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1957 Cadillac Eldorado
Don't see many of these."Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Harry / Marietta GA
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BlueBirdMusic wrote: »1957 Cadillac Eldorado
Don't see many of these.
My bil had a 58 and it's the first car I ever drove. I could barely see over the huge steering wheel. The front bumper was the same as the 57 but I thought the 58 doors were longer. It also had air powered wipers which did not work well and auto dimming headlights that didn't work well either. -
I got curious, as I know that is a heavy vehicle. So, I looked up the curb weight of this versus my full sized truck. That car weighs in at the curb weight of my truck! (+- a few hundred pounds either way, based upon options and models)
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1958 GM cars went to quad headlamps. This means all of the front end sheet metal and bumpers were changed over, making these cars a one year only deal. The ‘59’s were supposed to come out in 1958 but were delayed by a year due to government regulations and styling disagreements between the outgoing Harley Earl and incoming Bill Mitchell…The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon MiND2 Shunyata Triton/Typhon Rotel RP9400 Turntable
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But does it have n1pples?BlueBirdMusic wrote: »Nor these
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We had a hand-me-down '58 four-door Cadillac "sedan" (technically a hardtop, I would think; no B pillar) from my grandfather for a while when I was a tween (early 1970s) I called it the White Whale (it was white). Enormous car. I loved it. My mother drove it to work; I don't think she (or my father) ever much liked it, though.
I don't think I have any good photos of it, unfortunately. It was in good condition (i.e., it looked good). -
I got curious, as I know that is a heavy vehicle. So, I looked up the curb weight of this versus my full sized truck. That car weighs in at the curb weight of my truck! (+- a few hundred pounds either way, based upon options and models)
Tom
The doors on those old monsters alone were incredibly heavy. Take extra precautions to remove all cherished body parts from the door jamb before it got shut or that meant a trip to the hospital. -
No doubt. Park on an uphill incline and try to open one of those doors! You would find out very quickly just how heavy they were.
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I know the door on a 2dr '64 Chevy II is kinda heavy. My best friend growing up had one.
He was working on it in his parents' sloped driveway one day, had the door open, and was backing down. Looking over his right shoulder, presumably. The door corner caught in the lawn, and ripped it off the hinges. You can figure out from here how its not-insignificant weight was determined.
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This was on a mat by the laundry tub downstairs. Tried wiping it up. It was sunlight shining through a hole in the basement window security bars.
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Today's car doors are hella heavy, too, albeit for different reasons than they were on the lead sleds of old.
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Look at the trunk on that blue rascal above. Those were the days when you could kidnap a whole basketball team and put 'em in the trunk to take them to an undisclosed location whilst awaiting the ransom payment.
I mean... ahem... so I have heard.
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Arguably, the longest car door made (if not, certainly one of the) is the '78 era 2 door Lincoln Continental MK V. I would imagine, this would also place it among some of the heaviest doors in automotive history as well.
You wouldn't even be able to open the door in some of today's tight parking spaces. If you were able to open it, that still didn't mean that you would be able to exit the vehicle. Even my ol' '79 Trans Am presented me with this problem from time to time. That door had to be every bit of 5.5 to 6 feet long. It's sometimes hard enough just getting out of a full sized truck, given the width of some of these parking spaces. Especially in a inner city or airport multi-level parking garage.
Getting back to the weight, due to some of the gauges of metal used in the vehicles of the 50's and 60's, even though the doors may have been smaller than the aforementioned Lincoln, they could have still weighed in more. Meanwhile, you could probably support the entire weight of an unconnected Yugo door with two fingers, in comparison.
Tom
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That's like being thrown into the deep end of a pool to learn to swim.
Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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SCompRacer wrote: »My driver ed car in high school was a '68 Olds 88.
In 1972 I traded my 1967 VW in on a 1968 Delta 88, two door. In 1973 I totaled it when a car load of drunk PR’s in a 1964 Pontiac Tempest did a u-turn in front
of me. I broadsided them @ about 50mph and by some miracle these were no fatalities. Although they were all pretty beat up and bloody.
Anyway, that car had some big doors.
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Yeah, here ya' go. My actual '79 Trans Am. Shorter overall length than the Lincoln but take a look at the length of that door!
Now, imagine trying to open that door up, with a vehicle that is less than 2 feet away from you in the next parking spot.
Tom
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Even better if you’re 6’4” and have size 14 shoes.
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Yeah, here ya' go. My actual '79 Trans Am. Shorter overall length than the Lincoln but take a look at the length of that door!
Now, imagine trying to open that door up, with a vehicle that is less than 2 feet away from you in the next parking spot.
Tom
There were many times guys with **** star mustaches with these screaming chicken FB’s and TA’s would challenge me and I them in my 68 442. I would leave them in the glow of red taillights and a cloud of unburnt hydrocarbons.
I emasculated many.
Not meant as a dig, just a fun fact. Nice looking car though and I really miss those days.
Since we don’t know where we are going we have to stick together in case someone gets there….Ken Kesey.
Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper REALLY likes you.
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Oh, there is no doubt that many muscle cars of that era would have smoked me. I'm not gonna even try to argue that. It's just a fact. But as an 18 year old, that car sure was fun to drive! Sometimes, I swore that it was built just for me.....it just fit me well. I loved the torque and the blub, blub, blub, as she was idling.
My smokin' hot girl at the time had a tricked out '80 Camaro, smoke grey, one of my best bud's had a White/blue bird '80 T/A. My other bud had a Mustang GT that was tricked out as well (forget what year...I think it was an '85). Whenever we would show up somewhere together, lots of heads were turned, as all of these cars were in tip top shape. Good times!
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We had a beautiful 20k original miles blue delta 88 back in the day. The car was absolutely showroom new.SCompRacer wrote: »My driver ed car in high school was a '68 Olds 88.
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“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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Yeah, here ya' go. My actual '79 Trans Am.
Tom
I had a '74. Can't locate any pics of it on this 'putie. Red with white interior. Last year for just red, white and blue colors IIRC. I would scare my drag race friends getting on an interstate ramp....aren't you going to slow down for that curve??? No, I'm going to accelerate through it...
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We had a beautiful 20k original miles blue delta 88 back in the day. The car was absolutely showroom new.SCompRacer wrote: »My driver ed car in high school was a '68 Olds 88.
The precurser to the Delta 88 was the Delmont 88 I believe, similar to the Wildcat of the day, huge truck, 425 engine, could lay rubber for half a block easily.
All those old cars from the 50's and 60's were built like tanks. Who cared though, gas was cheap, plus if you got in an accident, it was a minor fender bender. I once fell asleep at the wheel at 3 A.M. , drifted over into a parked Datsun....pushed that trunk up to the steering wheel with my Chevy Impala, which I had bought for 30 bucks, had a dent in the bumber and a slight crease in the body panel. Dang I miss the 60's, cars, girls, beach, burgers, drive ins....life was good, until one day I became a magician and turned a backrub into 2 kids and a mortgage. Then it became grocery getters, Mickey D's, local pool, girlscouts, AMC theaters, chaperone field trips....HT SYSTEM-
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Oh, there is no doubt that many muscle cars of that era would have smoked me. I'm not gonna even try to argue that. It's just a fact. But as an 18 year old, that car sure was fun to drive! Sometimes, I swore that it was built just for me.....it just fit me well. I loved the torque and the blub, blub, blub, as she was idling.
My smokin' hot girl at the time had a tricked out '80 Camaro, smoke grey, one of my best bud's had a White/blue bird '80 T/A. My other bud had a Mustang GT that was tricked out as well (forget what year...I think it was an '85). Whenever we would show up somewhere together, lots of heads were turned, as all of these cars were in tip top shape. Good times!
Tom
My '79 Z28, bought new at age 19. Not much HP by todays standards but certainly helped with getting the ladies....
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Good callArguably, the longest car door made (if not, certainly one of the) is the '78 era 2 door Lincoln Continental MK V. I would imagine, this would also place it among some of the heaviest doors in automotive history as well.
You wouldn't even be able to open the door in some of today's tight parking spaces. If you were able to open it, that still didn't mean that you would be able to exit the vehicle. Even my ol' '79 Trans Am presented me with this problem from time to time. That door had to be every bit of 5.5 to 6 feet long. It's sometimes hard enough just getting out of a full sized truck, given the width of some of these parking spaces. Especially in a inner city or airport multi-level parking garage.
Getting back to the weight, due to some of the gauges of metal used in the vehicles of the 50's and 60's, even though the doors may have been smaller than the aforementioned Lincoln, they could have still weighed in more. Meanwhile, you could probably support the entire weight of an unconnected Yugo door with two fingers, in comparison.
Tom
I figured the two-door Chrysler fuselage vehicles were a good guess; I didn't feel like digging too deep today!
I remember the TV show Cannon, starring a then-corpulent William Conrad. If memory serves, he drove a Continental Mk III or Mk IV (whichever model was current at the time). I mention this only because I remember seeing him struggling to get himself into (or out of) the capacious cabin of that car via one of those enormous doors!
oh, look, the internet remembers, too!
