1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 75 POV Drive
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- Hello everyone and welcome back to the channel for another video! This is another POV video where I'll take this '76 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 75 on a drive on the highway, in the city, and out in the country. There is no commentary in this video which emphasizes the experience and sounds of the car. Enjoy!
Chapters:
0:00 Overview
6:41 Highway Driving
9:38 City Driving
12:21 Country Driving - Авто та транспорт
I ABSOLUTELY love big cars🎉🎉
The view down the hood reminds me of what I saw in my grandparent's 1983 Cadillac. It was a light yellow inside and out (NOT school bus yellow). A rare and beautiful color. The smell of the leather interior and all the features were a thrill for my young kid self. Oh yeah, there was an actual bell in the dash that would ring as the seat belt reminder. That was some high society stuff!
That sounds like a really nice car! Do you know what model it was? And that is so cool, these cars make for a fantastic experience all around 😎 Thank you for watching the video, Greg!
@@JW_Reviews I think in the 80s the big 4 door Cadillac was called a Fleetwood Brougham. I believe Fleetwood was stitched in the door panels on my grandparents car. It’s been gone for 25 years. Gotta go by aging memories. 😄
That’s the closest this Englishman is ever going to get to driving a Caddy! Thank you for the excellent video 😊🇬🇧
I think it is very nice that you have the opportunity to drive these amazing old cars that are in incredible condition. Keep up the great work. This Cadillac has features that are not even on my 2015 Suburban LT or my 2016 Equinox LT. Simply amazing.
Yes, I'm very blessed to have the opportunity to spend time with these cars. It is incredible the features it has! Thanks for watching the video, Richard 😁
What a great view from the driver’s seat! That’s what you expect in a Caddy.
I agree! The best Cadillac view is one with a hood ornament in front leading the way 😎
ABSOLUTELY A MAGNIFICENT CADDY!!!!
I remembered these AWESOME MASTERPIECES, my boss had 1. & what a sight for sore eyes. a 500cid 4bbl ! my dad got a brand new Caddy Eldorado in '76, same big block but it was fuel injection. b4 buying he test drove both versions. the fuel injection was 215sae net ponies compared to 190, but, torque was an impressive 400lbft. sales pitch was more MPGs. what a crock, but, performance was a gr8 improvement. Njoy that landyacht.
Wonderful! Thank you, Thank you, for posting this without any annoying music or commentary. More like this please!
You're so so welcome! I'll be sure to do more in the near future 😁
Hello from the Cadillac Owners Forum! Nice video. That backseat looks heavenly!
What a beautiful old Caddy! This thing is a beast and they sure don't make them like this anymore. Great review and hope you had lots of fun driving this one 👏✌
Thank you, Jeremiah! It is such a special car, and I enjoyed driving it VERY much 😎
My father's older brother purchased a Fleetwood Brougham de Elegance new in 76. Light blue with a white padded top.
It had every option availableincludingthe power moon roof. Seems to my recollection that his had the 3rd side " opera " windows. When he died in 91 that car was very low mileage and still in showroom condition. It brought a good price. Fleetwood was still putting some quality into their interiors where the run of the mill Caddys had really gone badly downhill in the mid 70s.
Wish I had that car. Thanks for sharing yours.
I was a little bit surprised to see cloth interior. My jaw literally dropped at some of the abilities of this sweet Caddy.
Yes, it's a special cloth interior that I believe was standard on the Fleetwood Talisman's. It certainly has some great advantages over leather. Thanks for watching, Richard!
That looks like the velour interior to me. Velour is arguably the most luxurious of upholstery, but that's up to the individual, ha ha!
Actually that's the standard (but still very plush) Fleetwood Brougham upholstery. The Talisman had wide, vertical pleats plus a front console.
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I just loved going on that drive!! What a magnificent car, that whole back seat area!! It looked like such a smooth ride, so luxurious thank you 🙏
I'm so glad you loved it, Andrew! It was very smooth and luxurious. Unlike just about anything else!
I had a 1970 Eldorado with the 400 HP version of the 500 cubic inch engine. This was the highest horsepower ever put in a Cadillac from the factory. Also, I had true dual exhaust added at a muffler shop with glass pack low restriction units. I used to amaze onlookers with clouds of tire smoke coming from the front tires. It was very quick to respond to even partial throttle inputs. What a beast!!
I don’t know why but I love the sound of an auto changing gears ⚙️
So glad to see another video from you ! Love this. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for this awesome video! So relaxing and informative, I always wanted to see how is it there in the back seat of a classic caddy:) Great car. POV drives of classic cars is so rare to find, keep it up please!
Good to see you again, I always enjoy your thorough examination of these magnificent cars. This 75 is a prime example!
Welcome back James!
This is great video! Thanks with sound from knock knock around interior.
Waiting video from factory formal limo🤠
Long, beautiful, and stunningly graceful.
I'm glad to see that someone else likes those stitch-on leather steering wheel covers...
I guess that at least makes two of us... Nobody seems to use them anymore.
By the way, if you slip the steering wheel's center pad/spoke pad off and tuck those institched ends in underneath it when you snap it back on, it almost looks like a "factory" leather wrapped wheel.
She's a beautiful Fleetwood Formal...
Cheers
Love the old smooth ride of the Cadillac! Thanks for letting this be a real expression minus the music and commentary. AWESOME!!
Well you're videos are very thoroughly thought out, I appreciate this car coming from my generation & also liked your personal approach on them, very personal and nice bro 👍
Great POV video! I always enjoy your UA-cam channel. Another way to enjoy our Series 75!
Ha! As you went to open the hood, I was thinking to myself, “man I will be impressed if he can open that 1 handed.”So I was not surprised when I saw you using both hands. as the owner of a 73’Caddy hearse I speak from experience.
Oh my goodness. I love this video. It reminds me of riding and driving the 72 Fleetwood that my mother had. Those cars were so comfortable. Thanks for sharing this perspective.
I miss driving the GM full sized cars of the 60's and 70's Mostly Olds 98's one Electra and a Fleetwood, they were so smooth had great A/C, and comfortable.. This 75 looks like the one that Mrs. Eisenhower had, I think it belong to the Secret Service.
This example is the 1976 Fleetwood 75 Sedan (no divider window) with a production of 981 units, 5,746 lbs, base price $14,889. Also offered was the Fleetwood Limousine with divider window (production of 834 units). Interiors on the 75 Series were either Medici Crushed Velour (in black or dark blue) or Magnan Ribbed Knit (in light gray). The 75 Limousine had a black leather front seat.
Thanks for the Series 75 info and for watching the video!
Seems cheap today, but when new these were so expensive. Growing up my father owned a limo service. We had a ‘76. For ‘76, I loved the velour seats. I HATED the material in the ‘75. In ‘77 the limos seemed so small in comparison.
I used to have one the same model and year. I loved this vehicle. So many great memories and actually fun to drive. Thank you for sharing ❤
Fun drive! I have a 1980 Seville and I learned from this video things about my car in the Overview I didn't know it did! Thanks!
That's really cool you learned more about your car too! Thanks for watching 😁
Elvis has left the building.
Absolutely GORGEOUS... !!!!
Nice. The view over the hood of a 1974-76 Cadillac is so impressive.
Now this is a "land yacht" = definitive classic Cadillac Fleetwood !!! Yesteryear once more Please ! Slainte' ! Cheers !
Very true!! Thank you so much for watching 😁
back in high school around the mid 80s I had one as my first car, mine was a 1979 Cadillac Fleetwood brougham maroon red. Thankfully mine was a boat not a small compact car that rides stiff as a rock like the other students were driving lol
Great, detailed video! Love the closing steering 🤣
man that comes from an era when each car had its own personality and style.
Very true! Thanks for watching, Adrian 😁
Good lord that car is gorgeous! The very end of TRUE American luxury, for me the 75 and 76 models are the pinnacle of elegance. I was just a baby when I rode in my uncle's 76 Coupe de Ville and I've never forgotten it. I felt like a munchkin the car was so big, but the feeling I got from it has never left me. Do you own the car by the way? Having the chance to drive these cars is a great fun experience for sure!
super relaxing to watch
Very nice. I guess I better take my '76 Coupe DeVille out of winter storage and drive it a bit. Always enjoy the view over that long hood!
Thank you!! I agree, these cars are made to be driven and your's sounds like it would be a blast 😎
@@JW_Reviews And with under 16,000 original miles, it still has some new car smell in it. As typical with an old car, some of the accessories can get fussy though. I always enjoy your reviews.
Thanks for the ride. A beautiful example of a 1976 Cadillac 75 series. The nicest riding long-distance cruiser ever made. :)
You're very welcome! It definitely is the best car for long trips, except maybe fuel-economy wise haha. Thanks for watching, Wayne!
When Caddys had a real road presence. My next door neighbor in 73' bought a brand new Coupe DeVille. I was in HS. She was a fairly young woman in mid 30s.👀 Her husband if I remember had a Plymouth Duster.
This is my dream car. 😍 I'm currently saving up for this car. May take me a few years bc I'm 23 rn but at the end of the day I'll own one for sure!
If you can, because you will, you can send videos of it on your channel?, my dream car is this car too, especially with the rear window closed
How loud it is just at idle makes me grin from ear to ear. Lovely example, all the fixings too, love those rear HVAC control units. If this car was even just 6 years older, that rear seat would have also been heated 😎 that tilt and telescopic wheel too which so many other manufacturers were forced to license from GM!
It does have a really nice sound 😁 And I didn't know some of the older Series 75's had heated seats, ahead of its time! I believe one of the first car's to have heated seats were some Cadillac Eldorado's from the 60's. Thanks for watching!
@@JW_Reviews I think series 75 had dual exhaust.
The dual exhausts left Cadillac factory production in the early 1960s as I recall.
I really like this type of car. beautiful!
HI James wow what a great video of a classic and I love the way you have done this brilliant. I wish our A roads over here in the UK was like your country Roads and so good to drive on. Our country Roads are more like your turn in to your house. But I ma so enjoying my Chrysler 300c 2012 and have just taken it up to Yorkshire which is 283 miles from my home and takes about 6 hours. So loving your new way mate.
Thank you so much, David! Yes, I'm very blessed to have the nice and big roads around here. Makes it easier to drive around cars like these haha 😂 That's neat you have a Chrysler 300 way over there! I'm guessing that's a rarity, and a relatively big car too!
Love this! ASMR to the rescue !
It definitely does have an ASMR/ relaxing vibe to it 😁 Thanks for watching, Robert!
What a beauty!
I was a new college student when this was produced. I bought a 75 CdV in 1980 and drove it everywhere. It was a riot.
Beautiful car! If I was fortunate enough to buy one like this the only thing I would omit are the covered third windows. Nice presentation James 👍!
Thanks, Lon! If you ever have the opportunity to buy one, you should certainly do so. So much fun to drive! 😁
That was a very nice Cadillac, I'm sure 1 doesn't see many around obviously, then again what isn't a rare bird these days, it's like anything else, if 1 won the lottery what would 1 want to buy, I would probably scope out a few 76 Cadillacs because of the last year before downsizing, those were definitely a living room on wheels, & most of all a car that can turn heads in a heartbeat!! Anyway, keep those videos coming you definitely have a great group of cars!!!
Thank you so much, James! I've seen a few other Series 75's, but not one from '76. Yes, the '76 Cadillacs are fantastic cars to own, the last of the land yachts. Thanks again for watching the video, I'll be sure to do more!
LOL.....20 yrs ago I had the unfortunate experience of taking my driver's test in my father's 1976 Fleetwood Talisman. (It was a choice between our 1965 R.R. SC3, or Talisman.) My Beemer wasn't delivered yet, the only cars available were from my father's collection, and the RR & the Caddy were the only one's I could find a key for. (My parents were traveling abroad.) Needless to say, after learning to drive through the driver's ed car, a chevy celebrity, I was ill equipped for either behemoths. Surprisingly I did well enough in the Caddy EXCEPT for the parallel parking. I had to re-take the test again in my Beemer. TO THIS DAY...when I drive the Caddy...I still can't parallel park the beast!!
Beautiful car you have there!!
I soooo remember having these in our funeral home fleet. Same color combo.
What a massive car 👍🏻
Well done!
Super nice
I would have loved seeing more of it but the drive was extremely pleasant ❤
Oh wait, I didn’t pay attention to who this was. I know this 75, thank you James.
excellent!
Thank you!!
Beautiful 😍, you're so lucky
Great video! 99% of the folks out there will never have to opportunity to drive and appreciate one of these lost-forever Cadillacs. I have the 76 convertible and your video gets you as close as you can get without actually driving one of these iconic beauties. I found so many of the things that you demonstrated on the 3 types of driving "city, highway, and country" amusing. From the sounds of the blinkers to the excessive body roll with the "pinky" steering. You clearly captured what these rolling sculptures were designed for. Cruising in absolute comfort and style. NO, these cars were not meant to take a curve at 100mph. NO, these cars were not meant to do 0-60 in 3.5 seconds. NO, they were not meant to get 30 miles to the gallon. If you had to worry about fuel economy back then you could not afford to drive a Cadillac. To expect this means you missed the whole point and purpose of a Cadillac of this era. I may do the same type of video with my Convertible unless you beat me to it...lol
I’m in the 1%. My father owned a limo service, and we had a new ‘76 limo. I wasn’t old enough to drive it legally, that never stopped me lol, but I drove it in the parking lot and moved it in the garage.
You must have an aftermarket convertible. 1975 was last year of the Eldorado Convertible.
@@petermartinijr.1012 1976 was the last year of the convertible 😎
@@MarkWasylyshyn You are right, my mistake. But 1976 was a short year, for the convertible.
Awesome 🚗 🚘 🚔
That was neat , my experience was my friends dad 1969 Fleetwood Brougham in the late 70's early 80's . It would have been nice to show a drive by or two . The fastest to date I've been in a car and the first time I flew , ah the memories.
James, Nice, beautiful beast!
The jump seats always intrigued me, the passenger in the jump seat and behind the jump seater, both got the short end. With today's gas pricing, out here in Calif. over $6.00 a gallon, what it must coast to fill up the Fleetwood, however if you own this tank price for gas is probably not a concern.
Thanks for this. 👍
Thank you!! It definitely is funny that this is a nine passenger car, but there's still plenty of room to make the ride for those in the back bearable. This would be a VERY expensive car to own in California right now, that's for sure! Thanks again for watching 😎
Very nice 76 Cadillac Limousine
gorgeous nearly antique Cadillac Fleetwood series 75 Sedan they don't make them like this anymore. have loved classic Cadillacs for a long time my late maternal grandmother drove a used 79 Coupe Deville when I was a young girl exterior color Colonial Yellow Upholstery Saddle Brown Leather the exterior reminded me of a giant cavendish banana on wheels and Cadillacs back then had 15" tires and a series 75 Limo weighed nearly 3 tons 5,890 LBs while your Japanese import cars like Toyota Corolla had 13' or 14' tires depending on what spec you got
We shine together. That's how I love it.
The mid to late 1970s were transition years for this type of Cadillac. Up until this point, they were purchased new by either rich people who had a personal chauffeur, by governments, or by corporations for senior executives. Afterwards, more and more of them were sold to businesses who rented them by the hour. The trend was to longer limousines and custom (not factory) conversions. Cadillac finally gave up on factory limousines after 1987.
Very true!! It's interesting how times change and certain types of cars go in and out of favor. Thanks again for watching!
Nice Job 👍
Fun POV ride, in a very nice car! Sounds rattle free except for one little creak that was pretty constant throughout. Seemed like you really got it to move out well on the freeway for such a huge car! That was the last year of the Mega presence Caddy! Surprised the top expanse dash was hard and not padded or was that it just sounded hard when you tapped on it? Dash is perfect and not cracked, very nice. Looks like the steering wheel cracked like most did, and they covered it. Loved the blue velvet seats, they were very comfortable, not cold in the winter or hot in the summer. By '76 they had gone to the casket door handle pulls, earlier years had a thin strap that broke especially on the heavy 2-doors. Someone loved this car very well and took nice care of her! Love seeing your pretty little town & country side! Very idyllic! Enjoyable ride James!
Thank you so much, Jim! Yeah the dashboard is a little loose on the drivers side and it moves just enough to make a noise, I really wish it wasn't there 😞 But, I guess that's just something that happens with almost 50 year old cars lol. Yep, the dash is all hard plastic, nothing soft to find up there lol. And this car was definitely taken care of! It was in California for most of its life so the weather was good too. Thanks again!!
@@JW_Reviews GM build quality
You would feel like the King of world being driven around in that sitting in the back.
Wow what a beautiful Caddy! I used to own a 72 Sedan Deville which was a nice ride, but I love the interiors of the 74-76 Cads much better.
Your Fleetwood seems so relaxing and peaceful to drive. You also have some pretty smooth roadways.
I would never drive an old Caddy as nice as yours in a state like CA where our street conditions and freeways look like they have been hit by missile strikes and an earthquake! Potholes, uneven lumpy lopsided pavement and cracks that you swear bombs had of been dropped on top of them. We absolutely have atrocious infrastructure in so many cities in CA that’s it’s unbelievable especially when compared to so man other states.
I loved the drive! 😎👍
That was quite nice. So the quarter windows are only blocked off by the vinyl roof on the outside? Odd that there isn’t a panel to cover the glass on the inside.
Aside from that one annoying rattle, this is one quiet car. The wheelbase is so doggone long it canceled out the railroad track in short order.
picking up your date playing elvis and gliding on the highway with this car its a literal dream of mine
2-3 features I think you missed...
The passenger side outside mirror remote control, to the right of the steering wheel.
The automatic parking-brake release.
And .. for a series 75... a view from the driver's seat out the back. What's really intimidating about these cars is how LONG they are behind you. It's crazy! (I have a '70 model of the same car.)
My father had John Deifenbaker's old seventy six fleetwood. We used to drive to Florida from Toronto
That's awesome James! Im so jealous! Definitely a nice ride around town on a summer day. Also are you a fan of pickup trucks?
Big American automobile. That’s a rocker car there.
Now THAT’s a Cadillac!
Класс! Благодарю!
I've had 2 sets of gold keys. The gold flakes off after a while. Especially the part of the key that goes into the lock
The 1976 is possibly my favorite year. And the Fleetwood would definitely have the best ride given its wheelbase and 5,000 lb. plus curb weight.
This car is amazing the size is out of this world bigger than any of these weak Trucks/SUVS of today! !! The Fleetwood as far as size and length far supersedes the Buick Roadmaster, Chevy Caprice/Impala SS, the Lincoln, Crown Vic and Grand Marquis sheesh
You need to get a collection of sunglasses and line them up across the top of your dash like H.B. Halicki did in the original gone in 60 seconds from 1974
For a promo of the original gone in 60 seconds movie, we watched the movie studio wreck a sitting eldorado convertible on ocean Blvd in Long Beach via a car chase.
Are the resonators on the end of tail pipe.
Trying to figure out, what part of Florida are you driving in? I saw Interstate 75 but then I saw a Daytona sign.
Hey boss I’m like 5’5 and I’m thinking about getting do u think I’ll be able to drive it like will I be to short or?
Reminds me of the days we floated down the roads like on a cloud....My father bought strictly Oldsmobiles from 62' on he bought just Olds Ninety Eights, they drove like on a cloud especially his 65' Luxury Sedan model. Before buying Ninety Eights he was buying 88's. We had a 55' Rocket 88 2 door Hard top before he bought the 62' Olds. The late 50s and 60s were a great time to grow up as a kid. A whole different era compared to todays sh!thole society.
I'm new to this old world what it was like growing up in the 1960s
Never understood why the didn’t put the headliner over the small passenger windows on the carriage roof .
I checked with the original sales brochure and this car sits very high on its suspension.The bottom of the fender skirt just clears the Cadillac emblem on the wheel cover but it this case there seems to be an inch between them. It sits high in the front too.Was the suspension raised beyond factory height with this car? Nice car otherwise.
What a great idea!!!! Exactly as I would check a cool car if I had a chance to drive it. I am leaving a link in my US cars forum. I hope many more viewers will follow! Great content! I can’t wait for more. Btw. Anyone knows how this would drive fully loaded? 8 people on board adds a looot of weight:-)
Thank you!! I really, really appreciate you helping attract more people to the channel. That's a really nice thing for you to do 😁 And that's a great question! I'm guessing it would be a good bit slower but it's already a very heavy car, so who knows how it would ride. I'll have to test that out someday 🤔
The added weight is compensated with the self-leveling rear suspension (air shocks with on-board compressor and valve) and all those bodies add less than half of the curb weight!
Love it I owned one PEACE
I added my own soundtrack to the driving on the highway part - "Green Earrings" from Steely Dan's The Royal Scam
What's the Scrap weight ratio to Dollars on that thing?
Looks like a long black limousine l, just like the song says
Was this car on the cover of Blue Oyster Cult's album "On your feet or on your knees" ?
i got a 1976 Cadillac fleetwood Brougham d’Elegance and i have extra insulation, thicker windows and a better sound system and driving on the road is dead silent it’s almost freaky
Note that it doesn't have leather! I prefer the cloth. I hope it was made better than my old '76 Chevy Vega. Still it wouldn't be long before GM took a dump on Cadillac.
The cloth definitely has some great advantages 😁 Thank you so much for watching, Dan!
I never got used to driving cars where you couldn't see the hood stretch out in front of you. That's why I always buy Mustangs.
🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 *LOVE this fabulous Fleetwood* !! *Would like to own this Cadillac* !! *Perfect for a ROAD trip* !! #JamesWasylyshyn 🇺🇸
Thank you so much, Susan!! It is a fantastic car and very fun to take on trips 😁