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I'll christen the forum with a few Fleetwood Pic

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Posted by: Joeychgo

Now --- Tell me what each pic is.......

Posted by: CaddyMaster

Ah.........Such a pretty car...

Posted by: exile

The 94/96 Fleetwood Brougham has the 5.7 Corvette motor. I will have one of these soon. I believe this car is the longest production car ever built in the US but with that strong motor, the thing will fly.

Posted by: Joeychgo

how does it handle? Does it have that 'boat' feel?

Posted by: MonsterMark

The 1st picture is a 1970 Cadillac.

Posted by: Revoh

Not as boaty as you would think. It's basically the same car as an Impala SS, which i've also had. The Fleetwood is a little floatier, but not much. I think it drives a lot smaller than it is.

Here's mine.

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1995 Fleetwood Brougham
Light Driftwood Metallic
Implala SS Wheels
2001 DeVille Centercaps
CTS "V" Badges
Tinted Glass
Dynomax Super Turbos
Magnaflow Stainless Tips

Posted by: Revoh

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonsterMark

The 1st picture is a 1970 Cadillac.

Actually, the first and third pictures are El Dorados, not Fleetwoods.

Posted by: DaveSmed

Nice Fleet. I like the V badges, nice touch. And if your gonna get picky

Back then, it was called the Fleetwood Eldorado. Note the Wreath around the crest as opposed to the Vee. Also the other one is a 1965 Fleetwood. Just a bit of useless knowledge.....

Posted by: hottweelz

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonsterMark

The 1st picture is a 1970 Cadillac.

HAHA look at the license plate on the first one.

Posted by: DaveSmed

Wouldn't mind one at all. The '70 Eldo was the first year for the Cadillac 500cid engine. My '68 Deville only has the 472cid. The 500ci had 400hp and 550 ft-lbs stock, while the 472 had 375hp and 525 ft-lbs stock. Mine has a little bit higher compression so

Posted by: Sifrino3

Damn, them are sweet looking pictures!

Posted by: Revoh

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveSmed

And if your gonna get picky

Back then, it was called the Fleetwood Eldorado.

Maybe ... but I'd probably put them in the ElDorado section all the same.

It's all good, though. :P

Posted by: codewize

Agreed. I have a 93' and with good touring tires it drives much smaller than it is. And let me say that the 93' 350 has plenty of power and can only imagine the joy with the LT 1 350. These are great all around cars and very good on gas considering the size. I get like 18 city and 26 hiway.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Revoh

Not as boaty as you would think. It's basically the same car as an Impala SS, which i've also had. The Fleetwood is a little floatier, but not much. I think it drives a lot smaller than it is.

Here's mine.

Posted by: Black87LSC

Quote:

Originally Posted by exile

The 94/96 Fleetwood Brougham has the 5.7 Corvette motor. I will have one of these soon. I believe this car is the longest production car ever built in the US but with that strong motor, the thing will fly.

94-96 all have the vette motor??? I never new that. Some guy up my way has one, black on black with tinted windows and it's lowered a little. He CLAIMED it had minor modifications and it ran 12's or something ridiculous. I don't believe a word he said, nice cars though.

Posted by: JoshMcMadMac

Very pretty cars.

Posted by: DaveSmed

Minor? no. Possible? Yes, with lots of work. Don't think of it as a Cadillac from a modding perspective, think of it as a longer Impala SS. Pretty much everything for an Impala of similar vintage will work on these cars, except stuff like Exhaust, which is dependent on the legenth of the car. The Cadillacs are known as D bodys, and the Impala SS, Caprice, Roadmaster, etc. are known as C bodys. The difference? The D body is just a long version of the C body.

Posted by: K2K

In its most efficient year, one would expect about an 8.6ish 0-60 and a 16.8-17.0 second standing 1/4th run. Regardless, shaving four seconds off a 1/4th run time isn't unheard of, unless one considers gutting the car of everything that makes it "Cadillac," probably installing an additional engine in the rear, and quite possibly a bit of NOS

More than quite possibly, actually. Maybe he meant 12 seconds for the 1/8th, and he just ran it with all his friends in the car, and some on top?

No matter how slow a Cadillac is considered amongst true sports cars and highly modified performance vehicles, any mechanized boat with wheels, easily and accommodatingly holding 5 people, 5+ monitors, a refrigerator, a playstation and an Xbox that rivals in 1/4th mile times with a tiny, 2001 VW Golf that doesn't accommodate one person very well, is all right with me. And that is on the larger and slower spectrum of the Cadillacs.

When I pull up to the Cobra at the light with a double high spoiler, a giant air-intake system and M/T racing wheels and speed off when the light changes, I might win by a foot, I might lose by a foot, it doesn't matter. Afterwards, I just tilt my automatic seat back, turn up the Bose Delco gold stero system, flip on the subs, slide out the in-dash screen and play some PS2, while the Cobra drives off, the owner awkwardly shifting in his 5 point seat-belt, while he tries to change channels on the super-light weight, manual radio, all while his back aches from racing seats and I think both he and I know who the real winner is.

Posted by: Revoh

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveSmed

Minor? no. Possible? Yes, with lots of work. Don't think of it as a Cadillac from a modding perspective, think of it as a longer Impala SS. Pretty much everything for an Impala of similar vintage will work on these cars, except stuff like Exhaust, which is dependent on the legenth of the car. The Cadillacs are known as D bodys, and the Impala SS, Caprice, Roadmaster, etc. are known as C bodys. The difference? The D body is just a long version of the C body.

Fleetwood is a D-Body. Impala SS/Caprice/Buick Roadmasters are "B-Bodies".

D&R

Posted by: codewize

You are right on the money. I posted this in one of the other forums but you too will appreciate this.

http://maddox.xmission.com/civic.html

Quote:

Originally Posted by K2K

In its most efficient year, one would expect about an 8.6ish 0-60 and a 16.8-17.0 second standing 1/4th run. Regardless, shaving four seconds off a 1/4th run time isn't unheard of, unless one considers gutting the car of everything that makes it "Cadillac," probably installing an additional engine in the rear, and quite possibly a bit of NOS

Posted by: DaveSmed

Quote:

Originally Posted by Revoh

Fleetwood is a D-Body. Impala SS/Caprice/Buick Roadmasters are "B-Bodies".

D&R

D'oh! C body is the "other" platform. (Fullsize FWD)

Posted by: Randeaux

IMO, they're all big and beautiful! May their extravagance live on forever!

Posted by: 78_TownCar_460

I think the 74-76 Fleetwoods were even bigger, but still all of those cars were big back then. If you want a reeeeeally cool fleetwood, check out the fleetwood limited.

Posted by: pepperman

Big old cars are always the best especially these.

Posted by: KainDTE

My Father drives a 93 Cadillace Fleetwood Brougham and its a great car and its very powerful... its got alot more power then my 5.0 1990 Town Car, but my TC rides nicer! and whoever said there Fleetwood is running 12's in the ¼ ask him for the time slips and when he cant show them tell him that he knows nothing about cars and should go shoot himself for lieing about it and we will all rejoice for another person who watched Fast and The Furious and think any car can run 10 seconds will be dead!

Posted by: 78_TownCar_460

What do you mean? Given the power and money, any car can run 10's. No one chooses big cars because they would cost too much to do.

Posted by: KainDTE

Quote:

Originally Posted by 78_TownCar_460

What do you mean? Given the power and money, any car can run 10's. No one chooses big cars because they would cost too much to do.

while any car can run 10's the chance of people putting that much money into cars pretty much never happens.. the person this guy was talkin about said he did a few minor modifications which isnt possible

Posted by: fleetwoodsteve

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...lh/cad1996.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...slh/intake.jpg

my 96 with only a cold air intake chage ran 16.4 sec at Byron Dragway.

www.badbodies.com

Posted by: BCs71

Well, my 94 FW Brougham is a bit modified. The LT1 has a ton of tried & true parts available for it, which is the beauty of these cars in terms of performance. WHat can be done to a vette, Camaro, Impala, etc can basically be done to a Fleetwood...... and before you do it you can get an idea of the gains from other people's experiences.

With my cam, shorty headers, rockers, springs, PCM reprogramming, 3.42 gears, exhaust work I am hoping I gained back my 20% drivetrain loss from the stock 260HP and 330 TQ at the flywheel. Hoping to have 260/330 at my rear wheels.....

Had a run-in with a new Charger R/T with a Hemi, supposedly a 14.5 second vehicle. Hoping my car is in that range, we were running dead even with each other on the road.

I'd be a happy camper knowing I possibly shaved 2.0 seconds off the 1/4 mile time from a 16.5 second stock FW time......

Posted by: 04SSHD

I can't wait to get my hands on a 96 Fleedwood...I have always wanted one.

Posted by: Fleet

The second one is a (very nice) 1965 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty-Special Brougham... 133" wheelbase and 227.5" long.

Posted by: Fleet

Quote:

Originally Posted by K2K

In its most efficient year, one would expect about an 8.6ish 0-60 and a 16.8-17.0 second standing 1/4th run.

The fastest published time I've seen for a stock '60s/'70s Cadillac is 16.3 with a '70 Eldorado, by Car & Driver. Motor Trend got 16.37 for a '70 Eldo.
But the '64 DeVille is very close with a 16.4 sec 1/4 mile (Car Life); Motor Trend got 16.5, also with a '64 SDV. And Motor Trend got 16.5 sec with a '69 CDV.

Fastest 0-60 mph time I've seen is 8.0 seconds ('64 Sedan de Ville, Mechanix Illustrated). Also 8.5 seconds, '64 SDV, by both Car Life and Motor Trend.
Next is 8.6 seconds, '68 Eldorado, Road Test magazine, 9.1 seconds, '68 CDV, Motor Trend and 9.4 seconds, '69 CDV, Motor Trend.