When you are a 500-year-old immortal from the steppes of Russia, in town for The Gathering.
What to Drive
1966 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado: If Only
This is the 1966 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado convertible. [Ed.: as if there is a difference from a Coupe de Ville] I had a chance at buying one [ed.: a ’65 or ’66 de Ville convertible] in high school. Dad said no, even at just $275. The convoluted start up process scared him. (It was a piece of crap, after all.) The 429 V8 under my right foot terrified him. The 10 mpg scared his wallet, in case I ever got stranded.
But, oh, would I be the king of the high school parking lot. Way more so than in my VW 411.
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Speaking of Uncle Bob
1971 Cadillac Coupe deVille at the Vegas Cars and Coffee show.
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Walter White/Heisenberg Were Spirited Off
to Tucson in last night’s episode of Breaking Bad. Or at least they should have been. Tucson is the place to go to disappear.
Just ask Uncle Heisen-Bob.
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So the Kurgan was in town
His car was also “in disguise.”
Out on the Streets: Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda
Oh to be a high school junior with $250 and a dad who was a half full kind of guy. Also, sometimes the most kickass cars at the car show are not the trailer queens – they’re the trainwrecks parked around the periphery, like this…
1966(?) Cadillac de Ville. Leather, 429 4bbl, 3 or 5 very stylish miles for every gallon…
