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cadillac Archive
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Curbside Find: 1941 Cadillac Fleetwood and 1940 LaSalle – Maintaining The Pecking Order
Posted on November 8, 2025 | 50 Comments(Updated 11/8/2025) Kansas City is a great place for finding CCs and my latest trip certainly didn’t disappoint. Sitting behind Union Station was a fabulous pairing of a […] -
The Delco-GM/Bose Sound System: GM’s Greatest Hit Of The 1980s
Posted on November 5, 2025 | 98 Comments(Updated 11/5/2025) The terms “General Motors” and “Innovation” aren’t often used together when referring to the 1980s. Successes were rare for GM during this period, and […] -
1990 Cadillac Eldorado: Come Around Sundown
Posted on November 4, 2025 | 48 Comments(Updated 11/4/2025) The fourth (FWD) generation, downsized Cadillac Eldorado has received a lot of attention here at Curbside Classic, mainly because we love to hate it so much. […] -
1968 Cadillac de Ville Convertible: Casting A Long Shadow
Posted on November 2, 2025 | 44 Comments(Updated 11/2/2025) After finishing the repair work on my ’95 F150 yesterday, I drove up into town (pop. 1400) to fill up the gas tanks. As I crested the final […] -
1985 Cadillac De Ville 4.3 V-6 Diesel: The Most Underpowered Cadillac Since Before WW2
Posted on October 27, 2025 | 45 CommentsMost Cadillac fans are aware that for about six and a half years, many Cadillac models were available with the unfortunate Oldsmobile 5.7-liter diesel V-8. Towards the end of that […] -
The Zephllante: 1947 Lincoln With a Cadillac Heart And An Allante Interior
Posted on October 22, 2025 | 19 CommentsUsually when I check out the cars for sale on eBay, I gravitate to Volvo 200, 700 and 900 Series, Cadillacs, Lincolns, Buick Electras, Olds Ninety-Eights and Imperials. This weird […] -
1994–1999 Cadillac DeVille: How To Lose Friends And Alienate New People
Posted on October 22, 2025 | 14 CommentsThe 1994-1999 Cadillac DeVille was large, imposing and unabashedly a Cadillac. So, how come it took us so long to talk about them on Curbside Classic, and why such a […] -
1981 Cadillac V8-6-4: The Real Reason Cadillac Dropped Its “Modulated Displacement” Engine After Only A Year
Posted on October 19, 2025 | 50 CommentsIn 1981, Cadillac rolled out a new version of its 368-cid V-8 engine with a “modulated displacement” (cylinder deactivation) system that let it run on eight, six, or four cylinders […] -
1976 Cadillac Eldorado With Only 34 Miles – Preserved And Like New, Yet, Your Returns May Vary
Posted on October 16, 2025 | 45 CommentsA lawsuit was filed against General Motors in 1984, seeking compensation for losses allegedly suffered by a group of car owners. It’s not unusual for GM to get sued, but […] -
Why Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, And Cadillac (Mostly) Had Their Own Engines
Posted on October 12, 2025 | 41 CommentsUntil the 1970s, GM automotive divisions made most of their own engines, leading to a confusing array of completely different engines of similar displacements. For example, Buick, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, and […] -
1956 Delco Station-Seeking Radio Ads: “Touch The Wonder Bar, Dilworth”
Posted on October 11, 2025 | 25 CommentsAnyone familiar with older GM cars has probably encountered the Delco signal-seeking radios that GM cars began offering in the early ’50s. I recently came upon a very strange 1956 […] -
1990 Cadillac Sedan De Ville And Fleetwood: Cadillac At The Crossroads
Posted on October 6, 2025 | 38 CommentsCharting the history of Cadillac is often as much a matter of charting its decline as noting its successes. The 1990 Sedan de Ville was a little of both: It […] -
CC Video Classic: 1982 GM HT 4100 Engine Promotional Video – World Record Razzie Winner?
Posted on October 4, 2025 | 9 CommentsYou may have heard of the Golden Raspberry Awards, also called the “Razzies.” They’re an annual satirical award given in the entertainment industry – to the worst movie, actor, Director, […] -
1960s Cadillac Special Orders: Non-Standard Color And Trim Options By “Special Request”
Posted on October 2, 2025 | 16 CommentsAfter encountering a 1963 Cadillac Series 62 convertible with a beautiful special order turquoise-and-white leather interior, I was curious to learn more about Cadillac interior and color special orders in […] -
2012 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon RHD – Those Inscrutable Americans
Posted on September 30, 2025 | 26 Comments(Updated 9/30/2025) The world really is chock full of surprises. No one foresaw the First World War and the 1929 Wall Street Crash. No one expects the […]
![Curbside Find: 1941 Cadillac Fleetwood and 1940 LaSalle – Maintaining The Pecking Order (Updated 11/8/2025) Kansas City is a great place for finding CCs and my latest trip certainly didn’t disappoint. Sitting behind Union Station was a fabulous pairing of a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_0157-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![The Delco-GM/Bose Sound System: GM’s Greatest Hit Of The 1980s (Updated 11/5/2025) The terms “General Motors” and “Innovation” aren’t often used together when referring to the 1980s. Successes were rare for GM during this period, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Ad-1983-Delco-GM-Bose-1a-Featured-Image.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1990 Cadillac Eldorado: Come Around Sundown (Updated 11/4/2025) The fourth (FWD) generation, downsized Cadillac Eldorado has received a lot of attention here at Curbside Classic, mainly because we love to hate it so much. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190717_195304.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1968 Cadillac de Ville Convertible: Casting A Long Shadow (Updated 11/2/2025) After finishing the repair work on my ’95 F150 yesterday, I drove up into town (pop. 1400) to fill up the gas tanks. As I crested the final […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013_68deville_fleft.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1985 Cadillac De Ville 4.3 V-6 Diesel: The Most Underpowered Cadillac Since Before WW2 Most Cadillac fans are aware that for about six and a half years, many Cadillac models were available with the unfortunate Oldsmobile 5.7-liter diesel V-8. Towards the end of that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1985-Cadillac-Sedan-de-Ville-diesel-Grayfern-ClassicCars.com-side-left-badge-inset.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1)
![The Zephllante: 1947 Lincoln With a Cadillac Heart And An Allante Interior Usually when I check out the cars for sale on eBay, I gravitate to Volvo 200, 700 and 900 Series, Cadillacs, Lincolns, Buick Electras, Olds Ninety-Eights and Imperials. This weird […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/lincoln-allante-21.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1994–1999 Cadillac DeVille: How To Lose Friends And Alienate New People The 1994-1999 Cadillac DeVille was large, imposing and unabashedly a Cadillac. So, how come it took us so long to talk about them on Curbside Classic, and why such a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1997-1999-cadillac-deville-delegance-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1981 Cadillac V8-6-4: The Real Reason Cadillac Dropped Its “Modulated Displacement” Engine After Only A Year In 1981, Cadillac rolled out a new version of its 368-cid V-8 engine with a “modulated displacement” (cylinder deactivation) system that let it run on eight, six, or four cylinders […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1981-Cadillac-Fleetwood-Brougham-dElegance-Bordeaux-Red-Mecum-Auctions-W125-front-3q-high-inset.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1)
![1976 Cadillac Eldorado With Only 34 Miles – Preserved And Like New, Yet, Your Returns May Vary A lawsuit was filed against General Motors in 1984, seeking compensation for losses allegedly suffered by a group of car owners. It’s not unusual for GM to get sued, but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250124_173218.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Why Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, And Cadillac (Mostly) Had Their Own Engines Until the 1970s, GM automotive divisions made most of their own engines, leading to a confusing array of completely different engines of similar displacements. For example, Buick, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1955-GM-V-8-engines.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1)
![1956 Delco Station-Seeking Radio Ads: “Touch The Wonder Bar, Dilworth” Anyone familiar with older GM cars has probably encountered the Delco signal-seeking radios that GM cars began offering in the early ’50s. I recently came upon a very strange 1956 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/LIFE-1956-04-23-crop.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1)
![1990 Cadillac Sedan De Ville And Fleetwood: Cadillac At The Crossroads Charting the history of Cadillac is often as much a matter of charting its decline as noting its successes. The 1990 Sedan de Ville was a little of both: It […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1990-Cadillac-Sedan-de-Ville-Slate-Gray-West-Coast-Classics-side-right.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1)
![CC Video Classic: 1982 GM HT 4100 Engine Promotional Video – World Record Razzie Winner? You may have heard of the Golden Raspberry Awards, also called the “Razzies.” They’re an annual satirical award given in the entertainment industry – to the worst movie, actor, Director, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Cadillac_4-9_Liter_V8_engine_from_1992_Sedan_Deville_2014-05-01_00-48.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1960s Cadillac Special Orders: Non-Standard Color And Trim Options By “Special Request” After encountering a 1963 Cadillac Series 62 convertible with a beautiful special order turquoise-and-white leather interior, I was curious to learn more about Cadillac interior and color special orders in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1964-Cadillac-Eldorado-Firemist-Aquamarine-Classic-Cars-of-Sarasota-front-seats-door-open.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1)
![2012 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon RHD – Those Inscrutable Americans (Updated 9/30/2025) The world really is chock full of surprises. No one foresaw the First World War and the 1929 Wall Street Crash. No one expects the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190924_114429-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


