July 29, 200817 yr Rules: 1. Must be $60k or less. 2. Must be "unique" in some way without being tacky. i.e. no Towncars turned into Bentleys, no 300c given "jet doors". 3. B-Bodies acceptable for routine service if cheap and in great shape. 4. Older than 1990 preferred unless very unique or of an interesting premium brand. 1937 Buick 90 Limousine 1965 Cadillac Fleetwood Limousine 1969 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow with Chevy 350 1954 Packard Limo
July 29, 200817 yr I submit to you.... a 1969 Fleetwood post. http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/car/773871988.html $ 3000 or best offer. 69 caddy for sale. 472 motor. has new suspension and tires, new rear floor pan. new windshield professionally installed.car is solid and runs good i brought it up from florida it only has 55,000 original miles has an exhaust leak- could use a whole exhaust system and interior. need to sell baby on the way. please call if any questions call Chris 978 420 6211. $3000. How's that for going under budget?
July 29, 200817 yr I've never heard of a Cadillac FREEWOOD... this is the ENTIRE desription: BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC EXCELLENTE CONDITIONS PERFRECT INTERIOR 66635 miles This dope has 4 photos of his '62 Caddy...not one showing the selling point of the car: the tailfins! Obviously he knows more about micrscopic life on Mars than he does about this Cadillac. http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/car/751613091.html
July 29, 200817 yr Oldsmoboi: You clown! I would have GIVEN you my '74 Continental Town Car limousine when I had to get rid of it if you're at all serious about starting a linousine service! You could have restored it five times with 60K. Edited July 29, 200817 yr by XP715
July 29, 200817 yr Author Well, the idea was to build a fleet of these old beasts. I don't have the money/time to do this right now anyway, this is mostly just open dreaming. I would have taken you up on the Lincoln though. Edit: It's what I plan to do in a few years once I'm back from Germany.
July 29, 200817 yr 1968 Chrysler Imperial - $6000 (Enid,OK) 1968 Chrysler Imperial, one owner 47000 miles. Gold exterior, Bronze Leather interior, 440 cubic inch V8, auto transmission, AM/FM radio, Air, cruise, pdl,pwr seats, ps, tinted glass. Excellent condition. http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/car/744938138.html Not a fan of the goold but i think Cadillac's "white diamond" (pearl white) would look great!
July 29, 200817 yr ok... so this one needs a complete restoration, but it would SO be worth it. 1949 Cadillac 75 Series Imperial Limo - $4750 (Poolville, PA) ------- Engine needs repair. Complete restoration project car. For more info email [email protected]
July 29, 200817 yr We have alocal Limo service that has one of the actual Rolls limo's used in Scarface, I think. One of these days I'm gonna rent the thing, and double date with my son Joel. I think it would be fun. Chris
July 29, 200817 yr ok... so this one needs a complete restoration, but it would SO be worth it. Yes it would. Chris
July 29, 200817 yr In Montana: http://montana.craigslist.org/car/747492512.html 1957 CADILLAC 4DOOR HARD TOP - $6500 (MISSOULA) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to: see below Date: 2008-07-09, 8:39AM MDT 1957 CADILLAC 4 DOOR HARD TOP, VERY CLEAN, HAVE ORIGINAL MOTOR/TRANS, BUT OUT OF THE CAR. CALL FOR INFO . B.L. 406-531-5353
July 29, 200817 yr Oh... well to supplement the silly-super-stretched stauf most places here have a few regular sedans or Town Car L-s for airport runs and such, that's what I drove most of the time at my last job.... just a clean, green TownCar.
July 29, 200817 yr Got your limo right here: http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/car/772835407.html This thing has been on craigslist forever.
July 29, 200817 yr In Montana: http://montana.craigslist.org/car/747492512.html This car would be VERY worth preserving. Kind of wish this was in Ohio... Chris
July 29, 200817 yr Got your limo right here: http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/car/772835407.html This thing has been on craigslist forever. I've never seen one of those made into a limo. Chris
July 29, 200817 yr Author Got your limo right here: http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/car/772835407.html This thing has been on craigslist forever. Those things are hideous! I can see why it hasn't sold
July 29, 200817 yr Well in that case, here's some worthy examples (not for sale per se) ragtop limo! Aiii-ght! Good thing this next one is a '64, not a big '64 fan so I'm okay with it being cut up. (looks around cautiously to see if Balthazar is around) not very impressive but worth including: Hey look, a '65 Cadillac what has a windshield interchangable with my '59 Buicks' (seriously) my favorite post-war limo from this entire thread:
July 29, 200817 yr SEXY, long, elegant... perfect. Oh, Dodgefan: didn't I ever TELL you that's "Diesel Dave's" 1963 Chrysler Limo sitting in the woods, rotting slowly? He's a fruity nutcase who owns a bunch of $h!pile rusted cars, some awesome some useless even if they WERE restored. He had a diesel I6 out of a '84 Datsun Maxima that I would have loved to buy and drop in my Datsun, had it not been sitting in the woods in the dirt for 5 years... but it's okay, there was an old scummy truck cap over it. He also owns a bunch of Yugos, one a convertible sitting in the back of a box van, ha also has many more $h!pile European city cars from the dark days, one such fruity french car is sitting INSIDE a Suburban shell. Litterally. About a half dozen Amphicars litter his prperty as well as an awesome Flxible tour bus wiht the glass ceiling... His daiy drivers are a bunch of diesel $h!boxes he rotates, a Chevette diesel, a couple Peugeots, BMWs, Volovos, you name a F***ed up diesel car he OWNS it, most of them not running. He also lays claim to a Volvo 240 wagon that is sitting in a shallow riverbed 1/4 mile away from his house in the woods of NH, I bought some parts off that car for a friend with a '89 240 sedan. That's another LOOONg story. Last time I saw it was about two years ago, at his "property" He does own a caddy bustleback diesel but it's been sitting in the woods for about a decade, with one of the windows down. Once, XP & I walked his property when there was like 27" of snow on the ground. The only car he owns I'd pay good money for would be the '60 Eldorado 2dr hardtop that is sitting under a tarp stretched from two funky buses in his back yard.
July 29, 200817 yr Anyway that '40 Cadillac is for sale, & EXACTLY within the $60,000 budget. http://www.gatewayclassiccars.com/displayc...mp;location=STL ---- P.S. Diesel Dave owns a way cooler mopar limo... a late '50s (1958 Chrysler IIRC) airport limo, in red. I'll have to dig up the photos and post them for ya. The red tail finned limo is quite impressive, & it is parked next to a 100% complete but in need of one or two mechanical repairs '80s Bitter. Yup, the ultra rare German GT car. Edited July 29, 200817 yr by Sixty8panther
July 29, 200817 yr My List of Favorites 1961-63 Imperial LeBaron 1961-64 Continental 1965, 1956, 1962, 1939-41 Cadillac
July 29, 200817 yr My List of Favorites 1961-63 Imperial LeBaron 1961-64 Continental Agreed! 1965 Cadillac Eh.... not impressive, if you like stacked headlight Cadillacs the 65/66 Caddys are boring compared to the later '67/'68, their raked noses, poinitng forward almost like a Battleship, is way more cool! 1962 Cadillac '62 is nice, but again: why 62 AND not 61. 1962 is basically the same as a 1961 EXCEPT with smaller, less raked, less pronounced tailfins and with some brightwork deleted.
July 29, 200817 yr Author Hmmm. Have a Western PA/Eastern PA/NJ based service and offer cars from both ends of the state for an additional fee.
July 29, 200817 yr My List of Favorites 1961-63 Imperial LeBaron 1961-64 Continental 1965, 1956, 1962, 1939-41 Cadillac I love all of them, but I really love Lincolns of the era. Chris
July 29, 200817 yr Hmmm. Have a Western PA/Eastern PA/NJ based service and offer cars from both ends of the state for an additional fee. My idea has a slightly wider scope... ... but maybe we should talk. :AH-HA_wink:
July 30, 200817 yr Hmmm. Have a Western PA/Eastern PA/NJ based service and offer cars from both ends of the state for an additional fee. *raises eyebrow* Uhh...would you or Camino hire me to be one of your drivers...please? Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Windows open on the rest of the world" ... Suzy Bogguss ... 'Drive South'
July 30, 200817 yr OK. I was keeping this one to myself, but the basic idea is to supply period and special interest cars to the movie industry, and the advertising industry. The limo idea could be a diversification of what I've been thinking. There are more details, but I'm not going to post all of that for now.
July 30, 200817 yr Author OK. I was keeping this one to myself, but the basic idea is to supply period and special interest cars to the movie industry, and the advertising industry. The limo idea could be a diversification of what I've been thinking. There are more details, but I'm not going to post all of that for now. I think there are already companies out there that do that sort of thing.... minus the limo part.
July 30, 200817 yr I think there are already companies out there that do that sort of thing.... minus the limo part. Yeah, there's a guy based out of Philadelphia that has, among other cars, a '61 or '62 Caddy convertible in pink. The car is available for chauffered weddings and other events, plus being rented out for movie roles (it's claim to fame = being driven by Meshach Taylor <aka "Hollywood Montrose"> in Mannequin Two: On The Move).
July 30, 200817 yr Author it's claim to fame = being driven by Meshach Taylor <aka "Hollywood Montrose"> in Mannequin Two: On The Move). THAT is a claim to fame?!
July 30, 200817 yr I think there are already companies out there that do that sort of thing.... minus the limo part. There are, but I have some ideas about all of that (and a few connections). The Philly area is hosting more and more movie productions every year, and NY is an easy distance.
July 30, 200817 yr I followed an internet link to one of the Hollywood companies once that rented cars like that. They made damned good money off of it. Chris
August 1, 200817 yr Author Another addition to the virtual fleet. Lincoln 1960 Continental Mark IV 1967 Fleetwood Limousine Love the idea, hate the execution - 2008 CTS Limo
November 26, 200817 yr Author Well this would certainly be a unique addition to the limo fleet. We could totally corner the visiting Soviet dignitary market!
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