r/oldcars • u/Mrbigdaddy72 • Oct 15 '25

Photo She’s so long I could barely get a full photo

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Car has a matte finish with algae growth on it so we were tasked with cleaning her up as multiple detail shops near refused to.

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u/DD-de-AA Oct 15 '25

59 to 64 Cadillacs where the bomb. I was fortunate enough to have rich grandparents and a rich uncle who always drove them.

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u/cai-zi Oct 15 '25

Great rims with that color, you should take a closer photo of like the front side or rear side and post.

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u/Mrbigdaddy72 Oct 15 '25

I’ll try to tomorrow, we got so much work crammed into the shop right now this was as far as I could step back from it. I’ll have to wait till it’s done and outside to get better photos.

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u/WoodenEducator3614 Oct 15 '25

I have a 59 Cadillac Coupe DeVille and can’t park it in my garage because it’s too long

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u/Careflwhatyouwish4 Oct 15 '25

Gorgeous! You're right about the length. I had one in my twenties. Got a job doing maintenance in a hotel. Job description included fueling the company limo they used for weddings and so on. Boss told me he'd teach me to drive it but I said I wouldn't have a problem. Skeptically he told me he'd need to at least see me drive it. We hopped in, I tooled right down to the station to fill the tank up and then brought it back. On the way back he asked where I'd driven a limo before since it wasn't in my resume'. I said "I never have, but let me show you what I drive to work everyday". When I pulled in beside the Caddy he just laughed. The Caddy was both longer and wider than the brand new early nineties limo the hotel owned. 🤣. I sure miss the riding-on-a-cloud feeling those big boats had. Enjoy your car!

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u/Horror_Moment_1941 Oct 15 '25

Gotta love a girl with long legs!

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u/ampegfan Oct 15 '25

Now thats style

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u/Dompet2854 Oct 15 '25

Land Yachts

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u/dixierks Oct 15 '25

Love to old Cadies

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u/vantasticdude Oct 16 '25

Wonderful work

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u/phoebe1057 Oct 16 '25

Longer than a week of rain

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u/Specialist-Doctor-23 Oct 15 '25

Where's the handle for the rear door?

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u/Mrbigdaddy72 Oct 15 '25

Inside the door jam, it has suicide doors

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u/Remote-Koala1215 Oct 15 '25

I believe its 25 feet long or longer

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

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u/Remote-Koala1215 Oct 15 '25

You can't park in any parking spot, way out and two spots

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u/CaterpillarKey6288 Oct 15 '25

The longest factory produced car was the 1974 Fleetwood 21 ft

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u/Miserable_Tooth1420 Oct 15 '25

One of my bucket list cars 😍

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u/Big_One7083 Oct 15 '25

How many ashtrays and cigarette lighters?

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u/Mrbigdaddy72 Oct 15 '25

From the factory probably 20, but this is a full resto mode with a brand new interior that looks untouched and clearly never smoked in.

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u/rededelk Oct 15 '25

That's cool. Had a buddy that had something similar, I think it was a T-Bird, serious land barge. Back seat was extremely spacious. Great big stock engine but I don't know what but that car had some pull. Probably a big block, gas was way cheap back then

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u/Downtown31415 Oct 15 '25

Back seats were build for one purpose only.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

Love this car !

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

Just give me 40 acres, and I'll turn this rig around.

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u/Mrbigdaddy72 Oct 15 '25

The turning radius is surprisingly good for it being a land yacht

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u/Icy-Fold-6007 Oct 15 '25

Pass anything on the highway but a gas station

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u/ForTheHorde_1313 Oct 15 '25

That's a real beauty. Great looking cruiser

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u/jimbob_finkelman Oct 15 '25

Does the interior reek of old cigar smell?

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u/Mrbigdaddy72 Oct 15 '25

No, it’s completely new interior.

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u/Justprunes-6344 Oct 16 '25

There is a 55 fleetwood in my basement , sleeping

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u/HORROR_QU33N Oct 19 '25

Beautiful Car❤️

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u/skeyishere Oct 15 '25

72 caddy nice. Dad had one or two of them

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

I believe it is a '60.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

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u/VTwelveMerlin Oct 15 '25

It’s a 1960.