1947 Cadillac Fleetwood - This is HOW YOU DRIVE Ms. Daisy!
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- 1947 Cadillac Fleetwood - This is HOW YOU DRIVE Ms. Daisy!
Cadillac's 1947 lineup was the end of a chapter - one that began in the prewar era. Starting in the 1940s, Cadillac focused its energies. Gone after 1940 were the successful junior-division LaSalles nibbling away at the bottom end of Cadillac's market share; so, too, the mighty range-topping, if slow-selling, V-16-powered models that were banished to the used-car lots of history.
For the 1941 model year, the extreme ends of Cadillac's lineup were not quite as extreme as they were just a couple of years earlier: The new B-body-based Series 61 Cadillacs replaced the LaSalle marque entirely, and the Series 75 Fleetwood became the top of Cadillac's model lineup. From five series and 39 models in 1940 to six series and 26 models for 1941, this lineup was eventually whittled down to just four series and 12 models for 1947.
That re-focusing appeared wise in the long run. Cadillac had a rough year in 1946. As the division got back on line, material shortages plagued all manufacturers that yearned to build cars for a hungry postwar public. As a premium car line, fewer than 30,000 1946 Cadillacs were built. And there likely wasn't much hope for the 1947 models internally. They only needed to keep up their end of the bargain while style changes for 1948 and mechanical changes for 1949 were being prepared.
Even in 1947, there were more than 100,000 unfilled orders waiting for the division. GIs had back pay to burn, and despite the ever-consolidating series and model lineups, a total of 61,926 Cadillacs were built-more than twice the number built for 1946. (Just as importantly, the 1947 Cadillac line beat Packard by nearly 10,000 units.) And this, despite the prices jumping. A Series 62 four-door sedan, like our feature car, started at $2,359 in 1946, and increased to $2,553 for 1947-a nine-percent increase year-to-year. On the other hand, a series 75 Fleetwood five-passenger sedan started at $4,340-nearly double a Series 62, but only $42 more than a comparable 1946 model.
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I owned a 1947 Cadillac hearse that I bought in 1965 and about a year later I sold it after I had to serve my military active duty. At the time my hearse had 47K miles and had been owned by a small-town funeral home and the primary reason they got rid of it was the 18-year-old hearse was beginning to be a poor reflection on the business. The funeral home bought a newer hearse and when I spotted this well preserved beauty, I bought and enjoyed it for about a year. While I was in Army basic training, I asked my my ex-wife to sell the hearse and according to her, a band group bought it after she advertised it in the newspaper classified ads. Thanks for the video as it brings back good memories of my '47 Cadillac.
Thnanks for sharing you story with us!
That is a beautiful car. Back in 1970, I was with one of my classmates who looked at this same model car that was offered for sale. A 1947 Cadillac Series 75. The seller was asking $1,500. He wanted the car, but his parents talked him out of buying it. They were concerned that because the car was 23 years old that he would have problems finding mechanics who knew how to work on it, and problems finding replacement parts for the car. I had really been hoping that he would buy the car.
Yup, he should’ve brought it! Thanks for sharing
The dashboard knob with the letter F is for the fog lights. The windshield wipers switch is at the top middle of the dashboard above the radio. The fog lights are integrated in the front turn signal lenses.
Awesome. Thanks for sharing
Just noticed, this license plate, Corleon, Iowa. A Cadillac, almost identical to this, took Godfather-movie, Corleone consiglier Tom Hagen to the Beverly Hills home of studio mogul Woltz. There was a '37 Cord 810 in the courtyard, as well.
Good eye. Good catch
gorgeous. Cannot deny the style of '48 and later, and the significance of the OHV engine of '49, but nothing touches the detailing, construction, and luxury of the pre-48...when Cadillac really meant something. And I own a '58...
Well that’s saying something ! Thanks for sharing and for watching!
Next to the 1947 Cadillac Fleetwood is a blue 1949 Chrysler Royal or Windsor 6, 4 door sedan with a “baseball cap” metal sun visor over the windshield.
You are correct. Another beautiful automobile
Love it
Us too! Thanks for watching!
Fabulous
I believe these long-wheelbase, formal Cadillacs used much of the pre-war, 1941 chasis, and basic design. A new body arrived in 1950?
I believe you are correct as most all mfgs used carryover prewar parts
True! The last pre War model look was the 1949 Buick Special and the 1949 Cadillac Series 75. The former without running boards and the latter with running boards. They were seen once in a while in my old hometown of NYC during the Mad Men era of the 1960s. 😊
"Actually"
Thanks for watching
A great video about a great car, but that music at the start has to go! It is completely at odds with the car. How about some big band music instead of that synthesizer crap?
We've shot our Band and replaced them with the ghost of Glenn Miller. Thanks for watching
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Thanks, I believe you mean “annoying”