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Congrats on making it to Friday. Here's some old American luxury iron. (i.imgur.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/cars@lemmy.world

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1977 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham, a recent addition to my collection.

221 inches bumper to bumper, 425ci Cadillac big block V8 fuelled by a standard Rochester Quadrajet and coupled to a TH400 3 speed auto. Floats like a cloud.

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[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

almost 10 mpg !

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Hey now, I got 10 .6 mpg on my last tank...

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 4 months ago

Look at this car. Just look at it.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's a Frickin' Land Yacht!

I've driven a few beasts like these... It's something else

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

Land Yacht is fucking right! Thing feels more like you're piloting, not driving. I couldn't be more happy with it.

Obviously it's not a daily...

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

Love the older ones like 49 with the big mean grill. Not a fan of the rear though.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My grandfather had a mid 80s Fleetwood. That summamabitch could move and was comfy as hell.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Oh, for real. Despite being relatively "choked" by emissions compared to its pre-1972 472 ancestor, this thing will gallop right up to highway speeds without a care in the world.

I'm really glad it's the old cast iron Cadillac big block and not the HT series engines that all the 80's cadillacs got. That engine was a hot slow ugly mess.