The Last time Cadillac came with.....

[South_paw]

There is a pretty good history of Cadillac "first" but not such a good history of Cadillac "last"
So here are some of Cadillac's "last" that was wondering about

When was the last year/model Cadillac built with

Chrome Bumpers?
Carburetor?
4 wheel drums?
Manual Transmission?
Factory Limo?
Front bench seat without armrest (non-commercial)?
Vinyl roof?
Two tone?
Points?
Single reservoir brake cylinder?
Vent windows?
Coupe body?
4 door convertible?
Bias tires?
Hubcaps?
am only radio?
Manual brakes?
Manual steering?

Feel free to add to the list.

Looking forward to the responses,

Lou

   

[Doug Houston]

Convert. sedan: '41.

Manual transmission"  '53.

These refer to standard offerings, and nor aftermarket conversions, if any.

[Alan R. Harris clc#1513]

AM Radio-1969, 4 wheel drum brakes-1968 (front discs were optional), vent windows-1968.

When was the last year that a Cadillac could be had without air conditioning? I have seen a non-a/c 1969 convertible.
Was this the last year?

[homeonprunehill]

11-02-07
ALL;    1. HOLE for "HAND-CRANK" in GRILL
          2. MANUAL CHOKE
          3.Cars equiped with an Auto-Transmission that you COULD NOT PUSH-START the car.



Good  Luck,JIM

[EAM-CLC17806]

POINTS:  1974

[Terry wenger CLC 31800]

I'll try a few:

Last with std. manual steering 1953

Last with manual brakes 1955

Last with single reservoir master cylinder, 1962

last with optional Air conditioning 1974

Terry

[TJ Hopland]

Carb would have been the Brougham in 86-89 for sure, 90 had an option of EFI, and I have been told a few early 91's (round body) got through with the 307's and carbs but never seen one in person.

I would guess the chrome bumper would also be the Brougham in 90 unless a few square bodies got out in early 91 also.

[Rusty Shepherd CLC 6397]

There is a pretty good history of Cadillac "first" but not such a good history of Cadillac "last"
So here are some of Cadillac's "last" that was wondering about

When was the last year/model Cadillac built with

Chrome Bumpers?
Carburetor?
4 wheel drums?
Manual Transmission?
Factory Limo?
Front bench seat without armrest (non-commercial)?
Vinyl roof?
Two tone?
Points?
Single reservoir brake cylinder?
Vent windows?
Coupe body?
4 door convertible?
Bias tires?
Hubcaps?
am only radio?
Manual brakes?
Manual steering?

Feel free to add to the list.

Looking forward to the responses,

Lou

   

Vent windows 1968

[Rusty Shepherd CLC 6397]

Carburetor  1990 Brougham with the Oldsmobile 307 engine

All-drum brakes 1968 (front discs were optional that year and standard the next)

Coupe  2002 Eldorado

Front seat with no center armest (non-commercial)  I'm making an educated guess that it was the 1976 Calais. I know that as late as 1973, the front seats of Calais coupes and sedans did not have them and I'm assuming that that continued through the last Calais year.

Non-power windows (you asked for additional "lasts")   1967

Four-door convertible (convertible sedan)  1941

Points  1974

[Benny Cadillac]

Actually, the "round body" didn't come out until 1993. And even when that came, it still had chrome bumpers of sorts. And in 1991, the Brougham could be ordered with the chevy 305, which was still carbed.

The last year for hubcaps would be 1992, last seen on the Broughams.

The last year for the Coupe body technically would be 2002 when the Eldorado was discontinued, but the last year for a real (fullsize) coupe was 1985, the last year before the Fleetwood was downsized.

[Rusty Shepherd CLC 6397]

Original design (though greatly improved) Hydramatic Drive  1955
No "Park" position in Hydramatic (see above) 1955
Reverse after Low instead of after Park 1963 (Deville and Fleetwood 60S) 1964 (62, Fleetwood 75 & comm.chassis)
Flathead engine 1948
OHV V-16 engine 1937
V-12 engine 1937
V-16 engine 1940
Four-door sedan w/center-opening doors 1940; Four-door w/center-opening doors '58 Eldorado Brougham (clarified)
Hydro-Lectric system  1953
Rear Wheel Drive Eldorado 1966
La Salle 1940
Controlled-Coupling (Jetaway) Hydramatic 1964
Single-Range Hydramatic 1951
Manually-controlled Air Conditioning (not Automatic Climate Control) 1963
Separate lap and shoulder belts 1973
OHV V-8 of 1949 design 1962
Straight Eight La Salle 1936
V and Crest 1983
Coupes with roll-down windows 1973
Convertible coupes without rear quarter windows 1941
Rear-wheel drive convertible 1970 (corrected)
Rear-wheel drive DeVillle 1984
HT4100 engine 1987 (THANK GOD!)
Diesel engine 1985 (See HT4100, above) Yep, there were a very few of the transverse V-6 diesels in the new Devilles

[Mark]

Center-opening sedan doors 1940

Not 1958?

(Eldo Brougham).

[TJ Hopland]

Rear Wheel Drive Eldorado 1966
Rear-wheel drive convertible 1966

You could combine those two

There were 67-70 deville converts just no FWD Eldo converts till 71.

So the last RWD factory production convet for a while (isnt there one now or fairly recently?) would have been 70.

[Rusty Shepherd CLC 6397]

Rear Wheel Drive Eldorado 1966
Rear-wheel drive convertible 1966

You could combine those two

There were 67-70 deville converts just no FWD Eldo converts till 71.

So the last RWD factory production convet for a while (isnt there one now or fairly recently?) would have been 70.

Of course you're right.  The Eldorado Broughams totally slipped my mind (although I might get by on a technicality; I said "sedan doors" which generally is taken to mean framed doors and a center post, neither of which the EB had) and I was thinking only about the Eldorado when it came to RWD convertibles.  Two "middle moments" in one day.  Oh, well.

[Terry Wenger CLC 31800]

Last Hub Caps - 1953 all others were wheel covers.

Last Real Sixty-Special Series - 1970

Last 61 Series - 1951

Last optional power steering - 1953

Lasy optional power brakes - 1955

Last 2 bbl. carburetor - 1951

Last hydraulic power windows and seat - 1953

[homeonprunehill]

Last Hub Caps - 1953 all others were wheel covers.


11-04-07
Terry W.
Have to disagree with you. I have a 1938 Cadillac-La Salle that had/has "wheel-Disc"on the wheels and " Hub Caps" on the front Hubs.
Good Luck,JIM

[Mark]

Last 2 bbl. carburetor - 1951

A technicality but 2 bbl carbs were used on 58-60 Cads. 

Except that they were used three at a time.   

[TJ Hopland]

I know many people dont think of the Cimarron as a real Cadillac but....
1982 came with 1.8L 4cyl 2bbl carb.
1982-88 Had either standard or optional manual transmissions (depending on engine & year)

I also noticed the 1.8 listed as a 'Cadillac' motor.  I never noticed that before, the chevettes were 1.6 ohc's right?  Everything else was a 2.5 that I remember.  The later optional motors for the Cimarron are listed as Chev's.

[Terry Wenger CLC #1800]

Last Hub Caps - 1953 all others were wheel covers.


11-04-07
Terry W.
Have to disagree with you. I have a 1938 Cadillac-La Salle that had/has "wheel-Disc"on the wheels and " Hub Caps" on the front Hubs.
Good Luck,JIM

Jim:

The wheel covers that that were used in the thirties were started in 1932. They covered the wire wheel but a hubcap was still used. They are listed as Wheel Discs in the Cadillac Master Parts book((Group 22.0580) The large wheel covers used in the late thirties and later were also listed as Wheel Discs in that same group. The hub caps, the smaller cap that covered the center of the wood or steel wheels (Group 22.0515) was smaller than a wheel cover, about 8 inches in dia. These were last used to cover the steel wheels in 1953.That is what I consider a hub cap.

If a hubcap is considered the part that covers the center of any wheel,be it wire, wire cap, saber spoke, aluminum, magnesium etc., etc. then they are still being used today, and the last one hasn't been used yet!

Terry

 

[Bob Schuman]

The last Cadillac with a manual transmission is the 2008 CTS. Most of us will probably never see one, though.

Bob Schuman