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1985 - 1989



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POST-1970 CADILLAC MODELS GENERATED MASSES OF PROMOTIONAL AND OTHER LITERATURE.  INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE AUTHOR FROM MANY SOURCES AND HE HAS NOT HAD THE TIME TO MATCH UP DESCRIPTIONS WITH IMAGES. THESE  PAGES WILL NEED EDITING; THERE MAY BE DUPLICATE ITEMS

 

1985

(1) advance, all-model, full-color catalog, 36 pp. including stiff, white covers; seven bands of color across top of cover page, each carrying a model name:  Sedan De Ville, Coupe de Ville, Fleetwood, Fleetwood 75 Limousine, Eldorado, Seville, Fleetwood Brougham; below them is a colored wreath and crest and (below that) the title "1985 Cadillac". The inside front cover lists the table of contents, 7 small views of 7 different models (p.1),  Sedan de Ville (pp.2-3),  Sedan de Ville interior (front) (p.4), Coupe de Ville and interior (front) (p.5), Fleetwood sedan and "d'Elegance" interior (front and rear) (p.6),  Fleetwood coupe and interior (front) (p.7), standard features with cutaway view and one other image (p.8), more features plus image of dash and standard De Ville wheel disc (p.9), more features (six images) (p.10), more features (text) (p.11), Fleetwood 75 limousine and interior (rear) (p.12), features of that model and two other images (p.13), Eldorado coupe and interior (front and rear) (pp.14-15), Eldorado Biarritz coupe (p.16), Eldorado Biarritz convertible and Eldorado touring coupe with interiors (front) (p.17), Seville and interior (front) (p.18), Seville Elegante and interior (front) (p.19), standard features with images including "cabriolet" roof (p.20), more features and two more wheel covers (p.21), more features and 6 images (p.22), more features (text) (p.23), Fleetwood Brougham sedan (pp.34-25), Fleetwood Brougham coupe and sedan interior (p.26), features including dash and 3 other images (p.27), more features including 8 images (p.28), more features (text) (p.29), engine details and three images (p.30), safety features and 2 images (p.31), Cadillac statements (pp. 32-33)

(    ) Full line prestige showroom sales brochure, measures 10x11½" with 56 pp. 

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(   ) DeVilles, Fleetwood Broughams, Eldorado, Seville, Cimarron, measures  9x11", 16 pp.. Cover is close-up photograph of hood and ornament on brown car. Four beautiful 2-page photographs show the Fleetwood Brougham, Eldorado Biarritz convertible, Eldorado Coupe and Seville sdan. Three full-page photographs show the Coupe and Sedan DeVille and the Cimarron. Two additional photographs of interiors.

(   ) Fleetwood Seventy-Five sedan and limousine catalog [unknown dimensions and content]

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(  ) Cimarron CART - PPG,  experimental model, stiff glossy folder, 8x11" closed, opens to 8x31½" [available: $16]

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(   ) 4 page part-color folder, 7x6", white cover with black lettering, emblem and multicolored lines. Folder is your invitation to visit the showroom and test drive the 1985 models. Comes with separate 4x5" card inviting you to Hors d'oeuvres and champagne at The Formal Opening of a new facility on Nov. 15, 1984.

(   ) 16 page color catalog, 11x9". Cover is front view of gray car. Twenty-seven photographs and drawings, including beautiful two page three-quarter front view of red car and 13-point labeled drawing, shows exterior, interior, engine, chassis and mechanical features.

(   ) 40 page color catalog, 11x11". Silver cover frames art rendering of Cadillac emblem over a sunrise. Nine full page photographs show Fleetwood Sedan and Coupe and Sedan DeVille. Forty-seven additional photographs and drawings, including a two-page labeled cutaway of mechanical features, show exterior, interior, engine, chassis and features.

(   ) 2-page, single-sided, 11x9". Black sheet, with white lettering, has two photographs showing side view of brown Cadillac Coupe DeVille "Caribou" conversion and three-quarter rear view of dark gray model. Includes also "Lincoln Continental Mark V 'Coloma'",  two "Price Lists" for kits or finished Caribou conversions and original mailing envelope dated March 31, 1986.

(  ) Press kit with 11 photos and descriptive text on new models {***}

(  ) Boxed set of three press kits with 18 photos and descriptive text on new models; boxed in a sleeve {***}

(  ) Moloney custom EM Series Fleetwood coupe [CHECK DATE !!!], stiff folder, 8½x11", opens to 11x17" [available, $18]

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(  ) Armbruster/Stageway product sheet on Cadillac Manhattan stretched limousine, 9x11"; reverse has interior views and specifications {*}

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(  ) Armbruster/Stageway product sheet on "Cadillac Silverhawk" stretched limousine, 9x11"; reverse has another b\view  as well as an interior views and specifications {*}

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(  ) Fleetwood, DeVille, Eldorado and Seville models, 60 page color catalog, 11x10". White cover has seven different color title bars and emblem. Six two page photographs show the Fleetwood 75 Limousine, Sedan and Brougham Sedan, Sedan DeVille, Eldorado and Seville, with five two page interior views. Four full page photographs show Coupe DeVille, Fleetwood Coupe, Eldorado Biarritz and Seville Elegante. An additional eighty-nine photographs show exterior, interior, engine and features. Includes detailed discussion and specifications.

(  ) Cadillac 4 page part color folder, 7x6". White cover with black lettering, emblem and multi-colored lines. Folder is your invitation to visit the showroom and test drive the 1985 models. 

(  ) Cadillac Cimarron: 16 page color catalog, 11x9". Cover is frontal view photograph of gray car. Twenty-seven photographs and drawings, including beautiful two page three-quarter frontal view photograph of red car and 13-point labeled drawing, show exterior, interior, engine, chassis and mechanical features. Includes discussion and specifications.

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(  ) Cadillac Exterior Colors: 8 page color folder, 4x8". Silver cover with photograph of emblem. Folder has forty-five paint chips, including nine Firemist colors, two Pearlmist colors and eleven Two-Tone Colors which were available only on Eldorado and Seville models. Includes two charts of recommended color combinations for all models.

(  ) Fleetwood and DeVille models. The Cadillac of Tomorrow: 40 page color catalog, 11x11". Silver cover frames art rendering of Cadillac emblem over a sunrise. Nine full page photographs show Fleetwood Sedan and Coupe and Sedan DeVille. Forty-seven additional photographs and drawings, including a two page labeled cutaway of mechanical features, show exterior, interior, engine, chassis and features. Includes discussion and specifications.

(  ) Fleetwood and DeVille, The Cadillac of Tomorrow Is Here: 6 page color folder, 4x8". Black cover frames art rendering of Cadillac emblem over a sunrise. Folder contains fifteen paint chips, including three Firemist colors and two Pearlmist colors. Includes chart of 1985 Fleetwood and DeVille recommended color Combinations.

(  ) Color folder entitled Cadillac 1985, in white script on silver background, "Yanase" at top RH corner, silver cover with full-color wreath  and crest on black square insert with orange "horizon", made for Japanese market, 9x11¾", 24 pp. incl. covers.   Includes Fleetwood d'Elegance, Seville, Eldorado Biarritz coupe, Fleetwood Brougham Sedan d'Elegance (text is mainly Japanese).

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(29)  Caribou Motor Corporation, of Los Angeles. Sheet on the "Caribou" conversion on Coupe de Ville chassis

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1986

(  ) Standard all-model catalog

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(  ) Catalogs on Cimarron models

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(  ) Catalog on De Ville models ***

The original showroom sales brochure in mint condition for the Coupe Deville, Sedan Deville, Fleetwood, and Limousine models. It is 11x11" with 32 pages.

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(  ) Small, full-color folder on Fleetwood Brougham, 4x8½" closed, 8x8½" open, full side view of car on cover [available, $5.50]

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(  ) Catalog on Seville models

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(  )  Allanté catalog

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(  )  Fleetwood limousine catalog

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(  )  Folder on Hess & Eisenhardt specials (1983 ???)

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(  ) Armbruster/Stageway catalog, gold cover with gold embossed logo, title 50 Years of building fine limousines ... one at a time, 12 pages, 8½x11", includes company history, 6-door, 9-pass. Fleetwood Brougham limousine, 6-door, 9-pass, de Ville limousine, 6-door Lincoln limousine and 6-door Buick Electra limousine {*}.

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(  )  Press portfolio, 9½x11½" (23 x 30 cms.), black portfolio with silver-gray title: The Presidential Limousine - A Concept by Cadillac, includes two B&W photos of the car and chassis plus two interior shots in color (photos 7½x9½" (20x25 cms.). This is from the Paris Auto Show, October 2, 1986

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(  )  Hess & Eisenhardt product catalog

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(3) Prestige catalog, Cadillac 1986 embossed in gold script on gold lined cover with embossed gold wreath and crest in center and The Standard of teh World below it [title and logo show up black in scan],  Yanase at top right corner; published for Japanese market, 8½x11", 30 pp.incl. covers.   Models include Fleetwood d'Elegance, Fleetwood 75 formal limousine, Fleetwood Brougham Sedan d'Elegance. Text is mainly Japanese.

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(  ) DeVille, Fleetwood, Fleetwood Brougham & Cimarron Exterior Colors": 4 page color folder, 8x8". White and gray cover with silver embossed emblem and red and silver title bar. Folder contains forty-five paint chips. Includes lists of highlights for each model.

(  ) Promotional piece on the Caribou pickup truck built on Cadillac Coupe de Ville chassis from 1977 to 1986 by the Caribou Motor Company. The sheet states that the company has been building Cadillac pickups since 1954. This one has been autographed by the car's engineer and designer, Lou Schorsch.

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1987

(  ) Color folder, 17x26½" (open size) {***}

(  ) Color brochure on Seville Elegante models 1986-87

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(3) Prestige catalog, 1987 Cadillac embossed in silver script on lwhitecover with embossed silver wreath and crest in lower quarter [title and logo show up black in scan], for Japanese market, 9x12", 34 pp.incl.onion-skin inserts and covers, pp. 2-7 Fleetwood d'Elegance, pp. 8-11 Fleetwood Brougham Sedan d'Elegance, pp.12-15 Fleetwood 75 formal limousine.  Includes pages on history, technology, options, specifications.  Text is mainly Japanese.

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(3) Color folder entitled 1987 Coupe de Ville, with full-color wreath  and crest above bird's eye view of that model; made for Japanese market [by Yanase], 9x11¾, three folds, opens to 27x11¾.

[Li87CdVJap]

 

(  ) Press kit, black covers, 3 photos, includes Allanté {***}

(  ) Prestige color catalog, 44 p., 9x11"

(  )  Literature on the Allanté model:

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(  ) EM series sedan by Moloney, still color folder, opens to 11x17", 4 pp. {MOVE FROM 1985 >>>]

(  ) Press kit with 8 photos and descriptive text on new models {***}

(  )  Professional cars booklet from Superior Coach Corporation (1986-87?)

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(  ) Cadillac Voyage, color folder, opens to 9x18½",

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(  ) Dealer's outdoor advertising color catalog with large pictures of sample outside billboards, 8½x11", 12 pp. {***}.

(  )  Japanese catalog, p. 16-17 [some historical photos]

(  )  Custom , stretched sedan by Moloney (from ZTV collection)

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(  ) "Allante": 44 page color catalog, 11x10. Black cover, with white lettering and multicolored embossed Cadillac emblem, is photograph showing overhead view of silver Cadillac Allante Convertible, with red interior, designed by Pininfarina. Thirty-four photographs, including beautiful four page foldout, show exterior, interior, frame, engine, features and craftsmen at work on Cadillac Allante Convertible, Convertible with glass with glass windows and Hardtop models. Includes discussion, specifications and two detailed cutaway photo renderings showing engine, chassis and mechanical parts. Dated 11/86

 

1988

(1) Prestige color catalog, 44p., 9½x11".

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(2) STS, heavy color folder, opens to 11x25½", 6 pp. {***}.

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(3) Prestige catalog, 1988 Cadillac embossed in gold script on light cream cover with embossed gold wreath and crest in lower quarter [unfortunately, the title and logo show up black in the scan], for Japanese market, 8½x11", 44 pp.incl. covers, pp. 2-7 Fleetwood d'Elegance, pp. 8-11  Fleetwood 60 Special, pp.12-15, Fleetwood Brougham Sedan d'Elegance, pp. 16-17 Essex limousine, pp. 18-21 Coupe de Ville, 22-27 Seville, pp. 28-33 Eldorado Biarritz coupe. Text is mainly Japanese.

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(4) Prestige catalog on the "Allante" model

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Front and rear covers are shown

 

1989

(  ) Prestige catalog, Cadillac Style, covers Allanté, Seville STS, Fleetwood Sixty Special, being the ultra-luxury Series, 11x11", 39pp. excluding covers, dark gray covers, broken down into two parts: Substance and Style ***

(    ) Full line prestige showroom sales brochure on Allante, Seville, Eldorado, Deville, Fleetwood, etc. It is 11x11" with 82 pp.

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(  ) Spring edition coupe, stiff, glossy color folder, opens to 11x30".

(  ) Cadillac Solitaire, concept car, press kit, 7 photos in jacket {***}

(  ) Cadillac Style: Allante: 36 page color catalog, 11x11". White textured covers, with embossed lettering and cutout revealing Cadillac emblem. Glossy pages throughout. Forty-seven photographs and photo renderings, including two beautiful two and three page views of car and centerfold cutaway drawing, show exterior, interior, engine, chassis and features. Includes discussion, specs, side view dimensional drawing and seven exterior paint chips. Dated 8/88.

(  ) Cadillac [unidentified piece]

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Return to The (New) Cadillac Database© Index Page
or select appropriate year from table, below

 

Preamble 1902-1904 1905-1909 1910-1914 1915-1919 1920-1924 1925-1929
1930-1934 1935-1939 1940-1945 1946-1949 1950-1954 1955-1959 1960-1964
1965-1969 1970-1974 1975-1979 1980-1984 1985-1989 1990-1994 1995-2002


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