- Seller: Griffin H (Contact)
- Location: Lee, New Hampshire
- Mileage: 39,000 Shown
- Chassis #: 60S073824
- Title Status: Missing
- Engine: 390 V8
- Transmission: Automatic
UPDATE – The seller has added more photos of this finned beauty! You can see them in the gallery below.
For decades, almost nothing embodied success like a Cadillac Limousine. Priced and sized for the richest of the rich, a Series 75 Limousine was always a low-production car, but Cadillac’s vault-like build quality ensured that subsequent owners would have a chance to see how the other half lived. This car was originally sold to a New Hampshire company named BD Electric, and it was used to shuttle clients to the local airport; subsequently, it was owned by an event promotion company that used it for events and tours. In 2008, it was parked and covered in a carriage barn where it currently sits, waiting for a new owner to put it to work. The limo runs, but it will need the usual ministrations to put it back on the road, and it is now being offered as a Barn Finds Exclusive.
The heart of any Cadillac is its engine; for 1960, it was the long-running and reliable 390 with 325 horsepower. The owner has the engine running smoothly on an auxiliary fuel supply, but the new owner will need to clean/replace the fuel tank and lines as part of its rehabilitation. Backing the 390 is GM’s four-speed Hydramatic; it would still be a few years before the Turbo 400 came along and replaced it. The seller says that the brakes are locked, so it will need a little motivation to extract it from its current home.
The interior is in excellent shape aside from a few rough spots in the headliner. Like most limousines of the ’50s and ’60s, this Cadillac has a leather bench seat for the chauffeur and luxurious cloth upholstery for the passengers in the back. You can’t say that the Series 75 lacked for legroom.
Although the Cadillac was originally black, it was repainted in an attractive lavender/pink color at some point along the way; the seller says that a skilled detailer might be able to bring the paint back to life, and it certainly doesn’t look too bad in pictures. The undercarriage apparently has some standard New England corrosion, but the frame is solid. The chrome has light pitting but is presentable.
It will take a big garage to house this befinned Cadillac, and that’s why it’s being sold: It’s currently stored at a historic home in New Hampshire, and the funds raised by the sale of the car will be used to help fund the home’s restoration. If you have an enterprise that needs a rolling business card, or if you like cars that are a little out of the ordinary, maybe this rare Cadillac limousine is the one for you. It will take a little elbow grease to get it back on the road, but if you’re up to the challenge, make the seller an offer.
WOW! Another Limousine! Rides of the Rich and Famous or sometimes Infamous 🤔. Cadillac Series 75 always provided elegance on the GRAND scale. Given the ability and cash to save this MONUMENT to an era unfortunately never to be seen again, it would be a good buy. Unfortunately, lacking both the ability and cash, I must say Bye Bye 👋 😪. SOMEONE will get a great buy.
As nice and relatively solid as this Series 75 is, I hope whoever snags this will treat it to a repaint in it’s original black. It’s only fair. This pink color, while similar to shades GM used in those years, just isn’t right for a limo! GLWTA!
Actually I’m thinking it would make a great airport limo in Vegas! It certainly would make a statement pulling up at one of the casino entrances!
I don’t see any A/C vents in this one. A little unusual even for 1960. Maybe being a New England car back then they didn’t think it was necessary? Other than that it looks like a nice ride. I think its working days are over though and any restoration would have to be a labor of love. I remember back in the late 80’s there was a ’64 Caddy Limo for sale at a local gas station, in pretty nice shape for a 1000 bucks. I knew at the time my father would flip if I came home with another car, so I passed. I already had a ’64 De Ville and some other cars. I saw it about a month or two later some kid driving it. Big dents down the sides, hubcaps gone, fender skirts gone, it kind of looked like he maybe drove it through the woods or something. It really broke my heart. I wished I could have saved that car, I hope someone saves this. But I’m not seeing 30 large for this, its going to need a special someone to take this one on.
My father had a ’60 SdV 4 window flattop. And ya’ll know how much I hate GMs flattops, especially on a Cadillac.
I forget what this color is called (it really sucks to get old) but his was this color or a close variation.
How I would love to get my hands on this.
Did I ever tell you guys this story?
About 40 years ago I read an article about a young man who bought a 1959 Cadillac Series 62 coupe. That was the start of his journey to own every model of the 1959 Cadillac. He had Series 62 Coupe & Sedan & convertible, coupe de Ville, sedan de Ville & convertible, Fleetwood, Eldorado ht & convertible, Series 75 & limousine. All were ’59s & I believe all were black. I’ve always wanted to do what he did. I would expand on the collection by including hearse & flower cars by there perspective subcontractors (M&M, Superior, Hess & Ernhart, etc.) There was a photo of him with all his Cadillacs lined up behind him.
This Caddy, although not black would be a good start.
Life needs a reset button.
Angel Cadillac Queen , This car’s color is Persian Sand Poly…Your father’s car may have also been Siena Rose Poly which is a few shades darker than this car. Unusual colors but strikingly attractive when these cars were new and still dialed in….
For 30k get it running and get a title. Jeez.
Very cool to see a Caddy this old from Peter Fuller still surviving. Means it’s been a New England car its whole life.
I got my ’73 Olds convert at Peter Fuller! Used to drive by there all the time.
@normadesmond
Norma !
Good to see you, girl.
Me too Angel. If it did, I’d still have my ’66 Calais 4-door hardtop and maybe one or two more Caddy’s to be
named later. I liked the ’69 and ’70
models and I almost bought a ’70
Fleetwood 60 special in ’96 or ’97. But once my wife and I test drove the
car, we looked at each other and both
decided to pass on it as the front end
was about to fold up like an accordion. Sadly, both she and the car are gone now but I still have the
memories. I hope that everything is
going well for you though. Had to wear my leather jacket 🧥 while putt
puttin around my shop putting together a ’30 Model A DeLuxe roadster like one used in the first part
of Bonnie and Clyde with Warren Beatty and Faye Runaway. That car
belonged to a friend of Dad’s and I was very fortunate to have taken a few rides in it before it was sold in the
mid ’70s. They even wrote a story about it for the Daily Paragraph, our
local newspaper 🗞️ there in Bloomington Illinois. Don’t think I was
there when the reporters were at his
house, but it sure made for a really good spread in the Sunday paper. As
for this car, I’d get it running, get it
safened up, and ditch the 4-speed
Hydramatic for a T-400 unit instead.
A family friend that had a ’51 Lincoln
coupe told us that the guys at Twin
City Hydramatic charged him a bundle just to get his unit to work right. The T-400 is a much easier tranny to service and any tranny guy
worth his salt could fix one fairly fast.
Found out that the modulator valve was weak spot in this unit as the
vacuum line running from the carburetor to the valve had a hole in
it or the valve itself was bad and needed replacing. After I learned how
to fix it, I felt like that blind tranny guy
in California that Pastor Jim told me
about. My kid brother had a ’63 limo
that dumped it’s tranny all over the
street in front of our house but I think I told that story before not long ago.
Anyhoo, it’s getting late and it’s time
for yours truly to hit the sack so that I
can either go to my store or my shop
first thing In the morning. Good night
Angel💋. Night all.
Nice ride, great potential. However…..
Even if I had the 30 large to buy it, “No Title” = “No Deal”!
Been down this road a few times over the years, and while some will say it’s not a big deal, well, yes it always turns out to be.
If it’s “not a big deal” then do it BEFORE you sell the car. You want the big bucks, do the big work.
I guess I missed the part where they want $30 large for this. What have they been smokin’?
You don’t want to know what I think it’s worth. Runs off a can, needs a complete fuel system replace, probably brakes, tires, belts, etc. AND no title?
Howdy ANGEL 👋. Seems like it’s definitely time for a reset. MANY seem to be 🚬 Something, while drinking 🍸 the KOOL Aid. Hope all is well . With our Champagne 🍾 tastes and beer 🍺 budgets, I thought I’d share an idea with you. Unable to actually buy cars of our dreams, I have put together a sizeable collection of 1-18 scale Diecast models! Best of all they don’t FILL the BARN. As usual, I’m on to VERSAILLES in my Town Car! LOL
When I went to sell my Corvette, it had no title. In NH, it was easy to get one, and not very expensive. I just had to go to the local P.D. and a LEO confirmed the car’s VIN against the registration, and then verified that I was who I said I was via driver’s license. IIRC, he signed a form that went to the DMV and a few weeks later, I had a title.
I did this for exactly the reason mentioned above: it makes it easier for the next owner if they are in another state.
My buyer ended up being from NH, but I’m sure that he appreciated the effort.
When I bought my ’75 Eldorado I had to do the same thing in NJ. Was not difficult, but would have appreciated the seller doing it before selling the car to me.
Fortunately I knew several PO on the force.
Wow! It was 50 years ago this month
that I traveled the country riding from
show to show in a car just like this one. The band leader I was helping
then had one of these and a ’60 Caddy hearse that carried all our band equipment while the limo towed
a small trailer behind it that held our
suitcases, AWOL bags, and so on. The guy’s name was Harry Hinthorne
and his lead singer quit him in Denver
after the New Year’s Eve show they
played there. Me, I was having a great time ringing in the New Year with a lady friend of mine at her place. Next morning, I took a shower
at her place and forgot my bathrobe
so I borrowed one of hers before getting dressed. About 10:00 that morning, our union rep showed up at
her house looking for me. He came
inside, looked at me sitting at the kitchen table in a frilly pink bathrobe
and at a complete loss of words. And
When he did speak, he said “Put your
Pants on lover boy, you’re goin’ to Denver.”. So I got dressed, packed my
bags, hopped a 1 PM Ozark flight to
Denver where I met Harry and his group. Didn’t get back home til April.
We were on that road trip for 3 months! We played mostly small town movie theaters that could be used as venues to play live package
shows. When it was all said and done, that old Fleetwood took us
everywhere we needed to go without
complaint. And as for this car, who said it has to be black? I think it would look nice in champagne gold
with a dark red interior. Add some
Tru Spoke wite rims and vogue tires
and you’ll have a winner! Sorry to the
seller, think I’ll sit this one out. I can
think of a lot more important things
to spend $30K on. And whatever he’s
smokin, I want some!
Is it my imagination, or is there only one door on the passenger side of the limo?
I wonder whose butts sat in the back seat.
Nice limo for its age but then at the price of gas now adays, who could afford it? SORRY
By the looks of that motor it’s been around a few times
No Title?
Anything without a title is a $500 parts car. I don’t care how nice it is. I’ve done the title chasing game and gotten burned.