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1959 Cadillac: The king of fins (car porn)
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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.
TOPICS: History; Travel
KEYWORDS: cars
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To: NRx
Ten minutes of great car porn! Part 2 is a little depressing ;-)
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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)
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...
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posted on
11/02/2017 3:32:37 PM PDT
by
chrisser
To: NRx
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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.)
To: NRx
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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.)
To: Rashputin
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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.)
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...
To: NRx
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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.)
To: NRx
1960 Dodge Matador
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posted on
11/02/2017 4:13:53 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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".....
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.
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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.)
To: central_va
To: NRx
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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.)
To: Rashputin
The audacity of that machine!
To: NRx
That's a Cuban car, isn't it. Maybe we'll import them again, one day.
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posted on
11/02/2017 4:34:55 PM PDT
by
SJackson
(The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
To: central_va
That rear view is shear artistry. Kind of sexual allusions.
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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.)
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.
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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.)
To: dennisw
It’s one thing to have vertical fins, but horizontal fins are weapons.
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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.)
To: dennisw
That big ugly fat fu@ker is a serious can of whoop ass.
5.56mm
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posted on
11/02/2017 4:40:31 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: dennisw
The'59 El Camino is a very collectible car. Highly sought after.
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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.)
To: mad_as_he$$
I thought I recognize a bunch of the actors in that video. Vegas Rat Rods.
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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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