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1955 Cadillac Comments about this vehicle| Author | Message |
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◊ 2008-06-27 18:58 |
1955 Cadillac to me. |
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◊ 2008-06-29 12:22 |
You got it, "Ray B." |
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◊ 2008-07-07 19:21 |
Cadillac Coupe DeVille |
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◊ 2018-01-20 19:39 |
It's a 1955 Cadillac Coupe Deville. |
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◊ 2018-01-20 20:06 |
How do you know Coupe de Ville without being able to see the side? |
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◊ 2020-08-07 15:51 |
Only 16 years old at the time and it's a rusted ruin  |
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◊ 2020-08-07 17:44 |
Par for the course in 1971. Once a car had left its first owner the industry just didn’t care, not just in USA, it was the same wherever you went. Inner cavities of bodywork were left uncoated, to be attacked by condensation and salt, to rust from the inside outwards. Add to that the primitive nature of the paint technology in use in the 50s, and this is the result. Do I have supporting knowledge? I had a 1958 Vauxhall Victor, and a 1960 Mini Van. The Vauxhall was scrapped by ten years old and the rear suspension sub frame of the Mini collapsed by about seven years, that was fixed, the Vauxhall just fell apart. -- Last edit: 2020-08-07 17:54:03 |
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◊ 2020-08-07 18:53 |
Same outcome but different stories... Britain went in decline after the war, empire was lost, general malaise. US had the economic boom, just the oil crisis and changing fashions scrapped these '50s cars. |
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◊ 2020-08-07 19:03 |
...luckily the 1979 election improved things substantially. |
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◊ 2020-08-07 19:34 |
I don’t understand the link between the “loss of empire” and the fact that the British motor industry went down the tubes, less still to a reason why poor design causes cars to rot. I have been here since 1948 and have not noticed any general malaise. I have bought a house, raised a family and never been out of work. My Dad, b.1916, did the same, and he spent nearly 5 years away in the R.A.F. Perhaps you should talk to my wife about loss of empire, she grew up and was educated in Kenya. -- Last edit: 2020-08-07 19:53:41 |
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◊ 2020-08-07 20:05 |
The war had an effect on Europe decades later, and still today, "winter time" as Oswald Spengler called it. |
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◊ 2020-08-07 20:12 |
I know nothing of the thoughts of Oswald Spengler, sorry. |
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◊ 2020-08-07 21:27 |
Typo for 1997. But after the initial excitement and hope evaporated, Blair turned out to be a semi-skimmed Tory in disguise, so not much really improved, apart from Scotland and Wales getting devolution. |
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◊ 2020-08-07 21:46 |
If I told you my real opinion of every British politician since Churchill, I should be banned from the site, so I shan’t. Political parties are nothing but a sham, to make the common man think he lives in a democracy. |
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◊ 2020-08-07 23:19 |
Remember the T-shirt slogan "If voting ever actually changed anything, they'd make it illegal"?? But sometimes in elections I have hope that someone with real vision and genuine abilities will come in and change things for the better. While the list of names of those who came in and betrayed my hopes is a long one, at least we can have those moments of hope, however naive they really are. |
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◊ 2020-08-07 23:27 |
I also have memories of Dad, saying vote how you will, but vote. That’s what I joined up to preserve. Enough. |
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◊ 2020-08-08 13:21 |
While this car was a rusted ruin before 20*, the '49 Plymouth that appears later (/vehicle_5972-Plymouth-Special-De-Luxe-P-18-1949.html) looks brand new. Either Chrysler vehicles had better build quality in that time or that particular car was much more well-maintained. *Sort of like that rusted/burned-out '91 Caprice in Sex Drive. (/vehicle_215193-Chevrolet-Caprice-1991.html) -- Last edit: 2020-08-08 13:26:30 |
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◊ 2020-08-08 16:03 |
I was heavily into 1950's cars as a teenager back in 1971 and there were many of these mid-50's Cadillacs still in use, mostly well-maintained (albeit primarily by poorer folks who couldn't afford newer ones, but really wanted a Cadillac). I suspect this car was either heavily misued, or perhaps totaled in a wreck early on in its life. (We can't see the back end. It might have substantial rear damage). Clearly it also has been scavenged for parts, then left out in the weather to rust. Any car left in a junkyard like this for years will deteriorate. |
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◊ 2020-08-09 05:45 |
Remove 'unknown' from model because it can't be identified? I already did so but somebody put it back. |
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