This Is The Nicest '59 Cadillacamino On eBay

"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo) 04/06/2015 at 13:00 • Filed to: Daily Turismo, Blog, El Camino

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Imagine you were a young man in 1959 who wanted the class and style of gigantic '59 Caddy tail fins but needed to haul around junk for your gardening business. Regrettably, the short sighted product planners in GM's Cadillac division offered nothing for the consumer that added the giant fins to a pickup body, so naturally this next thing was created by a craftsman in his garage. Find this 1959 Cadillac DeVille El Camino !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! currently bidding for $25,700 with 3 days to go, located in Sacramento, CA. Tip from ESK.

The 1959 Cadillac was the peak of automotive tailfins and chrome design excess and in the bygone eras before $100K Corvettes,they were the car to sell at the Barret Jackson Auctions. Some inspired maniac grabbed one before they were obscenely expensive and created this incredible custom.

According to the seller this car was build in the early 1970s and used occasionally until 2 years ago when the owner had a stroke. The new owner towed it home to Sacremento, put some air in the tires, propane in the tank, and fired it up...wait...what? Propane? Apparently part of the conversion involved fitting a carburetor to the 390 cubic inch V8 that allows C3H8 to be burned for fuel.

Pop the million tie-downs for the tonneau cover and you are greeted with a diamond plate bed liner, not exactly a Colin Chapman inspired customization, but it should be functional if you plan on using the bed for anything that won't possible puncture a propane tank under extreme braking conditions. Not that something built chiefly of diamond plate will ever experience rapid deceleration....

See another strange custom that looks good going in either direction? !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > DailyTurismo 04/06/2015 at 13:02

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This roofline makes my pants feel funny.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/06/2015 at 13:07

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JR1 > DailyTurismo 04/06/2015 at 13:13

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These rockets are the single greatest design ever put on a Cadillac

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > DailyTurismo 04/06/2015 at 13:14

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Am I wrong in loving this? Am I?

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > DailyTurismo 04/06/2015 at 13:22

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ALL OF MY YES

DailyTurismo > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 04/06/2015 at 13:22

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No.

KnowsAboutCars > DailyTurismo 04/06/2015 at 13:25

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Why? This was so great and then suddenly, diamond plate.

DailyTurismo > KnowsAboutCars 04/06/2015 at 13:48

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Ohh, don't like the plate of diamonds?...then you really aren't going to appreciate this thing .

Or this .

KnowsAboutCars > DailyTurismo 04/06/2015 at 13:56

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Diamond plate is to me what exposed fasteners are to Takuro.

There are some exceptions where I don't mind it though.

SilverBRADo totaled his beigeslushboxmatrix > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/14/2015 at 12:36

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I call this car "Mr. Funny Good-Feeling"