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***1966 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham, 2-owners, 39k Original Miles, What A Ride!! on 2040-cars

Year:1966 Mileage:39654
Location:

Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States

Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States

1966 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD BROUGHAM
TWO OWNERS
39,654 ACTUAL MILES

The car has a neat history.  

The original owner was a man named William F. Powell from Philadelphia who got the title on 8-22-66.  
One of the cool things is a book suggesting service visits in which he noted the mileage on visits for the first couple of years.  (I think it's in the glovebox).  
He put on VERY few miles.
 
He sold it on 12-24-88 to a car dealer (probably a trade in) Auto World in Gathersburg Maryland.  
It had 26, 277 miles on it, meaning he had driven just over 1,100 miles per year. 
Auto World transferred it to a dealer in Springfield, MD - Motor City Auto Sales on 4-30-89.  
It had 26,690 miles on it. 
 
The current owner bought it on 6-20-92 with 26,815 miles on it, making him the 2nd registered owner.  
Over the past 20 years, he brought it up to about 39,600 miles or about 600 miles per year. I have all of this documented.
 
It was an original paint car up until it was hit in the rear of the car 14 years ago by a neighbor.  The car was painted completely, and the roof was all re-done.  It does have some minor rust starting from water trickling down the vinyl roof behind the rear windows.  This will need to be dealt with eventually, but most people don't even notice it, but I wanted to disclose it.  It's also missing the lettering on the right side - F L E E T W O O D.  At some point water had leaked into the trunk damaging the trunk liner, but you can find reproduction trunk liners now. The red/organe cloring you see in the trunk is NOT RUST it's the red oxide primer coating under the paint, the trunk is rock solid.
 
The interior is nearly perfect, including the original floor mats.  
The wood has some staining.  
The front vent window gears were replaced, they weren't available for the rear vents.  
(It has 8 electric windows!)
 
I just had a new muffler put on it recently.  It has rear air shocks, I'd replace the back springs.
 
The car runs great, it's tight, and fun to drive.  It has almost all options, except cruise, rear window defogger and heated seats.  I have a cruise control someone could add.  I also have the rear window defogger blower, etc that someone could add.  I also will include two extra wheel covers, a headlight bezel, and a couple of other small parts.  I think the cruise control and defogger cost me about $500 combined when I bought them. 
 
So, that's the history.  It was the top of the line Cadillac with the exception of the Limousines, and is similar in some ways to the Eldorado convertible for 1966. 

If you have any questions please call Dave at (617)513-7407



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