<![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @CEman: I call Shenanigans. It only weighs 5390 lbs. What you quoted was the price. Damn, buy a car per pound, not a bad idea.

The_Red_Monkey

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @TinaChow:
You nailed it, Tina!
Sputnik was in space, we had to get to the moon.
Who cares if there's only rocks and dust there!

As for the "throw away the dyes" strategy, if you look at Ford's re-creation of the '57 T-Bird 50 years later, it's a bit of a stretch to say they realized a good design and were better late than never.

phonehome

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @KingRoyale: I'll be having nightmares now. Ta.

Euromobile

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @Murilee Martin:
My current worst spider experience was when I lifted the radiator cap on my Mustang after pulling the car out of winter storage, only to find a spider nest in the open crevice, which proceeded to explode into some 50 baby spiders when I went to crush it. That was exciting.
Between spiders and Jeff Goldblum, I may develop some sort of being watched complex.

KingRoyale

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @KingRoyale: The spiders are everywhere. More every day. Watching us.

Murilee Martin

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> I'll take it. Just as it is.

FuzzyPlushroom

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> Gorgeous piece of luxury right there. The chrome alone weighs more than a Honda Fit probably. And that's how it damn should be!
Did someone say in a previous DOTS that the cobwebs/spiderwebs are literally a daily occurrence out in that area, or am I just getting paranoid about spiders?

KingRoyale

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> This is probably my favorite Caddy ever. It is just so beautiful. There are quite a few for sale on the intrawebs.

And for you youngsters out there, if you study the face, you'll see why the '57 chevy was called the "baby caddy" or sometimes "poor man's caddy."

NovaloadMissesPolar

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @jimmythefly:

I saw that too!

AllenK

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @TomAnderson: I would second that nomination.... And the Mark II. I did send in a rather lengthy diatribe on 5 others, including the Dual Ghia, The Nash Healey, The Kaiser Darrin, The BMW 507, AND the Chrysler Turbine.... any body's favorite in this bunch?

UDMan

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> Being a Dragon, I can't resist a nice set of Dagmars.

Slant666

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @LTDScott: That's the super-limited production Eldorado Brougham, which absolutely screams for a JFG nomination. *hint*hint* If you still aren't feeling it, Loverman, you could always pit it against the Continental Mark II in a '50s American über-luxury car cage match, where the winner receives a spot in the JFG.

That being said, if I was a dragon, I'd still bang that '57 Sedan deVille (or any other '57 Cad, for that matter) in a heartbeat.

Tomsk the red-nosed reindeer

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> That's absolutely beautiful. This is why I keep saying that Cadillac should be sparing no expense and competing squarely with Rolls-Royce.

Euromobile

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @LTDScott: New pants, please....

Wow. Just, wow.

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there!

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> Just Freaking Awesome! Real amateur car pRon!

RoninianHoon

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @LTDScott: That's a very limited production '57 Eldorado, not a standard Caddy. Different body, lower, shorter, and it cost more than twice as much.

pauln

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> Beautiful car.

JayP71

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @LTDScott: on the year that is. I realize it's a 4-door hardtop. I'm too used to 4-door = sedan. I think it had a brushed stainless roof too.

LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @squablow: Yup, I typoed.

LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @LTDScott: That's a 1958 model. Also appears to be a 4 door hardtop, not a sedan. Very classy.

squablow

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @jimmythefly: was just about to write that.. those taillights remind me of Roger Rabbit.

sos10

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> Once you see a face in the taillights and bumper louvers (exhaust outlet?) you can't go back to nt seeing it.

jimmythefly

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> FLB nailed it. This car IS America.

And yeah, bring back the Dagmars!

Zarba

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @scottydawg: All right, but if I can find a Le Car it's going to be here!

Murilee Martin

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @newfmike: The spiderwebs are the result of the no-rain-whatsoever period we get here from about March through November. If you don't wash your car- and this Cad's owner seldom does- you get lots of spiderwebs.

Murilee Martin

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> Thanks for bringing back the awesome and washing the bad Renault taste away.

snarktastic

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> let's see...this car...a .45 spittin' Thompson...an Australian 100-meter free-styler (is Leisel Jones available?)and i could run off to Oklahoma and rob banks.

Chuckie_A

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> The 57 Caddy is a beautiful vehicle, looks like the owner would at least wash it.

Pistonhead75163

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> I'd like to know where that guy lives. 'Cause he's the first person I want to talk to after I win the lottery.

Vipper Of Vipp

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @Paul Y: We're almost getting to the "new styling every year" stage again. Cars remained essentially the same for years in the 70s/80s/90s, but it seems that the lifespan of car models/styles nowadays is getting very short again. Probably more due to short attention span.

@Rust-MyEnemy: I saw something similar at a car show a few years back... '53 Eldorado sedan with a late model Northstar engine. Super sweet.

LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> Wonderful car. My folks had a couple of 55 and 56 Cadillacs around 1964/65. They were great cars, and very advanced for the day. That car probably has automatic dimming headlights and a signal seeking AM radio, among other things.

Also, that's not just a taillight and bumper treatment, I'm pretty sure that louvered opening below the lights is the exhaust outlet. The 55s had a round opening, the 56s an oval, and the 57s went to the louver.

weeds

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> The '57 looked kinda sporty.

I'd love to do a Tatra style 21st century upgrade to this... todays technology, 1957 glamma.

If todays Caddies packed anywhere near the style of these behemoths, Maybach would never have bothered trying.

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there!

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @Dr.Danger: I agree as well. The new-body-every-year thing was great, and helped make sure your neighbors know you have the newest car. Ah, America.

@Vintage Racer: Please, let's be professional here: the preferred term is "Giant Chrome Boobs." It's too bad they got toned down in favor of tail fins.

Paul Y. can't think of a better, shorter handle

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @FastGTI: I don't think it's cheesy and I'm not a 1950s fan at all. This car oozes Americana from every weld, crease and panel gap. It's the national culture put on wheels.

FLB

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> The Jimi Hendrix song "Highway Chile" makes reference to the antagonist owning a Cadillac, and this is exactly what I picture. But there's a line "Ain't seen a bed in so long, it's a sin" - this thing is a rolling bed, it's a suite on wheels.

Maymar is convinced M.C. Escher engineered his car

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> It's all about the Dagmars.... We need to bring back Dagmars....

Vintage Racer is out taking pictures

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> If had this car, I'd drive it wearing a pork pie hat, I'd be smoking constantly, I'd carry my money in a roll, not a wallet, beaner on the outs and I'd be all, "whatta you drivin'... a Lexus? Forget about it

Uncle Bo, averting foreclosure

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> A good friend in school had one about this vintage, it had the fuel filler in the drivers tail light.
When they put a 3 ton weight limit on a local bridge needing repairs, we could not legally drive it over the bridge anymore!! This thing weighed something like 7800 lbs!!
But, man what a sweet ride.

CEman

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> I'm really digging the twin front directionals...do they both work? Or does this S.S. America have honest-to-god foglamps built in?

brandegee

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> This is a great find. A little known fact, these fins were forward facing, and quite restrained. The 58 model reverted to backward facing fins, to make the car actually look longer. I liked the single headlamp look of the 57 better than the quad headlamp look for 58. This is a proper DOTS car...

UDMan

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> This is the holy temple of stylin' and class! I want one.

rrhyne56

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> @TinaChow: Yes, and bring back the tail fins.

Dr.Danger, I run the Death Star

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> Not hard to see why Geof Darrow and Frank Miller really dig these machines.

Being from the East Coast of Canada, I still find it hard to believe spider webs like that can accumulate like that on a car kept outside!

newfmike

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> Bring back the full on, throw-away-the-body-dies annual model change!

If America is ever going to beat back the invading hordes, we need to give people a good reason to bail out of their perfectly good three year old cars. The crappy quality strategy worked for a while, but it didn't have legs.

Let's hot wire this one and skeedaddle to Vegas. See you at the Desert Inn, baby.

TinaChow

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> Can I vote this for my Project Car.
Wow, I guarantee that if you pulled up to a valet park they would put this in front next to the Ferrari and the Rollers. Style like this is cheesy but classy at the same time. Makes you wonder what happened, I mean why are Ford and GM designing such vanilla these days when they have cars like this as a history lesson.

FastGTI

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> Lovely! I've never seen one of these actually being used. Man, sometimes I wish I lived in California. Sometimes.

BTW, I love the lighting in these photos - looks like they were taken during a fresh, crisp, 6:30am :)

Heep

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> Beautiful car, just sad to see second rate body work and paint.

Buckster

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> That is one classy car; always liked the chubby-looking '57's.

Here's an idea for some entrepreneurial type; The Murilee Martin DOTS Motor Tour. "Coming up on the right is the 1957 Cadillac Sedan deVille featured in December of 2007..." I'd pay money for that!

It'd be great for us non-Cafilornee types who only see machines like this all spiffed up in car shows. I'll be sure to wear my floral print shirt, a funky hat and heavy sunscreen on the nose.

thunder

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> Hitting pedestrians would be droll in this thing.

By the time they reached your windscreen, they'd be filleted.

Stoatmaster

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> Okay, shenanigans...People are just driving their cars to Alameda and parking them there so Mur will take their pix. There is no way one city has this much awesome....

OctaneBoaster

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> If this were a BMW, would the rear window treatment be considered a Hofmeister kink? In a related question, who gives a shit? This Caddy is simply awesome.

wannabewannabe

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> really nothing like an old caddy, the only way to see the world from the comfort of your couch

Akbar Biberkopf

]]> <![CDATA[1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville]]> TWO hood ornaments! Clearly, this car means Serious Business, 50's-style (i.e., you have a steak and double martini for breakfast, cooked by a woman that never leaves the house or stops smoking in front of the kids).

What a grand, optimistic era.

Paul Y. can't think of a better, shorter handle

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