1968 Cadillac DeVille - What if it was made today?
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- 1968 Cadillac DeVille - What if it was made today?
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Looks good but those wheels aren't it. Its not a muscle car its a luxury car lol
I agree!
They are too big as well!
It’s not just muscle cars that have those kinds of wheels now
@@2ndlt.sadness67 yeah but you cannot deny that they're very "muscle car-ly".. also, chrome is not very modern, is it
@@kwardozz exactly. And those rims are direct copies of vintage wheels. Not even close to modern lol
I do agree with you. I have a 67. It's Def not a muscle car. Different wheel choice and wheel color.
I'm a strong believer that they should bring more designs back from 60's and 70's, they can pull it off even with the regulations we have for pedestrians and all that
Pedestrian airbags should be the way out. Luckily cars now have enough free space upfront to accommodate a set of proximity fuse airbags
Parking is the issue. It's all made for sub compacts at this point.
I think the old big body 60 and 70 cars looked better than those curvy cars from the 90s and early 2000 I thought the 97-98 99 Ford F-150 was probably the ugliest Ford F-150 I've ever seen. I'm so glad they went back to a straight Hood and straight up and down Grill. Same with a Chevy Silverado. I just don't like a slopey hood and laid back Grill. Straight corners and angles looked a lot better than curves.
@@Легушька-г1б airbags are a death trap. I've seen them go off and break people's nose and jaw bone. They're very dangerous. I don't even wear a seatbelt. If that car were to catch on fire I couldn't get out
I like everything about your Cadillac redesign with the possible exception of the wheel covers; your new covers have a muscle car flare but the originals speak more to the sophistication that Cadillac sought to preserve.
And also the fender skirts should be molded into the body as a single piece so that body line where disconnects can be filled in to make it modern
Appreciate the redesign although none should ever put thin tyres on such cars. It looks super dated and cheesy like a 00s restomod. Rear view cameras is the only options now when it comes to modernisation. Same on black window tint: it wont age well considering electrochromatic glass is on its way to mass produced cars.
I truly hope as battery techs progress, we'll see more diversity in car sculptures like it's Syd Mead artworks. I'm totally sick of egg-shaped karenmobiles.
Thin tires, what's wrong with thin tires? Although those aren't thin, it's just a massive automobile.
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar thin tyres are designed for racing and/or when you need best handling your car can provide. Land yachts and handling performance are on the opposite sides of the automotive world. Therefore massive thin rubber looks offensively stupid on older huge cars
@@Легушька-г1б offensively stupid, every automobiles had thin tires up until the 1970's, and even those were thinner than modern days. In fact the thickest tire was in the 1910's. One thing people today get wrong is guessing as they always do, that 1910s and 1920s automobiles, were small.
A Lot of brands will soon realise that they need to rekindle with the wealth of past designs in order to differentiate from the competition.
472 cu.in. Was Caddy’s best engine!
My buddy had one back in the 70’s he drove over 100mph on a regular basis!
Smooth as silk.
Completely agree.
Drove a 1973 Coupé de Ville from 1986 - 1995. Smooth, quiet, and reliable.
My '72 is still running smooth after 50 years. Drove her 80mph across the US last month. 3,000 miles and she didn't break a sweat.
First thought I have is that chrome isn't the eighth deadly sin, so I'd have deleted exactly none of it. That is a problem best left in the '80s, and better blamed on automotive journalists of the time. In a way, Cadillac trying to chase BMW has proven a mistake. I also think that the dimensions shouldn't change. In some ways, we're stuck with SUVs, I think, because Americans have not, in some way, ever forgiven car makers for downsizing the full size car.
That straight line you've enjoyed so much is really an artifact of the 1959 model.
Another thing to remember in a modern redesign is to ignore completely the orthodoxy of modern car interiors, particularly in the reduction of interior color choices. The car you're starting with here had eight leather interior choices, and a similar number of cloth interiors to choose from. There are companies positioning themselves as luxury car companies that show an appalling lack of choice in their interiors.
One element that you've captured that is so lost on modern designers is simplicity of line, and it is much appreciated.
I love Chrome ! More is better. 😄 And talk about interior color, get me started ! I remember looking into a 74 Buick Electra that had gorgeous blue velour, it looks so elegant and inviting ! One of my first new-ish cars was a 1973 Chevy Vega GT. My favorite color is red and this one was bright red on the outside and bright red on the inside. The minute I got in, I said I'm buying this car. I guess I got a good one because through the years I had no problem with it and it didn't burn oil.
@Robert Smith --- *_Yes!_*
I used to think car design, quality and, to a lesser extent, technology would progress linearly.
As we know, that fantasy crashed heavily.
I could go on for pages about these categories, but the one I never saw coming was the _bor-i-fi-cation_ and _gen-er-i-fi-cation_ of interiors.
Given the ability to create just about any material and colour and, with the benefits of historical aesthetic design hindsight, modern car interiors should be in such a plethora of colours, fabrics (and other materials) and interesting designs that it would make our heads spin!
Instead, every stupid car buyer has allowed manufacturers to *_push us into the same, BORING, UGLY, FUNEREAL, monochromatic, non-colour, lint-revealing interior ever conceived!_*
It's like we're all *_'Stepford wives'_* robotically giving in to the worst non-idea.
The superiority of simplicity is just a universal truth for everything
Growing up in the 70's...I've always been a fan of the 70's personal luxury coupes...so I'd LOVE to have a updated Cougar...Thunderbird...Mark V...and mostly a Chrysler Cordoba....so sharp...just wished at the time they were a little more dependable!
Was expecting something different from this redesign. A new Cadillac desing inspired by the 1960's Cadillacs. You just restomodded the DeVille... Love your designs but I think the "new model inspired by old ones" designs, similar to what Lamborghini did with the Countach, are better to watch than these de-chroming/restomodding you did with this one.
Why change it to begin with. Don't fix something that isn't broken, with something everyone is tired of. It looked flawless to begin with.
Now that's a long car.
Had a 68' Sedan De Ville , it was 10 yrs. old when I got it but I still miss that car today . One time I drive from the bay area to So. Cal and when I got out of the car I wasn't tired or beat up . You floated , she was a big girl but she was poised .
Old cars were designed based on traditional aesthetics, old guns, swords jewelry, classic architecture, things where you find lots of reflective surfaces and beautiful lines and shapes
i think that's what made them look classy
I’m young and I prefer old cars over new, they designed them like they had absolutely nothing to lose back then. But now a days it’s just bland.
Amen! I am 61 years old and I hate the designs of the new cars. The styles of the 1950’s to the 1970’s were great. They went downhill by the 1980’s-which were totally ugly and bland.
I would've left the rear lights housing chrome along with the wheels to match, it they would be a great contrast while paying homage to the chrome era, moreover that touch would give the vehicle immediate recognition.
On an unrelated topic, nobody noticed the adorable little curious kitty cat who popped his head up for a second? :)
I think they should bring back all the old car designs
Sometimes coincidences are just too weird.
Today I saw a 1968 Cadillac DeVille. A very rare sight in Denmark.
As I start my RUclips app, this is the very first recommended video. WTF?
I love shocking coincidences, they are really amazing !
The updated version looks a bit like a four door Eldorado from the 1971-1972 era. The Cadillac buyers of the 50s through 70s just aren't around and the new buyers have a wide variety of other brands to choose from now, so whatever Cadillac represented in America's hay day, doesn't now. I see new Cadillac's and they just don't stick out like they use to. They look just like all the other cars in their price range.
Glad you kept the front vent windows! They need to bring them back!
Restomod Caddilac DeVille, looks great Sketch , l would've kept a bit of chrome around the tail lights , but thats my opinion 😉... but yeah l got to agree car designs from the 50s 60s and early 70s are some of the best 👌 👍
I do remember in the seventies talking about needing ground clearance, some ads even gave ground clearance specs as a advantage and more was better, because we hated bottoming out and the undercarriage hitting or scraping on pavement is a terrible sound. Low ground clearance is great for looks, and track cars, but not so great in real-world driving.
Excellent makeover. I too am a big fan of the styling from the land yacht era. BTW...Cadillac thought about this back in 2011...and came up with the CIEL and ELMIRAJ concepts. Sadly they didn't have the guts to put either into production. Keep up the good work. 👍
I’m starting to fall off your band wagon ! Your designs are not giving me that same feeling I felt when I found out about you !! Please keep the old vision going and start making cars look futuristic when you do these types
Yeah I think they've been too straightforward. They still end up looking really retro.
Yeah
this more of a retromod than a modernization
I’m with you. I feel like he just does some color changing, lower trim pieces, and calls it good. I miss when he nearly recreated the cars from scratch.,
Looks like an early 2000s restomod. Those wheels are super dated already as well. This design would not age well at all.
Beautiful car before and after. I gotta say though, I did like the chrome
Looks good!
I was wondering if you can modernize a fox body mustang. It would be pretty cool
Berry nice looking redesign (apart of those rims)
It's not that we all want an SUV or a crossover, it's manufacturers who want us all to have them. They make them look cool an desirable. I own a 99 Peugeot 406 Coupe and it's one cool car, which would be btw perfect for your treatment.
Could you redesign an Opel Calibra ? 🔥😍🤤
I've a thought: You're good at modernizing older cars. Have y'ever tried performing the operation in reverse using a modern car?
Yup he retrofied the Jeep gladiator to make it look like a grand wagoneer
You should redesign the Jaguar XK we have not had a replacement for it in ages and I think it’s about time for a new one and would love to see a redesign of it
Nup…!!!… You totally 💯 % wrecked it. Leave these classics alone. They’re awesome 🤩.
Tbh this would be a really cool design for a resto-mod
Basically you took a 67 cadillac and made a mixed 72 cadillac with a 72 buick with blacked out chromes.
Love your videos and would love to see one on the 1970 impala maybe even the custom coupe I have one and wonder what you'd think it'd look like today
I could totally see a futuristic DeVille 'sled' like something out of Cyberpunk 2077
A lot of us love Chrome. More Chrome is more better ! (with a few exceptions like rearview mirrors), which I believe should be color matched to the car, but the convertible, (pause 1:41) and the 2 door Cadillac you show, are so elegant, I think if you just add a rearview camera, you're done ! They look so gorgeous as is.
I think I'd like to see you take an SUV or crossover and turn it into a hot hatch. Just the other day, I was looking at a Pontiac Aztek and envisioning it as such.
Remember the Bugatti Royale? Cars back then were all basically SUVs anyway. So I would love to see a Big SUVish vehicle with a super long hood Royale style.
That is the ugliest car EVER designed. It even beats the Fiat Multipla. I get physically sick when I see one🤢🤢
If you want to know what a DeVille would look like today, look back at the books from the early 70's where they showed what the Cadillac of the future would look like.
I personally enjoyed this video
That would rock for a big body, 1 question tho' would you up grade the drivetrain and suspension also ?
TheSkatchMonkie just made a body kit for the Cadillac
Now a suggestion for a challenge, how about modernizing a Saab 95 V4 or 2-stroke wagon?
Dope AF! I have a 1969 sedan DeVille and I have been trying to figure out what type of rim I would like to put on and after seeing this rendering I think I can go that way, it's not a muscle car? it a 472 produces over 400 horsepower if that's not muscle I don't know what it is I've upgraded mine so it produces a little bit more than 400 HP. I also have a 1968 firebird I would love to see a reinterpretation of that as well.
Please change the title, please call it a restomod
Bang on. Works for me. Thumbs up.
If ur ever on Long Island in the summer i’ll take ya to the classic car shows i go to all the time.
Should have used the CT6 as your base for the design.
Please do it i just bought one of those and I wanna see what it would look like if it was modernized
can you do the Ford Pinto next
*that could leaves me with that warm feeling*
Ps and the photoshop looks really amazing!
AWESOME work man! 10/10
Bro, not bad. But you forgot it's massive colossal dimensions. Which I love, love, love. Kind Regards
You made it look like a Buick Electra 225, circa 1975/76; possibly with a circa 1966/7 Chrysler front end (see the t.v. series “The Green Hornet).
I would say it's more of a restomod 1968. Not a 2021 Cadillac. A lot of the cars you do utilize a lot of the original lines making them look more custom of the same car verse being a whole brand new car.
Hey man. You're literally saying my words ❤ I'm also an extreme automotive enthusiast and I also feel that the late 60s - early 70s era was the most beautiful era of cars, specially American ones. General Motors group, Chrysler group, Ford group everyone were slamming their timeless designs with massive displacement engines ❤ Those were the days when designers were literally free of the rule book manufacturers are tightly holding today. I also feel that the efficiency game and wish of carbon neutral emissions is brutally murdering the designs. Thrist of minimalism is killing the beauty of cars and even bikes, curves are getting deleted from them and stright geometric shapes are taking their place. Also the bikes are suffering from this design philosophy. EVs are looking like big toys which you can drive. Also the EV 2W are looking toys with weird shapes and panels . That's also a reason for me to hate EVs. Function is heavily dominating the form aspect 😢
How can you possibly think that black looks better than chrome?????? Other then that, I like the redesign…
FORGET the "drug dealer" wheels.
They are a disgrace.
Have driven Cadillacs since 1985.
I was shocked that he put those on there. Absolutely destroyed the car. Modern luxury wheels, similar to what we see from Mercedes or Cadillac in 2021 would be understandable, but good lord...those are just giant muscle car rims.
@@SaintNyx I see way too many classic cars today with those same type of wheels. I'll never understand why they do that-It just ruins it. 🤔🙄
That’s beautiful!
I dig some of the things you've done here. I'm curious how you would have redesigned the car from a front angle as well. Considering you removed the front bumper it would have been cool to see how that worked for the front grill assembly.
I agree.
He spent so much time on the video, why not do a COMPLETE walk around?
We only see a 3/4 view.
And a full interior set including the (maybe) increased rear seat legroom?
I always said they should start making these car again because today cars aren’t built to last
Can you please modernise the ford Capri MK3 so it looks like it is made today?
I really think a largish, old-school shape sedan like this but modernized as an EV could really make a splash and revive the sedan market. People are tired of the same old SUV box now.
I don't think so
Could you redesign/ modernise a Skyline?
Have you seen opel manta EV concept? I think it's very cool lookin retro designed car
it is, althrought i will replace headlights into something less like just led line.
Hey Mr Sketch Monkey ,I'm huge a fan , I have a request , please redesign the Suzuki Mehran . I really hope you accept my request !!!
so just a restomod and not an actual modernisation, ok, i mean it looks great and all but its not what i was expecting to see when i read "what if it was made today?"
If you are not old enough, you wouldn't remember that adults in the years prior to 1980, for decades, always talked about plenty of trunk space, not for moving, but for luggage, for the family traveling by car.
Americans it was a luxury, to take vacations, to see your own state, hence motels or motor-hotels. And they sang that ad, that said, "See the USA, in your Chevrolet".
Dude, could you please do a modern version of the 1958 Plymouth Fury aka Christine?! Especially for a Halloween special of horror movie cars?
You a little late with this one my friend. The brothers already did this 😉👍🏾 !
looks like gangsta custom.
love it.
Early 70s Continental or Continental mark III?
Totally disagree that "everybody wants a crossover."
I think everybody is _told_ that they want/need a crossover, so they're tricked into believing they need one. It's all in order to justify significantly higher profit margins for manufacturers. Bigger car has always meant bigger price, and so if you make every car big, you can justify raising the price floor for the entire industry to squeeze more people out of their money since you're offering "more car."
I hate crossovers with a passion.
look way cooler than any modern egg-shaped design....wow I love that gold color😍
Your right, Tesla’s look like eggs and Prius’s look like computer mouses
I love Cadillac everything
Cyberpunk 2077 vibes. This is one is real neat
You should redesign the Austin-Healey Sprite mk1 a.k.a. the frogeye!
As with all Mr. -Monkey's works, enjoyable seeing the changes gradually morphing for what had to be the earliest manifestation of the boxy design era up through the '80'es as he mentioned. Noting the numerous comments contrasting 'resto-mod' v. 'update' it just strikes me that it presents the frequent outcomes involving de-chroming and shaving to lose more dated design and then integrating more contemporary model production cues. That's simply what I watched happening, so interesting the seeming dissonance some felt. Cadillac rolled out its Arts & Science Design Program in early '00'es right after I snagged a mid nineties 'whale body' Fleetwood (termed melted cheese design in the vid) for my driver. So I set out, along with changing the heinous white paint, to also steal and build in as many of these attractive new cues as possible. The sadly dated vinyl roof was stripped back to bare, and the bumpers and all the signature chromed side skirts were stripped as well. I even had appliances welded to the bottom of the bumpers to imitate the look of molded fascias, and the whole car got mono-painted the same dark gray metallic. All badging and emblems were flushed and replaced with only giant Escalade emblems and an FTSS badge for the trunk.
Yah about the wheels. Those are probably the most 'personal taste' things on a car, and they didn't throw me off much. I'm not a fan of overly open spokes on virtually any car. But then again I'm not always excited about catching a glimpse of my brake calipers either. A better update for my liking would be either what was on the Sixteen concept or even the ones that come on a CT6. But generally I never care what wheels are on a car since just a matter of 20 nuts and they're so easy to swap out to something I'll like. Anyway, not a bad update for a giant old slab Cady.
Could you do a Nash? Like the '57 Ambassador or a Metropolitan.
The 68 was great and there is no way to make anything today come even close. Give me the 472 v8 back I won’t drive these electric golf car cars EVER
You said you're not a fan of chrome, yet you put the chromiest wheels ever 😅 Other style and size would've fit much better.
Cadillac and mustang are the only 2 cars that the modern iterations still look cool.
So nice to see you work with cars of this era. American cars had distinction and aspirational design. The color palettes of the early 70's were unfortunate though, as your choice here illustrates. Earth tones and the awful yellowy greens just ruined so many cars. Also, the wheels you chose here are terrible for a sedan; especially a Cadillac.
Looks like a vehicle built by "Count's Kustoms" 🤷🏾♂️
Hey I'm a big fan of your chanel and seriously the re-design that you did on the 1996 Chevy Impala SS is just doesn't look right on the front bumper. The proportion on both end corners of the bumper just doesn't match up. Please take a look at it and you will see that I'm right. It would be cool if you could fix it... yes?
Those wheels made it look more like a restomod, not a good choice
What’s about the upcoming Cadillac Celestiq? 🇺🇸✨
Skech a Ford falken e wagon on the base of mustang e, the iconic round taillihts and headlight of the 63 model !
Gotta keep the chrome
You thoughts on the new 2022 subaru wrx 🤔
Thumbs Up !
Can you do the bustle back seville next.
I will call this the Cadillac classic 870.💪💪💪💪😎😎😎😎
It looks like the rear weighs a ton idk
hi wat about doing a crx old school 1990 car update and honda civic vtec 1999
I’m only getting 360p. Am I the only one?
Yeah I think there might have been an error with editing, but it doesn't matter if you don't watch full screen
I like it. 375 hp. Luxury and muscle. Nuff said.😎
This just looks like 90s GM....
Also what are those wheels?
Looks more like a restomod than a 2021 made neo-retro car.
Ah, those were good times. Good times.
Please design the next-gen Wrangler. Thanks