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Originally Posted by Jim B.
I love these. One of the last of the high compression ones before the smog stuff kicked in for 1971.
Back in the early 1970s an old man had one, a '70 Sedan de Ville, that I took care of and in return he let me borrow it to go out in my dates.
I have never driven another car quite like it. A beautiful barge, that got about 5-6 mpg in town, on Prermium Perrier, too, but oh what fun to pilot it around!
Maybe the last one truly worthy of the moniker "The standard of the world".
I'd love to have a convertible model. Either in black or white, maybe with red leather seats. In fact, '70 was the last year for the de Ville convertibles. Years ago you could fine one for sale in Hemmings Motor News for around $5500.00
The Calais was the bottom of the line model, but still, it was every inch a C A D I L L A C .
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At the time these things were manufactured, I suppose I was fortunate to be shown the Way, in that my Mom and Dad had dumped the American cr A p being sold at that time, having switched to a new 1969 Mercedes-Benz 220D.
