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Classy car! Looks like a chain attached to the rear bumper. Was it being towed?
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"Was it being towed? "
No it was probably pulling an electric vehicle to use when the petrol ran out.
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Nice!
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"... No it was probably pulling an electric vehicle to use when the petrol ran out ..."
Or pulling an electric vehicle whose battery had run out.
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You're right - it is a '59;
but it is actually a Cadillac Fleetwood Limousine.
It would have 2 rows of seats in the back and they would be facing each other.
Not many of these were built!
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The chain is a perimeter chain for a park 
Two rows of seats makes sense, as it was being used to take a bunch of teenagers to prom or some such, along with a generic black stretch limo. The kids were clamouring to get into this! It was funny to see one girl trying to open the door to get into the front seat. Safe to say that door's were heavier back then, she nearly popped her zipper trying to pull it open
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That is a MASSIVE vehicle!
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The old guy that had a garage down on route 9 had a beautiful 1940 Mercury coupe and a dandy Model A pickup back in the shop. 250 bucks for either one...but who the heck had 250 bucks ?
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I was an antique dealer for over 30 years. I didn't deal in antique cars since that was very specialized but occasionally I had interesting parts, the grill off an old Pontiac, the front of a 1939 Chrysler, etc. So I talked on a regular basis to car collectors up to a couple years ago when I closed. According to the collectors I knew the interest in antique autos will die with our generation since the younger person has very little interest in this area. It's too bad it is happening - there used to be a "show and shine" in my area and I loved watching the cars go by. Too bad, so sad...
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There are show and shines every Fathers Day in Bridgewater NS ....if you venture this way....
A friend of mine and his wife travel all over NS and NB to these events every summer. Living along Rt 10 I often see a line of 20 or more go through when they do the teddy bear run as a fund raiser for the IWK Childrens
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IIRC, and I was pretty young. President Eisenhower had a Fleetwood Limo for this use. I am sure it was armored up. He also had a Lincoln and a Chrysler Imperial.
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"... interest in antique autos will die with our generation since the younger person has very little interest in this area ..."
I wonder how much this has to do with our interest being in the cars of our youth.
For example, I did not grow-up around the Model T, or even the gangster cars of the '30s noir films, and these hold little interest for me.
But show me a picture of one of those winged behemoths - the cars I clambered into as a little kid - and I'm singin'.
Guys older than myself, however, seem to take a much greater interest in cars much older than myself, and its hard not to think that one thing has something to do with the other.
By this standard, men much younger than myself would react to the cars of, say, the 1980s or 1990s ... if those cars were not so boring.
Fifty years down the road, will guys passing out of middle age thrill to the sight of a fully-restored Tesla?
Cheers,
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Cars aren't my thing, but I had to take a pic of this today. I think it's a 1959, but any rev-heads out there that want to correct me, feel free to do so!
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Classy car! Looks like a chain attached to the rear bumper. Was it being towed?
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"Was it being towed? "
No it was probably pulling an electric vehicle to use when the petrol ran out.
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"... No it was probably pulling an electric vehicle to use when the petrol ran out ..."
Or pulling an electric vehicle whose battery had run out.
Cheers,
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You're right - it is a '59;
but it is actually a Cadillac Fleetwood Limousine.
It would have 2 rows of seats in the back and they would be facing each other.
Not many of these were built!
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The chain is a perimeter chain for a park
Two rows of seats makes sense, as it was being used to take a bunch of teenagers to prom or some such, along with a generic black stretch limo. The kids were clamouring to get into this! It was funny to see one girl trying to open the door to get into the front seat. Safe to say that door's were heavier back then, she nearly popped her zipper trying to pull it open
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That is a MASSIVE vehicle!
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The old guy that had a garage down on route 9 had a beautiful 1940 Mercury coupe and a dandy Model A pickup back in the shop. 250 bucks for either one...but who the heck had 250 bucks ?
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I was an antique dealer for over 30 years. I didn't deal in antique cars since that was very specialized but occasionally I had interesting parts, the grill off an old Pontiac, the front of a 1939 Chrysler, etc. So I talked on a regular basis to car collectors up to a couple years ago when I closed. According to the collectors I knew the interest in antique autos will die with our generation since the younger person has very little interest in this area. It's too bad it is happening - there used to be a "show and shine" in my area and I loved watching the cars go by. Too bad, so sad...
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There are show and shines every Fathers Day in Bridgewater NS ....if you venture this way....
A friend of mine and his wife travel all over NS and NB to these events every summer. Living along Rt 10 I often see a line of 20 or more go through when they do the teddy bear run as a fund raiser for the IWK Childrens
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IIRC, and I was pretty young. President Eisenhower had a Fleetwood Limo for this use. I am sure it was armored up. He also had a Lincoln and a Chrysler Imperial.
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"... interest in antique autos will die with our generation since the younger person has very little interest in this area ..."
I wonder how much this has to do with our interest being in the cars of our youth.
For example, I did not grow-up around the Model T, or even the gangster cars of the '30s noir films, and these hold little interest for me.
But show me a picture of one of those winged behemoths - the cars I clambered into as a little kid - and I'm singin'.
Guys older than myself, however, seem to take a much greater interest in cars much older than myself, and its hard not to think that one thing has something to do with the other.
By this standard, men much younger than myself would react to the cars of, say, the 1980s or 1990s ... if those cars were not so boring.
Fifty years down the road, will guys passing out of middle age thrill to the sight of a fully-restored Tesla?
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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