1959 luxury cars... Cadillac, Lincoln, Imperial - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

86560SEL · #16 01-21-2009, 08:24 PM

I think thats just the "start" of the tailfins.

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Originally Posted by al76slc

I had the same reaction when I looked at the picture. Looked like it would break in half at the first bump.

86560SEL · #17 01-21-2009, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by LUVMBDiesels

What is missing is the 1959 Packard (I wish) Now THAT would have been a car...

Well, I tried, but I latest I could find was a 1957... nice car, but the color is not very attractive!

PaulC · #18 01-21-2009, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by mgburg

I liked the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham sedan the best of all those pics...the straight lines all the way back to the rear of the rear door, then the "wing" (if you will) just goes back and thins out to the tail-light...more like a vertical stabilizer than a wing...the rest of the sheet metal is straight and clean...

All the others break their lines by bringing the "wing" out from the body at, or near the driver's door and then to the back...

The Chrysler products "seem" to dip in the middle, as if to reduce the mass of the doors to allow the passengers access to the vehicle itself...the "straightness" of the lines doesn't exist from the side...it makes the car appear "weak" in the middle...

But, I'm just one voice...

The graphic artists took a bit of artistic license to make the car appear longer and sleeker than it really was. The real car looked much more substantial:

86560SEL · #19 01-21-2009, 08:46 PM

That car is a beaut!

Yeah, its just the way the fins started at that door that made it look like that.

Also, its like you said- these old ads make the cars look much lower and much longer than they were. Now they were very long, but not as long as the ads made them look.

Its like this poll I have going on the 1959 stationwagons on the citydata forums site. The 59 wagons look as long as an 18 wheeler!

Check it out!!

http://www.city-data.com/forum/automotive/541684-1959-wagons-50s-cars-lovers.html

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Originally Posted by PaulC

The graphic artists took a bit of artistic license to make the car appear longer and sleeker than it really was. The real car looked much more substantial:

pwogaman · #20 01-22-2009, 07:01 AM

Cadillac Sedan DeVille 4dr (roundtop) - simply because it looks the most outrageous.

Carleton Hughes · #21 01-22-2009, 07:26 AM

The late '50's MOPARS,with Exner's Forward Look had the best styling and engineering of any big three offerings.The Caddy by comparison looks like a yclept greenhouse heavy assemblage with the tailfins grafted on as an afterthought.

tonkovich · #22 01-22-2009, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris Bell

I know, I know, it's not a 1959. But for fifties luxo barges nothing beats a 1955 Mark II IMHO

agreed. and very rare. think i've seen one in my 40plus years.

Mistress · #23 01-22-2009, 11:23 AM

ahhhhhhhh this is a good thread, thanks.

Simpler=Better · #24 01-22-2009, 11:28 AM

Why can't they remake these with stainless frames, fiberglass bodies, and modern EFI engines?

LUVMBDiesels · #25 01-22-2009, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Simpler=Better

Why can't they remake these with stainless frames, fiberglass bodies, and modern EFI engines?

Ick...

I would take EFI but fiberglass? Ewww.

You need to have STEEL and lots of it to make one of these cars!
Drop in a new engine and a modern transmission and disc brakes and you have got something.

LUVMBDiesels · #26 01-22-2009, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by 86560SEL

Well, I tried, but I latest I could find was a 1957... nice car, but the color is not very attractive!

That is because Packard died in 1958

What you have pictured is a Clipper, the "Chevy" of Packards. Nice cars, but the low range from the company.

*** USELESS TRIVIA ALERT ***

Packard bought Studebaker in 1954. Studebaker basically lied about how solvent the company was and the deal was done. It was only later that the Packard acountants found out that the break even point for Stude was not an additional 20,000 cars, but an additional 200,000 cars! Studebaker sucked the life out of Packard and Packard itself went out of the car business in '58 leaving Studebaker to lurch along until 1965!

Two interesting things about this company. They entered into an agreement with Daimler Benz in 1958 to import Mercedes and was the exclusive importer until MBUSA was formed in 1966.

Studebaker-Packard also owns/owned these companies

D.W. Onan & Sons - Generators
Cincinnati Testing Labs - Plastics Research
Gering Plastics - Plastics Manufacture
Clarke Floor Machine Company - Fork Lifts, etc.
Gravely Tractors - Quality lawnmowers
Chemical Compounds Company - Maker of STP additives

*** END ALERT ***

Mistress · #27 01-22-2009, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris Bell

I know, I know, it's not a 1959. But for fifties luxo barges nothing beats a 1955 Mark II IMHO

My dad had one, I can still smell the new interior...thanks for the memory.

MS Fowler · #28 01-22-2009, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris Bell

I know, I know, it's not a 1959. But for fifties luxo barges nothing beats a 1955 Mark II IMHO

As an icon of the fifties, an elegant and understated car as the MkII , has no place.
As a piece of rolling automotive sculpture, however, it is timeless in its simplicity. Its extremely difficult to design a car as large as the MkII and have it so clean.

Chris Bell · #29 01-22-2009, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by MS Fowler

As an icon of the fifties, an elegant and understated car as the MkII , has no place.
As a piece of rolling automotive sculpture, however, it is timeless in its simplicity. Its extremely difficult to design a car as large as the MkII and have it so clean.

Only the larged finned need apply

Chris Bell · #30 01-22-2009, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Mistress

My dad had one, I can still smell the new interior...thanks for the memory.

Your dad had great taste in cars.

View Poll Results: Which 1959 luxury car do you prefer?
Cadillac Sedan DeVille 4dr (roundtop)	9	27.27%
Cadillac Sedan DeVille 4dr (flattop)	6	18.18%
Cadillac Fleetwood	4	12.12%
Cadillac Eldorado Brougham sedan	13	39.39%
Lincoln Premier	2	6.06%
Lincoln Town Car	4	12.12%
Imperial Crown 4dr sedan	2	6.06%
Imperial Crown 4dr hardtop	3	9.09%
Imperial LeBaron 4dr sedan	2	6.06%
Imperial LeBaron 4dr hardtop	5	15.15%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 33. You may not vote on this poll