Junkyard Find: 1976 Cadillac Sixty Special Fleetwood Brougham

by Murilee Martin

December 9th, 2014 12:47 AM

junkyard find 1976 cadillac sixty special fleetwood brougham

Once the price of crude oil quadrupled in 1973, even your Cadillac-buying demographic felt some pain when contemplating the thirst of a Fleetwood. Still, the biggest Cadillac (not intended for chauffeur operation) projected the sort of majesty that rich (if elderly) car shoppers sought during the Middle Malaise Era. I spotted this battered example of the breed yesterday in Northern California.

While the quarter-panels, floors, and fenders are rust-free, the areas of the hood where rainwater (or maybe ocean spray, if the car lived within a couple of blocks of the Pacific) collected picked up some rot.

Fisher and Fleetwood, working together.

This car would have been perfect for Spec Land Yacht racing.

500 cubic inches, 190 horsepower. Let’s not dwell on that.

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Doctorv8 on Dec 10, 2014

raresleeper, I'm going to sell my black '76 Talisman that Jack wrote about. It's not low mile, but it is very nice. LMK if you're interested.

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Dshnva on Feb 02, 2022

Good grief, HOW COULD YOU GET THIS SO WRONG?! This is the downsized 1977 Fleetwood, not a ‘76.

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