Posted on 01/19/2005 5:57:14 AM PST by xp38
A high school bud's father was a car dealer. He took in a used 1955 cobalt blue Cadillac limo that just wouldn't sell. My bud finally started driving it...and the six of us rode everywhere in glory. Those were the days when everyone chipped in 50 cents for gas, everytime you looked at it!
Thing looks like parts from 4 different cars glued together
Speaking of Led Zep song intros, Am I the only one who hears the intro to Dyer Maker everytime a gas pump at the station or quick-stop authorizes itself?
That's the 71 or 72, isn't it? I remember those when I lived in New York. They were really handsome. I've got a '92 Sedan de Ville.
After his retirement, my dad worked part time for the local Olds-Caddy dealership and one day, brought home a blue 56 Sedan DeVille with very low miles. It had the headlight dimmer, the Wonderbar radio, leather trim, etc. It would blow the doors off our neighbor's 62 Corvette.
I know it's not feasible anymore, but I do miss the "open limo" of years past. I remember when Pres Nixon came to our town in Mamaroneck...it was so much more exciting to see your president in an open car.
He always wants me to drive whenever we take a trip in his car. He's very much a Caddy loyalist, so to keep him happy I always remark how nice his car drives and rides whenever I drive it. Actually, I would rather drive my little Nissan Altima if the road is curvy, but of course his Caddy does ride much better on rough roads and it's power is impressive.
The bad part of going anywhere in his car is that my when we get home my wife is always dissatisfied with our little plebian Altima with it's cloth upholstery and manually adjusted seats. My retirement income level doesn't even come close to allowing me to own a late model Caddy, but even if it did I wouldn't be driving one unless there were no Lexus or Infinity available.
I once got a free upgrade to an an Infinity Q45 from a car rental agency and drove it on a fairly long road trip. Wow, what a car. Not only did it have every luxury feature imaginable it handled curves much better than any other big sedan I have ever driven, and the darn thing would pin me to the back of the seat whenever I punched the go pedal. I have not driven the big Lexus, but from what I have read it's at least the equal of the Q45.
No, I don't sell Nissan or Toyota products or own any of their stock, I just like the cars and the fact that they seem to run forever with very little maintenance cost.
My thoughts exactly...front end is fugly. Of course I'm not their target audience, so I doubt my opinion means much to them.
Gotta be more recent than that. Rectangular headlights didn't show up until '76 or '77.
Ooops. I think you're right. I took another look and spotted the round headlights inside the rectangular frame. My bad.
Me too...I recall from my youth seeing Queen Elizabeth II live in an open pale yellow Cadillac in the 1970s on a visit to Canada.
"...get rid of those damn ugly headlights."
Amen, brother! Reminds me of the '63-'67 Caddies with the ugly-ass stacked headlights. HIDEOUS!
Seriously...who designs lights like that and says "Yeah - now THIS looks good!" ???
UGH!!!
Oops... I think you're right. I took another look and noticed the round headlights inside the rectangular frame. My bad.
Exactly what Bill said
I think on this presidential limo version you can see where all the armor has made the body super bulky like around the windows and windshield, like someone wearing what would be a nice suit, but with 5 wool sweaters on underneath bulking it up out of proportion.
WHoever made the comment earlier about "the front looks like a Cavalier". I almost fell out of the chair laughing for some reason, that just struck me as funny. And I drive a Cavalier and this front end looks nothing like mine, but I can see it looks a bit like a late 80's Cavs.
This has the potential to be a not too bad car, but not what I would pick as my first choice.
Bones
Where can I git me one a them?
It's a truck in front and an old Lincoln in the rear.
Yep, it's goony looking.
For a long time it seemed Lincoln supplied the Presidential limos but now it seems Caddy has had the contract for a while. Do you think a current day Lincoln would have been better style wise?
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