Posted on 03/15/2023 12:27:14 PM PDT by knarf
But it was a Cadillac model, not a Buick. Both were GM cars though.
Actually, I was of the mind that comedy was education . . . O still do . . . I miss Robin and George.
Looks like GM took styling cues from their first year Corvette...
I tried to post last night regarding the line;
"Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again"
Trying to draw attention to the corruption in American politics and it was rejected because I used a WICKY link for Joe McCarthy.
Mister, we could use a man liker Joe McCarthy again !
Oh yeah, that’s right.
Makes sense especially considering their Detroit (or should I say “de twah”) roots.
Yes, comedy is based on truth.
My mother’s father owned a LaSalle Touring Car and in the photos and 16mm movies, it was magnificent. He had the car shipped to Europe on the same ocean liner that carried my mother, two siblings, father and governess. The car carried them around Depression-era Europe for 6 months without so much as a hiccup.
LaSalle’s were among the royalty of American-made automobiles in the 1930’2.
And yes, it was subsumed by GM and the marque lost forever.
LaSalle... back when GM took pride in a name:
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9-Robert_Cavelier,_Sieur_de_La_Salle
(Unlike, say, the Cadillac Lyriq or the Buick Enclave)
“It wasn’t cheap—it was sold under the Cadillac division.”
That’s what I thought. I think that’s the badge that my dad’s grandfather owned. My dad learned to drive it at age 12 and served as his grandfather’s driver.
The era before driver’s licenses. If you could reach the pedals and see over the dash you were good to go. My father was always a very careful driver, finally surrendering his license at age 92.
We'd cut out about 2 feet from the Seville, lengthen the nose, and put on fake wire wheels...Pompano Beach in the late '70's.
Pimp my ride!
Sold it @ 40K IIRC. I think they're still using the same basic design, putting out 'fancy stuff' that I think they call 'Excaliburs'.
Naah! More like a Packard.
I had to look this up:
“LaSalle was an American brand of luxury automobiles manufactured and marketed, as a separate brand, by General Motors’ Cadillac division from 1927 through 1940. Alfred P. Sloan, GM’s Chairman of the Board, developed the concept for four new GM marques - LaSalle, Marquette, Viking and Pontiac - paired with already established brands to fill price gaps he perceived in the General Motors product portfolio. “
Packard was its own independent self.
Looks like fun.
I’ve seen a few of these. The Seville was built on the X body platform like the Chevy Nova
It was a Cadillac production...
Had one, a 1938 convertible coupe, for about 3 months when I was a Jr in HS (1949)...
Traded it to a classmate for 2 1936 Plymouths...
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