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Being very new here and also liking it very much perhaps I should not make a suggestion. However, I'd like to toss it out there for consideration. I would like to see another catagory under the individual models of Cadillac Forums. A seperate topic for the 1985 thru 1992 FWD Fleetwoods and Fleetwood Sixty Specials and the 1993 Sixty Special and Sixty Special Ultra. They did have unique VIN prefix(s) and all too often get grouped into the RWD Fleetwood Brougham cars and as you know one could not be more different from the other. Some FWD Fleetwood questions/statements wind up under "deVille" while others are hiding out under "Fleetwood Brougham". I think that a dedicated FWD Fleetwood / Sixty Special forum would be a good thing.
Hey Sandy - all suggestions are welcome. Splitting the Fleetwoods into RWD and FWD has been brought up before. We have been cautious not to add too many Forums to avoid getting cumbersome - however, we are looking at making some changes and additions as we grow, and this is one we will consider, especially now that our Webmaster has a Fleetwood.
Hi Sandy.. Thank you for the suggestion. We love suggestions. So never feel funny about making them... I think we've been leaning more towards seperating the Fleetwood discussions into a Fleetwood area. That would mean all Fleetwoods would be in this one forum.
This would be an improvement because Fleetwood owners wouldn't have to browse through all the DeVille discussions.. What you're suggesting would be an even further improvement - but I don't know if we're quite ready for that just yet. If we're going to have another forum, it'll need to be active enough to keep it around. I think that in time, we could seperate the FWD Fleetwoods and RWD Fleetwoods with a Subforum INSIDE the Fleetwood area..
This is only my idea of how it should be.. I think this is generally what we want here but I could be wrong. The bottom line is, whatever happens here is going to be the direct result of what the people (like you) want.. If enough people want seperate forums for FWD and RWD Fleetwoods, then that'll happen...
Thanks again! And let's talk more about it...
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Oh, I've got enough info on '89-'93 FWD Fleetwoods/Sixty Specials to keep a dedicated forum hoppin' ~ Lots & lots of factory memos, production data, specs and lots more! I'd like to see it become a reality, and I hope other owners would as well. Sal, did you catch my car's photos ('ya, under deVille!) ~ The deep Plum one with Sno White Interior.
Forgive me for my cynicism, but we already have respective forums for these cars. The RWD Fleets can have their own line of discussion because they differ greatly from normal Cadillacs - IE 350's, lack of convienience features, size, etc. The FWD fleets are IMHO rebadged DeVilles. Same motor (4.5 or 4.9) and similar design.
I was thinking about the same thing as 2dfx - RWD fleetwoods can have their own forum, FWD fleets can go with the deville cause they're so similar. Old school fleets can go in the classic section *when* we get it
Oh, I've got enough info on '89-'93 FWD Fleetwoods/Sixty Specials to keep a dedicated forum hoppin' ~ Lots & lots of factory memos, production data, specs and lots more! I'd like to see it become a reality, and I hope other owners would as well. Sal, did you catch my car's photos ('ya, under deVille!) ~ The deep Plum one with Sno White Interior.
You got production data? I would sure like to know how many 1991 FWD Fleetwoods were made compared to Devilles. If you can break it down more, how many 1991 FWD Fleetwoods were made in "Light Antelope" color? I don't see too many Fleetwoods like mine, and I see about 7 Devilles for every 3 Fleets. I have only seen one other like mine but it was a 1990 with the 4.5L. Most people don't really take care of them too good.
You got production data? I would sure like to know how many 1991 FWD Fleetwoods were made compared to Devilles. If you can break it down more, how many 1991 FWD Fleetwoods were made in "Light Antelope" color? I don't see too many Fleetwoods like mine, and I see about 7 Devilles for every 3 Fleets. I have only seen one other like mine but it was a 1990 with the 4.5L. Most people don't really take care of them too good.
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The 1991 FWD Fleetwoods totaled 15,126 manufactured thusly:-
894 Coupes / 12,979 Sedans and 1,253 Sedans with the "Sixty Special" Interior Package featuring those 22-way power heated seats. "Antelope Firemist" was the 3rd most popular color on them, with 2,410 of the 15,126, or 15.9%. deVilles:- (1991) 11,240 Coupes; 121,543 Sedans and 1,500 deVille Touring Sedans, totaling 134,283. Therefore, 10% were Fleetwoods and 90% were deVilles, or put another way, out of a dealer stock of 11 FWD "C" bodies, 10 were deVilles & 1 was a Fleetwood.
I still would like to see a FWD Fleetwood forum. Granted, it's basically a deVille, but other than an extra set of doors, a 1990's Seville is basically a Eldorado, too. I even have photos of a couple of Seville Coupes that were made up, and are running around in Michigan, just about unnoticed by the masses. Due to their exceptionally low production numbers, I feel the FWD Fleetwoods are very interesting and may, in the future fall into the "Special Interest" catagory of collectibles, whereas there are just too many deVilles to generate much interest among collectors and/or hobbyists.
(A further breakout of those Antelope Firemists on Fleetwoods would be:-
140 Coupes in color & 2,270 Sedan in color. The Antelope Firemist was NOT available in combination with the Sixty Special Option on the Fleetwood Sedan, due to lack of a compatable interior color.
I'm still on the fence about what to do here. Even if the FWD Fleetwoods are similar to the DeVilles, they need to go into the Fleetwood section.. What would Cadillac itself do? It would be too confusing otherwise..
Maybe we can just take the Fleetwood posts out of the DeVille section and create a Fleetwood area. Then, create a subforum for either the RWD or FWD platform. THAT would seperate things nicely. OR, just leave the RWD and FWD together in that same forum.. Either way seems fine..
I'm still on the fence about what to do here. Even if the FWD Fleetwoods are similar to the DeVilles, they need to go into the Fleetwood section.. What would Cadillac itself do? It would be too confusing otherwise..
Maybe we can just take the Fleetwood posts out of the DeVille section and create a Fleetwood area. Then, create a subforum for either the RWD or FWD platform. THAT would seperate things nicely. OR, just leave the RWD and FWD together in that same forum.. Either way seems fine..
What do you think?
I think that you hit upon a workable and excellent common sence solution >> <<
So never feel funny about making them... I think we've been leaning more towards seperating the Fleetwood discussions into a Fleetwood area. That would mean all Fleetwoods would be in this one forum.
hoppin' ~ Lots & lots of factory memos, production data, specs and lots more! I'd like to see it become a reality, and I hope other owners would as well. Sal, did you catch my car's photos ('ya, under deVille!) ~ The deep Plum one with Sno White Interior.
