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Cougar377

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Did someone mention cars??

1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
No other car captures the essence of the “jet age” quite like the 1959 Cadillac Eldorado, with styling that could have been copied from a fighter plane. While many believe that Cadillac’s tailfins were a product of the 1950s, their use actually dates back to GM’s 3/8-scale “Interceptor” design studies of the early 1940s, which were inspired by the radical P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft of World War II.

Available in Biarritz convertible and Seville hardtop form, along with the hand-built Brougham four-door hardtop, the Eldorado was Cadillac’s undisputed image leader for 1959. Standard Eldorado equipment included a heater, fog lamps, air-assisted suspension, a radio with a rear speaker, power windows, a six-way power front seat, power door locks and whitewall tires. Power was provided by the top Q-code 390 cubic inch V8, which thumped out 345 horsepower with a trio of two-barrel carburetors, teamed with a four-speed Hydra-Matic Drive automatic transmission.

Just four options were available for the Eldorado – air conditioning, cruise control, the Autronic-Eye automatic headlight dimmer and E-Z Eye glass, along with a no-cost bucket seat option for the Biarritz. Both the Biarritz convertible and the Seville hardtops carried a lofty base price of $7,401 when new, with only 1,320 examples of the Biarritz produced.


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Let's see you park that in a supermarket car park.....
 

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Let's see you park that in a supermarket car park.....

I would use it as a supermarket car park, others can park in it.

Anyway, if you worry about such things you don't get the point in the first place:rolleyes:.

Gorgeous thing...although it needs to be put on air suspension to drop it - lower the altitude and increase the attitude.

And maybe a nice set of wheels......

Maybe stick an LS crate motor in at the same time.

Yeah baby....
 

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I would use it as a supermarket car park, others can park in it.

Anyway, if you worry about such things you don't get the point in the first place:rolleyes:.

You can drive around all day (tank range not withstanding) but you've got to park up eventually and there ain't nowhere in this country that you'll park that thing without taking up 2+ car spaces. :devil-flip:
 

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You can drive around all day (tank range not withstanding) but you've got to park up eventually and there ain't nowhere in this country that you'll park that thing without taking up 2+ car spaces. :devil-flip:
As I said, you miss the point of owning a car like that entirely..........
 

Cougar377

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As I said, you miss the point of owning a car like that entirely..........

Nope. If you go to the trouble of investing in an exotic piece of Americana like that then you're bound to want to park up and pose for a while.
 

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Nope. If you go to the trouble of investing in an exotic piece of Americana like that then you're bound to want to park up and pose for a while.
Which, in fairness, is unlikely to be in a supermarket car park!!
 

Cougar377

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Which, in fairness, is unlikely to be in a supermarket car park!!

Maybe not your supermarkets, but round these parts some of them can be like a cross between a car meet and a drag strip.
 
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