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1958 Fleetwood Seventy Fives

Started by SK903, December 30, 2017, 06:37:37 PM

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SK903

Does anyone know why power door locks were not an option on this model?
2012 BMW 535I
1961 Eldorado Biarritz

V63

#1
One suggestion is they were not typically owner driven and therefore the chauffeur had that job?

Another, The rear doors were unique and different assembly’s needed manufacture.

Finally, historically the Series 75 seemed to lag in moderation.


SK903

2012 BMW 535I
1961 Eldorado Biarritz

Barry M Wheeler #2189

It also may have had something to do with transporting Cary Grant up to that Long Island mansion in North by Northwest. If you ever need a '58-75 fix, just watch the first half hour of that show...
Barry M. Wheeler #2189


1981 Cadillac Seville
1991 Cadillac Seville

David Greenburg

Also, that would give the chauffeur an element of control over the royalty in the rear, something that would have been considered inappropriate at the time, when this demographic was far more concerned with appearances than security.
David Greenburg
'60 Eldorado Seville
'61 Fleetwood Sixty Special

jaxops

Our 1958 Hearse of course did not have power locks (why would it? No one is in a rush there). My father sold the Hess & Eisenhardt new limousines and hearses starting in 1966 and we had everything used from 1949 on.  I can't say I noticed power door locks on ANY of those cars (1960's through the 1970s).  The 1980s Series 75's may have had them but I had little to do with those cars by that point.  My 1970 Electra has them and that was the first car that we had the experience of power door locks.  The Lincoln limousines 1979-1980s had them.  They were essentially town cars stretched.  We had these cars starting with the demise of the full-sized Cadillac limousine after 1975.

The comment about the chauffeur is correct. It would have been bad form to show up in a limousine and then open your own door  :o.  The only time the back doors would be locked is when there was no one in the back.

Just my perspective with these Series 75 cars 1960-1978.
1970 Buick Electra Convertible
1956 Cadillac Series 75 Limousine
1949 Cadillac Series 75 Imperial Limousine
1979 Lincoln Continental
AACA, Cadillac-LaSalle Club #24591, ASWOA

SK903

So I wonder what year door locks were first available on the limos.
2012 BMW 535I
1961 Eldorado Biarritz

e.mason

#7
Quote from: Barry M Wheeler #2189 on December 31, 2017, 01:05:16 PM
It also may have had something to do with transporting Cary Grant up to that Long Island mansion in North by Northwest. If you ever need a '58-75 fix, just watch the first half hour of that show...
Eric Mason

Jon S

Quote from: Barry M Wheeler #2189 on December 31, 2017, 01:05:16 PM
It also may have had something to do with transporting Cary Grant up to that Long Island mansion in North by Northwest. If you ever need a '58-75 fix, just watch the first half hour of that show...

That house is the Phipps Estate (Westbury Gardens) around the corner from my house.
Jon

1958 Cadillac Sedan De Ville
1973 Lincoln Continental Coupe
1981 Corvette
2004 Mustang GT