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"Tohru" (tohrurokuno)
01/08/2016 at 18:13 • Filed to: None

And why is it !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! 1986 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham wagon conversion?

Let’s go through the relevant details:

Built from (and has the VIN of) a 1986 Cadillac Fleetwood sedan in 1986 for approx. $50,000

72,587 miles

Stock 305 V8 replaced with a 535hp 427 V8

Stock rear axle replaced with 4.11 posi-traction

Full leather interior, including reverse-facing third row.

All power options work (windows, locks, seats, moon roof, antenna, rear defrost, AC)

Comes with chrome Cadillac true wire spoke wheels

“Completely sorted” in 2008 by the second owner to the tune of $13k

It’s currently sitting at roughly $17k with the reserve not met.

You can see from the back doors that it was a sedan to start (the wagon doors are straight across the top). I feel the 4.11 rear axle is the only bad choice here - a car like this needs a highway ratio like my Delta (2.73 gears). It’s not about doing burnouts or 1/4 mile times. A car like this is meant to go cross-country at 75mph with the engine just off-idle and the entire family cocooned inside in luxurious comfort.

If you can’t appreciate how awesome this car is, we can’t be friends.

DISCUSSION (16)

itschrome > Tohru
01/08/2016 at 18:17

Oh god... I just audible moaned with desire while at my desk looking at this.. good thing my coworkers already know I’m odd.. But my god, that’s... Lovely.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Tohru
01/08/2016 at 18:22

I want to like it...but I can’t do any Cadillac from basically ‘77-95 apart from the Allante.

C62030 > Tohru
01/08/2016 at 18:31

This car makes me feel blue in the best way possible.

472CID > Tohru
01/08/2016 at 18:33

That’s really cool, pretty fun to see a 500hp car with those dorky white walls and wire covers. Interesting they dropped a Chevy big block in there, what’s wrong with a good ‘ol Caddy motor?

Tohru > 472CID
01/08/2016 at 19:00

1977 and later Buick/Olds/Pontiac B-body and D-body vehicles started using Chevy motors instead of their own motors. The 305 V8 that originally was in this Caddy was a Chevy motor.

Tohru > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
01/08/2016 at 19:01

How narrow-minded. An attitude like that will see you ending up with a Catera. It’s the Caddy that zigs!

Tohru > itschrome
01/08/2016 at 19:02

My first response to it was “Unf.”

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Tohru
01/08/2016 at 19:07

I can’t think of a single Cadillac from that period that I like.

Amoore100 > Tohru
01/08/2016 at 19:13

This reminds me of my mom. One of her first cars was an Impala from that era, and she says that a hearse is rather appealing to her as a daily driver because of the car chassis but cargo van capacity. This would be right up her alley in that respect, although imagining the small, young looking Asian lady that she is sitting in the driver’s seat of this behemoth would be quite a sight...way too costly for my dad though, who has decided that he shall not pay more than $5K for a daily, which is how we obtained both of our Volvo wagons.

472CID > Tohru
01/08/2016 at 20:30

This ‘86 would’ve had a 307 Oldsmobile, 305 Chevys were only used for a couple years in the early 90s, not that either have any thing to do with the L88 in this car.

It would have been cool if they built up a 472/500/425/368 but I guess it’s a lot easier to drop in a crate Chevy engine.

Tohru > 472CID
01/08/2016 at 21:00

Ah, I guess I assumed wrong when the VIN decoded to say 5.0L V8. I never think of the 307 Olds as a 5 liter.