This next car is huge. Tipping the scales at well over two and a half tons, this car delivers an impressive value proposition when evaluated strictly on dollars per pound, making it one of the most efficient ways to purchase rolling American steel short of a decommissioned aircraft carrier. Today’s feature Fleetwood pairs that mass […]
Most of these mid 1970s Cadillac wagon conversions did not get their wagon bits from another Cadillac at all, because Cadillac never offered a factory wagon body shell. The coachbuilders typically started with a Cadillac Fleetwood (often a 75 or long wheelbase car), then grafted in the rear roof, cargo area structure, tailgate, and glass […]
Let me explain something about luxury to anyone who doesn’t understand true luxury goods. The most desirable or luxurious item isn’t the most useful, most fancy, or even the most expensive item…no…it is much more simple than that…insidiously simple…it is simply the most exclusive item. That is luxury. Having something that the “have nots” don’t […]
Cadillac used the Brougham designation on a number of vehicles over the years to designate a particular trim on various Cadillacs over the decades. However, when Cadillac split the Fleetwood Brougham up into to cars, they put the Fleetwood on the front-drive C-body and kept the Brougham name for a D-body luxury boat. These were […]
General motors made a number of wagons based on their body-on-frame C-body platform, including the Buick Estate, Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser, Pontiac Safari, and Chevrolet Kingswood and Townsman. But GM never gave Cadillac a big family friendly wagon, so you’ll need to find one that’s been converted by a car customizer, like this next thing. Find […]
This next car comes as a tip from Tony who writes: This will get you noticed at the local campground. That might be true, but I’d like to ask the following; is that good or bad? Do you really want to be noticed when you are “camping”? Would you put a mattress in the back […]
I saw this next car and sprayed my screen with cheap Trader Joes wine; “Holy cow batman, that’s a lotta cash for a late malaise era Cadillac with non-Northstar power“. But the condition is really outstanding for a Caddy from this era…so maybe one man’s lemon is another man’s limoncello liqueur? I dunno, but I’m […]
It takes a special kind of person to want to own and drive a Fleetwood from the 1990s, but I’m willing to raise my hand and admit that I’m that special. But it is only because Cadillac switched the Fleetwood name from the DeVille’s front-wheel-drive C-body to the rear-wheel-drive D-body (Buick Roadmaster, Chevy Caprice, Chevy […]
The fourth generation Chevrolet Caprice (which was the final generation of the wagon version) was also sold as the Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser, Buick Roadmaster, and Cadillac Fleetwood. There were various trim differences between the different stalls of the GM stable, but Cadillac did not get a wagon version. Somebody saw that as an insult to the brand that bares the name of the founder of Detroit (Antoine de la Mothe, sieur du Cadillac 1658-1730) and they fixed it with what can only be described as a pretty good example of a Fleetwagon (and way better than the Leepu & Pitbul Caprice of the Craprice from the other day). Find this 1993 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Wagon offered for $8700 in Sacramento, CA via craigslist.
Occasionally the internet delivers something good. Not always. Mostly it produces bad news and insufferable spam, but today I stumbled into the perfect car for a badge that wanted to use on Halloween. What’s a badge? It is the little icon you see next to DT posts that are created by DT’s logo guru Kaibeezy (read more about the DT badges here). Anyway, I’m posting this next car ONLY because it matches the classic DT 59 Cadillac Eureka Landau badge. Find this 1974 Cadillac Fleetwood Hearse offered for $8500 in Phoenix, AZ via craigslist.