1992 Cadillac Brougham Base

1992 Cadillac Brougham d'Elegance Sedan The Fleetwood Body Company of Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, was founded by Harry Urich in the nineteenth century. It began as a small community of craftsmen founded by Henry Fleetwood, Esq. of Penwortham, near Lancaster, England, (the Fleetwood family flourished in England in the 17th and 18th centuries). When the Sixty Special Series was retired in 1977, the Fleetwood Brougham took its place as Cadillac's largest owner driven sedan model through 1986. From 1987, it was renamed to Cadillac Brougham and the d'Elegance was an option package that designated the most luxurious Brougham.  For consignment, a 1992 Cadillac Brougham d'Elegance sedan with a title verified 69,916 actual miles. Distinctly Cadillac and still rear wheel drive, this stately automobile represented the pinnacle of success and with just 13,761 Broughams produced in 1992, it's estimated that only a third had the d'Elegance option.    Exterior Long straight panels and large horizontal surfaces are colored with two stage Olympic White and present in very nice condition. The white vinyl top is also in nice shape, including the Cadillac crest on the C-pillar while surrounding the fixed quarter window on the door. For extra luxury, a coach lamp is embedded in each B-pillar and a navy pinstripe runs the sides and decklid. 15-inch chrome wire wheels are further fancified by yellow stripe tires with inner white walls. Out back, robust chrome tail light nacelles surround the vertical lenses with a frosted presentation and small Cadillac coat of arms, bookending the razor straight chrome bumper with white pad and reflectors. Reverse lights are reserved for the space adjacent to the license plate on the down side of a long, flat decklid. Composite headlights looked very modern in 1992 and flank a Rolls style grille topped the classic Cadillac ornament. Imperfections include scuffs, flex cracks on the bumper fillers, and actual cracks under the plate, touched up scratches and chips, others untouched, and off color and numerous touched up scuffs along the cladding and bumper guards.    Interior Blue leather floods the luxurious doors and d'Elegance is embroidered into each, indicating the upgraded design option. Simulated wood trim is everywhere, including around each element of the doors where chrome and brushed nickel metal sets a classy contrast. Seatbelts are anchored to the front doors in an interesting and period specific configuration. Once inside, the buckets seats of blue leather are biscuit tufted and the uppers are pillow topped and in very good condition while the rear seats share the material and color and barely look used other than some usual wear on the driver's seat. Rear passengers are afforded handles on the back of the front seats along with deep magazine pockets, and an ashtray for each side. The steering wheel and dash dominated by the woodgrain is in excellent condition with a digital read out instead of analog needles, and the center stack contains an integrated AM/FM/Cassette radio and an electronic climate control panel. The plush blue carpet below is toes deep and in overall nice condition, topped by blue rubber mats and the foam backed headliner is near flawless. An enormous trunk is finished with gray cloth panels and a Cadillac branded mat, housing a covered spare and plenty of room for other things.  Drivetrain Superbly clean in the bay is the 5.7 liter TBI fuel injected V8 putting out 185 horsepower and backed by the ubiquitous 700R4 4-speed automatic transmission routing power to the 10 bolt rear axle with 3.08 gears.   Undercarriage It's clear this car was pampered because outside of the typical surface rust, oxidation and a film of oil on the pan, the underside is clean. Power brakes are here as front disc and rear drum, a single exhaust flows through a stock style muffler and exits through a single pipe, and suspension consists of coil springs front and rear with a 4 link i