Throughout the 1960s, the De Ville nameplate was your basic Cadillac model, glitzier than the Calais but not as expensive as the deluxe Fleetwood-bodied cars, the Sixty Special and Eldorado.
This tasty old 1967 Cadillac DeVille convertible is in the color Caddy called Baroque Gold. I think that interior color is called "saddle"? There were literally hundreds of color, material, and configuration options for the interior.
Under the hood will be the only engine and transmission option available: Cadillac's 429 cubic inch V-8, rated at 340 SAE gross horsepower and 480 lb-ft of torque, backed by the 3-speed Turbo Hydra-Matic TH400.
1967 was the last year for the Cadillac 429cid V8. For 1968 it was replaced by the new 472 cubic inch engine rated at 375 SAE gross horsepower. Those were big motors, but this is a nearly nineteen foot long car that weighs almost every bit of two and a half tons with a driver and passenger aboard. (And the next generation would be even bigger. Downsizing didn't hit the DeVille until the '77 model year.)
Base price for the 1967 De Ville convertible was $5,608, or just shy of fifty-three grand in today's money. That was enough to get you two fairly well-optioned Mustang convertibles, so it was quite a flex.
This one was photographed in October of 2021 using a Nikon D800 and 24-120mm f/4 VR zoom lens.
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