Butts.

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 09/11/2018 at 09:05 • Filed to: shitposting

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The ‘58 Extended Deck has one.

fintail > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/11/2018 at 09:27

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The perfect car for the wide open roads of Thurgau.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > fintail 09/11/2018 at 09:33

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I noticed that. A while back, I noticed that one of the finest pictures of a ‘70s Lincoln on Wikipedia was of a Cartier four-door convertible conversion... in Germany. Does something in the Germanic soul crave a Panzer, I wonder? Also, a great many of my search results for these were showing up in Australia. Which... kind of makes sense, to be honest. An untapped, insufficiently-loved model and year which is choice in many ways, it would only take a couple of people interested to start an odd little sub-trend.

Milky > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/11/2018 at 09:38

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Same car, different butts?!  That is amazing.  

fintail > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/11/2018 at 09:45

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For a long time, there’s been a European embrace of 50s American cars, and not just the rockabilly stuff seen in Scandinavia and Limeyland. I think the stylish optimistic designs are a big draw , and they are also relatively affordable especially relative to their content - one can find a beautiful 58 Caddy like that for not an insane fortune.

As you probably know, Oz actually had imports of US cars from new, sometimes even RHD conversions. Their wide open spaces and kind of modified American culture (outside of wannabe sophisticates in major cities) makes it a good fit - they love a V8.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Milky 09/11/2018 at 09:53

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The normal sedan had a shorter trunk, as it was basically on the same plan as the two-door. Unlike Ford/Lincoln strategy at the time, which was to offer the same roof and wheelbase on everything, Cadillac had different roof lengths and proportions, which makes some models a little weird. For ‘58, they took the ‘57 platform and offered as an option for the sedan the same length trunk as the two door. In short, longcar is loooong. The 60 Special and the Series 62 Extended Deck were only that way in ‘58.

Here’s a comparison:

Extended Deck at top, normal at bottom.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > fintail 09/11/2018 at 10:00

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Our own kanadanmajava is a fairly strong case of European cashing in on American iron, as he’s imported a Packard and several other toys. Although in fairness to him, his bathtub Packard is before the era most in question.

Some cars are easier to flip left/right than others. A ‘58 caddy isn’t left/right symmetrical like some ‘50s Chevies and the Mustang, so it’s not as easy as some, but the controls are all in a “pod” that wouldn’t be too hard to move over. First gen Mustangs are so easy it’s almost criminal - with the exception of some heater monkeyshines, you barely need anything other than a Falcon steering box and pedal set if that. A little cutting later, and you’re done.

fintail > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/11/2018 at 10:14

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Prices are cheap here - the right flipper could make a go of it, and with the volume of old American metal in some areas, some have.

Speaking of that, the white 58 Caddy above appears to be in the UK.

I’ve seen a number of 60s and 70s American barges converted to RHD, many via what I think were private importers - Fords especially.  Australia ebay can have some interesting machines.

kanadanmajava1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/11/2018 at 10:44

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In ‘61 Cadillac did the opposite. They offered a shortened model a called Town Sedan :

R e g u l a r l o n g o n e :

ranwhenparked > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/11/2018 at 19:05

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1950s Detroit: Sir, some of our customers are complaining that they would like a bigger trunk.

Fine, give them an extended body option with more trunk space.

2010s Detroit: Sir, some of our customers are complaining that they would like more options for normal passenger cars - you know, coupes, convertibles, wagons, hatchbacks, etc.

Too bad, they’ll all get 2-box crossover vehicles and like it goddamn it.