1972 Cadillac Station Wagon

[Disco Man]

Here's an interesting car, it's a 1972 Cadillac Station Wagon. Back in the 1970s for a few years you could go to a Cadillac dealer and order a new Cadillac station wagon which was converted at a coach builder (like limosines and other speciality cars) into a station wagon (by putting a back end of a full-size Oldsmobile station wagon roof/windows section:

http://www.stevesclassiccars.com/197...tion_wagon.htm

[misterdecibel]

Wow, that's a truly horrible conversion. The Olds section doesn't even begin to fit.

And then there's this:



Straight out of "Superfly".

I don't miss the 1970s.

[chiph]

It's so ugly, it's Baaaad!

Chip H.

[Ken]

It's so ugly, it's Baaaad!

Chip H.

I just hope that nobody was seriously hurt when the Olds hit the back of the Caddy.

Ken

[Eric]

Here's an interesting car, it's a 1972 Cadillac Station Wagon. Back in the 1970s for a few years you could go to a Cadillac dealer and order a new Cadillac station wagon which was converted at a coach builder (like limosines and other speciality cars) into a station wagon (by putting a back end of a full-size Oldsmobile station wagon roof/windows section:

http://www.stevesclassiccars.com/197...tion_wagon.htm

It's definitely a conversation starter!

If he'd take $4k for it, it'd be a fun thing to have.....

[Disco Man]

Eric,

This car has been sold. Back in the day this conversion was well over $10,000 some say as much as $20,000. So this was not a cheap car when it was new. ASC which did a lot of aftermarket convertible conversions on different cars in the 1980s and 1990s also made a Cadillac Station Wagon which had a flat roof (no hump like the Cadillac shown above). Elvis apparently owned an ASC 1972 Cadillac station wagon which he bought new and kept until his death (here's a pictures of Elvis's ASC Cadillac station wagon - notice it has the flat roof showing it was a ASC conversion):

[misterdecibel]

This second one is a cleaner conversion, although the C pillar is still nasty.

Seems odd to have the rear fender hanging lower than the rocker panel.

[Disco Man]

This second one is a cleaner conversion, although the C pillar is still nasty.

Seems odd to have the rear fender hanging lower than the rocker panel.

Very good eye, I did not catch the rear fender being lower than the rocker panel. Here's a 1971 Cadillac Fleetwood sedan which was almost identical to the 1972 Fleetwood sedan did not have the lower rear fender.

Excellent point the problem with the C pillar is the angle of the rear glass does not match up with rear passenger window glass giving it a slapped together look.

1971 Fleetwood sedan:

[Mase]

Here's a real one.........
Crica 1955

[Disco Man]

Mase,

Thanks for posting, I forgot about the Cadillac Viewmaster Wagon.

[misterdecibel]

Here's a real one.........
Crica 1955

Now that is slick!

[ReasonOne]

Somewhere in storage I have a picture of a Cadillac Flower Car that I managed to drive by in Victoria, B.C, Canada. It basically looks like an El Camino. I haven't seen one before or since, so I assume it was extremely rare. I'll post pics when I find it.

[Disco Man]

ReasonOne,

Thanks, I would really like to see the pictures of that Cadillac.