When I was in elementary school (back in those days it was grades 1-8, no kindergarten) I had two teachers that traded for new General Motors vehicles every two years. Did teachers make better money accordingly back then? I don’t know, but I’m married to a school teacher and we certainly don’t get a new car every two years. One of those teachers traded her 1965 Pontiac Bonneville in for a 1967 Cadillac DeVille convertible, the same blue as above with a white convertible top.
Have you ever ridden in a Cadillac? Do you remember the first time you did? I was in seventh grade and the class was going to a church to sing. We all met and I had the pleasure to ride in Mrs. Overton’s Cadillac. Talk about a 12 year old boy feeling special!
This 1967 Cadillac DeVille convertible is listed here on eBay in Norman, Oklahoma along with a parts car with a starting bid of $4,000 and no reserve. The seller says that the red car has a bit of rust, but could easily be used as a parts car for the blue one, which has very little rust. The interior of the red one actually looks nicer, while the blue one will take quite a bit of work.
The seller states the engine in the blue one runs great while he/she doesn’t know if the red one runs. That engine is a 429 cubic inch V-8 that when new produced 340 HP and was teamed with a Turbo Hydra-matic transmission. Among the standard features were power steering, power brakes, power windows, power-adjustable front seat, heater, defroster, and cornering lights. Back then, Cadillac considered themselves “The 1967 Standard of the World” according to their sales brochure.
These cars ride on an amazingly long 129.5 inch wheelbase, while the length is 224 inches. New government safety features were being introduced into cars and this along with most other 1967 American cars had a new energy absorbing steering column designed to compress on impact.
I was so impressed with my teacher’s Cadillac convertible, that for Christmas 1967 I asked for and received a Jo-Han friction 1:25 scale model of a 1968 Cadillac DeVille convertible. The 1968 was little changed from the 1967 except for new grille and side marker lights, and my model was red, just like the parts car here. I hope there is a buyer out there that sees the blue car as worthy of restoration and can invest a few thousand dollars to purchase these cars, and several thousand to restore the blue one.
My friend had a body shop and loved the mid 1960’s Cadillacs. A customer had one in nice shape. He lived at the top of a long steep hill. He backed out of the drive and his brakes at least partially failed.
He went down the hill backwards, across avery busy street, and hit a power pole. The damage was not too bad, as he had some brakes. After that experience he was done with the Cadillac, and gave the car to my friend and he paid for the tow.
I wish I had the money to obtain these and have the blue car restored. The 1967 Cadillac is my personal favorite due to the style of the front end. I like the cut back shape of the head lamps and the grill design. I hope someone can take on the job to save at least one of these cars but, with zero bids on a no reserve auction and very little time left it doesn’t look promising. For what it would cost to buy them, and do the work, you could find a car that’s ready for the road.
My 1964 Cadillac Fleetwood with a 6.0 LS swap. Sitting on 23in Rims
My Aunt Erma had a ’67 Sedan DeVille. She eventually bought a new Oldsmobile Regency, and traded my mother the Cadillac for her wedding rings, as my parents had been divorced for a few years prior. I sure loved riding in that car, and I thought the radio was too, too cool. It was the Am/FM with rear speaker fader. My grandmother had a ’65 Coupe de ville with the Am “Wonderbar”, a rear speaker fader. I liked those radios so much, the sound, the chrome, that I collect just the radios. I have about 35, and my family kinda shakes their heads in confusion. The radio’s were restyled for ’69, although pretty much the same electronics. I was much less enthused by those. I will grab any Cadillac radio from the early 1940’s til about 1980, then they lost their uniqueness! I was always thoroughly disgusted to see, what in my opinion were morons, crashing those wonderful cars in derby’s. Some people have no class!
I grew up in a Cadillac like this except it was a hard top! Plenty of room for 4 boys!
You’re right Bill. Once you ride in one these, you’re spoiled for life and nothing
else will do. Dad always put Mom in low
mileage used Caddys because he felt that they were a good quality alternative
to a lot of other used cars out there. We grew up with them, and I liked the ride
so much that I bought my Mom’s ’66
Calais 4-door hardtop in the spring of
1970. I was making good money playing
music back then and had the cash to buy it. Man, did I love that car! Dunno why I
sold it my uncle but I did. He totalled it
out driving drunk and I never sold him
another car as long as he lived. To this
day, I haven’t found ANY late model car
that rides as well as my old Caddy.
Needs major work and a wash