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    Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Wizard Of Oz Tin Man's '69 Cadillac For More Than $9600?

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    11/14/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Wizard Of Oz Tin Man's '69 Cadillac For More Than $9600?
    Can't really say... if the car's in good condition then it's not too bad, if the only thing it's got going for it is the "connection" (where's the proof) to the Tinman then pass the pipe.
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    11/14/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Wizard Of Oz Tin Man's '69 Cadillac For More Than $9600?
    The Tin Man can suck it. The car itself is friggin' awesome, though; a scary-as-hell '69 Fleetwood with a rebuilt engine is a good deal at any price.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    11/14/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Wizard Of Oz Tin Man's '69 Cadillac For More Than $9600?
    For $9600 I could buy a clean, rust-free Olds Ninety Eight of the same vintage (same basic C-body platform, IIRC) and upgrade the suspension and brakes to deal with the likewise-upgraded 455. Then I'd go Maybach 57S hunting.
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    11/14/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Wizard Of Oz Tin Man's '69 Cadillac For More Than $9600?
    I think it's a nice price for a Fleetwood, anyway.


    Especially if you can get the built-in time machine working and go back to 1970, where you'll be inevitably seen as the suave, high-ballin' gentleman you always knew you were.

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    11/14/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Wizard Of Oz Tin Man's '69 Cadillac For More Than $9600?
    Still no brain, apparently.
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    11/14/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Wizard Of Oz Tin Man's '69 Cadillac For More Than $9600?
    Jack Haley drove it? He didn't die in it? There's no newspaper clippings of him being arrested for trying to pick up hermaphrodite hookers in it while in full costume? No evidence that the car was used by Haley in an attempt to run down Buddy Ebsen for harboring a grudge over losing the role to Haley back in 1938?


    I say crackpipe.


    The seller would have had better luck if he had more shots of the wife, perhaps splayed on the hood Whitesnake-style. I'm just saying . . .

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    11/14/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Wizard Of Oz Tin Man's '69 Cadillac For More Than $9600?
    Crack.


    However, if you come across a white Ford pickup once owned by Buddy Ebson, gimme a call.

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    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    11/14/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Wizard Of Oz Tin Man's '69 Cadillac For More Than $9600?
    How valuble can a car be when it's parked in your backyard, on the grass, so your kids can use it as target practice with their little blue ball (the one resting beside the rear wheel in the photo with the MILF).
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    11/14/08

    @POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY:


    I suppose it depends on whether or not it comes with the MILF.

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    11/14/08

    @pauljones: I'm pretty sure it has to come with the
    Mouldy
    Indented
    Laquer
    Finish


    ...wait a minute... were you referring to the man's wife?


    I'm shocked and consternated!


    ...or is that constipated? I forget!?!?

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    11/14/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Wizard Of Oz Tin Man's '69 Cadillac For More Than $9600?
    For a man to cruise the streets
    For a lovely girl to meet
    He's gonna need a car.


    You don't have to be a looker
    If you find yourself a hooker
    And you drive the Tin Man's car...

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    11/14/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Wizard Of Oz Tin Man's '69 Cadillac For More Than $9600?
    That's a silly association. I can see demanding a stack of cash for Elvis's Harley, 'cause he covered the damn thing with rhinestones and other fooferaw that made it unmistakably his. But Haley's Caddy looks like any other pre-malaise Caddy. If you have to dig out a bunch of paperwork to show just how secondhand famous a sixpence-gets-you-two car actually is, then it isn't famous at all.


    Haley was great as the Tin Woodman, but did he do anything else? Can we expand on this provenance any further? No? Well, then.

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    11/14/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Wizard Of Oz Tin Man's '69 Cadillac For More Than $9600?
    Fleetwood Crack. It makes me cry, makes me break down, and shatters my illusions of love.
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    11/14/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Wizard Of Oz Tin Man's '69 Cadillac For More Than $9600?
    Ok, I'd hit that. His wife, and maybe Dorothy, that is.
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    11/14/08

    @jb carries a sign proclaiming Repent! The endtime is nigh!: Another vote for the wifey right here.


    What is it about a change of pace that is just so unmistakably alluring? Right now I'm mired in the midst of Sex-and-the-Lipstick-Jungle empowered women, and really, the mere fantasy (i.e. delusion) of a homely Midwestern wife is just so much more appealing. Listen, say what you will, but she will:


    - do your laundry

    - wash the dishes

    - cook you a homemade meal

    - bring you a nice cold beer without you having to ask for it

    - provide ample child-rearing opportunities (and all related activities prior to that)


    What she won't do is:


    - bitch about how she's so much more qualified than Darren but can't get ahead because she won't wear that low cut top, i.e. her principles

    - suggest ordering out and then spending thirty minutes griping about how the menu probably is all trans-fat

    - complain about the time spent oogling that Datsun 240z you just saw on eBay

    - insist on getting that JCrew card

    - require more maintenance than the aforementioned 240z


    Look, Ms. High-Maintenance might read Cosmo and be interested in "ten ways to satisfy your man while not resorting to hoop earrings" (and therefore be immediately more open to "new things"), but there's something so pure about a sundress and white cotton panties that makes me want to give this all up and move to Iowa. Or at least get the fuck out of Midtown - have you seen the fucking rent hikes already?!

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    11/14/08

    @six: Except that Fleetwood's in LA. She's no homely Midwestern wife. She probably just plays one on TV.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    11/14/08

    @six: COTD.


    Also: GTFO while you still can. Girls like that will do nothing but drain your pocketbook and will to live.


    Can't tell you how often I realize how lucky I am to be with a girl whose response to the Basement Lambo was "why aren't you doing more stuff on the wagon* yourself?"


    *which she heartily encouraged the purchase of.

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    11/14/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Wizard Of Oz Tin Man's '69 Cadillac For More Than $9600?
    Sell it to the scarecrow. He's the one without a brain.


    Decent enough ride. The celebrity connection is probably worth something, but $9600+ is a bit steep for the old Cadillac.

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    11/14/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Wizard Of Oz Tin Man's '69 Cadillac For More Than $9600?
    You'd have to muster a lot of courage to trick your brain into buying this. My heart says crack pipe.
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    11/14/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Wizard Of Oz Tin Man's '69 Cadillac For More Than $9600?
    If the car's in good shape, $9600 might not be a horrible price.


    More than that, though is probably pushing the limits of sanity.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/14/08

    @Paul Y. can't think of a better, shorter handle: Yeah, exactly. Ignoring the Tin Man connection, it might be a good deal - you'd need more info, though.
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