1970 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty-Special Sedan 🇺🇸

Being the base Fleetwood Sixty Special, our car is far rarer than the Fleetwood Sixty Special Brougham. Finished in Sable Black, it’s one of 1,738 units built in 1970, versus 16,913 for the  Broughams. Its low production numbers led Cadillac to drop the base Fleetwood Sixty Special for 1971. The Fleetwood Sixty Special Brougham would last through 1976. The Sixty Special name was revived in 1987 as Cadillac's top-of-the-line, front-wheel-drive model and survived through 1993 before being retired.

Our Fleetwood Sixty Special was purchased from the estate of a funeral home owner. The car was used for funeral services and did not accumulate many miles over its lifetime. Today the car has fewer than 15,000 miles. A few years after arriving in the collection it was given a complete mechanical service bringing all systems up to top condition. 

Company
General Motors

Make
Cadillac

Model
Fleetwood Sixty Special, 680

Body Style
Sedan, 4-door, 6-pass.

Body Manufacture
Fisher Body / Fleetwood body

Model year
1970

Wheelbase
133 inches

Length
228.5 inches

Engine
V8, 472 cid

Horsepower
375 hp @ 4400 rpm

Transmission
3-speed automatic

Original Base Price
$6,953

Brand Production
238,745

This Car Production
1,738

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.