Both front disc brakes and headrests (as listed, from Jan., 1969) were standard on 1969 Cadillacs.
My Cadillacs have the standard horns, and they are LOUD! Not the "beep beep," but HONK HONK!Even as late as 1969 Cadillac was such a cheap stingy outfit they actually stung their premium customers a lousy extra $16 for the 'luxury' of getting a decent horn With soft horns like standard its no wonder they're such a limp car, no doubt specially crafted for limp drivers
You don't realize that the base price of '69 Cadillacs were not that high, especially when compared with Lincoln and Imperial. For instance, a Coupe de Ville cost $5,721 without options. If most of the options were standard equipment, it would cost about the same as a well-equipped one anyway.So much for all that typically transparent bluff 'n bluster pretence of being 'Standard of the World' wot a joke
And power seats were standard on some models.
(I just noticed this particular post, the reason for this late reply.)
Last edited by Fleet 500; 05-06-2007 at 06:30 PM.
'76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.
I'm sorry Fleet, but I've always thought that the ultimate american limousine was the Lincoln Continental.
Lack of charisma can be fatal.
Visca Catalunya!
'76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.
I finally found the brochure I was looking for.
First to quote nota:
"The (Mercedes 600 limo) is a limited production car in a class far above any contemporary Cadillac." 4-30-07 [The Cadillac limo was also a limited production car]
"As to the quality of construction, allow me to sum it up this way:It is generally unrealistic (and not a little presumptuous) to compare a Mercedes 600 limo and Rollers to the lowly "air wrench-built" Cads."
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From the Cadillac limousine and Nine-Passenger Brochure:
"Daily production ranges from 6 to 12 vehicles- making their assembly rate among the lowest in the world. Body assembly operators are craftsmen in the truest sense of the word. Some are proficient with eight to ten power tools and 20 different hand tools. In fact, many key employees can- and sometimes do- the complete final body assembly, except for the paint.
Many key operations are done by hand [no air wrenches here!]. For instance, the disappearing art of soldering is extensively used. Although time-consuming, it provides an attractive and durable exterior finish where metal meets metal.
Almost 200 components are custom-made. These car bodies are built at one of the few assembly plants left in America that still fabricates its own interior trim. Interiors can be special ordered in almost any color or material that meets Cadillac's requirements.
Every Nine-Passenger Sedan and Limousine receives at least 12 hours of inspection."
'76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.
Leave it. Please. We've understood it. Seriously.
Lack of charisma can be fatal.
Visca Catalunya!
Cadillac: 'Power tools yes' ... Fleet: 'air wrenches no'
Well gee .. what can I say?
How about that I too am proficient with eight to ten power tools! Does that make me a crafsman "in the truest sense of the word"?
(I sense a possible new career grinding out Cadillacs)
Gosh you can be funny when you try!"Daily production ranges from 6 to 12 vehicles- making their assembly rate among the lowest in the world.
"among the lowest in the world" .. eh?
Especially when we compare that daily 'limited production' Cadillac build-rate (as you are attempting to do) against the corresponding numbers for Mercedes 600
Cadillac > 6 to 12 built per working day (maybe 2100 cars in one year?)
M-B 600 > a mere 2,677 constructed = about sixteen times less than Cadillac's supposedly "among the lowest" air-wrench assembly rate
Yep I sure do!You understand. Hopefully, nota finally does now.
So should you
Last edited by nota; 05-28-2007 at 03:01 PM.
Boy, you sure are getting desperate! How would you know on what parts air wrenches were used and what were not? And you don't even know what kind of power tools were used mentioned in the brochure. If you have been building quality cars for about 25 years, then maybe you would be a craftsman.
BTW, I don't think Cadillac would want you!
You are funny even when you're not trying!Gosh you can be funny when you try!
You haven't shown that the Cadillac series 75 was not among the lowest in the world. You compared it with one other car (Mercedes). The brochure said among the lowest in the world; it didn't say the lowest."among the lowest in the world" .. eh?
Especially when we compare that daily 'limited production' Cadillac build-rate (as you are attempting to do) against the corresponding numbers for Mercedes 600
Cadillac > 6 to 12 built per working day (maybe 2100 cars in one year?)
M-B 600 > a mere 2,677 constructed = about sixteen times less than Cadillac's supposedly "among the lowest" air-wrench assembly rate
Amazing how some people can't accept anything!
I sure do! I realize that the top-of-the-line Cadillacs were built different from the others ones, and were much closer in build quality than Mercedes and Rolls than someone on this board will ever admit to!Yep I sure do!
So should you
'76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.
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