Yo first off, I wanna thank all ya'll for makin' my Fleetwood #1 out of 8,935 Cadillacs on the site! Thas a great feelin'! Feel like all my hard work has paid off! Much love!
Yo Whas happenin'?? I go by the name "Prospect". And this right here is my BABY! My 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham.
Page 1: The Car Now
Page 2: Before Pics, & The Driver
I'm 20 yrs old, and worked hard fa this right here! I'm a Custom Sealed Ramp Service Agent for Frontier Airlines. I've put almost $10,000 into this car from when I started to be serious about this project, about 8 months ago, makin' only $10.30 an hour workin' full time, on top of the millions of hours of overtime, I've spent at the Airport. So you do the math. I GETS MY GRIND ON!!
But enough about me, now about the car! I bet you didn't know that this is how we do it here in The Tall Town, Denver Colorado!!
Yeah man! 2-tone! 3-tone if you wanna count the black stripe that seperates the other two colors. I had it painted the original Dark Teal color on top with a hint of silver flake in it, with a pearl light blue to match the interior on the sides, with a black stripe that widens as it goes from the front to the back to seperate the two down the car. I paid to have all the body work done and painted one color, the original blue, but the guy who painted it did a bullshit job. The owner told me there was no way she was gonna let me have it like that, fired the dude who did it, and then later called me and asked "With your permission, can we two tone it? Free of charge?" COME ON! What would YOU say??? And the damage? $3,000. Chalk one up for me and the Fleetwood!
I was gonna do the limo tint all the way around, but in the middle of all the body work, I really liked how it looked fish bowl. But maybe down the road...but until then:
"Ridin' wit no tint so the muthafucka's KNOW it's me!" - Rich Boy
Everybody usually only wants 2-door ol' schools...But I don't see no problem wit a 4-door! Especially when I wanna ride around the females, or a couple of ma patnas. Real Limo-like! Matta-0-fact, this car is the "longest American made, post-war car ever made", of course not including commercial vehicles like limos, fire trucks, ambulances, etc.
Frameless doors, real stylish back in the day I guess, and '76 was of the few years that they made 'em like that. Looks good to me! Interior is amazing considering it's age. Don't fix it if it ain't broke right?? I see no need for a new interior yet. I like it original.
I know you like how I took up the whole damn side walk, parking spot, and still stickin' out about a foot or too on top of that! Haha! This thing is 19ft. Long, 6.5ft Wide, And weighs around 5,813lbs (Thas 2.6 TONS Patna!)wit the 22s on it. This thing jus' FLOATS down the street man. I love it. I was for sure that the 22's would take from the ride, but they sure didn't. They jus' compliment the ride. The rims are 22" MOB Cappo Rims with a 3" lip. I like 22's not too big, and WAY too big to be small! I keeps it classy! Don't get me wrong though. I'd throw some 4s, 6s, and 8s if I could, but you can't work wit what you don't have. And I like what I got. I got locking lug nuts all the way around, and the whip's alarm also has a "Tilt Sensor". So if anyone trys to jack up tha ride, or tow it, I'mma know about it. Ya dig?
"So fuck them niggas! What they wanna do?/ Hatin' on a playa 'cause ma Lac skatin' 22s/" - Rich Boy
Them fuckin' bumper fillers are STOOPID EXPENSIVE! 5 pieces of plastic for $350 - $400 the FUCK is that??? And I already had 3 of 'em. They came with the car, along with a new side skirt for the passenger side because the original must've fell off and got ran over because it was bent ta shit! The only fillers I needed was the ones under the brake lights. Got the pair for $130. But still...........
OH! And if you can't find parts for your ride, NO MATTER WHAT RIDE YOU GOT, go to www.rockauto.com. I found a lot of what I needed for my Lac that I had been searchin' for for months all on that one site. Figured I'd pass that info to all ya'll who got whips that need Impossible To Find Parts! Word!
I got a bunch of bullshit in the trunk! It's all the mats and boxes for all my speakers & amps and shit. But anyways, I had them leave off all the emblems that said "Fleetwood", "Brougham", "Cadillac" and all that. Then got the "Caddy" emblem in the Volkswagon print as the only emblem on it, along with the 22" emblem on the fenders behind my front wheels. You can't NOT like that!
Thas ma bitch! She thinks my Cadillac is sexy! Thought it was funny, had ta have it. And unless you like loosin' I suggest you stay outta my rearview. And thas a thermometer in the rearview, it works too. It was a bitch to find. The car came with the original but it was cracked and didn't work anymore, and on top of that I lost it in a carwash or somethin'. But it's all good now!
Come on man! It's a Cadillac! A mid 70's Cadillac at that! So the fuzzy dice is only necessary, if not a standard! But anyways as far as the sound system goes I got:
A Kenwood eXcelon KDC-X693.
Two Boss S35 3 1/2" speakers in the dash.
Two Kicker DS693 6x9s in the back.
An Alpine MRP-F300 to run JUST my inside speakers. (Thas how you supposed ta do it! Ever hop in a nigga's whip and all you hear is bass and no words or nuthin'?? Thas because they doin' it wrong! ALWAYS get the amp to run ya insides!)
Then an AmericanPro Bass Machine VS-2044 1200W 2 Channel Bridgeable Amp that powers two 12" Firestorm Subs (Both some no name shit, but they POUND!) and I don't see the need to replace them 'till they blow. So until then, they work perfectly! Ya Dig??
You can also see my "Glass Break Sensor" above the steering wheel on the windshield. Gotta protect my whip right? Coverin' all the bases!
Not bad interior for a '76 right? See all the foot space for the backseat? That's with both the front seats all the way back! Limosine like son! Notice the foot rests in the back too. My back seat is better than ya living room couch! Ha! I always tell people I got a 2-bedroom Cadillac. (Halfway serious too).
My big sister on the far right, wit the neighborhood kids in the backseat. And only the finest in auto security wit the 2-way Viper alarm system for my baby.
And last but not least, the white gold key I use to start the 500 cubic inches of raw power under the hood! I call it the "Fortune 500 Engine", 8.0 Liter. It's only got 41,000 miles on it. Now if only there was a way to "Recession Proof" the gas tank, I'd be good! lol I think I get somethin' like 8MPG...and I have yet to fill her up...it's like payin' a bill. But once I do, I'll let ya'll know how much it cost to top her off.
She's still work in progress. I still got some lil' things I wanna do to her here & there, and I'll keep ya'll posted. But at least she's road ready. Now all I need is a lady ta come ride wit me, so holla!
My big sister insisted she be the model for the whip. And told me I HAD to put her on the page.
She also took all the above pics for me too. She's the shyt. I LOVE YOU SIS! The whip's colors look a lot different in a different light too. These were taken on a sunnier day. Once I get a better day to take some more pics, wit some different angles, I'll put 'em up.
Yo thanks fa stoppin' by! And even more thanks if you took the time to read it all! All comments, ratings, and love is appreciated, and recipricated! Any questions feel free ta ask! And if you ever in Denver Colorado, HOLLA AT ME!
