My in-laws owned a Talisman. They were elderly, and I drove them to events after dark. Not a lot of gimmicks, and quiet as a tomb, the Talisman drove like it was on rails.
I grew up near Nashville, so we sometimes saw country music stars and TV personalities out and about. My mother and I were sitting on our front porch one summer evening in 1974 when a beautiful Fleetwood Talisman passed by and a lovely blonde lady waved at us. At first we were amazed at the sight of such a grand car in our neighborhood, but quickly realized we had just been greeted by Dolly Parton!
I love the creativity and excess of these beautiful cars. Riding in one was an adventure and a dream, our cars today are streamlined, reasonable, minimalist, simple, atrocious. They are an electronic ode to the practical, a hideous notion!
I was a Pontiac/Cadillac salesman during the 1979-80 model years. Most of the trade-ins on new Cadillac's during that time were the full size 1974-76 models. Those were original owner trades of perfectly maintained cars. We even had some Fleetwood trade-in's (no Talismans that I saw). I loved driving those 1974-76 full size models as those cars just "floated" down the road. With those big cars the used car lot was a tight fit (that also included some Lincoln Mark IV's and Town Cars.
I could ramble on ad nauseum with 45-year-old memories of my 1974 Fleetwood d'Elegance, but suffice to say it was the most focused car I will probably ever own, remarkably tight structurally, and with unparalleled interior accommodation and refinement. Every trip was an event.
@desert modern Yes, I agree with you! Those 70s Cadillacs were incredibly "tight" cars when it came to handling. The younger guys that are getting their hands on the Seventies stuff now, always comment on how loose and sloppy the cars drive... But the cars they're driving have 100,000 miles or more on them and usually haven't been too well cared for. I have friends who end up with big 1970s Buicks, Olds, Cadillacs... And I try to tell them to rebuild the steering box, front end, and replace the rag joint in the column. They all always ask "what's a rag joint?"... I also tell them that the steering box itself can be adjusted and tightened up slightly, without the entire rebuild... But do ya think anyone listens? Nope... I guess that the sloppy, boaty feel is what they have in mind ... From when their folks were driving these things as uncared for used cars in the late Eighties and early Nineties.
Funny you posted this this today, I saw a '75 Talisman at a car show on Sunday with 9,000 miles on it. It made my day! Adam you didnt mention the lovely fold-down carpeted footrests the Fleetwood line had!
My uncle purchased a new 76 Fleetwood Brougham de Elegance. Yes, it was enormous and it's interior was super plush. His 76 very comfortably seated 6. Riding in the back seat of that car was like being in a rolling Barkalounger. His had all available options. Super smooth, super quiet ride. It was blue with a white padded top.
These cars drive incredibly good, i use a 76 fleetwood brougham with all available options as my daily driver here in The Netherlands. Everybody is still amazed by the presence/ looks it has and the incredible comfort it offers. Only thing these cars need is an overdrive for the highways.
I REMEMBER MY FATHER HAD A 74", GOLD COUPE DEVILLE WITH BROWN AND WHITE PLAID INTERIOR... PEOPLE WOULD WALK BY THE CAR AND STOP JUST TO LOOK AT THE INTERIOR.. IT WAS GORGEOUS ❣️
"Shirred" refers to those semi-random vertical pleats in the seat fabric. It comes from the apparel world, where it describes the bunched or puckered look of fabric that has been gathered, for instance by a relaxed elastic. It's a popular look for the bodices of certain types of ladies' wear, in particular.
Back in the day when Cadillac Had the looks and , A 425 in.³ motor or 500 in.³ both engines ran smooth as silk barely hear gun didn’t have a lot of power but they were solid the road like her fucking couch on air I had a 76 Fleetwood Brougham With a Rolls-Royce grill and spoke wheels not low rider spoke wheels beautiful chrome spoke wheels I bought for $500 i’m most fun and 18-year-old kid could have back in the 80s !
Adam, When you talk about over-the-top car styling, I wonder if have you seen the way ordinary people dressed in the 1970s and the hairstyles we had? From the 70s perspective, people would be horrified to learn that some day in the distant future mud puddle gray would be an acceptable and popular color to paint a car. 😁
Even back in 1974, I thought the Talisman was the most plush car ever. A Rolls--Royce seemed restrained in comparison. A Mercedes-Benz was an Amish church pew. The Talisman celebrates tackiness; it doesn't cover it up.
THIS was the ULTIMATE expression of American luxury cars. Some may try to argue that a Mercedes (or a Rolls) was "the best", BUT that misses the point. Each culture has its OWN expression. The "Talisman" version was VERY American luxury in the 1970s. It "might" be out of style now, but it was the BEST of its day. (I said "might" as I'd pay "Roller" money for an interior like that on a modern car!)
I totally agree. A mid-70s Mercedes looks like a toy next to a Fleetwood Brougham and the Germans always sacrificed some ride quality for handling. When it came to that smooth, soft boulevard ride, style, and opulent spaciousness, Cadillac was king. Granted the Mercedes was well-built and obviously handled better, but, like you said, that misses the point as, if you want handling, you don’t get a large luxury car to begin with.
@@DavidPysnik Actually drive a 1972 to 79 Merc S class in either standard wheelbase (coils) or long wheelbase (4 inches longer & fitted with air suspension) . attempt to drive it at speed uphill on a poorly cambered but decent smooth pavement , then as an out of towner , throw in an unexpected double S bend at the end of this curve to the right you have immediately passed trees obscuring the double s bend now immediately on your left . With the strange early IRS swing axles Mercedes were still using some 40 + years later catch you out like a early Chevy Corvair or a VW does , as only half the tyre is on the ground, then you are wildly pulled the other way The Mercedes loses its footing right sharpish . When I was way way younger , I owned a home at Bathurst on the other side of the "blue" mountains behind Sydney. The mountainous part was diabolical years ago and would sort out any dimwitted unskilled driver , or maladroit car. I had owned 2 Jaguars a giant 1965 mk 10 but sold it in july 1982 & started on the hunt to buy a 71 to 76 Fleetwood , by personal preference either a 1972 or '74 model . The big Jags grip with its race proven superb IRS that keeps wheels flat at all times was a marvel on these bendy roads , the other Jag was a super rare 1974 Long Wheelbase series 1 xj6 (out of 98,000 odd body shells a mere 2,600 were LWB shells) . series 1 LWB bodies had a taller front screen , central B pillar & rear screen , for series 2 they had the standard cars roof height & to me they always looked as if sat upon by an elephant & squashed again the longer wheelbase with Jags excellent IRS rear end sorted out any Mercedes from the 70's as when the scary weight balance changed from weight pitch from left to right the car had to re balance itself , do this too fast in the wet & the Mercedes becomes a spinning top on the road , not nice . -- Then i bought the Cadillac Fleetwood , with its active rear air shocks , this keeps the car at the right stance always in bends as the shocks air cells pressurise & keep the poise correct at all times (early day active suspension well ahead of the Merc) , plus our GMH-Australia RHD cars were all equipped with heavy duty coils front and rear , heavy sway bars front & rear, plus Koni gas shocks at front too making for an excellent long range touring vehicle , with its massive low wide stance and long wheelbase make these a joy to drive on the worst windy roads , mine has the factory ABS brake system to so it will stop in a jiffy as well. Put the correct 78 profile 6ply base & wall steel belt tyres on it as per its glovebox manual and the big '74 Fleetwood grips the road like a leech does in human flesh. As if working correctly the big spare air pressure gas bottle sitting in Fleetwood's passenger side front mudguard has plenty of instant air supply on demand to keep the rear self level at the right height permanently -- note this kills also the feeling of 135 litres or so of fuel swishing in the tank , do this in one of my 2 Lincolns & you can feel the weight of the fuel swish about from side to side , not so in the Caddy, it's a great drivers car when set up correctly more so than non owners would have you believe. That's why in 40 years of ownership I have racked up 602,000 kilometres on my '74 model as bought in Sept'82 with 102,700 klms on it , and today in Aug'2022 its just about to roll over at 704,000 kilometres . Nine years after buying the '74 black one I bought a white '72 model that as a 20 year old car had a mere 18,900 miles on it it's now well over that at 133,000 miles . With 1974 being the year Australia went metric hence the 2 similar cars but the different recording basis .
I never had the opportunity to drive one of these beasts, but back in the day I got picked up while hitchhiking by a guy driving his Father's Park Ave. with the stuffed seats. It was... amazing! It felt like someone had crammed a living room into a car, the seats were like your Grandma's recliner, the car literally floated down the road... it was truly the most isolative, surreal experiences I think i'd ever had in a car, and my my father drove big Mercurys at the time. Great Channel, boss. Keep up the excellent work. these old girls from the 70's never get any love, I'm glad to see someone is finally giving them their time in the sunshine.
Great video! It is such a shame what happened to Cadillac. In my opinion, the last true American Luxury car by Cadillac was 1976. G.M. Really screwed up badly and I don't think they ever recovered. Let's not forget that the Government CAFE laws share the most fault. These American companies were doing fine through all of the difficult times such as the oil embargo. It wasn't until the government pushed mandatory mandates by people that don't even know what a spark plug is to finally destroy the tradition of the American car. Now they are gone forever, never to return. Thanks to collectors like yourself making videos the younger generations can see how wonderful these cars really were.
Along the lines of which you speak, I wondered why the most powerful corporations in world couldn't buy the politicians and keep them away from their businesses??🤷
And now thanks to the progress of the automotive engineering world we have powertrains that are pushing out 300+ HP and 30+ mpg versus the 1970-era behemoth 8.0+ liter V8s that were outputting 180 HP and sub-12 mpg.
The '74 Eldo Fleetwood coupe and convertible had an unusual dashboard with 20 rosettes across it, but no Caddies had it since. The '72-'73 Caddies had a dashboard with 4 rosettes on it as well.
My parents bought a Fleetwood Talisman for 1976 and that car was really something! They went from a '68 Sedan Deville to the Fleetwood. I took my drivers test in that Fleetwood where I had to parallel park it to pass my test.
My step dad drove a ‘76 Fleetwood up till he retired and moved back to Italy 20 years ago. I loved that car and when I was a kid I remember laying down in the back seat and the smell of leather. I subsequently owned several Coupe De Villes…77-79 loved those cars.
My dad had one of these! The suspension was so ‘floatie’ and the seats so ‘puffy’ I couldn’t drive it down the highway without falling asleep. True story. Great video.
In my youth my older brother owned a ‘74 Black on Black Fleetwood with leather interior I felt was the most luxury seating I had ever felt in a Cadillac. This was after our family owned a ‘60, ‘63 and a ‘66 Cadillacs . Loved the ‘74!
Adam this was the KING. The Absolute most Beautiful and Luxurious Cars of the day. The 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Talismans were simply the most Beautiful Cars ever built up until 1976. Simply GORGEOUS. !!!!
My father owned several Cadillacs during the mid-70's including a Brougham d'Elegance, all of them ended up getting stolen and presumably chopped. I do remember one of them was found stripped down to the frame and on bricks, my poor father! They all had 8-track tape players and came with a "branded" Cadillac tape of selected songs, I wish I still had them, both the cars and the tapes...
I am a 75 year old Vietnam veteran, I previously owned a 72 Black on Black Brougham, 2007 DTS Cadillac which was totaled and I was highly up set as I had 3 payments left as I was rear ended. Currently, I own a 2008 DTS Cadillac. I like my current Cadillac. However, I really enjoyed the 2007 DTS color of Diamond white color with tan interior. In any event, GM has lost their edge. Back in the day, when you saw a Cadillac, you knew it was a Cadillac with the Cadillac chrome strip and Cadillac wrath ornament on the hood. I kept my 1972 Fleetwood 15 years and I put 2 engines in it. I should have kept it as a vintage car, but I had no room in my 2 car garage to store it. Currently, I have a 3 car garage. I sat in a 1974 Fleetwood Talisman at a dealership downtown Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles California, the car was extremely beautiful. Again, GM was the bomb, back in the day. As of today, they have lost their edge. In my life time of owning cars, my two favorites that I owned : 1966 396 Super sport Chevy with burgundy bucket seats which was stolen and stripped and a total loss and my 1972 Fleetwood Brougham.
Your channel is going hyperbolic Adam! Your collection, insight and knowledge of the industry along with your guests are killing it. Congratulations and keep up the good work!
About a year after I graduated from college in 1984, I bought a 1973 Fleetwood that had been retired from a funeral home. 20 feet of black shiny car with big cushy velour seats! Made a hell of a party cruiser.
They're just awesome cadillacs. I have yet to see a Talisman with leather in real life though... rare as hens teeth. the 74 in triple Mandarine is another jaw dropper.
@Daniel Bazin Hiya Dan- Yes... Too see even a Talisman alone is a rarity. A flashy friend of my parents had a '74 that he ordered in Silver with a silver vinyl roof, and what must have been custom ordered dark red leather upholstery and pinstripes. I remember that car really well, and it's the one and only Talisman that I've ever seen "in person". He was a "CONtractor"... I think he might have been "connected"... And everything he owned MATCHED. Silver and maroon. And every car he had, had one of those old analog Motorola mobile phones installed. I remember feeling like royalty when he'd take Dad and us kids for rides in that Fleetwood... He'd sometimes even let my brother and I call mom at home, which apparently cost something like three dollars per minute, back in the Seventies! Fun memories 😀
Thanks for this video! I could spend all day watching videos on mid-60s to mid-70s Cadillac's. I have been obsessed with 1975-1976 Cadillac's since I was 10 years old. One of my uncles had a dark brown '76 Fleetwood Brougham that I would take any and every opportunity possible to be in that car, regardless of whether it was going anywhere or not. Thanks again, love the videos.
@@MrSpartanPaul Very nice! Timing has never been right for me to pick up a 75 76 Cadillac, but I do have a 1975 Continental Mark IV, with the gold luxury package. I'm the third owner. Original owner had it for 25 years and put 44k on the clock. Second owner had it for 15 years and put 3K on the clock. Was very excited to find this car in 2015. Very jealous of your Fleetwood though.
@@jonathang2017 Very nice! My dad bought a triple jade green Town Coupé new back in 76 with leather, moonroof and 4 wheel disc brakes. I still remember that new car smell as we drove cross country from the east coast to California playing the Carpenters on the 8 track. None of the new cars he’s bought since then even come close.
My mom and dad ordered a 1973 Eldorado coupe in silver, black vinyl roof and bright red leather interior. I was 10 when they got it. We lived on a hill with 4 other houses and in the winter we were the only ones that could get up the hill. The others often had to park at the bottom when it was icy. We would beg our mom to floor it going up and we’d make it slipping and sliding around in the back seat howling with laughter. The doors on it were long and heavy and it often scraped its low low rear end. We loved that beautiful car. Being front wheel drive with that huge engine, you REALLY felt being pulled around…unlike those cars today.
I have been hoping you'd do a video on the Fleetwood Talisman! Thank you! I had friends with a' 74 Talisman, triple dark blue. Even back then that interior was jaw dropping. Wretched excess to say the least. They both worked for IBM, and we called it "Big Blue." I would love to get my hands on one, but I doubt it would fit in my garage. One can hope, though, so I'm going to measure. Just in case.
@@williamschoemann4209 My house was built in 1925 and the original two-car garage had quarters above. I couldn't close the door behind my '74 Olds 88 convertible. Turned it into a guesthouse and built a four-car garage in 2000, but the Talisman would need a shoehorn for sure.
Amazing video. I have my Dads 1974 Tailsman with just over 6000 original miles on it. A true time capsule Original tires still on it. Black on black. Thanks for all the information.
Absolutely gorgeous luxurious automobiles ! Classic awesome at its supremacy ☺fantastic show on the grand years of Cadillac 😌 a favorite of mine ! Enjoy the video ✌
They had done that B pillar treatment previously in 1947.. It returned for Fleetwood 1971 - 1976 www.vaultcars.com/wp-content/uploads/47Caddy60Special-008.jpg.
My uncle had both the 1974 and the 1976. He got the 1976 because my cousins complained about the four bucket seat 74 interior. After my uncle passed away both cars passed into my personal collection
Adam will never shame me out of loving that 1974 Talisman interior. To this day it’s my favorite interior of all time, giving four very blessed passengers an experience unavailable anywhere else. Who cares about stuffing 5-6 in there? It’s exclusive, and oh-so non PC.
What I find interesting is in 74 the country was in the midst of a gas crisis, yet Cadillac had what i feel was a stellar year in sales. No cost per gallon was going to keep us Americans away from our big luxury cars. And we still love them today.
The Cadillac of this time period was truly a thing of full size luxury. Although, for me, I think the 1974 Buick Electra 225 4 door sedan is my favorite American car from that era. My Grandpa was always a Buick guy.
What a great video it makes me weep. In 2014 I bought a two owner 1976 Talisman with 36,000 miles on it from Detroit Michigan a guy had it in his garage. It had 36,000 original miles on it it was owned by one of the original Harlem Globetrotters. Sold from a Detroit dealership. The car needed tires and things gone over in detail. But no rust no accidents straight as a pin silver silver top blue interior I paid $4,500 for the car. I waxed it and put tires on it and sold it to somebody for $7,000 and they sold it to somebody in California. And the car was Ziebarted also no rust. I could kick myself for not keeping that car. I took my daughter to her prom with her boyfriend as they sat in the backseat. There was nothing like a Talisman. Nothing. And it sounded perfect with Barry White playing on the 8-track tape player! Just to add. In the mid-1970s I started my own business I grew up in a suburb of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in and the fluent neighborhood where everyone was in a Cadillac of Lincoln or a Mercedes and I used to wax these big things and charged what they charge now. I actually made a fortune as a kid. But to be driving in these cars all of the time was a memory to behold. From the gangsters to the CEOs to the old ladies I would chauffeur down to the Pittsburgh Symphony. There is nothing like these cars that will ever exist again. There was a Cadillac dealership called Rohrich Cadillac. The only time they had turnover in the sales department is when somebody died or retired. The man who owned it was incredible for customer service they gave nothing away. This was back in the day when the new models came up and they put paper over the windows and initially it was by invite only. It was a thrill for me to get invited as a kid allowed to bring one friend of mine. We used to call the owner God LOL and the dealership was the Holy Land because when he spoke everyone listened. I could say more but I don't want to put people to sleep.
I learn something new every time I visit your channel. I've owned 6 different Cadillac's over the last 30 years and I've never heard of the Talisman! I'll definitely keep my eyes open for one now...excellent video! Thanks for sharing it.
I missed any mention of the engines offered in these models. Overall an excellent review video, with great research shown on your part digging up the old pictures and ad campaigns. Great work and glad to see your channel expanding.
1974-1976 are among my favorite years for Cadillacs. Though I never owned any of those particular model years, I did own a 1960 four-door flat top and a 1969 Fleetwood Brougham.
I currently own a 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. It is in excellent condition. Everything still works. The A/C is ice cold. I had the self-leveling rear suspension repaired and it rides like it was on a cloud. This coming week, it will go up and down the Mount Washington Auto Road in Gorham, New Hampshire. What is the difference between this Cadillac and the newer ones? After 4 hours on the highway in the XTS, I just want to get to my destination and get out of the car. In my 1976, after 10 hours of driving, I just want to keep driving 'til I collapse. It has always been that way with every 1976 Cadillac I have ever owned. It always will be. ❤❤❤❤
Haha 😂, my buddy found, sometime in the mid-1990s a Fleetwood Talisman. It was gold with the Medici cloth interior. He kept it about a year I guess - not too long. It was a survivor low mileage car. Everything worked. If only he had it now I bet it's starting to appreciate. Couple of recent photos of these cars here in this post are gorgeous! Especially in black...
1974-76 are some of my favorite Cadillac model years. I had a 76 Fleetwood, in 1987. Was not in great shape, i remember mint models selling in 86-87 for only $3995 in NC. By 1981-82, what in the world happened? 77-79 are nice too. Thanks Adam for all your hard work .
Always loved Cadillac!! But wasn't aware of the Talisman trim option from the mid 70's. Must have been too young to remember, or just simply never seen one with this trim option. But absolutely beautiful, luxurious and white agreed that it was a bit over the top lol, i absolutely love it!!
I had a 73 Fleetwood Broham DeElegance. Dark brown with beige crush velour interior. She was definitely a boat. If I remember correctly, it weighed in at 6500 lbs.
My favorite from the era was the 76 Fleetwood. I thought that they were simply beautiful. I worked at a Cadillac dealer in Pittsburgh as a lot attendant and drove many of them, even if just for a few feet. I used to do pick up and delivery at customer homes which was a treat. I remember that Sam Davis of the Steelers had a burnt orange 74 Talisman that was just amazing to me as an 18 year old with the deep orange velour seats and full length console . Thanks for the trip back to the mid 70's.
@@davidwilliams7723 Samson on 51 in Whitehall. I was car washer/lot attendant in the summers of 75, 76 and 77. Best job I ever had even though it was a bit higher than 70's minimum wage.....
And I born in 88 and I wish I woulda had these experiences!! Going to the car wash and seeing these beautiful machines,all the people I heard were characters...or taking trips with friends,driving big Cadillacs all over the place etc. Sadly after the 90's things were looking pretty stail in society,through the 2000's we didn't have the freedom kids had,and well as of today finding real love..good luck with that! Although I am a Cadillac guy,my grandfather always had one until the day he died. Times have changed in the last 20 years,I think the 90's was the last of the best times,when people had fun! People have the personality of a wall,because our society has gone down the rabbit hole.
@4:52 That looks so plush I could use that as my bedroom. Imagine going to the drive in theater with that. As the video goes on it only gets more plush. :O
The ‘73-‘76 models were BY FAR…. The biggest head-turners of the 1970s!!! From the lights and signal indicators on the front fender tips, to the rear fender skirts, Cadillac didn’t leave one square inch without the mark of class and taste! Man… I want to own one of these in showroom standards one day!!!!
Thanks Adam. Beautiful Caddy. I remember my 5th grade teacher had a 1974 Coupe DeVille in Antigua Blue with a white landau roof. My friends and I being young kids loved his car and at the time we all wished we could drive. I've never had the luck to ride in a Talisman. A friend of mine had a 75 Coupe in the 80s.
Besides the 1975-76 Buick Electra Limited Park Avenue's seats, the billowy, very loose-pillow Talisman upholstery influence can be seen in the 1977-78 AMC Matador Barcelona. (And it looks like the shirring - gathering fabric along a seam - on those de Ville seats is done along the stitching/seaming to give slight surface interest and an impression of even more volume to the fabric.)
For those of us that are old enough to remember these cars when they were new and had a opertuninty to drive them, will never forget what a wonderful experience it was. On top of the world was a understatement.
Please do a video about all the (trial and error) and clay modeling that went into the development of ALL cars back then as opposed to all this CAD scrap ... Cars took three times longer to Job 1 but had soul and feeling.
Forgets to mention: these Cadillacs had a 500 cid engine, or 8.2 liters. The largest ever mass produced engine. A 501 FI [fuel injection] also was offered believed to be in 1976.
Thanks Adam! I always learn from you, I lived through that era and was very aware of most things automotive, but I was not familiar with the Talisman trim level. I am sure that many did not survive. Cars like that were bought up in later years by limousine services and were driven into the ground.
Well, I commented in a previous video that it’d be great to see something about the traditional big-bodied Cadillacs of the past after videos on the Eldorado, Seville, downsized Deville, and the Cimarron, and this delivered. Now this could be overreaching, but maybe we could get one of those Cadillac Design Studio interview videos, too!
My in-laws owned a Talisman. They were elderly, and I drove them to events after dark. Not a lot of gimmicks, and quiet as a tomb, the Talisman drove like it was on rails.
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Interestingly enough, “Tomb in Rails” is my favorite album by Norwegian black metal band Helvete.
Carry on.
Nice to have wealthy in-laws.
@@BillLaBrie The neighbor's kid owns it now, and probably has a killer sound system in it, one can only imagine what he listens to. Hah!
Drove like it was on rails? Ferraris drive like they are on rails.
I well remember this generation of Cadillac.
For me this was the last of what could truly be called Caddies.
I grew up near Nashville, so we sometimes saw country music stars and TV personalities out and about. My mother and I were sitting on our front porch one summer evening in 1974 when a beautiful Fleetwood Talisman passed by and a lovely blonde lady waved at us. At first we were amazed at the sight of such a grand car in our neighborhood, but quickly realized we had just been greeted by Dolly Parton!
The moment I read "lovely blonde lady" I knew it was Dolly Parton lol
I love the creativity and excess of these beautiful cars. Riding in one was an adventure and a dream, our cars today are streamlined, reasonable, minimalist, simple, atrocious. They are an electronic ode to the practical, a hideous notion!
I was a Pontiac/Cadillac salesman during the 1979-80 model years. Most of the trade-ins on new Cadillac's during that time were the full size 1974-76 models. Those were original owner trades of perfectly maintained cars. We even had some Fleetwood trade-in's (no Talismans that I saw). I loved driving those 1974-76 full size models as those cars just "floated" down the road. With those big cars the used car lot was a tight fit (that also included some Lincoln Mark IV's and Town Cars.
I could ramble on ad nauseum with 45-year-old memories of my 1974 Fleetwood d'Elegance, but suffice to say it was the most focused car I will probably ever own, remarkably tight structurally, and with unparalleled interior accommodation and refinement. Every trip was an event.
@desert modern
Yes, I agree with you!
Those 70s Cadillacs were incredibly "tight" cars when it came to handling.
The younger guys that are getting their hands on the Seventies stuff now, always comment on how loose and sloppy the cars drive... But the cars they're driving have 100,000 miles or more on them and usually haven't been too well cared for.
I have friends who end up with big 1970s Buicks, Olds, Cadillacs... And I try to tell them to rebuild the steering box, front end, and replace the rag joint in the column.
They all always ask "what's a rag joint?"...
I also tell them that the steering box itself can be adjusted and tightened up slightly, without the entire rebuild... But do ya think anyone listens?
Nope... I guess that the sloppy, boaty feel is what they have in mind ... From when their folks were driving these things as uncared for used cars in the late Eighties and early Nineties.
Funny you posted this this today, I saw a '75 Talisman at a car show on Sunday with 9,000 miles on it. It made my day!
Adam you didnt mention the lovely fold-down carpeted footrests the Fleetwood line had!
My uncle purchased a new 76 Fleetwood Brougham de Elegance. Yes, it was enormous and it's interior was super plush. His 76 very comfortably seated 6. Riding in the back seat of that car was like being in a rolling Barkalounger. His had all available options. Super smooth, super quiet ride. It was blue with a white padded top.
These cars drive incredibly good, i use a 76 fleetwood brougham with all available options as my daily driver here in The Netherlands. Everybody is still amazed by the presence/ looks it has and the incredible comfort it offers. Only thing these cars need is an overdrive for the highways.
Thats amazing !
How? 25 L/100km would bankrupt The Royal Family !
@@pablopicaro7649 my thoughts exactly. Maybe JS is a Sheik?
No doubt this car gets a lot of looks in The Netherlands, land of the DAF. I went to the DAF museum and loved it.
@@pablopicaro7649 Perhaps the money he saves by not buying a new Mercedes or whatever with the depreciation, tax, etc more than pays for the fuel.
I REMEMBER MY FATHER HAD A 74", GOLD COUPE DEVILLE WITH BROWN AND WHITE PLAID INTERIOR... PEOPLE WOULD WALK BY THE CAR AND STOP JUST TO LOOK AT THE INTERIOR.. IT WAS GORGEOUS ❣️
"Shirred" refers to those semi-random vertical pleats in the seat fabric. It comes from the apparel world, where it describes the bunched or puckered look of fabric that has been gathered, for instance by a relaxed elastic. It's a popular look for the bodices of certain types of ladies' wear, in particular.
Back in the day when Cadillac Had the looks and , A 425 in.³ motor or 500 in.³ both engines ran smooth as silk barely hear gun didn’t have a lot of power but they were solid the road like her fucking couch on air I had a 76 Fleetwood Brougham With a Rolls-Royce grill and spoke wheels not low rider spoke wheels beautiful chrome spoke wheels I bought for $500 i’m most fun and 18-year-old kid could have back in the 80s !
Most sewing machines come with a shirring foot. I am surprised that with all the research in this video, he did not bother to look up shirring.
Adam, When you talk about over-the-top car styling, I wonder if have you seen the way ordinary people dressed in the 1970s and the hairstyles we had? From the 70s perspective, people would be horrified to learn that some day in the distant future mud puddle gray would be an acceptable and popular color to paint a car. 😁
Black, gray, silver or white …
And gray t-shirts, flip-flops and sneakers would become the apparel worn everywhere, including work.
Black, white and fifty shades of Grey. 😞
correct, sire !! "where have all the colors gone, long time passing..."
Never thought I'd miss muddy olive green or puke mustard.....but I DO!!!
This channel is the real deal on automotive. He is top notch.
"Best of all it's a Cadillac" What else can you say! Two couches, one in the front and one in the rear. BEAUTIFUL!
Even back in 1974, I thought the Talisman was the most plush car ever. A Rolls--Royce seemed restrained in comparison. A Mercedes-Benz was an Amish church pew. The Talisman celebrates tackiness; it doesn't cover it up.
The 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham d’Elegance is one of the nicest Cadillacs ever produced.
Those seats look plusher and more inviting than anything else on sale today.
My dad had one, it was like driving around in your living room. Trunk was absolutely huge too.
THIS was the ULTIMATE expression of American luxury cars. Some may try to argue that a Mercedes (or a Rolls) was "the best", BUT that misses the point. Each culture has its OWN expression. The "Talisman" version was VERY American luxury in the 1970s. It "might" be out of style now, but it was the BEST of its day. (I said "might" as I'd pay "Roller" money for an interior like that on a modern car!)
I totally agree. A mid-70s Mercedes looks like a toy next to a Fleetwood Brougham and the Germans always sacrificed some ride quality for handling. When it came to that smooth, soft boulevard ride, style, and opulent spaciousness, Cadillac was king. Granted the Mercedes was well-built and obviously handled better, but, like you said, that misses the point as, if you want handling, you don’t get a large luxury car to begin with.
@@DavidPysnik Actually drive a 1972 to 79 Merc S class in either standard wheelbase (coils) or long wheelbase (4 inches longer & fitted with air suspension) . attempt to drive it at speed uphill on a poorly cambered but decent smooth pavement , then as an out of towner , throw in an unexpected double S bend at the end of this curve to the right you have immediately passed trees obscuring the double s bend now immediately on your left . With the strange early IRS swing axles Mercedes were still using some 40 + years later catch you out like a early Chevy Corvair or a VW does , as only half the tyre is on the ground, then you are wildly pulled the other way The Mercedes loses its footing right sharpish . When I was way way younger , I owned a home at Bathurst on the other side of the "blue" mountains behind Sydney. The mountainous part was diabolical years ago and would sort out any dimwitted unskilled driver , or maladroit car. I had owned 2 Jaguars a giant 1965 mk 10 but sold it in july 1982 & started on the hunt to buy a 71 to 76 Fleetwood , by personal preference either a 1972 or '74 model . The big Jags grip with its race proven superb IRS that keeps wheels flat at all times was a marvel on these bendy roads , the other Jag was a super rare 1974 Long Wheelbase series 1 xj6 (out of 98,000 odd body shells a mere 2,600 were LWB shells) .
series 1 LWB bodies had a taller front screen , central B pillar & rear screen , for series 2 they had the standard cars roof height & to me they always looked as if sat upon by an elephant & squashed again the longer wheelbase with Jags excellent IRS rear end sorted out any Mercedes from the 70's as when the scary weight balance changed from weight pitch from left to right the car had to re balance itself , do this too fast in the wet & the Mercedes becomes a spinning top on the road , not nice .
-- Then i bought the Cadillac Fleetwood , with its active rear air shocks , this keeps the car at the right stance always in bends as the shocks air cells pressurise & keep the poise correct at all times (early day active suspension well ahead of the Merc) , plus our GMH-Australia RHD cars were all equipped with heavy duty coils front and rear , heavy sway bars front & rear, plus Koni gas shocks at front too making for an excellent long range touring vehicle , with its massive low wide stance and long wheelbase make these a joy to drive on the worst windy roads , mine has the factory ABS brake system to so it will stop in a jiffy as well. Put the correct 78 profile 6ply base & wall steel belt tyres on it as per its glovebox manual and the big '74 Fleetwood grips the road like a leech does in human flesh. As if working correctly the big spare air pressure gas bottle sitting in Fleetwood's passenger side front mudguard has plenty of instant air supply on demand to keep the rear self level at the right height permanently -- note this kills also the feeling of 135 litres or so of fuel swishing in the tank , do this in one of my 2 Lincolns & you can feel the weight of the fuel swish about from side to side , not so in the Caddy, it's a great drivers car when set up correctly more so than non owners would have you believe. That's why in 40 years of ownership I have racked up 602,000 kilometres on my '74 model as bought in Sept'82 with 102,700 klms on it , and today in Aug'2022 its just about to roll over at 704,000 kilometres . Nine years after buying the '74 black one I bought a white '72 model that as a 20 year old car had a mere 18,900 miles on it it's now well over that at 133,000 miles . With 1974 being the year Australia went metric hence the 2 similar cars but the different recording basis .
@@gregharvie3896nice…I really enjoyed reading what you wrote here. ✌️
I never had the opportunity to drive one of these beasts, but back in the day I got picked up while hitchhiking by a guy driving his Father's Park Ave. with the stuffed seats. It was... amazing! It felt like someone had crammed a living room into a car, the seats were like your Grandma's recliner, the car literally floated down the road... it was truly the most isolative, surreal experiences I think i'd ever had in a car, and my my father drove big Mercurys at the time. Great Channel, boss. Keep up the excellent work. these old girls from the 70's never get any love, I'm glad to see someone is finally giving them their time in the sunshine.
You have activated my "I want one" response. Excellent presentation! Thank you,
Great video! It is such a shame what happened to Cadillac. In my opinion, the last true American Luxury car by Cadillac was 1976. G.M. Really screwed up badly and I don't think they ever recovered. Let's not forget that the Government CAFE laws share the most fault. These American companies were doing fine through all of the difficult times such as the oil embargo. It wasn't until the government pushed mandatory mandates by people that don't even know what a spark plug is to finally destroy the tradition of the American car. Now they are gone forever, never to return. Thanks to collectors like yourself making videos the younger generations can see how wonderful these cars really were.
Along the lines of which you speak, I wondered why the most powerful corporations in world couldn't buy the politicians and keep them away from their businesses??🤷
Completely agree....and then some!
@@jeffmiller3150 2 words, Ralph Nader
This is exactly how big government treats american companies ! its all about how politiicians can profit from stocks !
And now thanks to the progress of the automotive engineering world we have powertrains that are pushing out 300+ HP and 30+ mpg versus the 1970-era behemoth 8.0+ liter V8s that were outputting 180 HP and sub-12 mpg.
The '74 Eldo Fleetwood coupe and convertible had an unusual dashboard with 20 rosettes across it, but no Caddies had it since. The '72-'73 Caddies had a dashboard with 4 rosettes on it as well.
Fortunate to have one. And yes those seats are as comfortable as they look.
My parents bought a Fleetwood Talisman for 1976 and that car was really something! They went from a '68 Sedan Deville to the Fleetwood. I took my drivers test in that Fleetwood where I had to parallel park it to pass my test.
Now you've done it! You've showcased one of my favorites!
*(Edited to fix typo)
My step dad drove a ‘76 Fleetwood up till he retired and moved back to Italy 20 years ago. I loved that car and when I was a kid I remember laying down in the back seat and the smell of leather.
I subsequently owned several Coupe De Villes…77-79 loved those cars.
My dad had one of these! The suspension was so ‘floatie’ and the seats so ‘puffy’ I couldn’t drive it down the highway without falling asleep. True story. Great video.
I love old time seats. They were so comfy. Today, they are simply not even close, even in the premium cars.
In my youth my older brother owned a ‘74 Black on Black Fleetwood with leather interior I felt was the most luxury seating I had ever felt in a Cadillac. This was after our family owned a ‘60, ‘63 and a ‘66 Cadillacs . Loved the ‘74!
Adam this was the KING. The Absolute most Beautiful and Luxurious Cars of the day. The 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Talismans were simply the most Beautiful Cars ever built up until 1976. Simply GORGEOUS. !!!!
Never knew this model existed. I quite like that blue velour...
My father owned several Cadillacs during the mid-70's including a Brougham d'Elegance, all of them ended up getting stolen and presumably chopped. I do remember one of them was found stripped down to the frame and on bricks, my poor father! They all had 8-track tape players and came with a "branded" Cadillac tape of selected songs, I wish I still had them, both the cars and the tapes...
I am a 75 year old Vietnam veteran, I previously owned a 72 Black on Black Brougham, 2007 DTS Cadillac which was totaled and I was highly up set as I had 3 payments left as I was rear ended. Currently, I own a 2008 DTS Cadillac. I like my current Cadillac. However, I really enjoyed the 2007 DTS color of Diamond white color with tan interior. In any event, GM has lost their edge. Back in the day, when you saw a Cadillac, you knew it was a Cadillac with the Cadillac chrome strip and Cadillac wrath ornament on the hood. I kept my 1972 Fleetwood 15 years and I put 2 engines in it. I should have kept it as a vintage car, but I had no room in my 2 car garage to store it. Currently, I have a 3 car garage. I sat in a 1974 Fleetwood Talisman at a dealership downtown Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles California, the car was extremely beautiful. Again, GM was the bomb, back in the day. As of today, they have lost their edge. In my life time of owning cars, my two favorites that I owned : 1966 396 Super sport Chevy with burgundy bucket seats which was stolen and stripped and a total loss and my 1972 Fleetwood Brougham.
Your channel is going hyperbolic Adam! Your collection, insight and knowledge of the industry along with your guests are killing it. Congratulations and keep up the good work!
Hyperbolic?
@@nkt1 He might have meant “parabolic.”
Gorgeous car! Back in the 80's we had a '77 Sedan Deville, baby blue with a blue interior and a white vinyl top. Man that was a nice car.
About a year after I graduated from college in 1984, I bought a 1973 Fleetwood that had been retired from a funeral home. 20 feet of black shiny car with big cushy velour seats! Made a hell of a party cruiser.
They're just awesome cadillacs.
I have yet to see a Talisman with leather in real life though... rare as hens teeth.
the 74 in triple Mandarine is another jaw dropper.
I browse used car sales sites and I have also not seen one in leather. In fact I was surprised to see that as an option in this video.
@Daniel Bazin
Hiya Dan-
Yes... Too see even a Talisman alone is a rarity.
A flashy friend of my parents had a '74 that he ordered in Silver with a silver vinyl roof, and what must have been custom ordered dark red leather upholstery and pinstripes.
I remember that car really well, and it's the one and only Talisman that I've ever seen "in person".
He was a "CONtractor"... I think he might have been "connected"... And everything he owned MATCHED.
Silver and maroon.
And every car he had, had one of those old analog Motorola mobile phones installed.
I remember feeling like royalty when he'd take Dad and us kids for rides in that Fleetwood... He'd sometimes even let my brother and I call mom at home, which apparently cost something like three dollars per minute, back in the Seventies!
Fun memories 😀
Thanks for this video! I could spend all day watching videos on mid-60s to mid-70s Cadillac's. I have been obsessed with 1975-1976 Cadillac's since I was 10 years old. One of my uncles had a dark brown '76 Fleetwood Brougham that I would take any and every opportunity possible to be in that car, regardless of whether it was going anywhere or not. Thanks again, love the videos.
I too have been obsessed with 75-76 Fleetwoods since they were new and I was 12. Now I own one !
@@MrSpartanPaul Very nice! Timing has never been right for me to pick up a 75 76 Cadillac, but I do have a 1975 Continental Mark IV, with the gold luxury package. I'm the third owner. Original owner had it for 25 years and put 44k on the clock. Second owner had it for 15 years and put 3K on the clock. Was very excited to find this car in 2015. Very jealous of your Fleetwood though.
@@jonathang2017 Very nice! My dad bought a triple jade green Town Coupé new back in 76 with leather, moonroof and 4 wheel disc brakes. I still remember that new car smell as we drove cross country from the east coast to California playing the Carpenters on the 8 track. None of the new cars he’s bought since then even come close.
My mom and dad ordered a 1973 Eldorado coupe in silver, black vinyl roof and bright red leather interior. I was 10 when they got it. We lived on a hill with 4 other houses and in the winter we were the only ones that could get up the hill. The others often had to park at the bottom when it was icy. We would beg our mom to floor it going up and we’d make it slipping and sliding around in the back seat howling with laughter. The doors on it were long and heavy and it often scraped its low low rear end. We loved that beautiful car. Being front wheel drive with that huge engine, you REALLY felt being pulled around…unlike those cars today.
The interior is gorgeous
My father had a 74 Fleetwood. It road like a cloud, and the interior felt like a luxurious sofa.
"Road" like a cloud!!! LOL!!!!
"Best Of All, It's A Cadillac" The Talisman was the ultimate Cadillac to say that you've arrived!!! Thanks Adam for sharing this exciting video!!! 👍👍
I have been hoping you'd do a video on the Fleetwood Talisman! Thank you! I had friends with a' 74 Talisman, triple dark blue. Even back then that interior was jaw dropping. Wretched excess to say the least. They both worked for IBM, and we called it "Big Blue." I would love to get my hands on one, but I doubt it would fit in my garage. One can hope, though, so I'm going to measure. Just in case.
You may need a '76 or earlier vintage home. I remember that my downsized '79 Coupe deVille wouldn't fit in my Mom's '90 condo garage.
@@williamschoemann4209 My house was built in 1925 and the original two-car garage had quarters above. I couldn't close the door behind my '74 Olds 88 convertible. Turned it into a guesthouse and built a four-car garage in 2000, but the Talisman would need a shoehorn for sure.
Large & incharge ... Cadillac Fleetwood stately & elegant for its time ... Slainte' ! Cheers !
I’m a Cadillac fanatic so I’ve been really enjoying your videos pertaining to Cadillac. Keep up the good work Adam.
Amazing video. I have my Dads 1974 Tailsman with just over 6000 original miles on it. A true time capsule Original tires still on it. Black on black. Thanks for all the information.
Absolutely gorgeous luxurious automobiles ! Classic awesome at its supremacy ☺fantastic show on the grand years of Cadillac 😌 a favorite of mine ! Enjoy the video ✌
Always educating while enjoying. Hands down you exhibit top of the line auto videos. Much continued success to you.
My friend's dad had a n Olds 98 with the diesel. It was in the shop so much, GM bought it back.
Thank you. I love these old caddies. There will be anything as beautiful as these.
The Fleetwood’s B-pillar was very elegant and set it apart visually. Thanks!
Yes it looked much more formal than the DeVille.
They had done that B pillar treatment previously in 1947.. It returned for Fleetwood 1971 - 1976 www.vaultcars.com/wp-content/uploads/47Caddy60Special-008.jpg.
My uncle had both the 1974 and the 1976. He got the 1976 because my cousins complained about the four bucket seat 74 interior. After my uncle passed away both cars passed into my personal collection
Adam will never shame me out of loving that 1974 Talisman interior. To this day it’s my favorite interior of all time, giving four very blessed passengers an experience unavailable anywhere else. Who cares about stuffing 5-6 in there? It’s exclusive, and oh-so non PC.
Adam is looking for a Cadillac Talisman edition, original, unrestored with very low mileage in case you missed it!
Cheers Adam. 🇨🇦
My ‘73 Fleetwood had foot-rests in the back it had so much leg-room.
Leather interior, 472, loved that car.
All the 71-76 Fleetwoods have foot rests. When I sit in mine I don’t find any benefit in using them though. Probably just put in to be exclusive.
@@MrSpartanPaul If you put on your high heels, you might see the benefit.
@@ralphl7643 hahaha
What I find interesting is in 74 the country was in the midst of a gas crisis, yet Cadillac had what i feel was a stellar year in sales. No cost per gallon was going to keep us Americans away from our big luxury cars. And we still love them today.
Delicious interiors.
The Cadillac of this time period was truly a thing of full size luxury. Although, for me, I think the 1974 Buick Electra 225 4 door sedan is my favorite American car from that era. My Grandpa was always a Buick guy.
What a great video it makes me weep.
In 2014 I bought a two owner 1976 Talisman with 36,000 miles on it from Detroit Michigan a guy had it in his garage.
It had 36,000 original miles on it it was owned by one of the original Harlem Globetrotters. Sold from a Detroit dealership. The car needed tires and things gone over in detail. But no rust no accidents straight as a pin silver silver top blue interior I paid $4,500 for the car. I waxed it and put tires on it and sold it to somebody for $7,000 and they sold it to somebody in California. And the car was Ziebarted also no rust.
I could kick myself for not keeping that car. I took my daughter to her prom with her boyfriend as they sat in the backseat. There was nothing like a Talisman. Nothing.
And it sounded perfect with Barry White playing on the 8-track tape player!
Just to add. In the mid-1970s I started my own business I grew up in a suburb of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in and the fluent neighborhood where everyone was in a Cadillac of Lincoln or a Mercedes and I used to wax these big things and charged what they charge now.
I actually made a fortune as a kid. But to be driving in these cars all of the time was a memory to behold.
From the gangsters to the CEOs to the old ladies I would chauffeur down to the Pittsburgh Symphony.
There is nothing like these cars that will ever exist again.
There was a Cadillac dealership called Rohrich Cadillac.
The only time they had turnover in the sales department is when somebody died or retired. The man who owned it was incredible for customer service they gave nothing away. This was back in the day when the new models came up and they put paper over the windows and initially it was by invite only. It was a thrill for me to get invited as a kid allowed to bring one friend of mine. We used to call the owner God LOL and the dealership was the Holy Land because when he spoke everyone listened. I could say more but I don't want to put people to sleep.
I’m listening
Dad had a 73 Coupe-Deville, Metallic brown, Tan vinyl top, saddle leather interior. It was a cruiser, good tunes to.
I learn something new every time I visit your channel. I've owned 6 different Cadillac's over the last 30 years and I've never heard of the Talisman! I'll definitely keep my eyes open for one now...excellent video! Thanks for sharing it.
Back when "road hugging weight" was an advertising point.
I love those year Cadillacs!
I missed any mention of the engines offered in these models. Overall an excellent review video, with great research shown on your part digging up the old pictures and ad campaigns.
Great work and glad to see your channel expanding.
Just the Cadillac 472 and 500 engines. Thx for the reminder!
1974-1976 are among my favorite years for Cadillacs. Though I never owned any of those particular model years, I did own a 1960 four-door flat top and a 1969 Fleetwood Brougham.
Great job, Adam. I was hoping you would take on the Talisman. The ultimate 70’s Caddy. Love it, in all of its glorious excess.
A lot nicer than my 1983 Fleetwood Brougham d'Elengance Coupe HT 4100 I had in the mid 80's.
Best Fleetwood, no vinyl top and all black. Thank you Adam!
I currently own a 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. It is in excellent condition. Everything still works. The A/C is ice cold. I had the self-leveling rear suspension repaired and it rides like it was on a cloud. This coming week, it will go up and down the Mount Washington Auto Road in Gorham, New Hampshire.
What is the difference between this Cadillac and the newer ones?
After 4 hours on the highway in the XTS, I just want to get to my destination and get out of the car. In my 1976, after 10 hours of driving, I just want to keep driving 'til I collapse. It has always been that way with every 1976 Cadillac I have ever owned.
It always will be. ❤❤❤❤
Hi Adam. Absolutely love your channel. Please note that "Medici" has accent on the first syllable... Enjoyed this segment on Talisman. Many thanks.
Haha 😂, my buddy found, sometime in the mid-1990s a Fleetwood Talisman. It was gold with the Medici cloth interior. He kept it about a year I guess - not too long. It was a survivor low mileage car. Everything worked. If only he had it now I bet it's starting to appreciate. Couple of recent photos of these cars here in this post are gorgeous! Especially in black...
1974-76 are some of my favorite Cadillac model years. I had a 76 Fleetwood, in 1987. Was not in great shape, i remember mint models selling in 86-87 for only $3995 in NC. By 1981-82, what in the world happened? 77-79 are nice too. Thanks Adam for all your hard work .
Always loved Cadillac!! But wasn't aware of the Talisman trim option from the mid 70's. Must have been too young to remember, or just simply never seen one with this trim option. But absolutely beautiful, luxurious and white agreed that it was a bit over the top lol, i absolutely love it!!
Excellent video Adam! My parents had a 1972 Fleetwood Brougham and it was awesome.
If Carrie is here and watching this, she will understand. What a lovely elegant lady. Good times, the best memories.
I had a 73 Fleetwood Broham DeElegance. Dark brown with beige crush velour interior. She was definitely a boat. If I remember correctly, it weighed in at 6500 lbs.
They weigh around 5500 lbs empty. GVWR is 6772. I just checked my door tag.
No, more like 5,400 pounds
With the Velour?.......................Fahgtetaboutit....
my tiny old lady neighbor had a yellow 76 Fleetwood . what a sight
Thanks Adam! As a Cadillac fan, I had never heard of this trim package! Wow
Thank you for this report. It is by far one of the most well explained and detailed video i have ever seen.
My favorite from the era was the 76 Fleetwood. I thought that they were simply beautiful. I worked at a Cadillac dealer in Pittsburgh as a lot attendant and drove many of them, even if just for a few feet. I used to do pick up and delivery at customer homes which was a treat. I remember that Sam Davis of the Steelers had a burnt orange 74 Talisman that was just amazing to me as an 18 year old with the deep orange velour seats and full length console . Thanks for the trip back to the mid 70's.
Rohrich?
@@davidwilliams7723 Samson on 51 in Whitehall. I was car washer/lot attendant in the summers of 75, 76 and 77. Best job I ever had even though it was a bit higher than 70's minimum wage.....
And I born in 88 and I wish I woulda had these experiences!!
Going to the car wash and seeing these beautiful machines,all the people I heard were characters...or taking trips with friends,driving big Cadillacs all over the place etc.
Sadly after the 90's things were looking pretty stail in society,through the 2000's we didn't have the freedom kids had,and well as of today finding real love..good luck with that!
Although I am a Cadillac guy,my grandfather always had one until the day he died.
Times have changed in the last 20 years,I think the 90's was the
last of the best times,when people had fun!
People have the personality of a wall,because our society has gone down the rabbit hole.
@4:52 That looks so plush I could use that as my bedroom. Imagine going to the drive in theater with that. As the video goes on it only gets more plush. :O
The ‘73-‘76 models were BY FAR…. The biggest head-turners of the 1970s!!! From the lights and signal indicators on the front fender tips, to the rear fender skirts, Cadillac didn’t leave one square inch without the mark of class and taste! Man… I want to own one of these in showroom standards one day!!!!
Thanks Adam. Beautiful Caddy. I remember my 5th grade teacher had a 1974 Coupe DeVille in Antigua Blue with a white landau roof. My friends and I being young kids loved his car and at the time we all wished we could drive. I've never had the luck to ride in a Talisman. A friend of mine had a 75 Coupe in the 80s.
Besides the 1975-76 Buick Electra Limited Park Avenue's seats, the billowy, very loose-pillow Talisman upholstery influence can be seen in the 1977-78 AMC Matador Barcelona. (And it looks like the shirring - gathering fabric along a seam - on those de Ville seats is done along the stitching/seaming to give slight surface interest and an impression of even more volume to the fabric.)
Chrysler New Yorker had a similar seat cushion patern...
Uncle had a 75 black, black, hounds tooth convertable Eldo, man the ladies loved that car. Now I drive an S63 AMG Coupe, know and love that feeling.
For those of us that are old enough to remember these cars when they were new and had a opertuninty to drive them, will never forget what a wonderful experience it was. On top of the world was a understatement.
Please do a video about all the (trial and error) and clay modeling that went into the development of ALL cars back then as opposed to all this CAD scrap ... Cars took three times longer to Job 1 but had soul and feeling.
Forgets to mention: these Cadillacs had a 500 cid engine, or 8.2 liters. The largest ever mass produced engine. A 501 FI [fuel injection] also was offered believed to be in 1976.
For the man of means, by no means, King of the Road!
This was a beautiful body style and the Talisman was way too cool! Love This car...
Favorite Caddy of all time...the 76' Talisman ♥
I saw that commercial as it aired live. When the Talisman interior was shown my microphone quickly fell on the floor. 🎤
Those were the days.
Thanks Adam! I always learn from you, I lived through that era and was very aware of most things automotive, but I was not familiar with the Talisman trim level. I am sure that many did not survive. Cars like that were bought up in later years by limousine services and were driven into the ground.
Bring back the comfy seats. The hard cheap seats from the last 20 years have wrecked my hips.
Never heard of this trim line. something new everyday!
love Cadillacs of that era.
What beautiful autos!
thanks for posting always looking forward to the next video
Well, I commented in a previous video that it’d be great to see something about the traditional big-bodied Cadillacs of the past after videos on the Eldorado, Seville, downsized Deville, and the Cimarron, and this delivered. Now this could be overreaching, but maybe we could get one of those Cadillac Design Studio interview videos, too!
Unfortunately, the studio chief has passed away.
5,000 lbs!!!! Beautiful car!!! LOVE this black Cadillac!! #RareClassicCarsAndAutomotiveHistory