Hallo Im new here my name is Johann and i live in Reykjavik Iceland Im a owner of Cadillac Fleetwood Brogham d'Eligance 1976 Im looking for some information for this car because I will make the story of this car to put on the hompage for old cars in Iceland www.fornbill.is you can also se my car on my page www.picasaweb.google.com/joivill . I find this number ion the plage inside ST 76 6C69FWD009414 BDY if someone will help my to find out what year and maby what day this car go out from the plant and how many model Eligance thei made this year. Im member of this Club and also we have one Cadilac club here in Iceland you can see that in the last issue of thr club magazine.
Merry Christmas and happy new year
Johann Vilhjalmsson in Iceland
Quote from: mauser on December 25, 2008, 12:02:57 PM
Hallo Im new here my name is Johann and i live in Reykjavik Iceland Im a owner of Cadillac Fleetwood Brogham d'Eligance 1976 Im looking for some information for this car because I will make the story of this car to put on the hompage for old cars in Iceland www.fornbill.is you can also se my car on my page www.picasaweb.google.com/joivill . I find this number ion the plage inside ST 76 6C69FWD009414 BDY if someone will help my to find out what year and maby what day this car go out from the plant and how many model Eligance thei made this year. Im member of this Club and also we have one Cadilac club here in Iceland you can see that in the last issue of thr club magazine.
Merry Christmas and happy new year
Johann Vilhjalmsson in Iceland
Hello Johann-
on the plate that you listed, it will have the code for month and week of production. The body number of your car is # 9414 out of 24,500 Fleetwood Broughams built for 1976-not sure how many were the d'Elegance package-my guess is 10-15%. The build date code is 2 numbers with a letter-A/B/C/D/E, example 10B which would be the second week of October or 12D, fourth week of December-
Good luck
Ok Thanks jagbuxx for your information I go to my garage and have a close look on this plate on the left side fire wall
TR 26D 29 29T PNT
12B AV RV SF
ICBL DU
so maby 12B is second week in December? And you think the have made 2000-2500 car like this. How many are left what do you think ore baby someone know
that ?This is the only car like this here in Iceland
Johann
Am I the only one that noticed Johann referred to his car in the masculine by calling it "he", while most of us in the states would refer to their cars in the feminine, such as saying something like "yep she runs out real good" Along the same lines Navy ships are always referred to as "she".
Thanks Johnny maby you can speak Icelandic . In Icelandic it is he and it is a strong car.
Excuse my english
All the best Johann
Quote from: mauser on December 26, 2008, 04:03:50 PM
Ok Thanks jagbuxx for your information I go to my garage and have a close look on this plate on the left side fire wall
TR 26D 29 29T PNT
12B AV RV SF
ICBL DU
so maby 12B is second week in December? And you think the have made 2000-2500 car like this. How many are left what do you think ore baby someone know
that ?This is the only car like this here in Iceland
Johann
Johann,
12B should be the build date-second week of December. Code 26D-Dark Blue Mansion Cloth d'Elegance, 29-Commodore Blue metallic.
I started to work in a Cadillac dealer during the 1976 model year. These were the last of true great Cadillacs in my opinion. The d'Elegance package truly set the car apart and made them an incredibly comfortable car.
As for the amount built-a guess. Although the number assumed for '76 Talismans is 1200, I know that I have seen many more d'Elegance models-it could be higher than 10-15%.
Quote from: mauser on December 26, 2008, 06:47:48 PM
Thanks Johnny maby you can speak Icelandic . In Icelandic it is he and it is a strong car.
Excuse my english
All the best Johann
Speak Icelandic? I have to look on the map to know where its at! Geography was never my best subject. For what its worth, I was just making an observation, nothing more nothing less.
G'day Johnny,
For a minute there I thought you were going to say that you have trouble speaking American ;D
Bruce. >:D
Quote from: The Tassie Devil(le) (Bruce Reynolds) on December 26, 2008, 09:08:03 PM
G'day Johnny,
For a minute there I thought you were going to say that you have trouble speaking American ;D
Bruce. >:D
For what its worth, there is no such language as "American".
OK thanks for your respond Jagbuxx and to you also Johnny ,Now I can complete my writing about my car ,it is not fare of way to say that thei have made about 5000
d'Eligance this year?
Johann
Quote from: mauser on December 26, 2008, 06:47:48 PM
Thanks Johnny maby you can speak Icelandic . In Icelandic it is he and it is a strong car.
Mine is definitely a "she." Sometimes unpredictable, can easily overheat in the summer, and purs along beautifully when you treat her right.
Icelandic cars should be "he" because it takes a strong constitution and a dependable strong car to make it there!
All the best Johann.
The Bismarck is a he, although he is sometimes referred to by Maria as Minerva.
My current truck and my last two trucks are all masculine. They were all named by my girlfriend. Winslow, Mr. Brown, and my current truck, Homer. Homer sometimes goes by his other name, Mr. Blue.
Quote from: otto skorzeny on January 04, 2009, 11:43:42 AM
The Bismarck is a he, although he is sometimes referred to by Maria as Minerva.
My current truck and my last two trucks are all masculine. They were all named by my girlfriend. Winslow, Mr. Brown, and my current truck, Homer. Homer sometimes goes by his other name, Mr. Blue.
I have liked all the cars I have owned, but never felt the need to name them. Is this some form of auto eroticism?
It would be worth naming them if they would come when you call them. I have called some of them a lot of foul names, however.
I think "American" is a language. I've been accused of speaking it with a California accent... dood. ;D
And what makes this a GREAT forum - we are talking with people from around the world about Cadillacs!! Amazing!
Quote from: Chris Conklin #25055 on January 05, 2009, 07:10:19 PM
It would be worth naming them if they would come when you call them. I have called some of them a lot of foul names, however.
I think "American" is a language. I've been accused of speaking it with a California accent... dood. ;D
And what makes this a GREAT forum - we are talking with people from around the world about Cadillacs!! Amazing!
Yes it is Mister Conklin! Did you know Connie Brooks?
Quote from: Johnny on January 05, 2009, 07:13:35 PM
Yes it is Mister Conklin! Did you know Connie Brooks?
No sir, can't say that I did (or do?).
Quote from: Chris Conklin #25055 on January 05, 2009, 08:18:00 PM
No sir, can't say that I did (or do?).
Are you sure? I have this picture of you and Miss Brooks! You are in the middle
(https://forums.cadillaclasalle.club/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DA9G_bF9Hw2JJIwMBdEejzbkF%2FSIG%3D12ck2n94h%2FEXP%3D1231295687%2F%2A%2Ahttp%253A%2F%2Fblogs.salon.com%2F0003139%2Fimages%2Fourmissbrooks2.jpg&hash=70c11486ce49134d31b2963ac3d09728c7b1f284)
Too funny - "Our Miss Brooks' was the first thing I thought of when I read your post but the first name of Connie threw me off! I watched the show when I was young (very young and probably in re-runs. I'm only 52). I think that's the only time a character named Conklin has ever been on TV.
Quote from: Chris Conklin #25055 on January 06, 2009, 08:06:38 PM
Too funny - "Our Miss Brooks' was the first thing I thought of when I read your post but the first name of Connie threw me off! I watched the show when I was young (very young and probably in re-runs. I'm only 52). I think that's the only time a character named Conklin has ever been on TV.
I didn't want to be too obvious by asking if you knew miss Brooks. Being 64 I was able to watch the show when it first came on, and loved Gale Gordon as Osgood Conklin, the school principal. He sort of reprised the character with Lucille Ball, although still funny, it wasn't the same as with Eve Arden.
Enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5tErq4Q1Bc
Hi again my english can be better but to inform, my language icelandic is one of the oldest language in the world so maby it is correct,
many english word come from old Icelandic like fish is "fiskur" and it is him, Caddy is and Cadda is she.
All the best Johann
Language lesson of the day:
The Islandic language is derived from the old Norse language. It belongs to the Germanic language group, as does English, German, Dutch and the Nordic languages (Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Icelandic).
The difference in English and say, German or Norwegian and Icelandic is that nouns are genderised. That is why Johann refers to a car as a "he". In German a car will be "das Auto" , Norwegian "bilen", Icelandic - I don`t know - but I reckon it`s masculine. ?? Bilur??
It doesn`t mean that Johann beleives his car is masculine of feminine. It`s just the way his language is built