Is America ripe for a coupe de ville?

[off2bed]

America wants a '59
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/cadillac/2422268.jpg

But they'll probably give us an '85
http://images.canadianlisted.com/nlarge/1985-cadillac-deville-dts-coupe-2-door_4436891.jpg

 

[trysail]

Those things handled like marshmallows and took corners listing so badly you could swear they were gonna capsize.


Those were the days when Detroit gave away the store to the unions and could get away with selling absolute crap.

Fat, dumb and drunk is no way to go through life, son.

General Motors was sued by the Justice Department as a monopoly.

 

[eyer]

Make mine a '57, please...

http://www.justcustomz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/boydcad.jpg

...and I'll take the side of beach that goes with it, tyvm.

 

[thør]

There ain't no Coupe de Ville hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box.

 

[TorontoBoyWest]

Make mine a '57, please...

http://www.justcustomz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/boydcad.jpg

...and I'll take the side of beach that goes with it, tyvm.

That is one sexy ride.

 

[eyer]

That is one sexy ride.

Yeah...

...Boyd Coddington had that "sexy ride" thing down pat:

http://www.boydcoddington.com/Gallery/tabid/63/Default.aspx

 

[Bert Notorius]

There ain't no Coupe de Ville hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box.

No, but there should be.

 

[Typo Fu Master]

I look at these and all I can think about is living at the gas pump.

 

[eyer]

I look at these and all I can think about is living at the gas pump.

Gasoline $$ is the last expense you'd worry about with the '57 above...

...even though it has a 540 cubic inch big block Chevrolet engine delivering about 600hp:

http://www.justcustomz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/engine1.jpg

As with all works of art, you know what they say: if you have to ask how much...

 

[Typo Fu Master]

Gasoline $$ is the last expense you'd worry about with the '57 above...

As with all works of art, you know what they say: if you have to ask how much...

My Dad would consider these drool-worthy. He's into the classics. Me, not so much.

 

[eyer]

My Dad would consider these drool-worthy. He's into the classics. Me, not so much.

The '57 is actually much sweeter than merely a "classic"...

...it's a hot rod built by Boyd Coddington.

But anyway...

 

[GiaCat]

America wants a '59
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/cadillac/2422268.jpg

But they'll probably give us an '85
http://images.canadianlisted.com/nlarge/1985-cadillac-deville-dts-coupe-2-door_4436891.jpg

Yes, we want whale tails and rusty doors

 

[dirtwrench]

RIP Boyd. I may be a Ford fan, but lets face it- an old coupe deville is just plain cool.

Thor and Bert, I was beginning to think I was going to be the only one old enough to recognize the Meatloaf reference.

 

[off2bed]

Maybellene, honey is that you?