Here at BangShift, you know we love vehicles that are built to do crazy things the manufacturers never intended them to do. One of these categories is the American Full-Size Sedan Prerunner. Now, we’ve featured a few of these before, like this Cadillac desert beater and this absolutely gnarly Crown Vic, and this one belongs right up there with them. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: The 1989 Cadillac Brougham known as the Caddywhompus.

Oh my… This thing looks like an absolute blast. It has the look of a trophy truck with full racing livery, but in luxurious Cadillac form. Truly the best of both worlds!

The massive trunk has been converted to hold tires, much like the bed of a trophy truck or real prerunner would, and that is pretty awesome. I usually don’t like solid wheels, but I’m totally digging the chrome wheels on this thing. It matches the rest of the chrome on the car, and adds a touch of class when blasting through the dirt.

Under the giant slab of a hood lies the stock 307 Olds… I mean… Corporate V8. These were wheezy motors at best, but this one has been uncorked a bit and has an Edelbrock carb on it which replaced the troublesome computer controlled Quadrajet that comes stock on these cars, so at least it will run well. Also, as you can see, inner wheel wells have no place on a American Sedan Prerunner, so those were tossed in the name of suspension travel.

Inside, most of the interior has been tossed, save for those ratty-yet-sumptuous tufted leather seats. There’s no cage to speak of, and if someone were to take this beast to the next level, it might be a good idea to install one. Instrumentation is limited to a giant tachometer, which is basically all you need anyway. Dig the makeshift floor shifter and the classic footprint gas pedal lifted from a JC Whitney catalog circa 1975.

But wait… there’s more! The luxurious rear seats have been retained, so you and three friends (maybe four, if you get real cozy) can hurdle off massive jumps together! Love it. Again, this thing really needs a cage. Those cut up foam pool noodles aren’t doing you any favors.

And this thing isn’t all good looks, folks: it really does go off jumps! Sweet!

This luxurious display of off-road awesomeness is for sale, and if you have $2500, you can drive this thing home while taking it off all the sweet jumps you can find. Check out the Craigslist ad for yourselves, but be warned: while pretty damn hilarious, it’s a little NSFW due to the language.

Here’s an edited version:

**FOR SALE**
The #caddywhompus is up fer sail guys. Id love to keep it and take it out from time to time but i just dont have the room to store it or time to tinker with it anymore.
Asking $ 2,500 obo. If serious about purchasing, read below vvv

The stats:
-1989 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham edition.
-304 ci fire breathing carbd V8. Converted from a quadrajet to a Edelbrock 650 carb. Brand new water pump. New plugs. All smog equipment removed for weight reduction and overall badassery. Full custom exhaust with Zero mufflers or resonators. Backed by a 4 speed auto trans.

-Front suspension : dual a arm setup (same exact as a first gen chevy s10) 700# 3.75″ id King coils (needs to go up in spring rate, front is a little soft). Bilstein bolt in shocks (brand new from 4wp). Around 9″ of travel bumped and strapped (verified with non-gold tape measure)

– rear suspension : factory 4 link. Spooled gears. stock coils (i went through about 4 sets of coils testing, stock worked best). Paired with brand new Bilstein bolt in shocks. 11″ of travel bumped and strapped. –

Extras : shaved door handles. turning brake plumbed in to brakes to be able to do cool skids like on your bmx bike when you were a kid. Dual standup spares mounted in truck. Lowrider type steering wheel for comfort and bling. Chrome 15″ steel wheels. 30″ all terrain tires. Flag mount in truck to rep your favorite country (better be America or i wont well it to your commie a**). Full custom paint job (not that cheap vinyl wrap crap). REAL bullhorns on hood. Monster auto meter tach. F***ING FOOT PRINT GAS PEDAL. Diamond healights. Custom grille that might be a little bent but ill work on fixing that.
It has a clean title from oregon (never transferred to california). It starts and runs and is ready to rip ****.
Located in Downey, CA

I implore one of you to please buy this thing so the rest of us can live vicariously through your adventures in luxury offroading.

So, what do you readers think of this and this apparent trend of American Sedan Prerunners? Let us know below!