I was out at Desert Valley Auto Wreckers in Casa Grande, Arizona yesterday looking for a few parts. This limo was sitting in the yard.
Hard to imagine, but somebody swung that into their driveway back in 58 proud as punch.
The neighbours (Oz spelling) would've come over to check out the brand spanking new, latest offering from the G.M. Cadillac division.
The sparkling paint, dazzling chrome work, elegant interior of 1958, now just a rusting hulk.
Rust In Peace. :'(
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on April 08, 2018, 02:28:15 AM
Hard to imagine, but somebody swung that into their driveway back in 58 proud as punch.
The neighbours (Oz spelling) would've come over to check out the brand spanking new, latest offering from the G.M. Cadillac division.
The sparkling paint, dazzling chrome work, elegant interior of 1958, now just a rusting hulk.
Rust In Peace. :'(
Well said. That front bumper looks pretty good though! It can take on a new life as an "organ" donor...and help many others live on for future generations to enjoy.
John,
Thanks for the pic - although it saddens me - far more than it would if it had been a coupe, because the limos are so much more rare.
It must be like an archeologist who discovers the fossilized bones of a dinosaur, and stops to think of what a majestic beast it must have been back in its day.
X2 - Rust In Peace.
Have fun,
Steve B.
This a car I stumbled across a few klm from my house. I let Keith Dean know about and its now doing the organ donor thing out of Brisbane.
Like a lot of stuff, rusty the home wrecker gets started and its all over red rover.
This thing had a lot of "wet rust" in it, as opposed to the "dry rust" you get from a desert climate, so just not worth the effort to be fixed.
It seems pretty much all production cars become valueless at some point in their life. Some get resurrected because tastes change and values go up.
Most don't. When I moved to my town over 25 years ago there was a man I met that told of his job at the local junkyard here. He confessed to crushing a 1958 or '57 Biarritz (he couldn't remember which) that drove in. Top was in tatters and as one would expect it did not go up or down, barely ran on the multiple carbs, and was generally "shot" -- his words.
Hard for us to believe nowadays, but I'm sure a lot of great cars were treated with the same lack of respect at some point in time.
There are many stories of vehicles meeting a sad demise before their time. Usually at the lowest ebb of their depreciation value.
Bruce. >:D
What you have to remember is this, if they were not crushed in massive numbers there would be so many around that our cars would be worth nothing.
In 1858 a car lot near my house let us wait for the school bus in back row cars which had never sold and would sooner or later go to the junk yard. Siting in a Lincoln coupe I saw the V-12 ash tray was identical to the V-8 ash tray in my 1936 Ford. I asked the owner of the car lot and he let me have it. I fooled a lot of friends with my V-12 Ford. Ford long gone but sure wish I still had the ashtray!!
Heck, I wish I still had my '36 Ford Coupe, and al the other cars I owned, or saw going really cheap.
Bruce. >:D
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if these Fleetwoods or commercial cars have a larger front sway bar than the Series 62? I though I might call DVAP on this, because the one on the Seville is 11/16 and looks tiny.
Thanks
Scott
On the 63/64's, yeah, the front sway bar is a heavier unit.
Don't know about the rest, but I would expect so.