Page 44 of 44 FirstFirst ... 34424344
Results 646 to 657 of 657

Thread: Foreign Interests

  1. #646
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Sydney, Down Under
    Posts
    8,833
    Quote Originally Posted by Fleet 500 View Post
    It sure is a long street... 42.8 miles going from the extreme northern part of the San Fernando Valley in Mission Hills to the Long Beach area.
    42.8 miles?! Has it got buildings on it the whole way?

  2. #647
    Join Date
    Sep 2003
    Location
    San Fernando Valley, Calif.
    Posts
    6,794
    Quote Originally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen View Post
    42.8 miles?! Has it got buildings on it the whole way?
    No, not at all. A stretch of it goes through the Santa Monica Mountains and that's about 7 or 8 miles right there.
    '76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.

  3. #648
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Sydney, Down Under
    Posts
    8,833
    Quote Originally Posted by Fleet 500 View Post
    No, not at all. A stretch of it goes through the Santa Monica Mountains and that's about 7 or 8 miles right there.
    Ah righto, that makes sense. For a minute I thought it was a 42.8 mile long straight street.

  4. #649
    Join Date
    Sep 2003
    Location
    San Fernando Valley, Calif.
    Posts
    6,794
    Quote Originally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen View Post
    Ah righto, that makes sense. For a minute I thought it was a 42.8 mile long straight street.
    Overall, kind of straight in the L.A. basin and in the valley, but some curves when going through the mountains.
    '76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.

  5. #650
    Join Date
    Sep 2003
    Location
    San Fernando Valley, Calif.
    Posts
    6,794
    Quote Originally Posted by nota View Post
    The word you oh-so conviniently neglected to include is OPTIONAL fleet. Like for disc brakes, headrests etc etc etc. Talk about Chevrolet!
    Both front disc brakes and headrests (as listed, from Jan., 1969) were standard on 1969 Cadillacs.

    Even as late as 1969 Cadillac was such a cheap stingy outfit they actually stung their premium customers a lousy extra $16 for the 'luxury' of getting a decent horn With soft horns like standard its no wonder they're such a limp car, no doubt specially crafted for limp drivers
    My Cadillacs have the standard horns, and they are LOUD! Not the "beep beep," but HONK HONK!

    So much for all that typically transparent bluff 'n bluster pretence of being 'Standard of the World' wot a joke
    You don't realize that the base price of '69 Cadillacs were not that high, especially when compared with Lincoln and Imperial. For instance, a Coupe de Ville cost $5,721 without options. If most of the options were standard equipment, it would cost about the same as a well-equipped one anyway.

    And power seats were standard on some models.
    (I just noticed this particular post, the reason for this late reply.)
    Last edited by Fleet 500; 05-06-2007 at 06:30 PM.
    '76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.

  6. #651
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Location
    Barcelona
    Posts
    33,489
    I'm sorry Fleet, but I've always thought that the ultimate american limousine was the Lincoln Continental.
    Lack of charisma can be fatal.
    Visca Catalunya!

  7. #652
    Join Date
    Sep 2003
    Location
    San Fernando Valley, Calif.
    Posts
    6,794
    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    I'm sorry Fleet, but I've always thought that the ultimate american limousine was the Lincoln Continental.
    Lol. The custom ones are nice; too bad Lincoln didn't make factory limos in the '60s.

    BTW, I'm trying to find a Cadillac limo-only folder (6 pages) which describes how many parts are practically hand-built.
    As usual, I can't find the car-related brochure I'm looking for.
    '76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.

  8. #653
    Join Date
    Sep 2003
    Location
    San Fernando Valley, Calif.
    Posts
    6,794
    Quote Originally Posted by Fleet 500 View Post
    BTW, I'm trying to find a Cadillac limo-only folder (6 pages) which describes how many parts are practically hand-built.
    As usual, I can't find the car-related brochure I'm looking for.
    I finally found the brochure I was looking for.

    First to quote nota:
    "The (Mercedes 600 limo) is a limited production car in a class far above any contemporary Cadillac." 4-30-07 [The Cadillac limo was also a limited production car]

    "As to the quality of construction, allow me to sum it up this way:It is generally unrealistic (and not a little presumptuous) to compare a Mercedes 600 limo and Rollers to the lowly "air wrench-built" Cads."
    - - - - - - - - -

    From the Cadillac limousine and Nine-Passenger Brochure:
    "Daily production ranges from 6 to 12 vehicles- making their assembly rate among the lowest in the world. Body assembly operators are craftsmen in the truest sense of the word. Some are proficient with eight to ten power tools and 20 different hand tools. In fact, many key employees can- and sometimes do- the complete final body assembly, except for the paint.
    Many key operations are done by hand [no air wrenches here!]. For instance, the disappearing art of soldering is extensively used. Although time-consuming, it provides an attractive and durable exterior finish where metal meets metal.
    Almost 200 components are custom-made. These car bodies are built at one of the few assembly plants left in America that still fabricates its own interior trim. Interiors can be special ordered in almost any color or material that meets Cadillac's requirements.
    Every Nine-Passenger Sedan and Limousine receives at least 12 hours of inspection."
    Attached Images Attached Images
    '76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.

  9. #654
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Location
    Barcelona
    Posts
    33,489
    Leave it. Please. We've understood it. Seriously.
    Lack of charisma can be fatal.
    Visca Catalunya!

  10. #655
    Join Date
    Sep 2003
    Location
    San Fernando Valley, Calif.
    Posts
    6,794
    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    Leave it. Please. We've understood it. Seriously.
    You understand. Hopefully, nota finally does now.
    '76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.

  11. #656
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Posts
    4,031
    Quote Originally Posted by Fleet 500 View Post
    "Body assembly operators are craftsmen in the truest sense of the word. Some are proficient with eight to ten power tools .. [no air wrenches here!].[
    Cadillac: 'Power tools yes' ... Fleet: 'air wrenches no'

    Well gee .. what can I say?

    How about that I too am proficient with eight to ten power tools! Does that make me a crafsman "in the truest sense of the word"?

    (I sense a possible new career grinding out Cadillacs)

    "Daily production ranges from 6 to 12 vehicles- making their assembly rate among the lowest in the world.
    Gosh you can be funny when you try!

    "among the lowest in the world" .. eh?

    Especially when we compare that daily 'limited production' Cadillac build-rate (as you are attempting to do) against the corresponding numbers for Mercedes 600

    Cadillac > 6 to 12 built per working day (maybe 2100 cars in one year?)

    M-B 600 > a mere 2,677 constructed = about sixteen times less than Cadillac's supposedly "among the lowest" air-wrench assembly rate
    You understand. Hopefully, nota finally does now.
    Yep I sure do!

    So should you
    Last edited by nota; 05-28-2007 at 03:01 PM.

  12. #657
    Join Date
    Sep 2003
    Location
    San Fernando Valley, Calif.
    Posts
    6,794
    Quote Originally Posted by nota View Post
    Cadillac: 'Power tools yes' ... Fleet: 'air wrenches no'

    Well gee .. what can I say?

    How about that I too am proficient with eight to ten power tools! Does that make me a crafsman "in the truest sense of the word"?

    (I sense a possible new career grinding out Cadillacs)
    Boy, you sure are getting desperate! How would you know on what parts air wrenches were used and what were not? And you don't even know what kind of power tools were used mentioned in the brochure. If you have been building quality cars for about 25 years, then maybe you would be a craftsman.
    BTW, I don't think Cadillac would want you!

    Gosh you can be funny when you try!
    You are funny even when you're not trying!

    "among the lowest in the world" .. eh?

    Especially when we compare that daily 'limited production' Cadillac build-rate (as you are attempting to do) against the corresponding numbers for Mercedes 600

    Cadillac > 6 to 12 built per working day (maybe 2100 cars in one year?)

    M-B 600 > a mere 2,677 constructed = about sixteen times less than Cadillac's supposedly "among the lowest" air-wrench assembly rate
    You haven't shown that the Cadillac series 75 was not among the lowest in the world. You compared it with one other car (Mercedes). The brochure said among the lowest in the world; it didn't say the lowest.
    Amazing how some people can't accept anything!

    Yep I sure do!

    So should you
    I sure do! I realize that the top-of-the-line Cadillacs were built different from the others ones, and were much closer in build quality than Mercedes and Rolls than someone on this board will ever admit to!
    '76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 3 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 3 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. VE Commodore to be half foreign
    By fpv_gtho in forum General Automotive
    Replies: 20
    Last Post: 08-17-2007, 06:47 AM
  2. hello ! my foreign friends!--from China
    By blue920 in forum General Automotive
    Replies: 25
    Last Post: 01-15-2006, 09:56 AM
  3. Foreign residue on paint
    By QBridge in forum Technical forums
    Replies: 8
    Last Post: 07-13-2005, 08:10 AM
  4. your motoring interests
    By GTR Dreamer in forum Miscellaneous
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 08-18-2004, 09:22 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •