1970s

Calais Cadillac Models & History 1974 Amajor restyling marketed the “Gas Crunch” era Cadillacs of 1974. A wide egg crate grille was used. Dual round headlamps were mounted in close together square bezels. Further outboard were double-deck wraparound parking lamps. ...

Seville Cadillac History 1979

Seville Cadillac Moels & History 1979 Carried over with only modest trim changes, Sevilles got a retuned suspension to improve their ride, plus new body mounts. Nameplates moved from the upper right of the grille to the upper left, ...

Cadillac Deville 1976

Cadillac Deville Models & History 1976 DEVILLE Coupe DeVille, a name that had been around for over two decades, was advertised as “America’s favorite luxury car.” The mid-1970s edition had a vinyl cabriolet roof with chrome accent strip at ...

Cadillac Calais 1971

Cadillac Calais Models & History 1971 CALAIS Cadillacs were completely restyled with pairs of individually housed squarish headlamps set wider apart. The V-shaped grille had an egg crate style insert and was protected by massive vertical guards framing a rectangular ...

Fleetwood Cadillac History 1973

Fleetwood Cadillac Models & History 1973 The long-wheelbase, high-dollar Fleetwoods were immense automobiles with low-cut, extra-large, rounded corner side window treatments and rather large “Coach windows” cut into the rear roof pillar. Fleetwoods had the annual Cadillac styling changes plus ...

Fleetwood 60 Cadillac history 1970

Fleetwood 60 Cadillac Models & History 1970 The Fleetwood models had all equipment offered in DeVilles plus Automatic Level Control. The Brougham also came standard with adjustable reading lights; Dual Comfort front seat with Two-Way power adjustment (left side) and ...

Cadillac Fleetwood1979

Cadillac Fleetwood Models & History 1979 FLEETWOOD BROUGHAM – SERIES 6C Brougham sedans had the same new front-end look and restyled taillamps as the less costly DeVille, and the same engine choices. New wheel covers of brushed chrome displayed ...

Calais Cadillac History 1976

Calais Cadillac Models & History 1976 For its final outing, Calais displayed the same front-end look as the more expensive DeVille, with a Cadillac “V” and crest at the hood front. Interiors could be Morgan Plaid in four possible ...

Eldorado Cadillac History 1970

Eldorado Cadillac Models & History 1970 1970 Cadillac Eldorado The Eldorado (actually Fleetwood Eldorado) for 1970 carried over the 1968 and 1969 body design with an improvement in the engine displacement. The 7.7 Liter engine was bored out to a colossal 8.2 Liters. ...

Deville Cadillac History 1971

Deville Cadillac Models & History 1971 To distinguish the Calais from the DeVille visually, DeVilles had thin, bright metal rocker panel strips and signature scripts on front fenders bearing the series name. The bottoms of the rear fenders were decorated ...

Eldorado Cadillac History 1972

Eldorado Cadillac History 1972 The bigger V-8 of 1970 hinted that a bigger Eldo was on the way. But though the mostly new 1971 edition was 6.3 inches longer between wheel centers, it was just 0.6-inch longer overall and only ...

Cadillac History Eldorado 1970

Cadillac History Models & History 1970 The Eldorado (actually Fleetwood Eldorado) for 1970 carried over the 1968 and 1969 body design with an improvement in the engine displacement. The 472 cubic inch engine was bored out to a colossal 500 ...

Cadillac Calais 1976

Cadillac Calais Models & History 1976 CALAIS For its final outing, Calais displayed the same front-end look as the more expensive DeVille, with a Cadillac “V” and crest at the hood front. Interiors could be Morgan Plaid in four ...

Fleetwood Cadillac History 1976

Fleetwood Cadillac Models & History 1976 For the last time, the luxurious Brougham would carry on the Sixty Special name, riding a lengthy 133 in. wheelbase—three inches longer than a Sedan DeVille. New “Fleetwood” plaques replaced script on both ...

Cadillac History 1976

Cadillac Models & History 1976 From the beginning, Cadillac had been nearly synonymous with luxury. People spoke of countless products as “The Cadillac of (whatever).” Through the tailfinned postwar years, Cadillacs had been poshly (sometimes gaudily) appointed, gargantuan in size, ...

Deville Cadillac History 1979

Deville Cadillac Moels & Historyd 1979 Appearance changes for DeVille/Fleetwood included restyled taillamps and a revised front-end look, plus new interior trim. This year’s grille had many more horizontal and vertical bars in its simple crosshatch pattern, designed to ...

Eldorado Cadillac History 1979

Eldorado Cadillac Moels & Historyd 1979 Sanity in the design of the Eldorado returned. Soon after the ’71 Eldorado appeared, GM — to its everlasting credit — decided that its cars had become too big and thirsty, and embarked on ...

Fleetwood Cadillac History 1971

Fleetwood Cadillac Models & History 1971 The long-wheelbase Fleetwoods came with everything found on deVilles (except front center arm rest in the limousine) plus Automatic Level Control; Automatic Climate Control; rear window defogger; four rear ash trays; and a manual ...

Cadillac History Eldorado (1979-85)

Cadillac Eldorado Models & History (1979-85) Sanity in the design of the Eldorado returned. Soon after the ’71 Eldorado appeared, GM — to its everlasting credit — decided that its cars had become too big and thirsty, and embarked on ...

Cadillac History 1973

Cadillac Models & History 1973 For 1973, there were five models: Calais: two-door hardtop coupe and four-door hardtop sedan DeVille: two-door coupe and four-door sedan Fleetwood Sixty-Special Brougham: four-door sedan Fleetwood Seventy-five: four-door sedan, four-door limousine, and commercial chassis used ...

Deville Cadillac History 1975

Deville Cadillac Models & History 1975 Chrome underscores, DeVille series rear fender nameplates and richer interiors identified Coupe and Sedan DeVille models. They both had slim, triangular rear quarter windows and power front seat adjusters. Luxury flavor options, including d’Elegance ...

Cadillac Deville & Calais History 1972

Cadillac Deville & Calais Models & History 1972 Calais: In 1972, General Motors kept busy with the task of re-engineering its cars to conform to new fuel and safety standards established by Federal Government mandate. There was little time to ...

Deville Cadillac History 1974

Deville Cadillac Models & History 1974 DeVilles again had all Calais equipment plus rocker moldings rear center arm rests rear cigar lighters power front seat adjuster A DeVille script nameplate replaced the Calais signature above the rear tip of the ...

Cadillac History Eldorado 1976

Cadillac Eldorado Models & History 1976 ELDORADO Cadillac’s personal-luxury coupe had lost its rear skirts in a major 1975 restyle. This year brought no drastic changes, but some styling refinements. The “Cadillac” script signature was now on the hood (driver’s ...

Fleetwood Sixty Special Cadillac History 1972

Fleetwood Sixty Special Cadillac Models & History 1972 This model had all DeVille features plus Automatic Level Control and, on the Brougham, Dual comfort front seat; rear seat reading light; carpeted foot rests; and a padded vinyl roof with rear ...

Cadillac Deville1978

CADILLAC DEVILLEModels & History 1978 Several styling refinements hit DeVille (and Fleetwood) for 1978. A new, bolder grille pattern in three-row checkerboard style was repeated to the left and right of the license plate below. The new pattern had ...

Seville Cadillac History 1978

Seville Cadillac Models & History 1978 At the rear, Seville displayed new bumper guards, an engraved chrome insignia on taillamps, and a painted accent stripe that extended across the decklid to give a wider, lower appearance. Lower bumper rub ...

Cadillac Seville 1977

Cadillac Seville Models & History 1977 SEVILLE SERIES 6K Seville had been the first production American car to offer a 350 cu. in. electronic-fuel-injected engine as standard, and it returned for 1977. Sensors fed engine data back to an on-board ...

1976 Fleetwood Cadillac history

Fleetwood Cadillac Models & History 1976 This would be the final year for the long Caddy limo and nine-passenger sedan (151.5 in. wheelbase and 252.3 in. overall), which weighed in at a whopping 5800 lbs. Their body style had ...

1975 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow

In Detail submitted by Richard Owen engine V8 valvetrain OHV displacement 6750 cc / 411.9 in³ bore 104.0 mm / 4.09 in stroke 99.1 mm / 3.9 in compression 7.3:1 power 141.7 kw / 190.0 bhp @ 4000 rpm ...

1970 Renault 8 Gordini

It was no easy task replacing a legendary car that was loved as much as the R8 Gordini, but the 12 Gordini, a car with real dynamic qualities, tried its best. A promising start When the R8 Gordini reached the ...

1976 Renault 5 Alpine

1976: the Alpine version finally goes on sale. It features a 1,289cc block bored out to 1,397cc, producing 93hp at 6,400 rpm. The front end features a specific spoiler. The suspension settings are tuned for oversteer, which allows driving talent ...

1972 Lola T280

In 1972 Lola made a 3-liter variant of their Group 6 car called the T280. This was fitted with the Formula 1 Cosworth DFV engine and was developed by Patrick Head and John Barnard. The first two cars were delivered ...

1977 Lola T297

Lola’s T296 was developed for the 2.0-liter class known as Group 6. Powered by an engine of the customer’s choice, these cars ran Interserie Championship and other major endurance races. In Detail submitted by admin type Racing Car built at ...

1974 Lola T294

Lola’s T294 was developed for the 2.0-liter class known as Group 6. Powered by an engine of the customer’s choice, these cars ran Interserie Championship and other major endurance races. In Detail tags T-294 submitted by Official Galleries type Racing ...

1976 Lola T286

Lola’s T296 was developed for the 3.0-liter class known as Group 6 and some were powered later in life by a 3.5-liter engine. These cars ran Interserie Championship and other major endurance races. Our feature car, HU-07, was raced three ...

1979 Lola T298

The T298 was built to accept 2.0-litre four cylinder engines such as the Ford Cosworth BDA or BMW M12. The first T298 car appeared at the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans and placed 21st overall for team Lambretta S.A.F.D. ...

1972 Lola T282

Only the Scuderia Filipinetti, Equipe Gitanes Cigarettes France, Lola was built to accommodate the Ford DFV V8. This singular chassis, Hu06. contested the 1973 World Sports Car Championship with Jean-Louis Lafosse and Reine Wisell as key drivers. After racing seven ...

1972 Lola T292

Lola’s T292 was developed for the 2.0-liter class known as Group 6. Powered by an engine of the customer’s choice, these cars ran Interserie Championship and other major endurance races. In Detail submitted by admin type Racing Car built at ...

1977 Avanti II

Launched in 1962, the Avanti was built using the chassis from the Studebaker Lark. It had a body built of fiberglass that impressed the public with its unique and confident appearance. Due to a slow production run, demand for car ...

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