Car pic of the day...

[sukumvit boy]

On land yachts: Probably my favorite of all my long wheelbase Caddys was my '66 limousine. You could land planes on that car. We watched the bicentennial POPS concert from the Cambridge side of the Charles, sitting on the roof of my '66 Fleetwood Seventy Five.

Damn. I really miss that boat.

Yeah , nice boat!

[Ben in LA]

On land yachts: Probably my favorite of all my long wheelbase Caddys was my '66 limousine. You could land planes on that car. We watched the bicentennial POPS concert from the Cambridge side of the Charles, sitting on the roof of my '66 Fleetwood Seventy Five.

Damn. I really miss that boat.

You DO know the 1976 Fleetwood Series 75 was as big as they got, right?

Of course, some were made even longer than stock...

Like I said...I'd roll one of these today, gas prices be damned!

[BeardedOne]

You DO know the 1976 Fleetwood Series 75 was as big as they got, right?

Of course, some were made even longer than stock...

Like I said...I'd roll one of these today, gas prices be damned!

Yah, I had three of the stock 75 limousines (The formal, with the divider), two '66s and one '68. I played with a '77 when they first came out, but was very disappointed in it. The design sucked and they were just plain cheap. The divider was a stationary partition with manual sliding glass. They were more like riding in a taxi than a limo and I was surprised that the model survived another ten years before succumbing to the growing stretch market.

I do miss those cars, though not the gas mileage. It didn't hurt so much at the ballbreaking rate of $0.62 US a gallon, but I measured one out at 9 MPG on a good day. I can't remember which one I did the math on, but it might have been my '70 commercial chassis combo. It had the largest, meanest power plant of all my Caddys with a custom-bored 505. The limos had 429s and a 472, as did the hearses. I think my ambulance had a 472 as well.

Ah, the toys I had.

[Ben in LA]

Such a shame that 472 (and the Eldo's 500) had such low power considering the size...

[hemiv8]

Plum crazy...

[Ben in LA]

Even though the early part of my life included riding around in a Plymouth Satellite (with the lowly 31, I'm not really a hardcore Mopar guy. Not that they didn't make some nice cars. That Challenger and of course the same vintage Barracuda are BOSS.

And to think a former neighbor actually HAD a Hemi Challenger CONVERTIBLE back in the day...I wonder if he sold it?

[Cuchulain]

My taste always ran to these old monstrosities. I've owned several, put a lot of cash into building them up. They've brought me many hours of fun...and MANY hours of frustration as well.

[Ben in LA]

Speaking of Mopars, a few of the cars I love to hate are the 1969-1974 "fuselage-styled" full-sized models. A former classmate has a 1972 Imperial LeBaron sedan (similar to the one pictured). His is mildly modified...he dropped in a 440 Six-Pack, complete with better carburetors for more power. To me it looks ugly, especially when compared to contemporary Cadillacs and Lincolns, which were Imperial's American competitors. I've riden in it a few times; no denying it that thing rides SMOOTHLY.

But it's still a huge gas-guzzler that has it's best performance when going in a straight line. You'll be comfortable though!

Could these even FIT on the streets of London?

[Ben in LA]

My taste always ran to these old monstrosities. I've owned several, put a lot of cash into building them up. They've brought me many hours of fun...and MANY hours of frustration as well.

Scouts, the original Bronco, Jeep CJ5s, Land Rover Defenders, Land Cruisers - and I mean older models - are FUN!

Notice I didn't mention the original Chevy Blazer/GMC Jimmy. They're nice yes, but too big compared to those other models.

[Prospero]

My grandmother's car in 1925