1973 Cadillac Fleetwood series sixty special · Wagon

1973 Cadillac Fleetwood series sixty special · Wagon · Driven 65,437 miles
Not a Clam
73 Cadillac Station Wagon full frame factory GM built wagon full metal roof this car has not been on the road and was in dry storage for the last 26 + years it was driven under the basement of a house in 1995 and has not been touched since until I pulled it out engine spins over have not tried to start it not going to perfect demolition derby car it is a southern 95% rust free call Daniel 678-754-7773 $3,300 cash

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"...... factory GM built wagon...."

Well, not EXACTLY. The Cadillac was built in a GM factory, but as a 4-door hardtop, NOT a station wagon. It would have been CONVERTED INTO a wagon by some coachwork firm, using the roof, quarter glass and tailgate from a '65 - '70 full-sized GM wagon.

 

Boy, would you need a peck of cash to put that back to its former glory. Is it me? The dash looks ‘73, but the grill, front assembly looks ‘75-76ish.

 

73 was the first year of that style front end.

 

Doesn't look like it even has a tailgate that opens.

 

I am not used to seeing these adaptations not with a clam back...would this make this rare?

 

From the coachwork company's point of view, it just makes it cheaper to do the conversion. I'd guess about 50-70 less man-hours to install this back end instead of the clamshell bits and mechanicals - maybe more. Based on pics of this generation of converted Cadillac wagons, I'd guess it's about 50%-50% as to which back end it has. (And if it's in this poor condition, how 'rare' it is doesn't matter as much....)

 

Gotcha.. are these 1970 and earlier GM parts then?

 

Yup - the '65 - '70 generation. Since this one has the 2-way gate though, it's either '69 or '70 parts.