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Date Posted: 14:14:55 03/29/08 Sat
In reply to:
Paul
's message, "Re: This is better" on 15:46:15 03/12/08 Wed
>>Bah! 305HP and 2 tons to move? Cut the fins down to
>>save weight, and add another 250HP and you have a
>>CTS-V.
>
>OK, you're more into performance; I was into styling.
>In fact, around that time (1956) I'd progressed from
>drawing Flash Gordon rocket ships to devising a whole
>line of fictitious cars. Top of the line was the
>Pac-Ply, a name you got by combining Packard and
>Plymouth. Y'see. Anyway, they all had gigantic fins,
>naturally. Wish I still had some of those drawings.
>
>Anyway, that's why I love this site:
>
>href="http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Cadillac/cadill
>ac1950-1959.html">http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Cad
>illac/cadillac1950-1959.html
Sorry, I missed this the first time around.
I like looks as well as performance. A friend of mine (with a somewhat fatter wallet than my own) usually has a nice piece or two, though his daily beater is a Volvo. Still, in recent years I've driven his Caddy XLR roadster, a Ferarri F550, a '71 XKE, Lamborghini Murcielago, and I can't wait to get a drive in his latest, which is an Audi R8.
My friend is on Long Island, where owning such cars is common enough, but it's also impossible to stretch their legs there, so my drives are usually on the Merritt Pkwy up into Connecticut, or the Taconic Parkway up toward Albany and back. They are both great driving roads. They're busy during commuter hours, but fun enough in-between.
These are all beautiful cars, although also all finless in the modern interpretation.
I have to restart this computer.
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