Let's lavish some admiration on one of the coolest cars ever made.
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Top 5 greatest Cadillac songs By Michael Waterman
The Chevrolet Cadillac is a classic. Since its founding in 1902, it’s a car that personifies luxury, class, and in the eyes of some, nearly all the Seven Deadly Sins: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Envy and Pride (I’ve removed Sloth since virtually all Caddies have big, powerful engines).
The Cadillac has inspired more impassioned songs about its charms than any other make or model. That’s a big deal. Because you really have to love something to sing about it. But a quick review of the 2010 Cadillac model lineup shows there is much to love (and lust after). These cars will fill their drivers with pride and make passengers green with envy.
So without further ado, here is our list of the "Top 5 Greatest Cadillac Songs." It's a list worth singing about.
They have the youtube videos at this link for all 5 songs and all are great live performances except "Pink Cadillac" (music video) and "Solid gold Cadillac." The 5 are:
1. The Clash - Brand new Cadillac
2. Natalie Cole - Pink Cadillac
3. Pearl Bailey - Solid Gold Cadillac
4. Quiet Riot - Slick Black Cadillac
5. Albert King - Cadillac assembly line
If you had a beautiful old Cadillac, what special places would you or did you drive with it to?
1960 Cadillac Limo (By Matriek, Photobucket). I was born
that year and just had my birthday on Halloween.
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If you pull the trunk deck, you could almost drop a hot tub back there and still have room to spare.
You can't climb into the back seat and not blush over all the room back there, let alone the front seats. Not that I have any experiance in one of them. My dad had a 59 Buick, in which he stuffed a gaggle of us kids, but I digress...
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-Gunnery Sgt. Tom Highway, aka Clint Eastwood.
If you pull the trunk deck, you could almost drop a hot tub back there and still have room to spare.
This super-sized limo has a hot tub in it though.
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Attack of the 100 foot-long limo
Designed and built by owner Jay Ohrberg, the longest stretch limousine so far is 100 feet long. It has 26 wheels to support its massive frame, and the vehicle is hinged in the middle to allow it to make turns. The car requires two drivers -- one sits up front as in any normal car, and the second sits in the back to help maneuver when going in reverse or around tight corners. In the last section of the vehicle, you'll find a hot tub and sun deck. The limo isn't street legal, which means you can't just rent it out and tour the Las Vegas strip. Instead, the car is usually reserved for movie or commercial shoots and the occasional car show [source: Limo Broker].
There's a great pic of this train-length limo at Ohrberg's website and some other eye-catching Limos.
One of them is a beautifully styled Cadillac 45 foot custom; and a head-scratching Cadillac 72 foot; a Ferrari F40 limo; a Lamborghini; a Lincoln Jet Engine Limo; a pink Mercedes long convertible Limo with heart-shaped hot tub; a Space Shuttle Limo; and an incredibly cool Wide limo. Jeez, it's good to be rich!
While we're still at this website, I suggest a quick look at some TV cars:
1. The A-Team Van
2. The 1966 Batmobile
3. 1966 Batcycle
4. Beverly Hillbillies Family Truck
5. Green Hornet's Black Beauty
6. Miami Vice Ferrari
7. Monkee-mobile
8. Munster's Drag-u-La
9. Munster's Koach
10. The Pink Panther
11. Super Dave Osbourne's Boat Car
12. and others
You can't climb into the back seat and not blush over all the room back there, let alone the front seats. Not that I have any experiance in one of them. My dad had a 59 Buick, in which he stuffed a gaggle of us kids, but I digress...
I don't know nearly how many times I've joked that a whole family could fit in the trunk of my '73 Plymouth Fury III 400, which looks exactly like this one including the color, except mine has a black vinyl roof.
When I drive my Fury on the freeway, I always feel like it's just not fair to the other cars and can see why they were a favorite by the police or highway patrol.
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The C-body Plymouth Fury, 1955-1974
The Fury was a favorite of many police forces, adopted by the tough New York Police Department; the story goes that the city’s Ford squads failed to stay together during a drug chase, immortalized in The French Connection, while a single detective in his personal Plymouth was able to catch the bandit because his car could take the pounding.
The Fury also set a record: Joseph Vaillancourt's 1963 Plymouth Fury, driven as a cab since the mid-1960s, reached 2,609,698 km, when it was struck and totalled by a truck. Vaillancourt was unhurt, and a Quebec actor, Michel Barette (who drove a Prowler at the time) spent roughly $20,000 to restore the Fury, the highest mileage car in North America.
Christine, the famous Plymouth Fury written about by Steven King, was able to not only fix itself, but also to take revenge upon those who hurt it...
The largest line was the Fury III with the sedan, hardtop coupe and sedan, and two and three-seat Custom Suburban wagons...
Also, there are lots of pics of different years of the Fury:
Pops had a perfect '67 Sedan deVille when I was learning to drive.
I thought I was cool driving by myself with the power seat all the way back.
I tilted the front of the seat up as well.
It went so far up that I couldn't reach the pedals,
the blue leather seats were slippery so I kept sliding back.
In a panic, I couldn't find the button to bring it
back down, I was unable to reach the foot controls (brakes)
until the very last second.
I didn't crash but I never forgot that lesson.
Wish I would have told him before he died,
we could have had a good laugh together
like we did when I crashed his new Plymouth.
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Best Cadillac tracks and pics
My dad had a 59 Buick, in which he stuffed a gaggle of us kids, but I digress...
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