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Post by Stratluvr on Jan 5, 2020 13:48:00 GMT -5
Any experts here on vintage Cadillac style features from the fifties and sixties? Besides the famous tail fins, what features set Cadillac cars from other cars. If you look on many of the fifties and early sixties cars, tail fins were on many of other makes. I don't see anything distinct unless I'm missing something.
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Post by RufusTeleStrat on Jan 5, 2020 13:54:22 GMT -5
Bulbous nose, distinctive look:  |
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Post by Chris Greene on Jan 5, 2020 13:57:07 GMT -5
My stepdad owned 2 '56 Cadillacs. One was cream white and the other was salmon pink.
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Post by Stratluvr on Jan 5, 2020 13:57:59 GMT -5
That's a feature I didn't really notice.
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Post by themaestro on Jan 5, 2020 14:36:00 GMT -5
I'm not sure if any other cars had the large "Mae West" bumper bullets.
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Post by Laker on Jan 5, 2020 14:37:08 GMT -5
The Cadillac front bumpers of the ‘50s were referred to as Dagmars. I also remember the power antenna switch was the volume knob of the radio...push in to lower the antenna and pull out to raise it. The gas filler was located under the left tail light until ‘59 when it was moved to the center chrome piece above the rear bumper. The autronic eye might have been Cadillac only also.
My parents seemed to nearly always have a Cadillac in the garage. The earliest I remember was a ‘41 convertible and the last was a ‘78 Eldorado that I still own.
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Post by cagey on Jan 5, 2020 15:17:56 GMT -5
'59 had the famous bullet taillights. They found their way onto a lot of customized cars in the 60's
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Post by Stratluvr on Jan 5, 2020 16:07:15 GMT -5
I started looking at some other '57 car pics and it seems that Cadillac's just look better above and beyond from other cars. The '57 Chevy Bel Air has plenty of chrome and fins but the Cadillac looks better. Same thing with a Ford. The Chrysler Imperial looks like it may have influenced later Cadillac models but also don't look quite as good as a Cadillac.
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Post by Vibroluxer on Jan 5, 2020 23:41:14 GMT -5
My oldest, 11 at the time, said "Dad, I think every car would look better with wings"
He might have something there.
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Post by jazzguy on Jan 13, 2020 18:29:16 GMT -5
my pop had a '60 Fleetwood, that was the 1st year of the medium sized fins.
great car but he totaled it rear ending another car when the brakes failed.
I still have the bent chrome grill
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Post by pcalu on Jan 13, 2020 21:05:23 GMT -5
You just can't touch the 50's styling. The colors, the detail...
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Post by oldnjplayer on Jan 15, 2020 9:07:36 GMT -5
Point of interest; back then GM tried new technology out on their Buicks before installing on Cadilacs. Two I can think of were the auto high beams and remote radio station changer., (this was a button on the floor that you stepped on that would change/scan the channel. My daughters new CRV has the automatic High Beams, and of course most cars have auto scan on their radios.
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Post by LVF on Jan 15, 2020 10:46:15 GMT -5
My first car was a '57 Cadillac Coupe DeVille. That radio with the button on the floor was attached to the WonderBar radio that also had a flat, radio length lever on its face that said 'Wonder Bar' that would also slide the needle across the freqs. Largest car I ever owned. It was white over powder blue. Had a 365ci and Rochester 4 jet. A 25 gallon gas tank that I could fill for 5 bucks back in the day. The trunk could hold more stuff than many modern pickup beds. The Hydramatic transmission had a distinctive shift pattern you could not mistake for any other. The only dent it had was a softball size crater over the right headlight. The steering wheel was huge and the the horns had the coolest sound.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 15, 2020 12:47:32 GMT -5
Chrome. Chrome. And chrome! Proportions. Classic Cadillacs also have a certain look that separates them from other cars. This comes from a slightly elongated front end and hood. The front of the car appears to be 'pulling' the car forward. It lends a look of motion even when the car is parked. It is subtle and you don't consciously see it, but it affects how you perceive the car. And much of the "look" comes from art deco, which is a visual style based in cubism and often consisting of overlayed geometric shapes, borrowed from architectural design popular in the late 1920s through the 1030s. Art deco represented technology, advanced modern design, and the future. Compare the look of the grill in RufusTeleStrat's pic above with this. It's a table radio made by RCA in the 1930s, appropriately called the Skyscraper model. Want! .jpg) |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2020 13:01:06 GMT -5
Cadillac porn...'59 Eldorado Biarritz  |
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Post by Stratluvr on Jan 15, 2020 13:19:43 GMT -5
I find it sad that GM completely dropped the ball with Cadillac with both style and performance. They have improved the cars lately with performance but they simply don't have that lust factor going on which made the old Caddies so amazing.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 15, 2020 14:41:36 GMT -5
When GM introduced the 8-6-4 engine many years ago, I knew it was the beginning if the end of an icon.
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Post by Laker on Jan 15, 2020 17:07:47 GMT -5
I find it sad that GM completely dropped the ball with Cadillac with both style and performance. They have improved the cars lately with performance but they simply don't have that lust factor going on which made the old Caddies so amazing. I think Cadillac, like just about all the current auto makers, are designing vehicles to satisfy current trends/consumer demands. Wait until you see the new Escalade. |
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