James Vette
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I'd honestly go back to the 60s and just sit watching the road for hours.
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I'd honestly go back to the 60s and just sit watching the road for hours.
antijam
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Your piccies might reflect motoring in the '60's US James, but for those of us who lived through it over here the picture was more like this......View attachment 16731View attachment 16732View attachment 16733View attachment 16734View attachment 16735View attachment 16736
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I'd honestly go back to the 60s and just sit watching the road for hours.
We did have plenty of time to sit and watch though......
Chuffer
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You know what they say about nostalgia , its rembering things the way they never were . But by `eck they were good old days ! Ricketts , Ringworm , Dyptheria and beef dripping sandwiches for tea every day . We were poor but we were `appy !
James Vette
CCCUK Member
So many classics to choose from. I don't think I could resist a 59 cadillac though.
Nassau65
CCCUK Member
The ultimate 50’s cruiser along with a 59 impala and 59 bonneville. Great for high days and holidays. Impractical for anything else. Like everything it’s day has passed.
Roscobbc
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The Romford road from Seven Kings, through Ilford, Manor Park, Forest Gate all the way through to Statford - a distance of perhaps 4 or 5 miles was full of second hand cars dealers - some of the lots backed on to the main railway line and included derelict WW2 bomb flattened sites. In the 50's and 60's and perhaps a little later were the places that many chose to buy an old banger from some fairly dubious looking characters. Many of these 'dealers' ran American cars, the '59 and '60 Cadillac was a popular choice....in fact anything big, shiny and bedecked with chrome did the job for the dealers. Thing was that no one, absolutely wanted these cars. They didn't want the Bentleys, Rolls Royces, Aston Martins either. UK plc was broke for at least 20 years after WW2 and it just wasn't the 'done thing' to have a flashy, ostentatious car that perhaps only did 10 mpg. Interestingly all these cars could be bought for peanuts.........especially the '59 and '60 Caddi's. People actually hated them - too big, too flashy, too American and, even worse over here in the UK. They were pennies to buy. You would actually see a few of them on the Romford road semi-derelict. Dealers couldn't sell them, they didn't care - just left them where they stood (being worth nothing as such) I remember a gold '59 or '60 - must have had the optional air suspension just sitting on its bump stops virtually on the ground in a side road near Woodgrange station for years.
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Chuffer
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I have just got back from flying in a T6 Harvard `Warbird` WW2 advanced trainer that had smaller wings than that !
James Vette
CCCUK Member
Chuffer
CCCUK regional rep
The same with Mk 2 Jauguars . Back in 1970 I went with my mates to big scrap yard that backed onto the main railway line in Wellingorough ( funny how they all backed on railway lines !) to look for seats to fit in an old Commer 15 cwt van we had bought to drive through Europe in . We clambered over piles of cars and stripped out the front and rear leather seats from the Jag Mk 2 and bolted them into the back of the van . The would have been a couple quid or so because the van only cost us £60 !! Imagine doing that these days . Boy , we sure had some fun in that van .
James Vette
CCCUK Member
A 59 cadillac is definitely on my bucket list.
teamzr1
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That Caddy was a big ass PUCK boat
An uncle had a 1958 with those big ass fins (reminds me of a 57 Chevy Belair had fins like that)
and one time about 8 of us were crammed in it and not enough room
so I was made to sit on the rear bench seat area floor
Was a long trip and the caddy was like a big ass boat on the ocean and I think exhaust was also coming in
I was so fricking puking seasick and from then on would never sit in any rear seat !
An uncle had a 1958 with those big ass fins (reminds me of a 57 Chevy Belair had fins like that)
and one time about 8 of us were crammed in it and not enough room
so I was made to sit on the rear bench seat area floor
Was a long trip and the caddy was like a big ass boat on the ocean and I think exhaust was also coming in
I was so fricking puking seasick and from then on would never sit in any rear seat !
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James Vette
CCCUK Member
Pretty sure elvis had one.
Oneball
CCCUK Member
Does say much, he had a 70s Stutz as well!
James Vette
CCCUK Member
I really like the side trim of the "fleetwood" model. They found a way to give a 59 caddy even more character!
Nassau65
CCCUK Member
Never liked the side trim on the 59 fleetwood. The 59 Eldorado is one of THE cars of the fifties, the other for some reason is the 57 Bel Air. The Eldorado I can understand. It was Cadillacs flagship car and with those tail fins soo outrageous. Also the price was horrendous. The Bel Air on the other hand was a 200k plus model year production cheap and cheerful everyday car for the masses. Go figure. 