1970 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty-Special Sedan 🇺🇸

As 1970 dawns, Cadillac is still the undisputed American luxury car leader, outselling Lincoln three-to-one and the Chrysler Imperial by 15-to-1. In fact, its 1970 model-year sales of 238,745 units set a record for the brand. The strong demand comes despite a look that’s largely unchanged since its 1965 redesign, except for an updated grille and taillamp design. Even a costly strike, the first major strike against General Motors since 1946, didn’t dent demand.

As before, the Fleetwood Sixty Special’s mission was to fill the space in Cadillac’s line-up between the owner-driven DeVille and chauffeur-driven Series 75. But look closer. As it turns out, this Fleetwood Sixty Special was merely a stretched Fisher C-Body platform, despite the fact that the company promoted that it’s “by Fleetwood.” Still, it wore its own exclusive sheet metal, and rode on a unique, if lengthy, 133-inch wheelbase. The Sixty-Special came as a base sedan or the more luxurious Brougham. Both included all the equipment found on the Deville plus load leveling suspension and unique trim with extra brightwork adorning the wheel arches and rocker panels. Inside, leather, wood, a robe rope and any number of comfort and convenience features were included.

Under the hood was the standard Cadillac  472-cid (7.7-liter) overhead-valve V-8 mated to a 3-speed Turbo Hydramatic automatic transmission. Plenty of power was readily available to haul around this 4,830 pound luxury car. Like all Cadillacs for 1970, the Fleetwood Sixty Special boasted a redesigned rear axle, the first in 30 years.