or a DeVille Convertible from a DTS)! Now that I have almost completed restoring my 71 Eldorado Convertible, if I were to choose another collector car, a San Remo Convertible would be top on my list. Although Ive never been close to one of these, in my opinion, they sure look classy in the photos, and the construction appears very high quality.

[Dave Smith #17592]

The San Remos I recall had modified front and rear lamps.  The rear SeVille lamps being replaced with Horizontal Eldorado ones from say a 74-76 model.    I dont think this is a San Remo.    The Gold Book  "80 Years of Cadillac & LaSalle" had a picture of a 2 door Seville called the "Canso".  It retained the factory look.    Id bet that this is one of these.  

Yann!   What do you think?

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I have San Remo #10 and its a 77 so this 76 would be a very early San remo. My San Remo does have the Eldorado tail lights in the rear...but otherwise the cars look the same to me from the images, including Mouton carpet.