1968 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Imperial Limousine

Cadillac Limousines by 1968 were the only American factory built limos. Since the beginning of Cadillac producing limousines it’s almost always been for marketing. The cars were exclusively built in the Fleetwood factory off of the motorized assembly line virtually by hand. With completely unique bodies from the front clip back, extended specialized frames and drive shafts, and commercial chassis suspensions, they would have had to sell probably 20,000 cars to break even on all the special tooling and manufacturing. 995 limousines were built in 1968 and 805 Series 75 sedans (no divider window). The limousines were huge financial losers. The idea was that when Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor stepped out of a limousine at a movie premier, they stepped out of a Cadillac and the public seeing that aspired to own a Cadillac. So these cars were built with no consideration of profit and only of quality. Cadillac limousines were built to be the best, period.

I bought this vehicle out of Las Vegas from a private owner who had purchased it from the original owner in San Diego. The San Diego owner had been a contractor for the US Navy building radio and sonar parts – and his business was good enough that he has a chauffeur that drove him in this vehicle. It has never been used for funeral or livery service. The car other than the fact that the paint that I have not stripped and reapplied is aging and will need to be repainted in the next 10 years (I painted the front clip). The under hood has been completely detailed with an engine out detail and the frame and other components have been painted from the firewall forward. However, I left the original paint on the inner fenders and core support for originality. Every item on this vehicle has been seen to from vent windows to air conditioning to rebuilt rear control radios.

The interior other than the base cushion is absolutely original and absolutely beautiful. The base cushion we located the original Cadillac fabric and recovered it (back seat). The interior on this car absolutely pops and appears as new. During under hood restoration A/C was converted to R134, radiator was pulled and cleaned out, suspension bushings and center drag link was replaced and the car has been made immensely drivable.

Fun limo facts: Along with the exclusive nature and production methods, one of a kind limo things are true about almost every Cadillac limousine. The cars were keyed separately from the driver and the passenger. A separate lock on the left rear door that was keyed to the trunk and the glove box allowed the passenger to keep his items private from the chauffer by placing them in the trunk and locking the glove box, Also, the divider was controlled only from the rear. The limousine was the only Cadillac available with a dome light and it was special just for the Chauffer and very bright so he could read maps or read a book while waiting for his charge to reemerge from the movie premier or the high level government meeting. Limousines have a radio control in the rear which takes over the front radio and allows tuning tone, and volume from the back. Also, limousines carry a special windshield because the head room is higher than a standard sedan. Finally, Cadillac limousines have completely separate rear air conditioners and rear heaters allowing for a dual zone control.

Who am I? My name is Dave. I have been restoring cars for 35 years. My first collector car was when I was 15 years old. I've had three major collections and now it's time to sell my last one. My personal taste run to the eclectic.

I have picked out or restored these vehicles to be some of the finest in the world of these types.

I was a Dodge dealer for 27 years, selling 1600 to 2000 cars a year - that was my business.

These cars are my passion.

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