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Written by Big Block

Category: 1960-1969

Published: 22 January 2007

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1968 Cadillac DeVille

• V-8. Overhead valves.
• Cast iron block.
• Displacement: 472 cubic inches.
• Bore and stroke: 4.30 x 4.06 inches.
• Compression ratio: 10.5:1.
• Brake horsepower: 375 at 4400 rpm
• Five main bearings.
• Hydraulic valve lifters.
• Carburetor: Rochester Quadrajet four-barrel model 7028210S.

• a metal temperature monitoring device
• air injection emissions control system
• integral air-conditioning system (still optional)
• cast crankshaft and connecting rods
• integral water crossover pipe with thermostatic passages
• engine bearings with more surface area
• 15-plate battery.

Model Number	Style Number	Body Type	Seating	Factory Price	Shipping Weight	Production Total
68-683	68369-L	4-door Sedan	6	5785	4680	9,850
68-683	68349-B	4-door Hardtop Sedan	6	5785	4675	72,662
68-683	68347-J	2-door Coupe DeVille	6	5552	4595	63,935
68-683	68367-F	2-door Convertible Deville	6	5736	4600	18,025

• Wheelbase: 129.5"
• Overall length: 224.7"
• Rear axle ratio: 2.94:1
• Transmission: three-speed Turbo-Hydramatic
• Tires: 9.00 x 15
• Front tread: not available
• rear Tread: not available

• Optional axle ratio data not available.
• Air injector reactor and closed positive crankcase ventilation standard.
• Controlled differential was now $52.65 extra on all models except Eldorado.

• Auxiliary horn ($16)
• Automatic level control option on models Calais or Deville ($79)
• Automatic Climate Control ($516)
• Bucket seats with console on models Deville (F-J-B) with leather upholstery required ($184)
• Firemist finish ($132)
• Cruise control ($95)
• Rear window defogger on models Calais, Deville (J-B-L) ($27)
• Door guards ($5-8)
• Expanded vinyl upholstery on models Calais ($42)
• Soft Ray glass ($51)
• Guide-Matic headlamp control ($51)
• Head rests ($53)
• Leather upholstery, models J-B-L ($138)
• License frame ($13 pair)
• Padded roof, models J ($132); models B-L ($137)
• Power door locks, two-door ($47); four-door ($68)
• Power ventipanes with required power windows ($72)
• Power windows on Calais models ($116)
• AM radio ($162)
• AM/FM radio ($188)
• AM/FM stereo ($288)
• Reclining front seat with headrests on Convertible with required bucket seats ($84)
• Four-way lefthand power bucket seat on models F-J-B ($53)
• Six-way power front seat on models G-N-K ($111); models F-J-B-L ($83)
• Rear center seat belt ($11)
• Front shoulder straps ($32)
• Tilt-telescope steering wheel ($90)
• Remote control trunk lock ($52)
• Twilight Sentinel ($32)
• White sidewall tires, size 9.00 x 15 four-ply 8PR-5 ($56 exchange)
• New items of optional equipment were added as well:
• Twin front and rear floor mats for all Calais & DeVille ($17)
• Front seat warmer for all Calais & DeVille ($95)

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Written by Big Block

Category: 1960-1969

Published: 22 January 2007

Hits: 1976

1968 Cadillac Calais

• Turbo-Hydramatic
• power steering
• power brakes
• power windows
• heater and defroster
• center arm rests
• electric clock
• dual backup lamps
• cornering lights
• front and rear side marker lamps
• Light Group
• Mirror Group
• padded instrument panel
• seat belts
• trip odometer
• ignition key warning buzzer
• recessed three-speed wipers and washers
• five 9.00 x 15 blackwall tires

Model Number	Style Number	Body Type	Seating	Factory Price	Shipping Weight	Production Total
68-682	68247-G	2-door Coupe	6	5315	4570	8,165
68-682	68249-N	4-door Hardtop Sedan	6	5491	4640	10,025

• V-8. Overhead valves.
• Cast iron block.
• Displacement: 472 cubic inches.
• Bore and stroke: 4.30 x 4.06 inches.
• Compression ratio: 10.5:1.
• Brake horsepower: 375 at 4400 rpm
• Five main bearings.
• Hydraulic valve lifters.
• Carburetor: Rochester Quadrajet four-barrel model 7028210S.

• a metal temperature monitoring device
• air injection emissions control system
• integral air-conditioning system (still optional)
• cast crankshaft and connecting rods
• integral water crossover pipe with thermostatic passages
• engine bearings with more surface area
• 15-plate battery.

• Wheelbase: 129.5"
• Overall length: 224.7"
• Rear axle ratio: 2.94:1
• Transmission: three-speed Turbo-Hydramatic
• Tires: 9.00 x 15
• Front tread: not available
• Rear tread: not available

• Optional axle ratio data not available.
• Air injector reactor and closed positive crankcase ventilation standard.
• Controlled differential was now $52.65 extra on all models except Eldorado.

• Auxiliary horn ($16)
• Automatic level control option on models Calais or Deville ($79)
• Automatic Climate Control ($516)
• Bucket seats with console on models Deville (F-J-B) with leather upholstery required ($184)
• Firemist finish ($132)
• Cruise control ($95)
• Rear window defogger on models Calais, Deville (J-B-L) ($27)
• Door guards ($5-8)
• Expanded vinyl upholstery on models Calais ($42)
• Soft Ray glass ($51)
• Guide-Matic headlamp control ($51)
• Head rests ($53)
• Leather upholstery, models J-B-L ($138)
• License frame ($13 pair)
• Padded roof, models J ($132); models B-L ($137)
• Power door locks, two-door ($47); four-door ($68)
• Power ventipanes with required power windows ($72)
• Power windows on Calais models ($116)
• AM radio ($162)
• AM/FM radio ($188)
• AM/FM stereo ($288)
• Reclining front seat with headrests on Convertible with required bucket seats ($84)
• Four-way left hand power bucket seat on models F-J-B ($53)
• Six-way power front seat on models G-N-K ($111); models F-J-B-L ($83)
• Rear center seat belt ($11)
• Front shoulder straps ($32)
• Tilt-telescope steering wheel ($90)
• Remote control trunk lock ($52)
• Twilight Sentinel ($32)
• White sidewall tires, size 9.00 x 15 four-ply 8PR-5 ($56 exchange)
• New items of optional equipment were added as well:
• Twin front and rear floor mats for all Calais & DeVille ($17)
• Front seat warmer for all Calais & DeVille ($95).

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Written by Big Block

Category: 1960-1969

Published: 22 January 2007

Hits: 3455

1968 Cadillac Overview

The 1968 spotlight was on motive power: an all-new 472-cid V-8 with 375 bhp. Designed to meet the new government emission standards that took effect that year, it was extensively tested in the laboratory, being run the equivalent of 500,000 miles. Though not as fuel-efficient as its predecessor, the 472 could boast of being the largest production engine offered in the industry. Designwise, the '68 Eldorado gained the federally required side marker lights, plus larger taillights, combined turn signal/parking lamps nested in the front-fender caps, and a hood extended at the rear to conceal the windshield wipers. Standards also got the hidden wipers and side markers, along with a revised grille.

• Vehicle identification numbers were stamped on the top of the instrument panel this year and were visible through the windshield.
• The first symbol was a "6" for Cadillac.
• The second and third symbols correspond to the same symbols in the series code number.
• The fourth and fifth symbols correspond to the last two symbols in the standard Fisher Body Division code (Style Number without letter suffix)
• The Sixth symbol was an "8" for 1968 model year.
• The seventh symbol was an assembly plant code as follows:
• "Q" - Detroit, Michigan
• "E" - Linden, New Jersey
• The next group of six numbers was the sequential unit production code.
• The number sequence began with 100001 at each assembly plant.
• Body Style Numbers, on the vehicle data plate (located on firewall) were prefixed with "68" for 1968 and suffixed with a single letter, which also indicated series and model and corresponds to the letter on the charts below.

• Dealer introduction for 1968 Cadillac’s and Eldorado’s took place September 21, 1967.
• Fourth successive yearly sales record set this year despite 21 day UAW shutdown at Fisher Body Fleetwood plant in Detroit (November 1967)
• Production was down 1.1 percent, due to same strike.
• Four-wheel disc brakes with floating calipers optionally available.
• All-new dash-board design.
• Larger, shrouded rear view mirrors to eliminate wind buffeting.

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Written by Big Block

Category: 1960-1969

Published: 21 January 2007

Hits: 2578

1967 Cadillac Fleetwood

• V-8 Overhead valves
• Cast iron block
• Displacement: 429 cubic inches
• Bore and stroke: 4.13 x 4.00 inches
• Compression ratio: 10.5:1
• Brake horsepower: 340 @ 4600 rpm
• Five main bearings
• Hydraulic valve lifters
• Carburetor: Rochester four-barrel type, model 7026030

• A 3.21:1 rear axle gear ratio was standard on Series Seventy-Five and Eldorado; optional on other models.
• A controlled differential was $40.15 extra on all models except Eldorado’s.
• An air injection reactor was $34.13 extra on all Cadillac’s and required on all cars built for California sale.
• Closed positive crankcase ventilators were $4 extra on all Cadillac’s and required on all cars built for California sale.

• Auxiliary horn ($12)
• Automatic Climate Control on Sixty-Special models ($516)
• Firemist finish ($132)
• Cruise control ($95)
• Rear window defogger on models Sixty-Special ($27)
• Door guards ($8)
• Soft Ray glass ($51)
• Guide-Matic headlamp control ($50)
• Head rests ($53)
• Leather upholstery on Sixty-Special ($138)
• License frame, single ($6), pair ($12)
• Power door locks ($68)
• Power door locks for Fleetwood 75 models ($116)
• AM radio ($162)
• AM/FM radio ($188)
• AM/FM stereo on Sixty-Special ($288)
• AM radio rear controls on Fleetwood 75 models ($242)
• Six-way power front seat on models M-P-R ($83)
• Rear center seat belt ($11)
• Front shoulder straps ($32)
• Tilt-telescope steering wheel ($90)
• Remote control trunk lock ($52)
• Twilight Sentinel ($32)
• White sidewall tires, size 9.00 x 15 four-ply 8PR-5, except nine-passenger models ($56 exchange)
• White sidewall tires, size 8.20 x 15, four-ply 8PR-5 on nine-passenger models ($64 exchange).

• Dealer introduction date for 1967 Cadillac’s and Eldorado’s was October 6, 1966.
• The Eldorado featured concealed, horizontally mounted headlamps.
• A new assembly line was setup at the Detroit factory to build Eldorad‘b
• A third successive year of record production and sales was marked by Cadillac Division in 1967.
• Based on the Eldorado's popularity, Cadillac sales for a single month passed the 20,000 unit level for the first time in the company's history, setting an all-time high of 22,072 cars in October, 1966.
• A year later, 23,408 cars conforming to 1968 specifications were built in October, 1967.
• Calvin J. Werner was general manager of Cadillac; Fred T. Hopkins general sales manager; C.A. Rasmussen chief engineer and W.J. Knight public relations director.

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Written by Big Block

Category: 1960-1969

Published: 21 January 2007

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1967 Cadillac Eldorado

They worked on this experimental project, coded XP-727, through early 1962, when GM management approved front drive for a new "personal" Cadillac. The clincher was the successful engineering effort toward what would be GM's first production front-driver, the 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado. Engineering for both models was more or less combined by summer 1963, in project XP-784, but Eldorado styling originated in two separate programs: XP-820, begun in September, and the evolutionary XP-825, begun in December. The latter was production -- approved in May 1964, with shorter overhangs the major subsequent change. Unlike previous Eldorados, only a coupe was planned, with no evident thought of a convertible.

The new-generation Eldorado naturally inherited the Toronado's novel "split" driveline. This comprised a three-speed Turbo Hydra-Matic transmission mounted longitudinally beside the engine and driven from the flywheel by a Morse "Hy-Vo" inverted-tooth chain. Basic suspension was also shared: front A-arms, longitudinal torsion bars, and anti-roll bar; at the rear, a drop-center beam axle on single-leaf springs and four shock absorbers, two vertical, two horizontal.

Beyond this were major differences. There was styling, of course: distinctly Cadillac, beautifully masterminded by GM design chief William L. Mitchell -- and so different from both the Toro and the second-generation 1966 Buick Riviera that some observers wondered whether they all really used the same new GM E-body. An Eldorado could have only Cadillac power, so the division's 429 V-8, new for '64, was modified for front drive with a new oil pan, exhaust manifolds, accessory drive, and engine mounts. Output was the same as for other '67 Cadillacs: 340 horsepower and 480 pounds/feet torque with four-barrel carburetor and a 10.5:1 compression ratio. Steering was GM's usual recirculating-ball mechanism, with variable-ratio power assistance. Standard front brakes were drums, but the optional power assisted four-piston radially vented front discs were a low-cost option ($105). At the back were duo-servo 11-inch diameter drums. (The Toro started with drums, then switched to front discs for '67.)

The Eldorado also differed in its inch-longer wheelbase -- 120 in all -- and unique suspension tuning. The latter included standard rear leveling and narrower, softer-riding tires, though the Cadillac handled at least as well as the Olds. Indeed, the '67 Eldorado was the closest thing to a "driver's Cadillac" in years. Motor Trend found it could power through comers in utter safety. "The front tires will make a lot of noise, but the car will stick." It could also go: 0-60 mph in about 10 seconds, 0-80 in 15.3, 125-130 mph flat out. All this, plus "the traditional silence, comfort and luxury that buyers of this nameplate expect," as MT observed.

That was more than enough to make the first front-drive Cadillac a first-year sellout. True, production was deliberately limited to about 10 percent of total division volume -- though it ended up slightly short of that at 17,930 -- but this was only to ensure exclusivity as well as high quality. Abetting the latter was a special new one-shift Eldorado assembly line at Cadillac's Clark Avenue home plant in central Detroit, one reason the Eldorado bowed a year behind Toronado. Other reasons included Cadillac's desire to improve on Oldsmobile's work -- and that the Eldo have its own moment in "the white light of publicity."

Publicity it earned, from reporters who suddenly seemed to forget all about the year-old Toronado. Maybe they were dazzled by the elegant lines, the wreath-and-crest heraldry, or the $6277 base price (about $1500 upstream of that year's Toro). Whatever the cause, the newest member of the upper-crust Fleetwood family was almost universally praised. Automobile Quarterly gave the Eldorado its 1967 "Design and Engineering Excellence" award. Car Life declared it "beyond the scope of today's luxury/specialty concept ... the sort of visually distinctive, tastefully luxurious, enormously expensive, individualistic conveyance which characterized the Classic Era of automobile design." Cadillac simply called its new Eldorado the "World's finest personal car," while touting its "Elegance in Action."

• V-8 Overhead valves
• Cast iron block
• Displacement: 429 cubic inches
• Bore and stroke: 4.13 x 4.00 inches
• Compression ratio: 10.5:1
• Brake horsepower: 340 @ 4600 rpm
• Five main bearings
• Hydraulic valve lifters
• Carburetor: Rochester four-barrel type, model 7026030

• Wheelbase: 120"
• Overall length 221"
• Rear axle ratio: 2.94:1
• Transmission: three-speed Turbo-Hydramatic
• Tires: 9.00 x 15
• Front tread: 63.5
• Rear Tread: 63.0

• A 3.21:1 rear axle gear ratio was standard on Series Seventy-Five and Eldorado; optional on other models.
• A controlled differential was $40.15 extra on all models except Eldorados.
• An air injection reactor was $34.13 extra on all Cadillac’s and required on all cars built for California sale.
• Closed positive crankcase ventilators were $4 extra on all Cadillac’s and required on all cars built for California sale.

• Auxiliary horn ($12)
• Automatic Climate Control ($516)
• Bucket seats with console with required leather upholstery ($184)
• Firemist finish ($132)
• Cruise control ($95)
• Front disc brakes ($105)
• Door guards ($5)
• Soft Ray glass ($51)
• Guide-Matic headlamp control ($50)
• Head rests ($53)
• Leather upholstery ($158)
• License frame, single ($6), pair ($12)
• Padded roof ($132)
• Power door locks ($47)
• Rear quarter power ventipanes ($63)
• AM radio ($162)
• AM/FM radio ($188)
• AM/FM stereo ($288)
• Reclining front seat with headrests with required bucket seats or bench seats ($84)
• Four-way lefthand power bucket seat ($53)
• Six-way power front seat ($83)
• Rear center seat belt ($11)
• Front shoulder straps ($32)
• Tilt-telescope steering wheel ($90)
• Remote control trunk lock ($52)
• Twilight Sentinel ($37)
• White sidewall tires, size 9.00 x 15 four-ply 8PR-5 ($56 exchange)

• Dealer introduction date for 1967 Cadillac’s and Eldorado’s was October 6, 1966.
• The Eldorado featured concealed, horizontally mounted headlamps.
• A new assembly line was setup at the Detroit factory to build Eduardo’s.
• A third successive year of record production and sales was marked by Cadillac Division in 1967.
• Based on the Eldorado's popularity, Cadillac sales for a single month passed the 20,000 unit level for the first time in the company's history, setting an all-time high of 22,072 cars in October, 1966.
• A year later, 23,408 cars conforming to 1968 specifications were built in October, 1967.
• Calvin J. Werner was general manager of Cadillac; Fred T. Hopkins general sales manager; C.A. Rasmussen chief engineer and W.J. Knight public relations director.