i'm wondering what are some of the longest cars, maybe some of the Cadillacs in the 50s?, thanks in advance
The 59 eldo is 225" long the 73 fleetwood is 251" long, i believe that cadillacs kept getting longer until the early-mid seventies.
Well, I thought that I had it with the late 50's lincolns. Just looked it up, and the 58 premiere was 229 inches. I remember reading about the '19 foot long Lincolns' I did check the Cadillac stuff, and the only reference that I found classified the Fleetwood as a limo (point for quibbling) However, it also went on to say that regular Cads of that era were 233 inches, so they would still be your winner. Thanks, (New guy who couldn't resist this thread)
56/57 Imperials were pretty long as I remember. They required their own zip codes on the license plates.
74-76 cadillac fleetwood seventy-five (9 passenger and limo) are 252.2" with a wheelbase of 151.5" supposedly there were 6 bugatti royals built in the 20's that were over 22' long.
yea, he measured it without the bumpers and it was 222 (18.5) inches long, still haven't measured it with the bumpers on
I had a '74 Sedan De'Ville (4 door) in the early '80's.. I broke out in a sweat just walking one lap around it ... The title said it weighed in at 5600 lbs. That thing was a tank!
my dad had a '74 just like that, he said sometimes when his roommates would be too loud he'd just sleep in it
I don't have the exact measurement, but this 48 Caddy, a friend of mine built, filled a 22 foot deep garage with only a couple of inches to spare.
Any of the mid 60's full sized cars were tanks. Take a good look at a 63 Impala or 63 1/2 Galaxie sometime. I don't guess they really started downsizing them until the mid 70's. Larry T
As to regular production cars, he is absolutely correct. The last full-size Fleetwood Seventy-Fives (74-76) were the longest production cars ever. As to the point to quibble, there is none. The F-75 cars were assigned a body code of 'D', were built on a purpose-built chassis, NOT a stretched sedan frame, and were produced in numbers around 1000/year for decades. Quibbling point would be the hearse/ambulance chassis, which were 156 inch WB vs F-75 at 149/151.5 (depends on year). The Hearse chassis was completely different than the other Cads of any given year (leaf springs for one point), but never had a Cadillac body erected upon it, therefore putting those out of the "production" category. Similarly the airport limos. Cosmo