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The (new) Cadillac Database©
Dream Cars

on
Cadillac Chassis

from 1985-1986


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AS I HAVE SAID OFTEN, MY KNOWLEDGE OF CADILLACS AFTER 1970 IS LIMITED.  CONSEQUENTLY, YOU WILL FIND SOME MISSING, INCOMPLETE OR ERRONEOUS CAPTIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS IN THESE PAGES.  SO BEAR WITH ME AND, IF YOU KNOW SOME OF THE ANSWERS, PLEASE DROP ME A LINE SO THAT, TOGETHER, WE MAY FILL IN SOME OR ALL OF THE BLANKS.

 

 

Late extra(10/2000): The compiler of The (new) Cadillac Database© admits to being less familiar with Cadillac models from 1970 and later. Many of you have asked for more information and photos regarding these later models.  I am pleased to inform you that there are other sites on the Web devoted also to Cadillac history and particularly to what I call "modern" Cadillacs, i.e. those built after 1970.  So, for additional, pertinent information about Cadillacs from 1970 and later, please visit these excellent, informative sites:

John Barach's excellent Cadillac history pages.


1985

E&G Classics, Inc. (USA):   Various custom jobs based on the 1985-86 Fleetwood, Seville, Eldorado, Sedan de Ville, Coupe de Ville and Cimarron models

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Cadillac Fleetwood modified by E&G Classics
[ Photos :  Internet, 9/2005 ]

 

Caribou Motor Company (Grover City, CA, USA) According to one of its own advertising flyers, in 1986, this company built Cadillac pickups since 1954, combining the luxury of a regular automobile in a pickup. The designer and engineer behind most Caribou pickups is Lou Schorsch. A power operated tail gate was a first on the 1986 version. These conversions were available through Cadillac dealers or directly from the Caribou Motor Company, on Coupe de Ville models from 1974 to 1986. The company boasted in 1978:  Every Caribou is a show car that stands out for years to come as one of America's truly practical automobiles. The Caribou is the ultimate passenger car pick-up. Cadillac standards are used throughout the construction of your Caribou, along with numerous inspections, to maintain  the highest quality possible. To order your Caribou, you must use your [own] automobile. Select the finest car you can find. Try to avoid using a wrecked or damaged car. It's best to start with the best. Orders were taken with a 50% deposit, the balance being due on delivery. The advertised costs in 1986 were as follows: conversion from a 1974-76 Cadillac Coupe deVille, $10,500, from a 1977-79 Coupe deVille, $12,500, and from a 1980-86 Coupe de Ville, $14,500.

GM/Cadillac (USA) CART-PPG dual-cowl phaeton show car on Cimarron chassis

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Behind the Cimarron, in the LH photo, may be seen the Red Devil,
a 1930 Cadillac V-16 special phaeton that was donated to the
Cadillac company, in the seventies, by the widow of its first owner. 
It is now a part of the Cadillac Museum collection

 

Global Manufacturing Co. (USA) Cadillac El Ballero, a Spanish sounding name that means nothing in the language of Cervantes. I assume it is a deliberate abbreviation/deformation of caballero which can mean nobleman, gentleman, horseman. The photos, below, were found on the Internet. One of these was offered for sale at the Kruse auction in Auburn, IN, in September 1999 [lot #4093].   It was sold for $5,000.

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Above and below:  a rare pair of  survivors

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Grandeur Motor Car Corporation (USA) Cadillac Paris Opera, bustle-back custom sedan. Grandeur turned out a few of these on the Seville chassis in the late seventies and early eighties for the older (wealthy) car buffs who missed the sidemount era of the twenties and thirties. This one was offered for sale on the Internet in April, 2002

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Moloney Coach Builders (USA) Mild stretched sedan on Fleetwood chassis and custom wagon. below it

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[Unknown, USA] Cadillac station wagon.  This one belongs to a member of the Cadillac Club of Finland.

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[Unknown, USA] Conversion of bustle-back Seville from circa 1980-84

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I much prefer it without the fancy striping

 

1986

Bayliff Coach Corporation, Lima, OH, USA:   Custom 1986 Cadillac "Baywood".  Someone brought this to my attention. It was described as:  an extremely rare and unusual piece of American history! Cadillac only built 50 Baywoods each year for just a few years. I asked if anyone had more information on this model; I got a very helpful reply from enthusiast and owner, Patrick J. Martin.  Here's what Patrick wrote:    I know about the Baywood. Cadillac had nothing to do with the car [other than having built the base model used for the re-trimmed car].  It was solely a project of the Bayliff Coach Corporation of Lima, Ohio, USA.  Bayliff was an automotive conversion and customization company that would do whatever the customer hired them to do.  They, however, also endeavored to build, promote, and sell products of their own design.  The Baywood (the name obviously comes from Bayliff and Fleetwood), was simply their idea to fit then-new Cadillacs with a classic era-inspired vertical grille. I do not know how many Baywoods were built, but I'm sure it was few, maybe a couple dozen at the most.  They didn't really catch anyone's eye.  I have a promotional brochure from Bayliff for the Baywood. The Baywood that is pictured on your site has been customized by unknown sources even farther than Bayliff orginally did on the car.  Bayliff took stock Cadillacs and merely customized them with the vertical grille.  The pickup body conversion on the car on your site is not Bayliff's work. Bayliff is most known for building modern era Packards during the 1980s.  I own one of those.  Most were heavily customized Buick Rivieras, but a few were also Cadillac based.  I'm attaching a photo of a Bayliff-Packard sedan that was built from a 1981 Sedan deVille.  The Bayliff-Packards were much better received than the Baywood, and a couple hundred of the Packards were built. .

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Bayliff-Packard sedan, built from a 1981 Sedan deVille
[ This image: © 2009 and courtesy Matrick J. Martin, its owner ]

 

Caribou Motor Company (Grover City, CA, USA) According to one of its own advertising flyers, this company has been building Cadillac pickups since 1954. They combine the luxury of a regular automobile in a pickup. This one was designed and engineered by Lou Schorsch. A power operated tail gate was a first on this year's model. These conversions were available through Cadillac dealers or directly from the Caribou Motor Company, on Coupe de Ville models from 1974 to 1986. The company boasted in 1978:  Every Caribou is a show car that stands out for years to come as one of America's truly practical automobiles. The Caribou is the ultimate passenger car pick-up. Cadillac standards are used throughout the construction of your Caribou, along with numerous inspections, to maintain  the highest quality possible. To order your Caribou, you must use your [own] automobile. Select the finest car you can find. Try to avoid using a wrecked or damaged car. It's best to start with the best. Orders were taken with a 50% deposit, the balance being due on delivery. The advertised costs in 1985 were as follows: Caribou pick-up conversion from a 1974-76 Cadillac Coupe deVille cost $10,500, from a 1977-79 Coupe deVille, $12,500, and from a 1980-85 Coupe de Ville, $14,500. The images below are from a 1986 flyer. That year, the company said:  The Cadillac Caribou. The ultimate passenger car pickup. The car that has the best of everything: Style, Class, Luxury, Distinction, Utility and Beauty. A truly practical, limited production automobile, Standard equopment on this new Cadillac pickup is a power tailgate, the first in the industry. One more luxury item for Cadillac Caribou, a cut above all other pickups in the world. The Caribou is available on 1977 to 1986 Coupe de Villes, through Cadillac dealers or from Caribou Motor Company. The Cadillac Caribou Company has been building Cadillac pickups since 1954 [!!!] and uses Cadillac quality standards throughout the Caribou. If you are one who always wants something better, then the Caribou is for you. It is a prestigious automobile as it combines all the features of a luxury automobile into a pickup. Cadillac is the Standard of the World and Caribou is the ultimate passenger car pickup. Best of all ... it's a Cadillac Caribou [that slogan is based on the 1984-85 Cadillac advertising theme, "Best of All...It's a Cadillac"].

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E&G Classics, Inc. (USA):   Various custom jobs based on the 1985-86 Seville, Eldorado, Sedan de Ville, Coupe de Ville and Cimarron models

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E&G Classics, Inc., 1986 Cimarron with Mercedes-type, gilded radiator grille

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E&G Classics, Inc., Cimarron with simulated convertible top

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(Left) E&G Classics, Inc., 1985 Cimarron with Mercedes-type radiator grille; 
(right)  Coupe DeVille with gilded radiator grille

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E&G Classics, Inc., Coupe DeVille featuring simulated convertible top


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E&G Classics, Inc., 1986  Cadillac Sedan DeVille featuring quarter cabriolet roof

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E&G Classics, Inc., 1986  Cadillac Seville featuring Classic, low profile radiator grille

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E&G Classics, Inc., 1986  Cadillac Eldorado featuring E&G half top (detail, right)

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E&G Classics, Inc., Eldorado featuring simulated convertible top (detail, right)

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E&G Classics, Inc., 1986 Cadillac Seville featuring simulated convertible top

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E&G Classics, Inc., 1986  Cadillac Seville featuring quarter top (detail, right)

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E&G Classics, Inc., 1986  Cadillac Seville featuring Classic spare (continental kit)

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E&G Classics, Inc., C-body sedan featuring simulated convertible top (detail, right)

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E&G Classics, Inc., 1986  Coupe DeVille, half-top, designer series
Below:  roof details

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E&G Classics, Inc., 1986  Coupe DeVille featuring simulated convertible top

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E&G Classics, Inc., 1986  C-body coupe with low profile radiator grille

Moloney (USA):  EM Series Cadillac coupe, stretched 6 inches, with 17.7 cu. ft. of cargo space, through an elongated trunk area.

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Above 2 rows:  6" stretched Eldorado, by Moloney
[ Photos:  Internet, 2004 ]

 

[Unknown, USA] Eldorado proposals and prototypes built from 1981 up; photos ELD, pp.137-139

[Unknown, USA] Custom Eldorado convertible:

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[Unknown, USA] Custom Seville convertible:

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About the preceding two cars, Cadillac Database visitor, John Harris, wrote in May 2003: In your 1986 dream cars section, near the end you have an unidentified Eldorado convertible and a Seville convertible . I have a very similar car, a 1986 Buick Century Limited convertible. The story goes that in 1985 Buick had Hess & Eisenhardt convert 330 of them, to be sold through Buick dealers, just like the Riviera, and Eldo, I have seen one other than mine for sale in Hemmings. However, my car is titled as an 86, and still has the original paperwork in the glove compartment from Kar Craft ( I assume the same that did the Boss 429 Mustangs for Ford). The pictures look as if you can barely see something under the rocker panels between the wheel wells, my car is the same. At first glance it looks almost like ground effects, but is actually structural bracing, as the car is fairly well modified. Hope this might help. Thanks John. Can anyone confirm John's assumptions? There has to be some record of a business association between Kar Kraft and H&E for these custom jobs on late model Cadillacs and Buicks.

[Unknown, USA] Custom Eldorado "Big Foot".  Now I reckon I've seen it all !  This "monster truck" was offered fopr sakle on eBay in February, 2006.

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[ Photos:  Internet, 2/2006 ]

 

[Unknown, USA] Custom 1986 Cadillac station wagon.

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Return to The (New) Cadillac Database© Index Page
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1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940 1941 1942

WW2 years

1946 1947 1948 1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999-up

 

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[ Background image: Custom 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Seville by the late Gordon Glover of Baltimore, MD ]