Owner: Alex and Blanca Davalos
Vehicle: 1984 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
City/State: Lake Elsinore, CA
Club: Showtime C.C.
Paint: Danny D and Bugs tag-teamed the design on the car, and then Felix Designs laid out some pearl fades on the pinstriped and silver-leafed foundation.
Engine: 1989 350 5.7-liter engine with a mild Edelbrock cam and intake.
Interior: They used a 1992 interior to modernize the Cadillac seats which were stitched in blue synthetic leather.
Hydraulics: Two Aluminum Low Life pumps, three monster green dumps, custom hard-lines, powered by eight 31-series.
Wheels: 13x7 G-Boys Wire Wheels.
Tires: Premium Sportway 5.20s.
Since the car was stored for even longer than the two years it took to put it together, the car was in excellent condition when Alex started on it. He was able to jump back into the project, and first on the agenda was to perform a euro conversion, which turned the '84 luxury car into a '90s two-door luxury cruiser. The paint job was a focal point, as the graphics and airbrushing Alex added to the car complemented the graphics that were already in place on the molded Brougham roof. The paint job was a collaborative effort between three artists: Genaro Gobian of Orange Coast in La Habra, who sprayed the body first; Dave Whistle of California Design of Norco, who added the pin stripping; and Jose "Dire" Mercado of Long Beach, who took an airbrushing influence from Alex's family's favorite Disney movie, "Aqua Marine
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