Cadillac Eldorado Models & History 1960
| FLEETWOOD SIXTY-SPECIAL SUB SERIES 680/681 |
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Features distinguishing 1968 Sixty-Specials, in addition to a longer wheelbase, were the same exterior and interior appointments used in 1967 models. Extra items of standard equipment included:
- Automatic Level Control
- front and rear power operated ventipanes
- and, on Broughams, adjustable reading lamp
- padded roof with special scripts and emblems
- and carpeted folding foot rests.
| Model Number | Style Number | Body Type | Seating | Factory Price | Shipping Weight | Production Total |
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| 68-680 | 68069-M |  4-door Sedan |
6 | 6583 | 4795 | 3,300 |
| 68-681 | 68169-P |  4-door Brougham |
6 | 6899 | 4805 | 15,300 |
NOTE: Some sources list lower prices for 1968 Cadillacs, indicating a mid-year bility and prices of options and acessories were increase. The higher recorded prices are being used here.
| FLEETWOOD SEVENTY-FIVE SUB-SERIES 697/698 |
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Again marked by simple extra-long body rub moldings, a formal high-headroom look (with doors cut into the roof) and Fleetwood type wreath and crest emblems, the nine-passenger models had the longest Cadillac production car wheelbase, as well as power front ventipanes, Automatic Level Control, right-hand manually operated outside rear view mirrors, 8.20 x 15-8PR blackwall tires and Automatic Climate Control air-conditioning, as standard equipment.
| Model Number | Style Number | Body Type | Seating | Factory Price | Shipping Weight | Production Total |
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| 68-697 | 69723-R |  4-door Sedan |
9 | 10,629 | 5300 | 805 |
| 68-697 | 69733-S |  4-door Limousine |
9 | 10,768 | 5385 | 995 |
| 68-698 | 69890-Z | Commercial chassis | – | – | – | 2,413 |
NOTE: The commercial chassis was built on a 156 inch wheelbase and was provided to professional car builders for the manufacture of hearses and ambulances, etc.
| CADILLAC ENGINE |
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- V-8. Overhead valves.
- Cast iron block.
- Displacement: 472 cubic inches.
- Bore and stroke: 4.30 x 4.06 inches.
- Compression ratio: 10.5:1.
- Brake horsepower: 375 at 4400 rpm
- Five main bearings.
- Hydraulic valve lifters.
- Carburetor: Rochester Quadrajet four-barrel model 7028210S.
NOTE: The new engine featured
- a metal temperature monitoring device
- air injection emissions control system
- integral air-conditioning system (still optional)
- cast crankshaft and connecting rods
- integral water crossover pipe with thermostatic passages
- engine bearings with more surface area
- 15-plate battery.
| CHASSIS |
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| Feature | Series 75 | Series 60 | Commercial chassis |
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| Wheelbase | 149.8″ | 133″ | 156″ |
| Overall length | 245.2″ | 228.2″ | – |
| Rear axle ratio | 2.94:1 | ||
| Transmission | three-speed Turbo-Hydramatic | ||
| Tires | 8.20 x 15 | 9.00 x 15 | |
| Front tread | not available | ||
| Rear Tread | not available | ||
| POWER TRAIN OPTIONS |
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Optional axle ratio data not available. Air injector reactor and closed positive crankcase ventilation standard. Controlled differential was now $52.65 extra on all models except Eldorado.
| CONVENIENCE OPTIONS |
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Availability and prices of options and accessories were largely the same as 1967
- Auxiliary horn ($16)
- Automatic Climate Control on Sixty-Special models ($516)
- Firemist finish ($132)
- Cruise control ($95)
- Rear window defogger on models Sixty-Special ($27)
- Door guards ($8)
- Soft Ray glass ($51)
- Guide-Matic headlamp control ($51)
- Head rests ($53)
- Leather upholstery on Sixty-Special ($138)
- License frame ($13/pair)
- Power door locks ($68)
- Power door locks for Fleetwood 75 models ($116)
- AM radio ($162)
- AM/FM radio ($188)
- AM/FM stereo on Sixty-Special ($288)
- AM radio rear controls on Fleetwood 75 models ($242)
- Six-way power front seat on models M-P-R ($83)
- Rear center seat belt ($11)
- Front shoulder straps ($32)
- Tilt-telescope steering wheel ($90)
- Remote control trunk lock ($52)
- Twilight Sentinel ($32)
- White sidewall tires, size 9.00 x 15 four-ply 8PR-5, except nine-passenger models ($56 exchange)
- White sidewall tires, size 8.20 x 15, four-ply 8PR-5 on nine-passenger models ($63 exchange).
- New items of optional equipment were added as well:
- Twin front and rear floor mats for Series 60 ($17)
- Twin front floor mats for Fleetwood 75 models ($10)
- Front seat warmer for all models except Fleetwood 75s, which came instead with rear seat warmer only, both at ($95).
| HISTORICAL |
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- Dealer introduction for 1968 Cadillacs and Eldorados took place September 21, 1967.
- Fourth successive yearly sales record set this year despite 21 day UAW shutdown at Fisher Body Fleetwood plant in Detroit (November 1967)
- Production was down 1.1 percent, due to same strike.
- Four-wheel disc brakes with floating calipers optionally available.
- All-new dash-board design.
- Larger, shrouded rear view mirrors to eliminate wind buffeting.
