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That's the whole point!
Those cars were so damn big that they weren't allowed in some parking garages.
Our local concours is featuring Cadillacs and alternative fuel cars this year. I'm sure I'll see some of those.
Your preferences simply can't honestly be that one-dimensional.
Oh, and they were all rear wheel drive until '85.
That is a Brougham, not a Deville.
It looks similiar to the Deville, but is about 6 inches longer. Also, they continued to be based on the same RWD platform up until '92, where the Deville was moved to the new FWD corporate platform in '85.
Don't see the problem here. :huh:
Biarritz was a trim level only- except for the ultra-limited edition '58 Biarritz.
You really are one dimensional if you believe that. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
The 1948 Cadillac was the first American production car to run the 24 hours of LeMans: and finished ahead of several Ferraris.
Question: Which DeVille?
Option 1: '49-'54 
votes: 2
votes: 2
Option 2: '55-'58 
votes: 2
votes: 2
Option 3: '59-'64 
votes: 8
votes: 8
Option 4: '65-'70 
votes: 2
votes: 2
Option 5: '71-'76 
votes: 1
votes: 1
Option 6: '77-'84 
votes: 1
votes: 1
Option 7: '85-'88 
votes: 0
votes: 0
Option 8: '89-'93 
votes: 0
votes: 0
Option 9: '94-'99 
votes: 0
votes: 0
Option 10: '00-'05 
votes: 1
votes: 1
Option 11: '06- 
votes: 1
votes: 1
Title: Caddy's
Post by: CMan on May 14, 2007, 01:26:31 PM
Post by: CMan on May 14, 2007, 01:26:31 PM
Pick! :ohyeah:
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: the Teuton on May 14, 2007, 01:28:44 PM
Post by: the Teuton on May 14, 2007, 01:28:44 PM
I love the '49 ducktale, but I want a '59 convertible so badly right now. It's one of my top 10 favorite cars.
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: Payman on May 14, 2007, 01:39:39 PM
Post by: Payman on May 14, 2007, 01:39:39 PM
A purple '59 with snow-leopard skin seatcovers. :ohyeah:
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: TheIntrepid on May 14, 2007, 01:53:21 PM
Post by: TheIntrepid on May 14, 2007, 01:53:21 PM
Forgetting this one?
(http://www.bfm.nu/st90.jpg)
(http://www.bfm.nu/st90.jpg)
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: Laconian on May 14, 2007, 02:04:40 PM
Post by: Laconian on May 14, 2007, 02:04:40 PM
He said DeVille.
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: 93JC on May 14, 2007, 02:05:27 PM
Post by: 93JC on May 14, 2007, 02:05:27 PM
'65-'70. '59-'64 is just too tacky.
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: Tave on May 14, 2007, 02:13:02 PM
Post by: Tave on May 14, 2007, 02:13:02 PM
None of these are making me horny. I'll go with the '65-'70.
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: heelntoe on May 14, 2007, 02:17:15 PM
Post by: heelntoe on May 14, 2007, 02:17:15 PM
i went with '55-'58.
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: 280Z Turbo on May 14, 2007, 02:29:30 PM
Post by: 280Z Turbo on May 14, 2007, 02:29:30 PM
Quote from: 93JC on May 14, 2007, 02:05:27 PM
'65-'70. '59-'64 is just too tacky.
That's the whole point!
Those cars were so damn big that they weren't allowed in some parking garages.
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: Soup DeVille on May 14, 2007, 04:14:35 PM
Post by: Soup DeVille on May 14, 2007, 04:14:35 PM
Well, its no secret that my pick is in the garage- a '79 Coupe.
However, the '77-'79 Devilles only fit that pick- they still had the 425 engine in them while the later years of that body style started with the gutless 368 and went downhill from there.
Given my pick of any of them, I'd take a '69 pillarless Coupe, but I have to vote for the '79 or my car will stop talking to me.
However, the '77-'79 Devilles only fit that pick- they still had the 425 engine in them while the later years of that body style started with the gutless 368 and went downhill from there.
Given my pick of any of them, I'd take a '69 pillarless Coupe, but I have to vote for the '79 or my car will stop talking to me.
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: S204STi on May 14, 2007, 05:19:33 PM
Post by: S204STi on May 14, 2007, 05:19:33 PM
My aunt had an early 60s Caddy. I really wish she hadn't sold it. :(
She also had my grandmother's 66 Mustang. Really wish she hadn't sold that one! :banghead:
She also had my grandmother's 66 Mustang. Really wish she hadn't sold that one! :banghead:
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: J86 on May 14, 2007, 05:28:51 PM
Post by: J86 on May 14, 2007, 05:28:51 PM
My favorite is my friend's '38 Caddy w/ suicide doors powered by a Rolls Royce V16 that I was riding in this weekend. THAT is a cool fuckin car!
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: goldenlover1101 on May 14, 2007, 06:02:25 PM
Post by: goldenlover1101 on May 14, 2007, 06:02:25 PM
55-58, i love the fins!
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: Raghavan on May 14, 2007, 06:07:20 PM
Post by: Raghavan on May 14, 2007, 06:07:20 PM
Really don't care.
Whichever ones aren't FWD.
Whichever ones aren't FWD.
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: the Teuton on May 14, 2007, 06:10:30 PM
Post by: the Teuton on May 14, 2007, 06:10:30 PM
Quote from: J86 on May 14, 2007, 05:28:51 PM
My favorite is my friend's '38 Caddy w/ suicide doors powered by a Rolls Royce V16 that I was riding in this weekend. THAT is a cool fuckin car!
Our local concours is featuring Cadillacs and alternative fuel cars this year. I'm sure I'll see some of those.
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: TheIntrepid on May 14, 2007, 06:17:49 PM
Post by: TheIntrepid on May 14, 2007, 06:17:49 PM
59-64!
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: Soup DeVille on May 14, 2007, 06:29:10 PM
Post by: Soup DeVille on May 14, 2007, 06:29:10 PM
Quote from: Raghavan on May 14, 2007, 06:07:20 PM
Really don't care.
Whichever ones aren't FWD.
Your preferences simply can't honestly be that one-dimensional.
Oh, and they were all rear wheel drive until '85.
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: Soup DeVille on May 14, 2007, 06:49:27 PM
Post by: Soup DeVille on May 14, 2007, 06:49:27 PM
Quote from: TheIntrepid on May 14, 2007, 01:53:21 PM
Forgetting this one?
(http://www.bfm.nu/st90.jpg)
That is a Brougham, not a Deville.
It looks similiar to the Deville, but is about 6 inches longer. Also, they continued to be based on the same RWD platform up until '92, where the Deville was moved to the new FWD corporate platform in '85.
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: the Teuton on May 14, 2007, 06:51:44 PM
Post by: the Teuton on May 14, 2007, 06:51:44 PM
Cadillacs aren't that simple because until the Seville and Cimmaron, they were all really big cars. There was the 62, Biarritz, Brougham, Eldorado, and several other cars. Caddies, in their heyday, was an American Rolls-Royce. It was an amazingly expensive car, especially the V16 and Biarritz models.
It wasn't until the 1970s when the European cars came here and the quality of the American cars sucked that Caddy went down market.
Remember, this is how it went and it actually made sense in GM's lineup:
Caddy: Ultimate luxury. You've made it.
Buick: You can't quite afford a Caddy but deserve something nice.
Olds: What Acura is today. They are more moderately priced, but cooler to have and still uber-luxurious and technology-laden.
Pontiac: Young, sporty division and "sporty" family cars.
Chevy: A working man's car. Cheap, practical, consumer-friendly.
GMC: Roughneck, well-built, cheap trucks and commercial vehicles.
Caddy has gone downmarket to compensate for its lack of quality and steadily growing competition. Luxury cars need not be sporty before BMW made it big in America.
It wasn't until the 1970s when the European cars came here and the quality of the American cars sucked that Caddy went down market.
Remember, this is how it went and it actually made sense in GM's lineup:
Caddy: Ultimate luxury. You've made it.
Buick: You can't quite afford a Caddy but deserve something nice.
Olds: What Acura is today. They are more moderately priced, but cooler to have and still uber-luxurious and technology-laden.
Pontiac: Young, sporty division and "sporty" family cars.
Chevy: A working man's car. Cheap, practical, consumer-friendly.
GMC: Roughneck, well-built, cheap trucks and commercial vehicles.
Caddy has gone downmarket to compensate for its lack of quality and steadily growing competition. Luxury cars need not be sporty before BMW made it big in America.
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: Raghavan on May 14, 2007, 06:53:37 PM
Post by: Raghavan on May 14, 2007, 06:53:37 PM
Quote from: Soup DeVille on May 14, 2007, 06:29:10 PMThey're all ugly and they're all boats.
Your preferences simply can't honestly be that one-dimensional.
Oh, and they were all rear wheel drive until '85.
Don't see the problem here. :huh:
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: Soup DeVille on May 14, 2007, 06:54:45 PM
Post by: Soup DeVille on May 14, 2007, 06:54:45 PM
Quote from: the Teuton on May 14, 2007, 06:51:44 PM
Cadillacs aren't that simple because until the Seville and Cimmaron, they were all really big cars.? There was the 62, Biarritz, Brougham, Eldorado, and several other cars.? Caddies, in their heyday, was an American Rolls-Royce.? It was an amazingly expensive car, especially the V16 and Biarritz models.?
Biarritz was a trim level only- except for the ultra-limited edition '58 Biarritz.
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: the Teuton on May 14, 2007, 06:54:53 PM
Post by: the Teuton on May 14, 2007, 06:54:53 PM
Quote from: Raghavan on May 14, 2007, 06:53:37 PM
They're all ugly and they're all boats.
Don't see the problem here. :huh:
You really are one dimensional if you believe that. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: Raghavan on May 14, 2007, 06:55:28 PM
Post by: Raghavan on May 14, 2007, 06:55:28 PM
Quote from: the Teuton on May 14, 2007, 06:54:53 PMOk, see you later.
You really are one dimensional if you believe that. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: Soup DeVille on May 14, 2007, 06:57:40 PM
Post by: Soup DeVille on May 14, 2007, 06:57:40 PM
Quote from: Raghavan on May 14, 2007, 06:53:37 PM
They're all ugly and they're all boats.
Don't see the problem here. :huh:
The 1948 Cadillac was the first American production car to run the 24 hours of LeMans: and finished ahead of several Ferraris.
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: the Teuton on May 14, 2007, 07:02:33 PM
Post by: the Teuton on May 14, 2007, 07:02:33 PM
This will clarify it a little better.
(http://www.wmsbrg.com/cadillac/Richmond/images/1959_Cadillac_models.jpg)
You do realize that Bentleys still use a GM-designed pushrod 6.75 liter V8 from the 1960s, right?
(http://www.wmsbrg.com/cadillac/Richmond/images/1959_Cadillac_models.jpg)
You do realize that Bentleys still use a GM-designed pushrod 6.75 liter V8 from the 1960s, right?
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: CJ on May 14, 2007, 07:35:05 PM
Post by: CJ on May 14, 2007, 07:35:05 PM
1959 hands down the best looking Cadillac....EVER.
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: omicron on May 16, 2007, 05:46:07 AM
Post by: omicron on May 16, 2007, 05:46:07 AM
'71 - '76.
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: chevyguy06 on May 16, 2007, 10:30:38 AM
Post by: chevyguy06 on May 16, 2007, 10:30:38 AM
55-58', one of the best Caddy designs ever IMO.
Title: Re: Caddy's
Post by: omicron on May 16, 2007, 10:36:45 AM
Post by: omicron on May 16, 2007, 10:36:45 AM
(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n283/cmanmt/cad56red.jpg)
I love that room to death. I want a room like that.
I love that room to death. I want a room like that.