El Cadillacamino: 1997 Cadillac Seville
This next car came as a tip from Jim who writes; This car is like a mullet with a tuxedo. Yes, like Pabst Blue Ribbon in a champagne flute. Like roadkill served on fine bone china. Like a Raider’s linebacker in full uniform heading to Centre Court at Wimbledon. Like an expensive car featured on Daily Turismo. Find this 1997 Cadillac Seville flower car offered for $6998 in Norwalk, CT via craigslist.
From the seller:
1997 Cadillac
fuel: gas
odometer: 62000
title status: clean
transmission: automatic
Selling a 1997 Cadillac Flower Car/El Camino. One owner with only 62K miles. Looks great and runs good.Loaded with leather interior. New battery and rear shocks. Just passed CT emissions, good for two years.
Garaged everyday since new.
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At first glance, this looks like a hearse for a large, flat, very heavy thing, perhaps a Horta. Possibly the same Horta I quoted a couple of weeks back. Then I noticed the description mentions “flower car”, which I had to google, and turns out to be the car that carries flowers at a funeral, so there’s that.
I knew a tattoo artist in Santa Barbara who drove a hearse, in part because it was big enough for her three wolfhounds. I don’t know anyone with a Horta. I suppose an ATV or small boat would fit nicely on the back of this car, if you could jigger some sort of ramp or have a hoist at both ends of the trip. Good launch/landing pad for a large drone.
I’d just use it like a pickup and take it to Home Depot, etc. Maybe I’d even add larger tires and taller suspension to lift it a couple inches. I’m sure it could handle the same load as a mini truck or maybe even a half ton.
I’ve always wanted one of these. I’ve wanted a Cadillac hearse too, but this is more socially acceptable parked in front of the house. A flower car looks like a custom to most people. A hearse looks like a hearse.
Thought it was a flatbed. Now I see it’s more like a truck. Seems like the kind of vehicle where you’d want to post several photos.