1980
Moloney Coachbuilders
(Schaumberg, IL, USA): Stretched Seville bustle-back sedan (possibly later than
1980; who can confirm?)
 
 
 
 
Some examples of Moloney professional (stretched)
cars for 1980
Cadillac (USA) Fleetwood 75
limousine
[Unknown, USA] Sretched
4-door airport limousine
 
The squarish quarters resemble a Presidential
limousine design of 1983-84
[Unknown, USA] Sretched
4-door airport limousine
[Unknown, USA?] Funeral car conversion on Cadillac
chassis
 
These two are still in service in Denmark, South Carolina
[ Photos: © Yann Saunders ]
[Unknown, USA] The
late 70s and early 80s were marked (marred?) by a proliferation of "stretched
limousines", many on the (reliable) and luxurious Cadillac base. here is one of
them:
[Unknown, USA] This is the
longest Limousine in the world - 100 ft long, with 26 wheels. It's a 1980 Cadillac and has
fewer than 10,000 miles. There's a jucuzzi, a sundeck and a helicopter pad aboard;
the car has two driving positions (one in front and one in the rear). This limousine is
registered in the Guiness Book of Records (November, 2002) as being the longest road
vehicle in the world. It was designed as a movie prop; consequently it has no passenger
seating. It has been on hire to various advertsing agencies
This earlier model Eldorado was only
completed in 1980
1981
Eureka (USA) Concours
Calais funeral limousine
 
  
S&S [Hess &
Eisenhardt] (USA)
S&S hearse model by Hess & Eisenhardt,
identified
by my friend Sarah from Cleveland, OH; she informs me
that this vehicle was for sale at Doug Scott's outlet in CA
Sunrise Limousine
(USA)
Various manufacturers (USA):
as usual, Cadillac delivered its highly successful commercial chassis to a number of
independent coach builders who continued to design ambulances, hearses and combination
vehicles.
1982
American Custom Coachworks
(Beverly Hills, USA) made a variety of Cadillac extended body limousines like the one
illustrated below:
This car graced the cover of Automotive Fleet
in July, 1982
 
The Paris Extended body limousine
 
The Van Cleef Series extended body limousine
(60" stretch)
 
The Van Cleef Series extended body limousine
(50" stretch)
 
The Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham extended
body limousine (56" stretch)
Armbruster Coachworks (USA)
Higgins, Kelly [Kelly Stageway]
(USA) [not sure of the exact year when built], very limited production, stretched
limousines, like the example below
Year: 1982 (Item #B26003) -
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McCLAIN SALES, INC. (Cadillac Fleetwood), "McClain Casket Car: A New Taste of Luxury
with a Purpose": 6 page color folder, 4x9. Black cover, with white lettering,
frames photograph showing men loading casket into black McClain Casket Car conversion on
Cadillac chassis. Folder opens to 12x9 layout with three photographs showing how
conversion can be used as a casket car, removal car and flower car, with discussion. Comes
with letter on McClain Sales letterhead, dated Nov. 23, 1982, to potential customer and
original mailing envelope.
Moloney Coachbuilders
(Schaumberg, IL, USA): Stretched limousines
 
The Grand Pullman on Cadillac chassis (left) and
conversion on Seville chassis (right)
1983
Limousine Werks (USA) Many
independent manufacturers set up in business in the seventies and eighties to make
stretched limousines on Cadillac and other chassis; this was one of them
[Unknown, USA] stretched Fleetwood
limousine; article in V8 Magazine, #12, pp.34-36
[Unknown, USA] stretched Fleetwood
limousines;
 
1983/84
Armbruster (USA) The Silver Hawk,
a stretched limousine
 
Not sure if these two are the same car; it certainly
does look like it
 
Armbruster (USA) The Manhattan, a
stretched limousine
[Unknown, USA] custom
stretched Fleetwood limousine; possibly Moloney or Armbruster Stageway
 
1984
B&B Coach Corporation (USA?)
[ Photo: Internet, courtesy Ingo Marx, German
Funeral Archives ]
Hess & Eisenhardt (USA) In a press
release dated January 30, 1984 it was announced that Cadillac Motor Car
Division had delivered that day to the United States Secret Service one of two
Presidential limousines. A second unit was to
be delivered to the Secret Service later that spring. The new Presidential limousine
featured a special chassis and power train designed and built by Cadillac in cooperation
with the General Motors Engineering Staff. Special armoring and body modifications
were designed and developed by Hess & Eisenhardt Armoring of Cincinnati – a
division of O’Gara International, Ltd. All
facets of the design, development and manufacture of this Cadillac limousine were
supervised by the U.S. Secret Service.
The following excerpt is from Autocar for
the weekend of 30 June 1984 [ZTV collection]. "Two presidential limousines
were specially built by Cadillac this year in conjunction with General Motors Engineering
staff and Hess & Eisenhardt of Cincinnati. Based on the standard limousine but with
the wheelbase lengthened 17 inches to 161.5" Three jump seats. Car is 21 ' 9".
Claimed to be one of the longest cars ever made by a major manufacturer. The roof is
raised three inches compared with the standard model. It has extended glass area, special
interior lighting, miniature spotlights on the front wings to illuminate the matched
presidential flag and stars and stripes. The car itself is black with dark blue cloth
interior and trim. It has a retractable rear bumper platform and handrail and a public
address system. "
 
 
Hess & Eisenhardt (USA)
At the same time the presidential limousine was delivered for use by the new occupants of
the White House, a new security car also was added to the fleet:
 
National Coach Engineering (USA) built
this, the World's Fastest Street Limousine in the eighties, on a Cadillac Fleetwood
Brougham chassis [year not specified], with a 83-inch stretch. It has six
forward-facing seats and a modified engine churning out 600HP.
O'Gara, USA stretched Cadillac limousine
supplied by enthusiast, Bob, from Portland, OR.
S&S (USA) Custom vehicles
by Hess & Eisenhardt for the ambulance and funeral trades
Superior (USA) Custom
vehicles for the ambulance and funeral trades
 
This survivor was offered for sale on Internet in
August, 2004
[Unknown, USA] Stretched
Cadillac limousine;
[Unknown, USA] Stretched
Cadillac Seville limousine (1983-84?);
[Unknown, USA] Stretched
Cadillac limousine (1983-84?);
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