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nakelley

Does anyone know anything about the 72 Cadillac Station wagon? We have one - it is in very bad shape, but I think it is very rare. Any idea where I can get information on it?

Tony1932

There were no production 1972 Cadillac Station Wagons. What you have is probably a 1972 Cadillac Hearse (a car that hauls dead people). These vehicles were manufactured by companys such as Superior. They are sort of rare since they are essentially custom built vehicles. As for what they are worth, that all depends on condition. Good Luck. Tony M.

Jon B

actually, they did make a few of them, I think...

Oldcar_Mechanic

Very interesting Jon

66patrick66

They did make Caddy wagons, but they were a special-order deal. I worked for a Buick-Cadillac dealership in the late '70s for a short time, and the owner had ordered one for his wife that looked much like the above, and it was in NO WAY a hearse. The wagon part was Oldsmobile, and the Caddy sheetmetal lined right up with the Olds doors and such. It had a Caddy interior, dash, seats, and all.

pontiac59

They were coachbuilt or specialty built with GM parts, the same as cars like the later 80s Firebird and Camaro convertible were sent to an outside source to finish them. Yes, they're pretty rare.

PIERCEARROW1935

Hi, There was a custom-builder who built station wagon, and they were sold through Cadillac dealers. The side windows were in a line, (similar to a Ford Country Squire) unlike the windows in the picture. I believe they were built by Miller-Meteor or Hennesy or Derhram, and were built through 1976. They used a flower-car chassis. I hope this helps your inquiry. Steve

Tony1932

I stand by my original statement: They are custom built vehicles. They are not production vehicles. I have owned many, many 1971-1976 Cadillacs and have a boat load of literature about these cars. Cadillac Stationwagons are not production vehicles.

I just dug up and took a look at my 1971, 1972, 1975 and 1976 Cadillac Sales Literature and 1971, 1972 and 1976 Cadillac Deville/Fleetwood Owner's Manuals: Not a word about Cadillac Station Wagons. Not a mention in the Fleetwood Owners Manual about Cadillac Station wagons. The car in the picture above is a modified Fleetwood body (note the strip between the front and rear doors, which only appears on 1971-72 Fleetwoods). I used to visit Knoezer Cadillac in Hammond, Indiana, frequently as a boy during the early seventies and never laid eyes on one. Cadillac Station wagons are not production vehicles. Tony1932.

66patrick66

They WERE built, regardless of WHO built them. If you could order one through a dealership (as where I worked at, you indeed could!), you could get one. And I stand by MY statement

This is like the '68 HEMI Darts and 'Cudas. They were factory cars, converted at Hurst Industries. So were all of the other Hurst cars (Olds, AMC, etc). Or the sunroof/T-top cars that went through a couple of vendors in Detroit? THEY are considered factory cars, so why not the Cadillacs? They are built/converted with GM parts at a vendor and sold through a dealership.

cadillac bob

hi your caddy is not a hearse and is not a gm built wagon butit is custome built caddy.in 72 a customer could walk in to the dealer buy a new caddy and the dealer would send your car to a custom coach builder at a cost of 18 to 20thousand dollars.would convert your car to a station wagon or a elcamino.very expensive in 1972 i have the 72 caribou elcamino and 72 eldorado 2dr wagon.these cars where orderd buy the rich and famous as they could afford them.your car is very rare and could possibly be former celebrity owned.do a title search at your local dmv.no matter how bad the condition is restore that car.the best way is to buy the same year coupe or sedan parts car.hope thi s helps bob

Tony1932

I never said in any post on this forum that Cadillac Station Wagons did not exist; I said that they are not production cars and are custom built. TM

1_life

Enclosed is a photo of our 1971 Cadillac Fleetwood station wagon. It was bought by the doctor I worked for, off the showroom floor of a Baltimore MD dealership in 1971. It was "customized" in Michigan ( I think the Detroit area ) It did have the operating tailgate and rear glass from an Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser station wagon. ( the tailgate was not power operated - you had to pull it out from under the car and slam it closed - then use the key to close the power window, which came down from the roof - I think the 1972 pictured here, would have had a power tailgate.) The third seat was made to look just like the other two seats, in Cadillac leather. We drove it everywhere for ten years, monthly trips to the grocery store, filling up the entire back end with 22 bags of groceries ( for around $120 !!! ). daily trips, in the carpool line, picking up the kids from school and singing songs coming from the 8-track tape player. It drew a crowd everywhere we took it - even loading bags in at the grocery store, we'd always hear: " I didn't know Cadillac made a station wagon " !!!

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