Big Red

Posted on October 4, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at the corner of 17th and Swann Streets NW, Dupont Circle, D.C.:

Red car 2020

Red car 2020

Red car 2020

Red car 2020

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6 Responses to Big Red

  1. Pablo says:
    October 4, 2020 at 12:32 pm

    Very nice. ’57 or 58?

    • Crprod says:
      October 4, 2020 at 6:29 pm

      It’s a ‘59, the year that GM let it all hang out on the styling. They pulled it back the next year.

      • JDM says:
        October 11, 2020 at 11:18 am

        Although all they did on the 1960 was remove the little rocket ships from the tail fins. I learned to drive in one of these, and it wasn’t easy. I later spent four years in a motorhome, comfy enough, that was only two feet longer.

        BTW, you get 8-10 mpg on a good day in these, if you nurse it. Another trivia point is that when Dad got rid of the caddie and got a Volvo 142 (the first square Volvo) it was just as fast in acceleration and top speed, had more interior room, vastly more trunk space, 25-35mpg, and of course infinitely better handling and braking. Good old American engineering.

  2. jmagoun says:
    October 4, 2020 at 2:25 pm

    I think I read somewhere that when Soviet Premier Khrushchev visited the US in the late ’50s, he was utterly baffled by the rocket-ship style fins on the big car bodies of the time!

    And now they seem so quaint. Great car and thanks for posting.

  3. Bern says:
    October 5, 2020 at 12:21 am

    Needs more headlamps.

    • Crprod says:
      October 5, 2020 at 1:23 pm

      My favorite Cadillac of the fifties is the 1957 Coupe de Ville. When our nephew was married at the family home of the bride, that was one of their cars. A very pleasant surprise!

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