The Fleetwood 75 was more than just an extended wheelbase sedan. It was
based on the B/C bodies but used unique roof, rear quarters, rear floor, and
door stampings. It was similar to the 1949-54 Chrysler Crown Imperials.
Although based on the Dodge-DeSoto-Chrysler regular wheelbase sedans, the
7-passenger sedan and limousine body had unique doors, roof and rear end.
The last Cadillac Fleetwood 75 was built in 1987. Starting in 1988 if you
wanted a long-wheelbase Cadillac sedan or limousine, you had to purchase an
extended wheelbase Fleetwood Brougham produced by a non-General Motors
supplier. These units were (and are) similar to the Imperial LeBaron
limousines produced by Stageway in the late 1960's.
When comparing regular 6-passenger sedans, the biggest Cadillac would be the
Fleetwood 60 Special and Brougham. These were longer than the
62/Calais/DeVille models by either using longer rear doors or a wider B
pillar (depending on year). The wider B pillar trick was used by Chrysler
in 1953-54 for the 133.5" wheelbase Chrysler Custom Imperial 6-passenger
sedans.
The Fleetwood 75 was classified as either a 8- or 9-passenger sedan or
limousine due to the jump seats. You have to go back to 1950 to find a
6-passenger Fleetwood 75 (sans jump seats).
Bill
Vancouver, BC
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Smith
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 10:38 AM
Subject: IML: (Not Imperials) was Cadillac Fleetwoods
[All series 75 Fleetwoods didn't have jump seats so would be comparable.]
Bob
W Bell <cbody67tx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
As I recall, that particular Cadillac was basically an extended wheelbase
sedan with more rear seat leg room to accomodate a pair of jump seats. More
like a factory built basic limo, before stretching cars to extreme
dimensions was popular. So, do we want to talk about "regular wheelbase"
vehicles or "extended wheelbase" vehicles? I move for the former rather
than the latter as the jump seats would take it out of the realm of normal
passenger vehicles of that time and put it more into the limosine side of
things. Otherwise, we'd have to compare them to the limo conversion
Imperials of similar time frames.
Just some thoughts,
W Bell
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