A properly tuned 1971-74 Caddy should give you about 12 MPG. A 1975-76 with HEI and a non-clogged cat can return 15 MPG if you keep your speed under 65. The mileage really drops off as speed increases above that. (I have owned a '74, a '75 and two '76s).

The Castilian uses the sedan rear bumper, center-rear gas filler and under-trunk gas tank location, hence the hatch and very high liftover. If you have a 1975-76 Sedan deVille handy (everyone should), lay the spare tire flat in the center of the trunk, then put a piece of plywood on top of it. That is how high the load floor on a Castilian is. The conversions that use the booty from a clamshell wagon or a 1969-70 Pontiac (pretty sure that is the donor for the Elvis car) also swap in the sidesaddle wagon gas tank.

I don't think so, because that crease line is not found on a vinyl top equipped car. Notwithstanding the small area of repair at the back end of the rain gutter, these vinyl-less cars are great finds today, because these cars are notorious for rusting underneath the vinyl. Even California cars can have holes in the C pillar underneath the vinyl.

I'm going to hazard that a number of the cars on that list that actually have some fair amount of enthusiast interest -- Fiero, Bavaria, Celica, RX2, Supra, Scirocco, Capri -- are owned by people that want to be able to drive them whenever and as much as they want, so they may be less inclined to select a collectible policy with restrictions.

Oh noooo, there's more than one of these things running around. I got suckered in a couple of years ago and bought a similar looking (on the outside) '85 grey market 280TE. Mine had an automatic, leather seats (yep, leather, not MB Tex), power windows and locks, factory cruise control, automatic temp control A/C, and so on. Just more expensive things to break. Yes there is a headlight adjuster switch; where it is in the center depends on what kind of A/C you have. Also not working on mine. The price of admission on mine was lower but I probably would have been at or beyond this level by the time I put everything right. I gave up after a few months, put it back on eBay, and it got repatriated to Europe where I hope it is happier.

Which makes the car unlicensable in any state with a safety inspection. Some states exempt cars with antique tags from inspection, but with all the mods it may not be eligible for antique tags.

Surprised no one has mentioned this Farina design yet:

Although, to be fair, word is that Nash messed significantly with Farina's design before putting it into production, but were of course happy to trade on his name.

That site explains what was done, and how much it cost, but not how that would have compared to building a new car, or WHY the government would keep using a vehicle that a president had been killed in.

Doggone thing was actually a great LOOKING car, right up there with the Audi of the time. The problem was how quickly they started falling apart.

1976 Cadillac Sedan deVille:


1986 Cadillac Sedan deVille: