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Posted: 3/6/2014 3:39:49 PM EDT

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Caddy or Lincoln?

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They were big in the 70's.

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Caddy or Lincoln?

When it left the showroom floor it was a Cadillac El Dorado, one of the coolest cars ever made. I don't know what it is now. Maybe it's a statement about the decay of urban culture.

Posted: 3/6/2014 3:45:54 PM EDT

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Trues and vogues dog!

Posted: 3/6/2014 3:51:12 PM EDT

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I have whitewalls on my LTD.

They been installed with the white in however.

Posted: 3/6/2014 3:56:59 PM EDT

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LOL,this song was runing through my head as soon as I started reading this thread.Then,whoop there it is>HAHAHA

Posted: 3/6/2014 3:58:51 PM EDT

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It was the real wide whitewalls not the regular size. The last official whitewalls I saw were on Caddys, the Vogues.

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I remember (the original) whitewalls,, but I don't recall ever hearing them called "gangster whitewalls".

It must be a term which was invented later.

It was the real wide whitewalls not the regular size. The last official whitewalls I saw were on Caddys, the Vogues.

You understand that whitewalls varied in size over the years, right? There is no "regular size".

Posted: 3/6/2014 4:11:07 PM EDT

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My old bike... RIP..

Posted: 3/6/2014 4:28:29 PM EDT

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And thus the terms "Gangster Walls" and "Gangster Tires" was born. Nice looking Packard, BTW. Any .45cal bullet holes found in it when you restored it?

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My 34 Packard neighbors kids...

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All you need is the zoot suit and the Thompson

And thus the terms "Gangster Walls" and "Gangster Tires" was born. Nice looking Packard, BTW. Any .45cal bullet holes found in it when you restored it?

Oh no.... My family is the 3rd owners of the car. I met the 2nd 30 years ago. My family has over a dozen classic cars.

Posted: 3/6/2014 4:34:22 PM EDT

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Nice Packard for sure Slug-O. You need to get yourself some year correct metal side mount covers, though it looks good w/o them.
Club sedan (shortest four door), if I remember. Is that a Super Eight? Can't read the wheel caps with these eyes.

Yes, driving through North Chicago/Waukegan IL in the 1970's, yes, there were a lot of Caddys and other cars with the wide whites, and wire (spoked) wheels.

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Nice Packard for sure Slug-O. You need to get yourself some year correct metal side mount covers, though it looks good w/o them.
Club sedan (shortest four door), if I remember. Is that a Super Eight? Can't read the wheel caps with these eyes.

Yes, driving through North Chicago/Waukegan IL in the 1970's, yes, there were a lot of Caddys and other cars with the wide whites, and wire (spoked) wheels.

Yes it is a super 8

My parents had the Packard painted 30 years ago. The inside is original.

Posted: 3/6/2014 5:28:26 PM EDT

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Yes it is a super 8
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My parents had the Packard painted 30 years ago. The inside is original.

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Nice Packard for sure Slug-O. You need to get yourself some year correct metal side mount covers, though it looks good w/o them.
Club sedan (shortest four door), if I remember. Is that a Super Eight? Can't read the wheel caps with these eyes.

Yes, driving through North Chicago/Waukegan IL in the 1970's, yes, there were a lot of Caddys and other cars with the wide whites, and wire (spoked) wheels.

Yes it is a super 8
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My parents had the Packard painted 30 years ago. The inside is original.

WOW.....that is gorgeous.

Posted: 3/6/2014 5:32:15 PM EDT

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That is way beyond awful.

Posted: 3/6/2014 6:58:09 PM EDT

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Yes it is a super 8
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My 34 Packard neighbors kids...

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Nice Packard for sure Slug-O. You need to get yourself some year correct metal side mount covers, though it looks good w/o them.
Club sedan (shortest four door), if I remember. Is that a Super Eight? Can't read the wheel caps with these eyes.

Yes, driving through North Chicago/Waukegan IL in the 1970's, yes, there were a lot of Caddys and other cars with the wide whites, and wire (spoked) wheels.

Yes it is a super 8
<a href="http://s17.photobucket.com/user/leondana/media/9e6a74f2.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b96/leondana/9e6a74f2.jpg</a>
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My parents had the Packard painted 30 years ago. The inside is original.

Wow, that really looks fantastic all around. The early 1930's models are in the highest demand, and yours shows why.
I've been a member of two Packard clubs for twenty five years, but I still don't own one. Kind of dumb I guess. Maybe some day. Packard dreams, but Ford money.

Posted: 3/6/2014 7:47:04 PM EDT

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First car in OP = Huge, throbbing erection.

WOW.

Posted: 3/6/2014 11:55:24 PM EDT

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They were big in the 70's.

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holy pimptastic batman

speed

Posted: 3/7/2014 1:06:13 AM EDT

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Here's mine. Unfortunately i have to sell her soon.

Posted: 3/7/2014 2:35:20 AM EDT

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Wide whites made a comeback here some years back. There was a local tire shop that had a machine that would "cut" them on white wall tires to make them bigger. I assume it just removed enough sidewall to expose more of the white layer.

Posted: 3/7/2014 3:07:01 AM EDT

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They were big in the 70's.

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Burn it!

Burn it to the waterline!

Posted: 3/7/2014 12:12:56 PM EDT

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Posted: 3/7/2014 12:17:24 PM EDT

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I had vogue tyres on my Cadillac... classy!

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Posted: 3/7/2014 12:21:02 PM EDT

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My black friend still loves whitewalls, even on his ford fusion. I tried to talk some sense into him. It didn't work.

Posted: 3/7/2014 12:48:02 PM EDT

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I remember (the original) whitewalls,, but I don't recall ever hearing them called "gangster whitewalls".

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It was the real wide whitewalls not the regular size. The last official whitewalls I saw were on Caddys, the Vogues

http://www.hobbycar.com/VogueNBrougham50.jpg

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Posted: 3/8/2014 3:29:40 AM EDT

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Wonder who is Boo?

Posted: 3/8/2014 7:51:04 AM EDT

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Wonder who is Boo?

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Wonder who is Boo?

Boo D... Bootie, my nickname since I was a baby