Same thing that I glad 2 do bud. However in China mainland we actually can’t even drive this babe right on the driveway. Because it’s kinda of illegal.
Its no worse than any full size truck made before 2000 or so, probably about the same as those 90's gas guzzling SUV's like a V8 Grand Cherokee or a Ford Explorer
I'm your dad. You see this son? This is what hard work gets you. That's why you need to get your engineering degree. Just remember, I love you, but only enough to make you feel guilty.
Oh man! My first car was the hard top version of this car! Picked it up for $300 in 1989! Absolutely loved this car I remember driving home doing 120mph and it was like driving a couch! Not sure what moved faster the speedometer or the gas gauge
Hazztech. You bet it does. That’s why a P-40 could out dive a Zero. Higher weight vs roughly the same drag equals higher terminal velocity. It applies to cars in a slightly reduced, but still significant manner. The world is not a physics classroom where falling bodies are in a vacuum or air resistance is negligible.
@@Hazztech it was a joke comparing this thing to the boulder from the first Indian for how this big car accelerated down a hill. An I know that the weight isn't a factor here. Downhill, plus Acceleration from the driver, plus 500 cubic inches of this American monster motor adds up to, "Tactial War Couch, incoming!"
I had a 76 Fleetwood, drove it from Iowa to Oregon and back several times, awesome comfort and power. Even my girlfriend loved driving it. A sofa on wheels.
I love these old Cadillacs and you can get em for cheap too. When you look for classic cars you will find :1969 Chevelle, not original engine, rust in quarters and floor, lights don't work, $20,000" Or "1969 Cadillac, been in family since new, 80,000 miles no rust, needs a tune up and new tires, $12,000" They are great buys
This was built when Cadillac really WAS the "Standard Of The World." Now, what does Cadillac have today? Escalade SUV (just a heavily dressed-up Suburban/Yukon XL), and a motley crew of crossovers and cars with XT this and XT that for names. It's not the same anymore.
I think that today, Tesla is like Cadillac in the 50s. Cadillac used to be the world standard, and came from the US. Same with tesla. It’s pretty much the only American car that people almost universally see as good. Say what you want about panel gaps or build quality, or elon being an idiot (which he is), but Tesla is world class, like Cadillac used to be.
My old man had a '73 Caddy Eldorado, white exterior and red interior convertible back when he came to the US in the mid 70s. This one had the monster 500ci V8. I remember him telling me once that one of his coworkers was a dick and had taken his parking spot, so he got up behind him and pushed his car out of the spot without even using the gas pedal, just left it to idle in drive.
Nice! My old man had a 1971 Eldorado convertible, same color and everything, that he was restoring. I remember one day he was trying to move it but it kept cutting off because of a bad fuel pump, so he got annoyed and gunned it. He laid down two feet of black rubber on the pavement in reverse.
I had a '77 Eldorado, baby blue with rust holes in the rear quarters so big your captives could escape out of the trunk through them. Put your foot on the floor and you could watch the gas needle drop, and handled offroading better than many new SUVs today. Miss that car, still have the hood emblem and 8 track player though. Good times...
@@carsonholtorf8233 It was what I had, bought it for $500. The gas mileage was horrible. It was my daily driver for about 5 years, I wouldn't recommend it for daily use, but you can. The 472 was a pretty stout engine.
Cars just don't have interiors that pretty anymore. I can take or leave the vegan-terrorizing seating, but can we bring back that shade of red and all that wooden trim sometime? Interiors are just too modest now. Cars nowadays are just too generic where it counts. You sit down in an old DeVille or even a well-kept Cutlass, and you have every assurance from that interior that in that moment, you're King Shit. Get all up in a modern car, and you're getting in your car. It might have a better dash, more leg room, seats that don't squeak and groan, airbags, and other optional toys like that, but it just doesn't have a soul.
I must admit I’m a sucker for a nice leather- and wood-upholstered interior. I drive a 2010 Subaru Legacy and the cheap plastic trim combined with black fabric seats is just meh. Dare I say... depressing. I drove in a 2019 Toyota Avalon and it felt like a Rolls Royce in comparison.
@@djncrti2860 That's true. I'm not a fan of SUVs, but the Navigator "Yacht Club" edition has a blue and white interior that's gorgeous. It wouldn't have looked out of place in 1969.
In 1990, I had an army buddy who bought a '71 4 door Cadillac Deville with the 472 and OD transmission, with special gear for "Passing" and it could haul a**.
I had an 84 with a 305 and Overdrive, run on Pennzoil Platinum 5w30; I usually got 20 MPG, give or take, each tank (I barely drove "city" in it.) 22.5 HWY came easily enough, it probably could have gotten 24 HWY with an electric radiator fan swap at 60 MPH.
I owned a 72 Coupe DeVille with a 472 I bought it with a slipped timing chain, and I installed the new one one tooth advanced. The net rated 220 HP engine could spin one back tire all the way through first gear and halfway through second. Once I got off of the line, I could destroy most Cameros and the like. I got 12 MPG with a burnout at most stops, and 20+ MPG when I took my grandma for rides. The car was fantastic. I once towed a broken full size pickup with it, and when I got into second gear, I eased into it. The tablesaw in the pickup bed ended up sliding into the tailgate. 10/10, I would buy again.
Tooled around in HS in a friend's family 71 Fleetwood. Even in the early 80's that thing had presence. Kept in tip top shape (they had a mini-fleet of pre-downsized GM all kept in perfect condition), it could move surprisingly well, and by the incredibly low standards of 1983, beat most of what was out there. If you knew how to wrangle 230" and 80" wide, it could handle too. Always got respect.
I've got a cadillac 69 convertible I've had for about 5 years now I've put in great condition like it just rolled off the showroom floor I tell you 5 years later the looks an compliments I get when I bring this thing out👌👌👌
58-69 Devilles will always have a place in my heart especially the 59 and 66 my dad had a 66 Coupe in a metallic flake sky blue on bags on beautiful thick white walls. I’ll always want to have one and give him one in the future. These cars are more then cars to me. I own a 1966 bel air... nothing speaks more to me then they don’t make them like they used to and god damn they don’t. Back when making a car and designing it meant something it meant making a lifestyle making something you love. Not just some factory car that looks like a Ford, Chevy, GMC and Pontiac all in one.
I bought a 1970 Cadillac De Ville Convertible in 1986, same color inside and out as this 1969. We used it for a vacation car for 20 years, it now has 148000 miles on it still runs great and gets 7-8 MPG in town but gets 16-19 on the highway, depending on the speed. Now it is driven from time to time. It has been a great car.
@stirange I dunno. They named the Chevy The Red Shark and said it was a Ballbuster as far as speed and acceleration went but the Caddy was the White Whale and it seems all he wanted to do was wreck it on sight-hi-pressure tire tests,crashing into things,drove it into Lake Mead,then wrecked through the fence getting to the plane. It was barely running when he dropped it off. Though for 70s Vegas I guess you'd want the Cadillac.
It coasts down a hill quicker than a Subaru Forester at full power. We know from basic physics that light and heavy objects should fall at the same rate, but this thing is so massive it generates it's own gravitational field!
Ahh, this is when Cadillac was the last word in luxury. There's a '61 sedan deville that's been in my family since new. NOTHING rides as nice as a 50's or 60's Cadillac
Beautiful car, beautiful color. Those were wonderful, world class cars. I don't appreciate your crudeness or you making fun of it. All the new cars now have no personality and are bland. 50 years from now they'll be making fun of what most think is great now, But this '69 Cadillac will will be around and more appreciated than ever.
I am triggered by your disrespect of the q-jet. it's every bit as good as a holley, and it can get you better mileage, It's just harder to get them set up right. With a Holley you just take it out of the box and lob it at your engine and it'll probably be pretty decent, but quadrajets demand care and precision.
He just regurgitates the automotive zeitgeist. He doesn’t know what any of it means. He just knows people will recognize the words he says and assume him to be knowledgeable about cars. Perfect postmodernism. All form....
I'm up to 14 on my Olds. That's right, 14 different damn carburetors. Because in Texas, it's impossible to find one that isn't warped all to hell or brittle. Or the power piston adjustment screw is siezed or stripped out. Or someone drilled out the wrong passages. Or it needs adjustment every three weeks as the weather changes. I know some people who love them, and I think they're fine if you can find a good one, but honestly in 2018 I think they're just not worth the constant trouble.
Had me a '70 DeVille ragtop.......OMG I frakking LOVED that car!! Kelly green with white seats and top. Did NOT care about mpg's, I just loved driving that beast. I sold it and then did something I never do........I bought it back!! I wish I hadn't sold it a second time, I still miss that big ol' girl!!!
AWESOME!! 1969 Cadillacs are the best! Massive power, built like a tank and the drivers seat feels like you're a King on his throne. I've had mine for over 20 years and wouldn't trade it for anything.
I think the fact that you can get one that's running and cheap (especially since it's a luxury car) is a testament for the build quality of classic Caddies. One of my dream cars
I work at a body shop and had to do a roof on one of these. It was a hard top, all stock. Great running car the owner did a 2 tone with a white/cream top on gold. Facking loved that car spent 3 hours making the factory power windows worn
Yes. I owned one. I owned a 1969 Cadillac DeVille Convertible - medium blue with a dark blue leather interior. It was my main car for about a decade. I once drove it from Pennsylvania to Arizona and back.
@@MyDailyUpload lol I do that on every car I've ever had that had a lid anyway it even works on modern cars, just take the top part of the air filter box off and leave it off
Dog on it all you want, the 68-69 472 and the 70 to 76 500 cubic inch, were the biggest V8 engines ever put in a production car. Those big blocks would pull that 7000 lb monster around like a It was a beetle with a v8. A 3 ton luxury automobile, with two doors, and it could still boil the tires off the rims. It was one of the biggest 2-door vehicles ever made. It is the epitome of luxury in the bell bottom 60s and 70s. It was an era when big cars couldn't be big enough. In fact, they've never been any bigger, before or after. And the ride, the comfort, was exquisite. Silky smooth, the typical two door cad could comfortably seat 9 people. Oh, and 4.3x4.3 is 500. 4.3x4.125 is 472.
@RegularCars Well, you finally got around to it. When you said in the review for the 1990 Chevy Suburban "The Suburban is what you [read: Europeans] think of, when you think positive thoughts about American cars", that wasn't quite true, because that role has already been taken by the 1969 Cadillac Coupe DeVille (or that may just be me, but still :P ).
1975 Started driving my parents silver body, black leather interior, power everything 1969 Cadillac Coupe Deville . Passed my driving test with that car. Had lasting memories of and in that car.
I'm personally not a fan of any Cadillac post-2011, except for the CTS wagon because what's not badass about a Caddy wagon? My personal favorite remains the 1957 Cadillac Sedan deVille.
Your Grandmas Town Car has a park brake like that too...also first thing I'd do is get that a/c fixed. Frigidaire air con was incredible in cars back then! From like 53-85ish? It's basically a refrigerator powered by an engine. However the older ones with dual blower motors and the fact that you couldn't turn it off except by removing the belt off compressor meant excruciating gas consumption. Worth it.
I got to drive one of these a few years back and the steering was just crazy. Literally zero road feel because the power steering was cranked up to 11. Crazy
I really love and miss these generation of cadillacs. I used to own a 1971 coupe deville. grew up driving these full size cars back in the 1980s and early 1990's.
After this video ended, an ad came up for how autonomous cars will be the future. As a whole, I agree, but even so, I can still envision people being completely non-judgmental over someone driving this Caddy in a sea of autopods. Try that with a modern-day Lexus, Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Hyundai, or even Cadillac. Nice.
I've got a '69 Eldorado with the 472, and it's a sweet ride that makes me so happy. Everyone owes it to themselves to drive one of the greatest dinosaurs Detroit ever made. Don't write these amazing cars off, they're like driving the ideals of your grandparents brought to life.
Now that’s a real car! We had a ‘59, so I know whereof I speak. Cadillac was special. Exactly right. The engine made a turbine like swoosh when you stomped on it. Very satisfying. Ours got 12/18 mpg.
i got a 68' sedan Deville, its amazing to drive like you're on a boat, so smooth and effortless first time I ever went to turn the wheel taking it out of the garage it almost felt like I fell it turned so easily, and they do go much faster then people would think, I was driving my cousins 97 firebird formula home from a car show and my dad was in the Cadillac and was keeping up doing like 80, 85 mph its an amazing car
When I was a kid, I thought my Aunt was amazingly successful...because she was always driving a Cadillac...and because she was always suing somebody...
I had a '68 Sedan deVille and everything you say is true, especially about the ride. It was the only car I've ever had that made me want to drive slower than the speed limit.
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cadillac deville...the official car of "they don't make em like they used to"
damn straight!
HahahahahHa 😂😂😂😂😂
I consider the 76 models the last true Cadillacs (possibly the 77-78 Eldorado as well, which were still huge)
Yep!
Its my freaking dream car. End of sentence.
Big American cars are truly amazing. I love them dearly.
I couldn't agree more !
100% agreed.
Ayyy another Initial D fan
Same. No matter how much horsepower or mods you can throw at a jdm car,I will always choose a big old American land yacht first
Same thing that I glad 2 do bud. However in China mainland we actually can’t even drive this babe right on the driveway. Because it’s kinda of illegal.
I’m 21 and someday I wanna own one.
Wouldn't be surprised if the mileage is measured in feet per gallon.
Rods per hogshead
Inches per barrel
Gallons per fart.
I get 15 MPG highway if I drive conservatively in my 1969 Fleetwood. 13 mpg if I just drive. Its the city driving thats hard on the mpg.
Its no worse than any full size truck made before 2000 or so, probably about the same as those 90's gas guzzling SUV's like a V8 Grand Cherokee or a Ford Explorer
My friend has a hardtop '68 DeVille that's pretty much exactly like this.
And he DAILIES it.
In *MANHATTAN* .
twotailedavenger I want to see proof of this.....
Brave, or a time traveler billionaire
Boss
Your friend rocks
Jesus, balls of steel he has.
I'm your dad.
You see this son?
This is what hard work gets you.
That's why you need to get your engineering degree.
Just remember, I love you, but only enough to make you feel guilty.
You can get one of these for the price of a decent new car. But yeah hard work still needed.
never knew I'd see you here tank doggo
Read that in the voice :D
D O D G E N E O N
Unicum guide to this?
Oh man! My first car was the hard top version of this car! Picked it up for $300 in 1989! Absolutely loved this car I remember driving home doing 120mph and it was like driving a couch! Not sure what moved faster the speedometer or the gas gauge
8:44 He didn't punch it. That's just 5000lbs going downhill.
Like the boulder from the first Indiana.
Weight doesn't effect accelerating.
Hazztech. You bet it does.
That’s why a P-40 could out dive a Zero. Higher weight vs roughly the same drag equals higher terminal velocity. It applies to cars in a slightly reduced, but still significant manner.
The world is not a physics classroom where falling bodies are in a vacuum or air resistance is negligible.
@@Bartonovich52 I'm sorry, did you just confuse top speed with acceleration?
You're a joke.
@@Hazztech it was a joke comparing this thing to the boulder from the first Indian for how this big car accelerated down a hill. An I know that the weight isn't a factor here. Downhill, plus Acceleration from the driver, plus 500 cubic inches of this American monster motor adds up to, "Tactial War Couch, incoming!"
1969 Cadillac DeVille:
From a time when the word "Cadillac" actually meant something.
MichaelD8393
Now it’s just Grand-pa’s Mercedes
God damn right man
Cadillac and Mercedes. Goddamn
The good ol’ days, when a coupe could fit a family of 4 in the trunk
When a coupe could fit a family of 4 in the trunk, another in the back seat, and another in the front seat....
Or 'Fat Tony' in the trunk..... because he makes stupid bets with dangerous people.
With no way to get out..lol
I first read that as _a couple_ and thought, “wow now that’s a h*ck of a kink right there, good for them”
How do you know that? How do you know that its capable of holding 4 people in the trunk, not 5, not 3, but EXACTLY 4?
I had a 76 Fleetwood, drove it from Iowa to Oregon and back several times, awesome comfort and power. Even my girlfriend loved driving it. A sofa on wheels.
I love these old Cadillacs and you can get em for cheap too. When you look for classic cars you will find :1969 Chevelle, not original engine, rust in quarters and floor, lights don't work, $20,000"
Or "1969 Cadillac, been in family since new, 80,000 miles no rust, needs a tune up and new tires, $12,000"
They are great buys
They're really fun, too.
Rougher ones can go for as low as a grand
You can get a mint 70s one for under 10k easily,even the ones before 1973
@@kevinjokipii4260 Shit I live like 3 hours from Detroit. Might have to take a trip...
Yep.. And i love it.
This was built when Cadillac really WAS the "Standard Of The World."
Now, what does Cadillac have today? Escalade SUV (just a heavily dressed-up Suburban/Yukon XL), and a motley crew of crossovers and cars with XT this and XT that for names. It's not the same anymore.
I think that today, Tesla is like Cadillac in the 50s. Cadillac used to be the world standard, and came from the US. Same with tesla. It’s pretty much the only American car that people almost universally see as good. Say what you want about panel gaps or build quality, or elon being an idiot (which he is), but Tesla is world class, like Cadillac used to be.
Yeah what you're saying is true, but notice how Chrysler and Lincoln don't even compete directly with Cadillac anymore
The best they got is the CTS-V, which is the closest thing in modern times to the deville or eldorado anything
I get what you're saying. This is why i avoid suvs regardless of brand
I mean the v cars are impressive.
My old man had a '73 Caddy Eldorado, white exterior and red interior convertible back when he came to the US in the mid 70s. This one had the monster 500ci V8. I remember him telling me once that one of his coworkers was a dick and had taken his parking spot, so he got up behind him and pushed his car out of the spot without even using the gas pedal, just left it to idle in drive.
Those 500's had monster torque at idle
I have a 73 Eldo. White with black houndstooth interior. It's stupidly quick for how big it is. I love the 500.
Nice! My old man had a 1971 Eldorado convertible, same color and everything, that he was restoring. I remember one day he was trying to move it but it kept cutting off because of a bad fuel pump, so he got annoyed and gunned it. He laid down two feet of black rubber on the pavement in reverse.
I had a '77 Eldorado, baby blue with rust holes in the rear quarters so big your captives could escape out of the trunk through them. Put your foot on the floor and you could watch the gas needle drop, and handled offroading better than many new SUVs today. Miss that car, still have the hood emblem and 8 track player though. Good times...
Eldorado's were comfortable and rode great. They were not fast at all. A fast full luxury car in late 60s early 70s America? The 2 door Connie's.
I had a 1970 Coupe DeVille. It was a wonderful car and turned heads everywhere.
My first car was a '69 (nice) Cadillac Coupe DeVille. It was everything he said and more.
John Ferrara Is it very reliable? If you ignore the gas mileage and the possibility of parallel parking, would they be a good everyday driver?
@@carsonholtorf8233 It was what I had, bought it for $500. The gas mileage was horrible. It was my daily driver for about 5 years, I wouldn't recommend it for daily use, but you can. The 472 was a pretty stout engine.
Cars just don't have interiors that pretty anymore. I can take or leave the vegan-terrorizing seating, but can we bring back that shade of red and all that wooden trim sometime? Interiors are just too modest now.
Cars nowadays are just too generic where it counts. You sit down in an old DeVille or even a well-kept Cutlass, and you have every assurance from that interior that in that moment, you're King Shit. Get all up in a modern car, and you're getting in your car.
It might have a better dash, more leg room, seats that don't squeak and groan, airbags, and other optional toys like that, but it just doesn't have a soul.
William Shreckengost Lincoln Navigator is bringing back those colored interiors
My mother used to have a 2013 Cadillac with a leather interior that looked exactly like this one.......the damnedest thing I've ever driven
I must admit I’m a sucker for a nice leather- and wood-upholstered interior. I drive a 2010 Subaru Legacy and the cheap plastic trim combined with black fabric seats is just meh. Dare I say... depressing. I drove in a 2019 Toyota Avalon and it felt like a Rolls Royce in comparison.
@@djncrti2860 That's true. I'm not a fan of SUVs, but the Navigator "Yacht Club" edition has a blue and white interior that's gorgeous. It wouldn't have looked out of place in 1969.
I miss the woodgrain too.
*siippp* yep, they dont make em like this anymore
Shiranami Rei 472, now that was an engine. None of that emissions crap
yeup
Ukraine James you pure quality
Thanks, Moose. I'll tell the old lady.
*crack* *SIPPP* Yep, this is when cars were cars.
In 1990, I had an army buddy who bought a '71 4 door Cadillac Deville with the 472 and OD transmission, with special gear for "Passing" and it could haul a**.
69 ~nice~ Cadillac DeVille
Niiicccee
nothing like the sound of a General motors Fisher body door closing that distinctive clunk
My uncle had one of these in the late 70's. Him and six of his friends used to pile in and cruise 120 miles an hour from Arizona to Vegas
GODOFGUITAR2112 What they were made to do.
With no overdrive I wonder what the engine sounded like at that speed.
Haile Xiao , purred like a kitten
Sounds like a scene straight out of "Mannix."
Awesome!
Best car you've ever reviewed. That's one honest ride
Wtf is Regular on about, if a kid in my school had this kinda car he'd have sooo much fkn respect. This is some badass machinery
He could probably get some fun with the space you got in the back seats.
I drive a 68 coupe deville to school, I would recommend the experience
yeah no shit ?
I had a '76 coup DeVille🚗 as 1st car.
Too big for public parking or city/ street parking.
1976 Caddys were nice. Big everything. Power everything.
>My N/A Forester can't hang
SOME OF US TOLD YOU NOT TO BUY A SUBARU, MR. REG
but nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Damn that's gotta be like 40 ostriches worth of upholstery.
These seats look like they were stolen out of a speakeasy
The USB outlet is today's equivalent of a cigarette lighter on a 1960s/1970s car.
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Lmao nice pfp
haha that's the sex number
472?
Got that right, buddy!
I was your 69th like...nice
69........NICE!!!
nice
Nice
"We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold..."
It's a leather couch for pimps
The end song is the best The Roman™️ cover yet.
Next, do Johnny Cash's "One Piece at a Time" car. Unrelated... I was behind a truck today that had a regular license plate number that read 365 KUM.
Nice
"When a Lamborghini V12 uses less fuel than an American V8"
Fighter jet Pilot and as per usual the American v8 is more reliable, more fun, and enjoyable to ride in.
Only people on welfare care about the price of gas.
It’s a 50 year newer engine. What do you expext
Fighter jet Pilot
Oil Crisis:
Here is a little lesson in trickery.
Cool Cadillac: * Turns into AMC GREMLIN *
@@rodmunch69 and Europeans. Gas taxes are brutal.
My dad had an 81 Caprice classic. It 5 cigarette lighters and 7.... 7 ashtrays
Ashtrays, the cup holders of the past.
Krow Strife man my grandma had a 91 caprice classic, something about those big body cars. Somebody stole it though
My Morris minor seats 4 and has 6 ashtrays
The additional ashtrays are for the kids.
I had an 84 with a 305 and Overdrive, run on Pennzoil Platinum 5w30; I usually got 20 MPG, give or take, each tank (I barely drove "city" in it.) 22.5 HWY came easily enough, it probably could have gotten 24 HWY with an electric radiator fan swap at 60 MPH.
“The HoRsEpOwEr iS fAkE”
Cadillac 5 minutes later: Pulls like it has 375HP and 500+ foot lbs of torque
jsut gonna ignore going downhill and weighing 2 1/2 tons?
i'm 25 and I dream about having a Cadi from the 60s. it looks amazing
Olá compatriota, tenho 20 anos e um cadillac antigo também é o meu carro de sonho.
chris younts It’s so tempting... but gas mileage is horrible and it’s MASSIVE
@@yammmit it is not a daily driver, it is a parade float.
Mom and Dad had a blue 1970 deVille convertible.
And oh, prom nights were MAGICAL !
Uncle Joey on RCR, You and I are the same!
I owned a 72 Coupe DeVille with a 472 I bought it with a slipped timing chain, and I installed the new one one tooth advanced. The net rated 220 HP engine could spin one back tire all the way through first gear and halfway through second. Once I got off of the line, I could destroy most Cameros and the like. I got 12 MPG with a burnout at most stops, and 20+ MPG when I took my grandma for rides. The car was fantastic. I once towed a broken full size pickup with it, and when I got into second gear, I eased into it. The tablesaw in the pickup bed ended up sliding into the tailgate. 10/10, I would buy again.
thanks for reviewing this car so we can enjoy it without having to pay for the gas
Tooled around in HS in a friend's family 71 Fleetwood. Even in the early 80's that thing had presence. Kept in tip top shape (they had a mini-fleet of pre-downsized GM all kept in perfect condition), it could move surprisingly well, and by the incredibly low standards of 1983, beat most of what was out there. If you knew how to wrangle 230" and 80" wide, it could handle too. Always got respect.
Diggin' the Hunter S. Thompson hat.
Yes. But he wears it all the time, not just for this Fear and Loathing-ish Cadillac. But then what does that mean?
He’s in bat country.
The acid kicked in 😏
3:56 is the pep talk I needed today. Also, can we just appreciate how elegantly that window drops at 1:57?
Get *BROWN*
Do you know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese?
I've got a cadillac 69 convertible I've had for about 5 years now I've put in great condition like it just rolled off the showroom floor I tell you 5 years later the looks an compliments I get when I bring this thing out👌👌👌
Roman's song at the end XD I'm dying
hahahaha
You can tell right when he gathered force and it pinched off so he gave up.
I remember driving one of those just outside of Barstow. Through bat country. That's when the drugs began to kick in.
I've done some cool things in life.
Riding in the back of my friends 65 Coupe DeVille was one of the coolest.
I know how blues men felt
58-69 Devilles will always have a place in my heart especially the 59 and 66 my dad had a 66 Coupe in a metallic flake sky blue on bags on beautiful thick white walls. I’ll always want to have one and give him one in the future. These cars are more then cars to me.
I own a 1966 bel air... nothing speaks more to me then they don’t make them like they used to and god damn they don’t. Back when making a car and designing it meant something it meant making a lifestyle making something you love. Not just some factory car that looks like a Ford, Chevy, GMC and Pontiac all in one.
You know, you look like y'all got 50 miles out of Barstow when the LSD kicked in, like you're heading into Las Vegas for some Fear and Loathing.
But they didn't stop there, that was bat country.
What's in that there trunk...?
Charles Goodwin a whole galaxy of multicolored uppers downers screamers laughers
Don't worry about my friend, he's admiring the shape of your BROWN
I bought a 1970 Cadillac De Ville Convertible in 1986, same color inside and out as this 1969. We used it for a vacation car for 20 years, it now has 148000 miles on it still runs great and gets 7-8 MPG in town but gets 16-19 on the highway, depending on the speed. Now it is driven from time to time. It has been a great car.
ALMOST the official car of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Tell me about the fucking golf shoes!
Didn't he like the Chevy better? It was probably faster. I had a black Coupe de Ville. It went pretty fast but not as fast as my friends Impala.
it was full of isoteric dials and gauges that i would NEVER understand...
Fuck that’s an incredible story. First thing I thought of as well
@stirange I dunno. They named the Chevy The Red Shark and said it was a Ballbuster as far as speed and acceleration went but the Caddy was the White Whale and it seems all he wanted to do was wreck it on sight-hi-pressure tire tests,crashing into things,drove it into Lake Mead,then wrecked through the fence getting to the plane. It was barely running when he dropped it off. Though for 70s Vegas I guess you'd want the Cadillac.
Such a lovely era.
Yeah, much love for Joey Diaz :D
The cadillac deville: car soo heavy it doesn't need it's engine running on downhills
It coasts down a hill quicker than a Subaru Forester at full power. We know from basic physics that light and heavy objects should fall at the same rate, but this thing is so massive it generates it's own gravitational field!
Ahh, this is when Cadillac was the last word in luxury. There's a '61 sedan deville that's been in my family since new. NOTHING rides as nice as a 50's or 60's Cadillac
Classic Cadillacs and Joey Diaz....it don't get no better than this !!!
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Nice
Nice.
You are immature
Beautiful car, beautiful color. Those were wonderful, world class cars.
I don't appreciate your crudeness or you making fun of it. All the new cars now have no personality and are bland. 50 years from now they'll be making fun of what most think is great now, But this '69 Cadillac will will be around and more appreciated than ever.
I am triggered by your disrespect of the q-jet. it's every bit as good as a holley, and it can get you better mileage, It's just harder to get them set up right. With a Holley you just take it out of the box and lob it at your engine and it'll probably be pretty decent, but quadrajets demand care and precision.
Agreed.
Have one on my 350 Buick, will have one on every classic carbed GM I will ever own. Great carbs once you know their little idiosyncrasies.
He just regurgitates the automotive zeitgeist. He doesn’t know what any of it means. He just knows people will recognize the words he says and assume him to be knowledgeable about cars. Perfect postmodernism. All form....
I'm up to 14 on my Olds. That's right, 14 different damn carburetors. Because in Texas, it's impossible to find one that isn't warped all to hell or brittle. Or the power piston adjustment screw is siezed or stripped out. Or someone drilled out the wrong passages. Or it needs adjustment every three weeks as the weather changes. I know some people who love them, and I think they're fine if you can find a good one, but honestly in 2018 I think they're just not worth the constant trouble.
I think they are way better than the edeljunk carbs but I still prefer a Holley. Even if for no other reason than they look better.
8:48 [cracks beer] No replacement for displacement, am I right?
a-men
Damn right!
Yeah, when it comes to guzzling fuel!
Didn't know you reviewed boats now...
It's not a boat... it's a yacht B]
A boat is so crude a yacht is more refined like this automobile
Had me a '70 DeVille ragtop.......OMG I frakking LOVED that car!! Kelly green with white seats and top. Did NOT care about mpg's, I just loved driving that beast. I sold it and then did something I never do........I bought it back!! I wish I hadn't sold it a second time, I still miss that big ol' girl!!!
Mr. Regular = Hemingway meets Road & Track
With extra BROWN
AWESOME!! 1969 Cadillacs are the best! Massive power, built like a tank and the drivers seat feels like you're a King on his throne. I've had mine for over 20 years and wouldn't trade it for anything.
I have a sudden urge to watch Pulp Fiction.
Why?
@@Gobbersmack outro song, Jungle Boogie
Fear and loathing is what you meant
@@mikewallace2340 that was an early 70s impala and then when he comes back to vegas he gets an early 70s Eldorado
I want to drive one on I-15, just outside of Barstow. Through bat country.
I think the fact that you can get one that's running and cheap (especially since it's a luxury car) is a testament for the build quality of classic Caddies. One of my dream cars
And he traded in his Chevy for a Cadillac ac ac ac . . . you oughta know by now
I was actually waiting for someone to do that.
Wonder if billy Joel ever had a caddy
I work at a body shop and had to do a roof on one of these. It was a hard top, all stock. Great running car the owner did a 2 tone with a white/cream top on gold. Facking loved that car spent 3 hours making the factory power windows worn
We love you Uncle Joey!
Look dawg, I'm not gonna lie ta ya. I never left Vegas.
I really like how the seats fold at an angle. Neat!
I used to own a 1979 Caddy man I loved that car!
Yes. I owned one. I owned a 1969 Cadillac DeVille Convertible - medium blue with a dark blue leather interior. It was my main car for about a decade. I once drove it from Pennsylvania to Arizona and back.
There's nothing like the sound of a floored quadrajet.
Terri Bel Bliss Flip the air cleaner lid and you’ll hear the throaty voice of God.
@@MyDailyUpload lol I do that on every car I've ever had that had a lid anyway it even works on modern cars, just take the top part of the air filter box off and leave it off
Dog on it all you want, the 68-69 472 and the 70 to 76 500 cubic inch, were the biggest V8 engines ever put in a production car. Those big blocks would pull that 7000 lb monster around like a It was a beetle with a v8. A 3 ton luxury automobile, with two doors, and it could still boil the tires off the rims. It was one of the biggest 2-door vehicles ever made. It is the epitome of luxury in the bell bottom 60s and 70s. It was an era when big cars couldn't be big enough. In fact, they've never been any bigger, before or after. And the ride, the comfort, was exquisite. Silky smooth, the typical two door cad could comfortably seat 9 people. Oh, and 4.3x4.3 is 500. 4.3x4.125 is 472.
"Get Brown" was the best part by far.
@RegularCars
Well, you finally got around to it.
When you said in the review for the 1990 Chevy Suburban "The Suburban is what you [read: Europeans] think of, when you think positive thoughts about American cars", that wasn't quite true, because that role has already been taken by the 1969 Cadillac Coupe DeVille (or that may just be me, but still :P ).
This car has immense cool factor it had no pretense of good handling or being economical it does exactly what it was designed for.
1975 Started driving my parents silver body, black leather interior, power everything 1969 Cadillac Coupe Deville . Passed my driving test with that car. Had lasting memories of and in that car.
This is an actual Cadillac not these ugly looking ones now
I agree. I think the newer ones, 2014+, are starting to find their way again, but Art & Science killed design.
I think it’s truely bad ass
I'm personally not a fan of any Cadillac post-2011, except for the CTS wagon because what's not badass about a Caddy wagon? My personal favorite remains the 1957 Cadillac Sedan deVille.
The Jungle Boogie outro was a nice touch Roman
The only thing this car is missing is about 101 Dalmatian coats in the trunk.
CL Anthony Don't forget the four bodies.
Your Grandmas Town Car has a park brake like that too...also first thing I'd do is get that a/c fixed. Frigidaire air con was incredible in cars back then! From like 53-85ish? It's basically a refrigerator powered by an engine. However the older ones with dual blower motors and the fact that you couldn't turn it off except by removing the belt off compressor meant excruciating gas consumption. Worth it.
'69 Cadillac convertible:
The official car of civic holiday parades - the mayor sitting in the back seat waving - even in 2018.
I got to drive one of these a few years back and the steering was just crazy. Literally zero road feel because the power steering was cranked up to 11. Crazy
Please make an extended version of “get BROWN!”
I love this car. Makes me miss my 72 Coupe Deville. Mine was triple white.
Nothing like RCR at 3 AM while procrastinating in college.
I really love and miss these generation of cadillacs. I used to own a 1971 coupe deville. grew up driving these full size cars back in the 1980s and early 1990's.
After this video ended, an ad came up for how autonomous cars will be the future. As a whole, I agree, but even so, I can still envision people being completely non-judgmental over someone driving this Caddy in a sea of autopods. Try that with a modern-day Lexus, Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Hyundai, or even Cadillac. Nice.
I got the stupid fucking Buick commercial that I keep getting with a stupid trumpet just blasting in my face every chance it gets, not so nice
I got a stupid ad for Acura in the middle of it.
I've got a '69 Eldorado with the 472, and it's a sweet ride that makes me so happy. Everyone owes it to themselves to drive one of the greatest dinosaurs Detroit ever made. Don't write these amazing cars off, they're like driving the ideals of your grandparents brought to life.
“It’s just another Bronx tale”
Now that’s a real car! We had a ‘59, so I know whereof I speak. Cadillac was special. Exactly right. The engine made a turbine like swoosh when you stomped on it. Very satisfying. Ours got 12/18 mpg.
Damn “get BROWN”full release date?
I used to drive a 1969 Coupe Deville to high school in 1983. Black with white interior and white vinyl roof. Sold it for $800
Ahh yes, I love seeing a quadrajet! Best stock carb ever.
i got a 68' sedan Deville, its amazing to drive like you're on a boat, so smooth and effortless first time I ever went to turn the wheel taking it out of the garage it almost felt like I fell it turned so easily, and they do go much faster then people would think, I was driving my cousins 97 firebird formula home from a car show and my dad was in the Cadillac and was keeping up doing like 80, 85 mph its an amazing car
When I was a kid, I thought my Aunt was amazingly successful...because she was always driving a Cadillac...and because she was always suing somebody...
I had a '68 Sedan deVille and everything you say is true, especially about the ride. It was the only car I've ever had that made me want to drive slower than the speed limit.
Quadrajets work very well.
I didn't expect so many positives from this car. I was pleasantly surprised.