Saw this 73 Imperial in Lexington MA

[V8Pacer]

Saw this 73 Imperial in Lexington MA last week. I think its a 73?

 

[MOVE N UP]

That same color combo 73 imperial was for sale here in Gorham Maine @ 8 years ago....The seller told me it ended up in Mass. I realy missed out on that one !

 

[commando1]

I think its a 73

You are correct, sir, as evidenced by the humongous bumper guards.

 

[70_NPORT]

Yeah..those nasty titty nips were mandated by the gubment if I read correctly.

 

[Carmine]

I'll grant you those bumper guards look bad on a Cuda or a Dart, but on a C, they are barely noticable.

 

[commando1]

Cadillac did it right.

 

[70bigblockdodge]

I'll grant you those bumper guards look bad on a Cuda or a Dart, but on a C, they are barely noticable.

Nope they look bad on everything.

 

[70_NPORT]

Cadillac did it right.

You mean spelling the word "Cadillac", yes...indeed they did. They must have boozed it up particularly hard afterwards to get the rest done.

 

[300rag]

You mean spelling the word "Cadillac", yes...indeed they did. They must have boozed it up particularly hard afterwards to get the rest done.

I'm sensing a real disdain for the design elements of the era.

 

[70_NPORT]

I'm sensing a real disdain for the design elements of the era.

Yea, just a tad.

 

[commando1]

You mean spelling the word "Cadillac", yes...indeed they did. They must have boozed it up particularly hard afterwards to get the rest done.

So what were these guys on?

 

[Carmine]

Well everyone has an opinion and we know what those are worth.

 

[70_NPORT]

So what were these guys on?

Uh.....not quite sure what you mean?

 

[commando1]

Uh.....not quite sure what you mean?

The guys who came up with those bumper guards to Federalize that Spitfire.

 

[70_NPORT]

The guys who came up with those bumper guards to Federalize that Spitfire.

The guards detract from the otherwise clean and sober front aesthetic of the Spit Fire.

 

[commando1]

The guards detract from the otherwise clean and sober front aesthetic of the Spit Fire.

Picture your Toronado with last minute slapped on Federalized bumpers.

 

[78Brougham]

Cadillac did it right.

I like big bumpers...

 

[70_NPORT]

Picture your Toronado with last minute slapped on Federalized bumpers.

I get that. It would be a total miscarriage if that would have came to be. I guess you can say of the toro and that caddy; each is a reflection of it's own time period and era. Yet when I climb out of my time machine in 2016, I don't look back at the toro from the late sixties and think "they HAD to be drinking". I guess the last and only saving grace for the caddy is it was not the lone specimen in its pure and total debauchery.

 

[Duncan]

I don't mind those bumper guards on the Imperial at all - or on the Cadillac. Mass requires equal mass!

 

[70_NPORT]

yeah...its individual appreciation. I can't stand cars from the fifties.