So way back last year, this olelongrooffan posted about those time machines I had spotted up in the town with the beautiful springs. In that post I included the above image with the note disclaimer, “What is that in the next lot over?” Well, my fellow Hoons will need to make the jump to see it and a couple more vintage machines.

Well, my fellow Hoons, parked in the next lot over was the Cadillac that might even earn a place of honor in the Brown Car Appreciation Society over on that book about your face. This fourth gen Sedan de Ville was in nearly immaculate shape and showed only 77,xxx US driven miles on its odometer. It looked to be in factory fresh condition as is evidenced by the hood/fender alignment on the passenger side of this behemoth.

Although this olelongrooffan doesn’t remember the exact year of this legendary motorcar, I am pretty sure it is a 1971 model year, although regular commenter salgoud will most likely correct my recollection of this Caddy. Good luck with that Eldo on which you are working fellow Hoon. And just to let my fellow Hoons know how this olelongrooffan rolls, I didn’t gather one individual image of that 59 Corvette in the background nor of that custom Corvette immediately adjacent to this sweet Cadillac.

I mentioned earlier that this was in near immaculate condition. The near is because it is missing that piece of lower trim surrounding the rear window. Good luck finding that rare chrome piece anywhere within 500 miles of FantasyLand, Florida. Although if my fellow Hoons kick in a couple bucks each, this olelongrooffan will search every junkyard within that mileage range looking for it.

Yeah, that Sedan looked good from every angle. From back when Cadillac set the standard for luxury in motoring. And this example could be had for a mere $9,900.00. If this olelongrooffan had a winning lotto ticket, this would be my entry in the next Cannonball Run.

Courtesy wikipedia:

“In November 1971, a showroom-stock 1971 Coupe de Ville placed third in the annual coast-to-coast Cannonball Run, posting the highest average speed of the event, 84.6 mph (136.2 km/h) (excluding stops) and averaging 8.9 mpg_-US(26 L/100 km; 10.7 mpg_-imp).”

So anyways, after this olelongrooffan had seen all those Hoonilustworthy stainless cars and that early 70’s luxobarge, I headed down old highway 41 to gather in some other cool, stumbled upon sights. And one of them was this third gen de Ville. I’m calling this one a 1966 MY based on the exposed windshield wipers and the grille design. Wait, what’s that back yonder?

And just imagine, some random dude left the doors on this sweet green machine unlocked and this olelongrooffan was able to press that button and grab this image of a classic dashboard of a sweet mid 60’s luxury car just to share with my fellow Hoons. The velour dash pad was a bit much though. However, I must say I have one of these on the black dashboard of my longerroof. One of my homeowners, from Britain BTW Rusty, asked me about it and I mentioned I lived in the Sunshine State and he understood immediately.

Once this olelongrooffan moved around to the stern of this land yacht, I realized the error of my ways. This is no lowly Sedan de Ville. No my fellow Hoons, regardless of the horrendous shade of green this one was painted, it is a Fleetwood. I believe the highest trim level offered by the General in this model year.

And if my fellow Hoons happened to notice the lack of a fuel filler door on either side of that green machine, that is because in the sixties and seventies, the fuel tank filler on the General’s offerings were located behind the flip down license plate out back. I remember my first car, my Grandfather, Man’s, old 68 Belair had one just like the one imaged above.

This olelongrooffan is not sure why someone would paint this beauty this shade of green, other than to donk it in the near future. That would be the only reason these classic FLEETWOOD chrome letters would be painted over.

And I guess this olelongrooffan seriously needs to start a company reproducing rear window trim parts for old de Villes. 

But, I will say this about that. Even though the color of this one is a bit of a stretch, overall, it looks extremely nice to this olelongrooffan. And the formal cut of the C pillar on this Fleetwood is right nice as well.

And over yonder? Well my fellow Hoons, it was this lowly decorated Cadillac Calais, and a coupe to boot.

This one is a far way from being the pristine ones spotted earlier. As a matter of fact, it is not even a Cadillac, it’s just a Cadill. Sounds like a Cajun spice to this olelongrooffan.

This one certainly has had a visit or two from the tin worms and the tree soot from those poinciana trees certainly had left their mark on this once classic entry level Cadillac. 

And trust me my fellow Hoons, had this Calais been in any junkyard this olelongrooffan visited, this badge would be in the mail as a portion of the offerings for the second part of Engineerd’s Hoonimas present from this olelongroofan. 

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