64 Coupe DeVille Ready for Return to Body Shop

[Jason Edge]

My 64 Cadillac CDV was originally painted about 12 years ago, and while it was Ok there were some waves and other flaws in the metal not to mention nicks I have picked up over the years. Phillip Lee of Lee's Collision in Clayton NC has been going back over the car one section at a time having covered hood, cowl, right side and deck lid earlier in the year. Tomorrow I will take it back into the shop to go down the left side, and replace the LH door hinges and upper grill painted pieces with pieces from the 41K mile Fleetwood donor car I brought in a couple years ago.

I have inserted a couple of pictures below:

[3n49omug8n28i]

Jason is the white top a factory option? I've been thinking of doing something similar with mine.

[Jason Edge]

Yes, for the 1964 Coupe DeVille you could get the car with either an Aspen White painted top, or white cross grain top (or one of 3 other colors). From the factory my car had paint code 44-12 -> Bahama Sand body, aspen white top. I previously owned a 1964 Series 62 Coupe that was Sierra Gold and loved that color and decided when time to paint my 64 CDV (around 2003) to go with the factory gold.  You could also get cross grain vinyl tops on the following body styles - Coupe DeVille, 4 Window Sedan DeVille, Fleetwood 60 Special, and 75 Series Sedan and Limo and opted for the cross grain vinyl top.    

Last year, on March 19, 2014, the exact 50th anniversary of the build date of my car 3-19-1964, I featured it in our Newsletter which includes most of the history on the car. You can check it out at this link: https://app.box.com/s/5tzorcit00jmhz1c6p2k

You will note on my build list that there was a 1964 4 Window Sedan DeVille built with a white cross grain top (code 61) from the factory.  In it's current incarnation, my car from the factory would have ad paint code 46-61 (Sierra Gold - white vinyl top). 

[3n49omug8n28i]

Nice history on your car. I didn't realize it was a vinyl top I thought it was painted. Looks nice but I'm still not sure what I'm going to do with mine. I already have a substantial amount into it and a paint job would just put me over the top if you know what I mean. I'm now in the market for a vintage airstream or argosy and they aren't cheap either.