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1959 Cadillac: The king of fins (car porn)
YouTube ^ | 2011 | Cardiff333UK

Posted on 11/02/2017 2:34:07 PM PDT by NRx

The high water mark of 1950's car design. Scads of chrome, rocket-ship tailfins and 5,000 lbs of good old fashioned American made steel on an X frame. (We won't dwell on the 8MPG fuel economy). A true automotive goddess from another age.


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To: NRx

Ten minutes of great car porn! Part 2 is a little depressing ;-)


21 posted on 11/02/2017 3:31:07 PM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: NRx

‘59 Caddy was my favorite car as a youth - and you could pick them up cheap right up until I could have actually afforded one, and then the prices skyrocketed. Eldorado has even more chrome, if you can believe that.

I still wouldn’t mind one, but my tastes have changed as I’ve gotten older. These days I need a truck, and if I had to choose a second car, it would be something a little more sporting than anything Cadillac built back then. Maybe as a third car...


22 posted on 11/02/2017 3:32:37 PM PDT by chrisser
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To: NRx

Personally thought the ‘59 Cad was butt ugly. My favorite of them all was the ‘57.

https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/PostviaEmail/images/1957_Cadillac_Coupe_Series_62_Blue_For_Sale_resize.jpg


23 posted on 11/02/2017 3:39:21 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: NRx

Awesome!


24 posted on 11/02/2017 3:41:20 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Rashputin

It’s a work of art.


25 posted on 11/02/2017 3:41:56 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: NRx

If I’m not mistaken, I think 58 was the peak year of big detroit for that time period, much like 78 was. My dad had a 78 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham in white with red leather interior. It was like a moving living room ... gorgeous car...


26 posted on 11/02/2017 3:42:04 PM PDT by Professional
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To: NRx

Dwight Yoakam-Guitars, Cadillacs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6F7xMRWB10


27 posted on 11/02/2017 3:46:25 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: NRx
1960 Dodge Matador


28 posted on 11/02/2017 4:13:53 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: NRx
And pretty soon even some of the cheapest, cheesiest cars on the market all had big fins, capitalizing on the bizarre notion that because Cadillacs had fins, any car that had fins must be wonderful like Cadillacs - and giving rise to the famous "Cadillac phenomenon" in politics - liberals who think that because we should stick up for deserving underdogs, sticking up for all underdogs makes them automatically deserving.......

Or, as one of my black friends used to say, "PONTIAC really stands for Poor Old N***** Thinks It's a Cadillac".....

29 posted on 11/02/2017 4:21:25 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Intolerant in NJ
As kids we used to play touch football in the street. A friend of mine went out for a pass and another kid tagged him pushing into a 1959 Chevy Impala. The wing dug into his back and he had go home bleeding and bruised. From then on we called that particular car the Chevy Impaler.


30 posted on 11/02/2017 4:27:41 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Good one!....


31 posted on 11/02/2017 4:30:16 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: NRx
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32 posted on 11/02/2017 4:32:47 PM PDT by dennisw (Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it is enemy action.)
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To: Rashputin

The audacity of that machine!


33 posted on 11/02/2017 4:34:02 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: NRx
That's a Cuban car, isn't it. Maybe we'll import them again, one day.


34 posted on 11/02/2017 4:34:55 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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To: central_va

That rear view is shear artistry. Kind of sexual allusions.


35 posted on 11/02/2017 4:35:02 PM PDT by dennisw (Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it is enemy action.)
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To: Intolerant in NJ

That ‘59 Chevy was my grandmothers car she was temporarily staying with us while her house was undergoing a remodeling. We told her what happened and felt bad about it but when we told her the cars nickname, the Impaler, she laughed. Her car became legend in the neighborhood.


36 posted on 11/02/2017 4:35:35 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: dennisw

It’s one thing to have vertical fins, but horizontal fins are weapons.


37 posted on 11/02/2017 4:36:35 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: dennisw

That big ugly fat fu@ker is a serious can of whoop ass.

5.56mm


38 posted on 11/02/2017 4:40:31 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: dennisw

The'59 El Camino is a very collectible car. Highly sought after.

39 posted on 11/02/2017 4:42:22 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

I thought I recognize a bunch of the actors in that video. Vegas Rat Rods.


40 posted on 11/02/2017 5:00:56 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (I'm not tired of Winning yet! Please, continue on!)
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