And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
A few years earlier than that one, the 1958 Cadillac weighed 8,800 pounds. The front bumper was 800 of that. Even with a 390 V8 it was slow as a Renault 4CV and handled like an elephant on roller skates.
Today, a 3,800 pound car is considered a whale. People don't remember that they used to use mass to improve the ride. Ones who bought Cadillacs didn't care if it took 15 minutes to get up to highway speed!
I want one.
ReplyDeleteThe rear bumper must weigh 200 lbs
ReplyDeleteWhen I was very young I always thought it was cool that cars looked like spaceships.
ReplyDeleteTwo tons of steel, a half ton of cast iron, and 500 lbs of chrome. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteA few years earlier than that one, the 1958 Cadillac weighed 8,800 pounds. The front bumper was 800 of that. Even with a 390 V8 it was slow as a Renault 4CV and handled like an elephant on roller skates.
ReplyDeleteToday, a 3,800 pound car is considered a whale. People don't remember that they used to use mass to improve the ride. Ones who bought Cadillacs didn't care if it took 15 minutes to get up to highway speed!
My F-Superduty crew cab with a diesel engine that is almost a thousand pounds only weighs in at 7600 if the scales at the local dump are accurate.
Deletehad a rich aunt and uncle who bought new caddies every other year. auntie did all the driving. remember one like the pic that they had.
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