The Last Big Cadillac Had a Corvette Engine Inside !

📘 Think you know your car? Check the VIN first. Full decoding guide for Classic Cars → https://classiccarshistory.com/ The Last Big Cadillac Had a Corvette Engine Inside The 1993–1996 Cadillac Fleetwood was the last body-on-frame, rear-wheel-drive sedan Cadillac ever built. At about 225 inches long, it was the longest production sedan sold in America in its day. From 1994 it carried a version of the LT1 small-block V8 that first appeared in the 1992 Chevrolet Corvette. The Fleetwood’s LT1 was not the same engine as the Corvette’s. Cadillac’s version had cast-iron heads on an iron block, two-bolt mains and a milder camshaft. It was rated at 260 horsepower, against the Corvette’s 300. In this video we look at what those differences meant and how the LT1 changed the car. We also cover the surprising finding about the iron cylinder head that engine builders discovered years later. We trace the big Cadillac line from the Fleetwood Sixty Special Brougham of the 1970s to the 1977 downsizing. We cover the 1985 move to front-wheel drive and the rear-drive Brougham that survived in Detroit and then Arlington, Texas. You will see how the 1993 Fleetwood came close to keeping the Brougham name. We also cover why its 7,000-pound towing rating was already there before the Corvette engine arrived, and how it compared with its LT1-powered siblings, the Chevrolet Impala SS, the Caprice and the Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon. Then comes the turning point. General Motors announced in May 1995 that its big rear-drive cars would end so the Arlington Assembly plant could build trucks. The last big car left the line in December 1996. We look at what happened next to limousine builders and hearse makers, to police fleets, and to the Lincoln Town Car, the rival that stayed. We also explain how the same factory went on to build the Cadillac Escalade. Finally, we look at today’s collector market, including Bill Clinton’s armored presidential Fleetwood and a low-mileage 1994 Brougham that sold for over $100,000. If you enjoy American automotive history, classic Cadillacs, GM’s B-body and D-body cars, or the story behind the LT1 V8, subscribe for more deep dives into the cars, engines and decisions that shaped Detroit. #Cadillac #CadillacFleetwood #FleetwoodBrougham #LT1 #Corvette #ClassicCars #CarHistory #AmericanCars #Impala SS #BuickRoadmaster #ChevroletCaprice #GMHistory #Escalade #LincolnTownCar #V8 #SmallBlock #90sCars #LandYacht #AutomotiveHistory #ClassicCarsHistory Sources Old Cars Weekly, “Final Fleetwood,” by Angelo Van Bogart (2020) The Christian Science Monitor, “Requiem for 3 Heavyweights: GM Exits Big-Sedan Market,” by Eric C. Evarts (December 20, 1996) Engine Builder Magazine, “Rebuilding the Chevrolet LT1 Engine” (1999) Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for ‘fair use’ for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. I do not own some or all of the video materials used in this video. In the case of copyright issues, please contact me at historymediachannel1@gmail.com for credit or removal.