The 1969 Fleetwood Brougham Cadillac is finally done! See what the CAR WIZARD did this project 

Wizard: Not in the city where we are now. Camera: Nothing but trees and fields.

Legend has it: The Car Wizard once defused a bomb just by talking to it.

The horn touch sensor is embedded in the rubber on the inner side of the steering wheel rim on the 1969 model, not on the outer or top of the steering wheel. You would be setting it off all the time when just touching the steering wheel. The sensor is not in the wood trim. That is the shoulder harness belt up in the ceiling. The top Cadillac Eldorado Broughm in '57-'58 with the stainless steel roof and in '59 and '60 was the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham 4-door which had a body by Pininfarina from Italy which cost around $22-23K+.

My favorite car in the shop. The 472 belonged in it. Thanks for saving a piece of automotive history.

So glad that the 472 is what you ended up going with. Beautiful engines and a beautiful car.

Wizard's voice is so soothing. Takes us off to automotive dream land every time.

"We all know RU-vidrs don't ever get their projects done." Love the lowkey dig at Tavarish.

“I have to move so far away just to fit the whole thing in” should be on a t-shirt with a picture of this car.

Wizard: *Demos cruise control* Father Douglas: *heavy breathing*

That's the exact environment that a land yacht like that was made for.

Wizard, that hole in the fender looks likes a key switch for alarm they used to use back in the day.

"Look at the size of this trunk. You can put three bodies in there." DiNiro in 'Analyze This'...hahahah

Such a wonderful boat of a car. I love land yachts of this era, glad you kept the original engine too. It’s too nice and original. Great video Wizard

You should have dressed up with a suit, tie, cane, and top-hat while taking that fine automobile for a test drive. You can make some serious bank renting out that beauty for weddings.

I had a '70 DeVille conv't. Metallic Kelly green, white top, white leather seats. Can't remember the miies on her, though. Lord, I ADORED that car! ICE A/C, top and windows worked perfect. 472 under the hood; sucked fuel, but oboy she had POWER!!! This was the O N L Y car I ever bought back after I sold her. So, to answer your question Wizard, she was my favorite Caddy of them all.......and I have owned over 120 cars in my life!! [I'm 64]

When your turning radius is a whole zip code. I love it.

Old Cadillacs are awesome. So nice to see one put back on the road. My second car was a 1976 Coupe Deville and I loved that car. Maybe one day I'll have another one to love.

When I was a teen working in a gas station, we had one of the gigantic (by today's standards) Sun "automotive engine analyzers". that was able to show the spark wave forms on a screen. That was the high end scan tool back then.

Wizard, the Fleetwood turned out to be a gem. It's too bad you're not planning on keeping it. It brought back fond memories of my dads 1970 Fleetwood Brougham painted in Spartacus Blue Firemist he owned when I was a kid nearly half a century ago. He used to pack the Caddy with my brother and I as well as all the neighborhood kids and take us over to the Dairy Queen for ice cream. It was quite a sight!!

Hey Car Wizard , you've sure shown some great respect for that ole' Caddy, gettin' er back up to par. Good man, great Mechanic!

This car turned out fantastic. I would definitely recommend fixing the horn and the clock if those are the only 2 things wrong with it. Probably fairly easy to sort out. Maybe a nice detailing as well would put a nice finishing touch on it especially for the leather seats. Great work Wizard! 🧙‍♂️

"...this has what's called a Rim Blow..." Wizard! I thought this was a family friendly channel!

My first car was an 86 Fleetwood Brougham. Love these boats and I'm glad to see one getting treated well. Hope she serves you well. I sure loved driving mine to high school when I was younger

What a beautiful car it's so quiet no rattles no squeaking amazing

I was so excited to see this done ✅😃🤗👍👍👍🙏! We had several of these in the 70’s. If I’m ever near you when I visit the states, I would love to see it 😃👍! I can easily set up a Quadra jet for you and show you how to adjust it. Did hundreds over the years. The hole in the left fender is for the factory alarm system that used a coke box like key to switch on/off. Love it 😊! Awesome work man!

This is a beautiful land yacht that deserves to cruise the streets of Newton!

Jay Leno is salivating over this I'm sure! You should reach out to him via YT and see if he'll feature it on Jay's Garage. He will die laughing at that analog cruise-control!

I love them big ol Cadillacs. I've got a all original 78 Fleetwood I got from my dad. It's the car we always drove when going on vacation. I'm planning on doing the same with my family after I finish going through it. Plus he has 3 mid to late 70's Eldorados for sale.

At least the clock is correct twice a day.

I wanna see it buffed up!!! Everyone enjoys a “before and after” video.

In 1969 my father bought a 1966 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham for my mother. That was a nice car back then. That was the first car that we had that had air conditioning. Real wood panels on the doors, not cheap imitation plastic. Footrests in the back of the front seat. 2 fold down bars in the back. The stereo soumded really nice compared to the am radio in my fathers car. As a young boy I remember having to help my father change a bulb in the taillight. Dad couldn't get his hand in, but I could easily get my arm in and get the job done.

So glad this car was preserved! Though the carburetor was modernized, it's covered by the original air cleaner. Time capsules rule! Exciting to see how things were done.

'69 was my favorite year for the DeVilles and Broughams. I think '69 was the last year for real wood. Glad you made the 472 run.

Now you need to go on a cruise with ViceGripGarage!

I absolutely love the 69 Caddy. Mine was a Sedan Deville, same 472 engine. Very powerful, the owners manual said 375 hp. When you floored it that sound was music to my ears, one thing I learned quickly was it didn't corner like the 71 Firebird I had before it. The first time I went into a corner at 60 mph like I always did in the Firebird the front tires went to screaming, and the car kept going straight ahead. Scared the crap out of me. From then on I kept the high speed driving to straight line roads. My friends made fun of it, but I loved it. We drag raced, and I usually won. They weren't laughing then. I learned quickly that while they sat on the starting line roasting the rear tires off, I was already half way through the quarter before they started rolling good. Lots of fun and good memories.

Back in the day, radiators and heater cores were made with copper tubing and brass tanks soldered together. They could be boiled out, rodded clear and resoldered if necessary. Now it’s all all aluminum cores and plastic tanks glued together which is why when they get clogged or start to leak it’s take the old part out and replace it with a new one. Yes, I’m a curmudgeonly retired ASE master mechanic who walked to school five miles in snow uphill both ways. :-) P.S. I recommend Leather Love leather treatment. Clean the seats with saddle soap then treat the seats twice. Let the car sit in the sun to get the interior good and hot and the seats will soak up the treatment. It’s the best leather treatment I’ve ever used.

Nice Caddy Wizard! I think the plug in the fender is where the alarm keyhole was. I had a friend in the early 70's that had a 1969 coupe,that is where his alarm was turned on with the key.

Awesome job on a magnificent car. The only thing that’s missing is white walls!

I had this exact car in the exact color scheme. I drove it to high school every other day as it was my dad's spare. I loved it but didn't use it much in the later years. It remained on the driveway and began to grow bushes from the wiper enclosures and we had it towed away and junked in about 1980. The car we had was a lemon from day one but I was a kid and loved driving it.

Wow! That 1969 Fleetwood Brougham is a beauty! Those bladed front fenders are so majestic! To me, the 1969 Cadillacs have the most awesome taillights. I love the 3 dimensional element to them! I’ve loved Cadillacs since I was 5 years old. It was my aunt’s brand new 1972 Fleetwood Brougham that did it for me. I’ll never forget the aroma of all that rich red leather upholstery! I daily drive a 1994 Eldorado. It’s quite the substantial car… at least until its Northstar’s head gasket blows! Mine has about 45,000 miles on it, so I’m hoping I still have a good bit of time before that happens! Keep doing great stuff Car Wizard!

That is interesting about ethanol and carbs. Never would of thought that was a problem.

Haha back in the day my dad told me as a rule of thumb that a working clock was the best indicator that a car would be good. Of course meant nothing but was funny.

I’ve been driving a ‘69 Sedan de Ville for 30 years (it used to be my aunt’s since new) and always had a hard time starting it first thing in the morning. Your suggestion of not running 87 octane was a game changer; I filled it up with premium and it starts almost immediately! Thank you 🙏 👍

That is exactly like my Dad's '69 Cad Fleetwood except his was green. Me, my brother and sister took our driving tests in it. We had to parallel that big 'ol boat. Loved that car.

The Wizard changed the whole youtube scene with his finished projects, good job!!!

"There's one thing missing in the grill" Anyone else thinking Bullhorns?

Thanks for the awesome recap of this. My parents had a 69 Sedan DeVille when I growing up. They kept it 12 years and traded it for a new 82 Buick Park Ave.

Hey Car Wizard, I'm 58 and remember those land yachts as a kid. My Dad had a '67 Ford LTD. Very similar. It had a 390 in it. The power steering was insanely light and made driving on So Cal Freeways 'exciting'. But it had front power disk brakes. A fly landing on the pedal could stop the car dead in it's track at any speed. I learned to drive in that thing. Learn to parallel park like a pro. I can parallel park a battleship if I needed to ;)

Automotive RU-vidrs: Look at all these artifacts like QuadraJets, engine analyzers and glass headlights, aren't they weird? Me: Oh lordy I must be old now.

A big boat like that needs a decent fog horn sound when entering "maritime" traffic.

That's so awesome that you brought it back to all original engine and got everything working like the cruise control!! Some collector will buy it and treasure it!

Your 1969 Cadillac brings back my childhood memories of my parents 1969 Cadillac Fleetwood. Very cool car.

“...in the city.” And you can’t see anything but grass & trees. 🤣 That’s my kind of city!

A car horn is essential for safety that must be repaired. I believe the MPG on that vehicle is 8 to 9 miles a gallon

In the top 3 of the road cars I've ever owned [I am 67] was my 1968 Fleetwood Brougham. EIGHT electric side windows, including the little vent windows , front and rear. Air ride, cruise control, the foot rests you mentioned, automatic air conditioning, AM/FM stereo radio, power EVERYthing! I bought it from my father, who bought it new. Cost right around $7K, as I recall. Had a 375 HP 472 CID engine which made 525 lbs ft torque. It was the biggest V-8 gas engine produced for a car, at the time. Got pretty good fuel mileage, too! Depending on how it was driven and the terrain, I got as much as 17 MPG out of the car. Put many, many miles on it. The car was stolen from me - never recovered or seen again. Otherwise, I'd probably still have it. A few points of order: it is a transducer, that which makes the cruise control function. "Dieseling," or "run on," is more the fault of too fast an engine idle RPM, than that of octane level. The hole in the fender is more likely where a key switch for an aftermarket alarm system was, at some point. That car NEEDS white stripe tires. Well presented and explained video. Nice car. Keep the videos coming!

Amen! My grandad had a `69 coup Deville with the 472. Front wheel drive. That thing was massive! Thanks for keeping that Caddi alive!

Ha!! Those clocks didn't work more than a year when new. There are places that will replace the wind-up mechanism with a quartz drive.

I’m quite happy that you’ve finished the “Slowhaughm” (sp?) so beautifully. I send you and yours my best wishes. Mrs. Car Wizard rocks as well. For she is your support. Yet my favorite Caddy is a 1971 Eldorado convertible. I have one in in sight in Louisiana? Best agin, Jeff.

The clock is usually very easy to fix. There are points, kind of like in a distributor. When they make contact, they get pushed away from eachother and tightens a spring. As the clock ticks away, the points gets closer, meets and the procedure starts again. Those points will get covered in soot over time, due to the tiny spark that occurs when they meet. Clean it out with sandpaper or nail-file and it will start to work again. Had a 69 Volvo 121 Amazon wagon as my first car. 70 Cadillac DeVille convertible as my second. Quite an upgrade :D

That's a beautiful old ride. The belt on the roof is a shoulder belt. That shoulder belt and the lap belt saved my life when my 17-yo self decided to see how fast I could get my dad's 225 slant-six '67 Valiant going. I lost control, hit 3 trees and wound up upside down soaked in gasoline.

*Vice Grip Garage has entered the chat* VGG: Well I'll be dipped...

Big fan here from Denmark - keep it up Wizard!

Memories of being in auto mech school. Working on my Dad's 68. Rebuilt the heads and new rear springs and front end as school projects.

GM’s during that period had a separate shoulder belt in clips on the ceiling. They go into buckles identical to the lap belts.

Wizard, that hole might have been for a car alarm, those small round shape security keys? I remember those my Dad had that.

Congrats, Wizard!! Nice to see this on the road. Too bad GM squandered the opportunity to be a world leader. This car is still from the era when Cadillac was still the "standard of the world".

You should install a phenolic carb plate between the intake and the carb,it will insulate it from heat. You wouldn't have boiling problem anymore. I have a car with a carb and i use gas with ethanol without problems in trafic or hot weather.

All original Cadillac? You have my 100% approval and much respect for your dedication to a classic.

"We're in the city." Ummm....

Imagine run this beautiful Cadillac in Brazil where standard gasoline has 27.5% of ethanol and premium has 25% and one gallon costs around 5 dollars... carburetors would love our mix of petrol and sugar cane juice

I didn't know Car Wizard liked Cadillacs. Right on! I got a 66 Fleetwood Brougham in similar shape (no cracked dash, headliner intact, etc) and love it.

She's a beautiful survivor. I used to own a '76 Coupe in high school would throw my dirt bike in the trunk. You couldn't close the lid but it was very useful to have such a large trunk. Good job Wizard!

You don't just spend time driving the Cadillac, you spend time yachting the Brougham!!

we're using the word "city" loosely.

I used to rebuild Quadrajets all the time back in the 70s,80s,and 90s.There are a few tricks employed but once done they worked pretty good.They were known for loose throttle shafts and leaking lead plugs at the wells.New bushings and epoxy the plugs and they worked pretty well.I liked the small primaries and big ass secondaries.

It's great to not only see it fixed up and running and riding so well, but that you left the original engine in it. That big block Cadillac engine is the way that thing should be motivated, especially considering it was before any malaise era garbage. My only personal issue is the lack of whitewall tires; it's odd to see an enormous luxury car of that era without them as the thick black sidewall is just not as elegant. Great work overall, though, keeping a car like this in shape for many more years of enjoyment.

You need a boating license to drive that...

The seat belt above you is for the driver and front passenger. I had a couple of 1970 Cutlass and they were the same. When you were driving you were not wearing your seat belt properly. You have 2 of them.

That’s from a time when being a Cadillac truly meant something. This car reminds me of that classic comedy “Tin men”, with Dreyfus & DeVitto. I love your Cadillac Brougham. Thanks for the video update.

That Automotive Analyzer is really cool. That's a cool part of auto history. Man you are lucky to have a friend like Hoovy to be thoughtful enough to get you a cool sort of gage gift that fits your personality and job like that.

That Sears/Penske "analyzer" is from the late 60s to the mid 70s.

I'm still looking for the city! Lol

You guys have my Sorento in your shop waiting to be worked on, I just learned you are a RU-vidd and am beyond excited to hear this. Watching your content makes me feel like it’s in the best of hands

Beautiful car! I love the Fleetwood, best proportions of the 69s, IMO. I think it's great you decided to save the old 472. 68 might be my favorite, because of its beautiful face: the vertically stacked headlights, fine spaced grill bars, grill shorter at the sides, and massive hood coming to a sharp point in the middle, it just had so much character.

Please fix the horn and clock, it would make for interesting content and information. Plus the Caddy would then be perfect.

"For as long as I could remember, I always wanted to be a gangster"

My dad worked on these old cars in his service station.phips 66. He would rebuild those carbs ..tune em bye ear..g.m. Carbs..w thise chokes pull offs set them..my mom drove a 1970. Model..i wish my dad was alive still..u would love talking shop with him .the advice u would get ...we had 4 bays ..he would be 95 yrs old this yr..r.i.p. Ty for the video

Yes Wizard. You are correct about the seat belt that is attached up top on the headliner. These were so that you could have a shoulder belt. Albeit missing the tensioner that a modern day car would have for lap and shoulder restraint. A very nice car I should say.

I would definitely convert the Brakes to disc brakes!

Wasn't that the old joke, "Cadillac's don't need brakes, just loud horns!" Lol

As a watchmaker I'm becoming convinced that the world needs more car clock repairers!

Mom had a 69 Coupe DeVille. Clock was dead by 1973. When the A/C compressor seized it stopped the power steering pump. The wheel was big enough for no assist, but every time she took a grip on it, the horn blew. I know hers had front disc brakes, because they were the first brake pads I ever replaced. She ran it more than 200,000 miles, back when 1000,000 was rare, and sold it for $500 in 1982, with everything but the clock working. She bought it for $1,600 during the oil embargo in 1973, with 15,000 miles on it. I think the compressor was the only non-maintenance item replaced.

Wizard: “Lets see if the radio works.” **Menards ad* Wizard: “Yep, it works.” Me: “Debatable.”

Dont let Hoovie drive it........ or your daughter

Super clean for a 50 year old! The hole in the LF fender is for a dealer installed alarm. The key tumbler that is missing accepts a round chrome key that looks like the key to an older coke machine....I owned several of these Cadillacs 35 years ago that had that option....

My favorite Caddy is the 1969 convertible. I own one and LOVE it! Good job fixing your Cadillac. I hope you consider throwing some whitewalls on it.

I owned a 1969 ...loved it, my future wife hated it.

2:53 Good thing that stop sign magically disappeared. Otherwise you might have broken the law by blasting past it.

Glad to see you got the Cadillac finished, big fan of the luxury old land yachts. Happy to see you kept the Cadillac engine.

An aunt and uncle of mine had a '69 Fleetwood, as did a neighbor. Those cars needed two zip codes to convey information from front to back seat. As for the taillights, serial Cadillac owners hated them, saying they looked "cheap," not being surrounded by metal. In fact, the whole 1969 GM line was trash-talked for the amount of plastic that had crept in. Oh, but could those Fleetwoods ride!