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1970 Cadillac Calais Flower Car McClain

1970 Cadillac Calais Flower Car in The Seven-Ups, Movie, 1973 IMDB

Class: Cars, Funeral — Model origin: US

1970 Cadillac Calais Flower Car McClain

Position 00:43:42 [*][*] Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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MrCadillac SX

2006-06-23 22:56

1969 Flower car (funeral parade vehicle) by McClain Sales and Leasing Co. of Anderson, Ind., conversion of a 1969 Cadillac "Calais" coupe [95% sure]. These commecial vehicles usually were made on the special, Cadillac commercial chassis; not this one. McClain had a reputation for building this kind of specialty vehicle at a fraction of the cost of a similar type from the professional car makers.

antp BE

2006-06-23 23:02

By the way, what were these "commercial chassis" looking like when delivered to the body makers? What was the difference with the normal cars? As the front usually look similar to the normal Cadillac, and sometimes even the rear...

Well, I guess that I could find the info on your site...

-- Last edit: 2006-06-23 23:02:57

MrCadillac SX

2006-06-26 18:37

The Cadillac commercial "chassis" were delivered as "complete cars" but only up to the firewall. Also included, usually, were the dash and insstruments, the rear bumpers and tail lights. The central "body" was all custom built by the specialized coach-building companies.

antp BE

2006-06-26 20:19

So it was missing roof, rear doors, rear seats, rear wings, etc.?
Is there a picture available of such "commercial chassis" ?

qwerty_86 US

2006-06-27 06:14

Check the pictures at the bottom of the page:
http://hearse67.tripod.com/chassis.htm

And I just thought this was kinda funny:
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/743/kcar4sw.jpg

-- Last edit: 2006-06-27 06:15:24

antp BE

2006-06-27 09:41

Nice, thanks :)

car nerd US

2007-11-01 21:23

It's a 1970 (at least with my monitor at work). The hubcaps are 1970-style and I think the rear bumper caps and taillight design is from a 70 model.

Animatronixx DE

2007-12-20 20:14

I´ll second the words of Mr. Cadillac: It´s a flower car conversion made by McClain Sales & Leasing Co. of Anderson, Indiana/ USA.

achiu31 CA

2014-02-26 01:00

[Image: 4454.jpg]

jenanistonfan1 US

2014-02-26 04:45

I wonder what they look like with out the flowers. Probably like a Rancharo, El Camino, or a GMC Sprint.

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