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My 1969 Superior Cadillac. I purchased this car from a local mortuary a few weeks ago for what I suppose was a fair price for the old girl. The previous owner had purchased the car used many years ago, and didn't appear to really know much more than the fact that he was getting cash money for a car that was "in the way". She's not been run since 2001, but was stored in a garage under almost optimum conditions. I installed a few new tune-up parts over the weekend and she fired right up. Now she's waiting for a new set of load bearing tires and we'll see how she operates at highway speed.
Obviously, she has some use on her, but not in a bad starting point for a 42 year old car. I was able to make contact with the owner and fleet manager of the funeral home which originally purchased the car new, and the only information they were able to provide was that during the late 60s and early 70s, their fleet was all navy blue, which would reasonably account for the dark blue/light blue/silver interior.
Now for the oddities and questions: The original owners manual is for a 1968 Cadillac, however the obvious lack of vertical "stacked" headlights disproves that it is a 1968 model. The original GM protect-o-plate and Superior warranty paperwork give the delivery date to the original purchasing funeral home as January 21, 1969. Which means, this car would have been a "new year production" car for the 1969 model, and was actually built by GM's Cadillac division in 1968 and would have been in Superior's possession in late 1968 for the conversion process.
That being stated (and I hope some of you more experienced enthusiasts can confirm or deny this for me) I believe this explains the 3 windows in the rear of the car (which was apparently a style ended in 1968) on a 1969 model coach? ? ?
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Obviously, she has some use on her, but not in a bad starting point for a 42 year old car. I was able to make contact with the owner and fleet manager of the funeral home which originally purchased the car new, and the only information they were able to provide was that during the late 60s and early 70s, their fleet was all navy blue, which would reasonably account for the dark blue/light blue/silver interior.
Now for the oddities and questions: The original owners manual is for a 1968 Cadillac, however the obvious lack of vertical "stacked" headlights disproves that it is a 1968 model. The original GM protect-o-plate and Superior warranty paperwork give the delivery date to the original purchasing funeral home as January 21, 1969. Which means, this car would have been a "new year production" car for the 1969 model, and was actually built by GM's Cadillac division in 1968 and would have been in Superior's possession in late 1968 for the conversion process.
That being stated (and I hope some of you more experienced enthusiasts can confirm or deny this for me) I believe this explains the 3 windows in the rear of the car (which was apparently a style ended in 1968) on a 1969 model coach? ? ?
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