Re: [FWDLK] Oddity On The Road!

["Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Someone around here has one of these Caddy wagons, but a 72-73 model.  Must
have been a lot of work because from the rear it looks more like an Olds or
Buick, complete with 'clamshell' tailgate - all done with factory parts.
But it goes to show what interchangability exists in a car line.


For a while I toyed with making a pickup out of the rough '60 New Yorker
wagon I have, but after I took a side-on photo converted to drawing and
messed with the top to see how it would look, I decided a short top and
those long fins looks too goofy for my taste.  Maybe with a sedan-style rear
window?

Not to mention the fact that if it can even be saved it needs rear frame
rails before anything else -


What would be more fun had I the extra bread to pick up all the cars I'd
need to do it (at least three) is put together a '60 DeSoto convertible,
using a '61 Newport convert for the top and so forth.



Bill K.




----- Original Message -----
From: "David Homstad" <dhomstad@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 2:18 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Oddity On The Road!


> I have also seen a couple of aftermarket built Cadillac station wagons
from
> the late 70s.
>
> Dave Homstad
> 56 Dodge D500
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Forward Look Mopar Discussion List
> [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Wayne Graefen
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 7:56 AM
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Oddity On The Road!
>
> There have been aftermarket companies who have built Cadillac coupes into
El
> Camino types over they years and particularly the late '70s starting with
> '77 because the ElDorado dropped the convertible that year but the coupes
> were using the former convertible frames.  The Cad pickups were often
> referred to as "Texas Cadillacs" on the (very mistaken) idea that
everybody
> in Texas has oil money and drives a Cadillac and owns a truck.   Most of
the
> Cad PUs that survived were stowed away in collections or show up at
auctions
> from time to time.
> I once owned something similar.  A '78 Eldo convertible.  The factory
> stopped making them in '76 but a company in Ohio had permission and parts
> from GM including use of the GM warranty to make some more.  This one came
> from an estate auction in my small town of Kerrville.   I polished and
tuned
> it and resold it for a couple thousand dollar profit within a couple
months.
> Wayne
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