It most certainly is an unusually optioned car! Whoever ordered this new really went to town with the option list; there's only a couple things they (oddly) didn't choose: reclining seat backs being the most obvious to me.
When I was in elementary school in the early 80s, my family was very low income. One of my classmates Mom dropped him off at school every day in this same car. I thought they had to be the richest people in the world.
I am completely baffled at the lack of manual or power recliners in big GM. They were available since the mid 70s, but so rarely purchased. My car always made people do a double take. I really needed the adjustability after my spinal surgeries.
It was definitely an odd design choice, one GM stuck with for a long time. The original owner chose FI, the most expensive radio option, Guide-Matic headlights, Econo-Minder, even the external temperature dial on the driver's mirror but skipped reclining seats. Very odd indeed.
I don't believe my Uncle's '79 Fleetwood even had the Econo-Minder. The fiberglass skin on the hood and the rear disc brakes were note worthy on it. Don't recall it having recliners either.
