This Cadillac had everything going for it — a cheaper, more powerful new V8 and a handsome Fleetwood body — but the Great Depression crushed demand anyway: only 5,248 were sold in 1936.
Lead trim: Series 70 346 cu in Monobloc V8 (135 hp, 1937)
Cadillac Series 751936–1937
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FactThis Cadillac had everything going for it — a cheaper, more powerful new V8 and a handsome Fleetwood body — but the Great Depression crushed demand anyway: only 5,248 were sold in 1936.
The Cadillac Series 70 (models 70 and 75) is a full-size V8-powered series produced by Cadillac from the 1930s to the 1980s, replacing the 1935 355E as the company's mainstream car just as the much less expensive Series 60 was introduced; for much of the postwar era the Series 75 was the top-of-the-line Cadillac and its factory-built limousine. The 1936 Series 70 (C-body, 131.0 in wheelbase) and Series 75 (D-body, 138.0 in) both had V-shaped windshield styles by Fleetwood, a narrower radiator shell with a new louvered "Convex vee" grille, front fenders with a center-line crease and the Fisher Turret Top; coupes and two-door convertibles had rumble seats. Both were powered by the new 346 cu in (5.7 L) Monobloc V8, a 135 hp engine that was both less expensive and more powerful, but the high price (US$2,445 and up) limited appeal in the Depression: only 5,248 were sold for 1936 and 4,332 for 1937. In 1937 a Fisher-bodied seven-passenger Special touring sedan was offered on the 138.0 in wheelbase, with a 156.0 in commercial chassis; engine changes included a lighter flywheel, an oil filter and a new automatic-choke carburetor. Length: Series 70 206.3 in (1936) and 208.4 in (1937), Series 75 213.5 in and 215.9 in; 74.4 in wide; 69.5 in (Series 70) or 68.8 in (Series 75) high; 4,500–5,300 lb. Production of the short-wheelbase Series 70 ceased in 1938.
Collectors Spotted in the Cadillac Series 75 Lineage
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Trims & Figures
4 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series 70 346 cu in Monobloc V8 (135 hp, 1936) | 1936–1936 | 5.7 L V8 | 135 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| Series 70 346 cu in Monobloc V8 (135 hp, 1937) | 1937–1937 | 5.7 L V8 | 135 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| Series 75 346 cu in Monobloc V8 (135 hp, 1936) | 1936–1936 | 5.7 L V8 | 135 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| Series 75 346 cu in Monobloc V8 (135 hp, 1937) | 1937–1937 | 5.7 L V8 | 135 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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Photographs
The 1971-76 Fleetwood Seventy-Five's cabin was so wide it set an interior-width record that no car beat for almost 20 years — not until GM's own full-size cars of the early '90s.
By 1968 the Series 75 limousine packed the biggest-displacement, highest-torque V8 of any American car — serious muscle hidden under acres of formal, chauffeur-driven sheet metal.
By the early 1960s every other Cadillac sedan had gone pillarless — except this stretched nine-passenger Seventy-Five, the one holdout still built with a proper door pillar.
The 1959 Cadillac Series Seventy-Five got a large tailfin and twin bullet taillamps, and its in-house code changed from 7500 to 6700 though the name stayed.
By 1957 the Series 75 was one of just three Cadillacs still wearing a genuine Fleetwood body — yet the Fleetwood name itself appeared nowhere on the outside of the car.
This Fleetwood's seven-passenger formal sedan carried heads of state - a 1955 example served as the Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's official car.
On the all-new 1950 Series 75, Cadillac made power windows standard but left the Hydramatic automatic transmission as an option — backwards from what you’d expect on an ultra-luxury limousine.
Of this pair, the plainer Fisher-bodied Series 67 was actually the longer car — stretching past its fancier, Fleetwood-bodied Series 75 stablemate.
Every 1938 Cadillac shared the same 346 cubic-inch V8 except the Series 75: it got a higher compression ratio for 5 extra horsepower, which meant its owners had to buy pricier high-octane gas.
This Cadillac had everything going for it — a cheaper, more powerful new V8 and a handsome Fleetwood body — but the Great Depression crushed demand anyway: only 5,248 were sold in 1936.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
This era's Fleetwood limousine rode on a stretched 134.4-inch wheelbase — over eleven feet between the axles alone, on top of everything else making up the car.
A front-wheel-drive limousine was almost unheard of in the mid-1980s — only this Executive and the Cadillac Series 75 offered the format at all.
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Checker even pitched a prisoner-transport version of this van, the Convoy, complete with a rear-facing guard seat — nobody ever bought one.
Buick actually undercut Cadillac on price for its 1958 flagship Limited — yet Cadillac still outsold it nearly two to one. Badge snobbery beat the sticker.
The Series 90 Limited's closed cars came dressed in mohair velvet, silk passenger-compartment shades, and wool carpet throughout — despite having no V8 to back up the luxury.
Cadillac executives quietly lobbied to kill this Buick Limited, worried it crept too close to their own turf — even though Buick was building barely 1,500 of them a year.
This stretched DeVille-based limousine came with dual solid-wood writing desks and an in-car VCR with a foldaway LCD TV — luxury so extreme only 781 were ever built.