Bruce Nunnally Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 If your Dad were still living (sorry if he is not), and you had the means, what car would you buy for your Dad? My choice would be a Morgan +8 My late Mother & (still going strong) Dad had a 53? Morgan +4 and reminisced about it throughout my childhood. Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlaValentine Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 I would pay to restore my father's favorite car for him. It's an AMC Matador X-2. It needs body work, new paint, new ragtop, and a few other things. I don't have a picture of it, but it's supposed to look kinda like this. His has chrome side pipes on it unlike this one. I absolutely LOVE his car and I really want to see it restored for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BodybyFisher Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 My Dad would love a Deville without a doubt Pre-1995 - DTC codes OBD1 >> 1996 and newer - DTC codes OBD2 >> https://www.obd-codes.com/trouble_codes/gm/obd_codes.htm How to check for codes Caddyinfo How To Technical Archive >> http://www.caddyinfo.com/wordpress/cadillac-how-to-faq/ Cadillac History & Specifications Year by Year http://www.motorera.com/cadillac/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenJ Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 WooHoo! A 19.5 foot long Eldorado almost-ragtop! I'm sure he would have let me drive it. "The Parisienne, a custom Cadillac built by Milton Melton, blurred the line between a custom and a coachbuilt classic. Most customs of the 1950s were built by or for young guys, often to impress their buddies and attract girls. However, with the Parisienne, this was not the case." [...] "Milton Melton was a middle-aged supermarket executive from Beverly Hills in 1954 when he took possession of a brand-new $5738 Cadillac Eldorado. He immediately drove it to Barris Kustom Autos for a unique customizing treatment. " http://auto.howstuff...-custom-car.htm There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved. - Ludwig von Mises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Jim Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 WooHoo! A 19.5 foot long Eldorado almost-ragtop! I'm sure he would have let me drive it. "The Parisienne, a custom Cadillac built by Milton Melton, blurred the line between a custom and a coachbuilt classic. Most customs of the 1950s were built by or for young guys, often to impress their buddies and attract girls. However, with the Parisienne, this was not the case." [...] "Milton Melton was a middle-aged supermarket executive from Beverly Hills in 1954 when he took possession of a brand-new $5738 Cadillac Eldorado. He immediately drove it to Barris Kustom Autos for a unique customizing treatment. " http://auto.howstuff...-custom-car.htm Warren, I know my Dad would have liked "THAT" car. Heck...I like it too. Y'all know me...the bigger...the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Olsson Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 I actually bought my dad's car. Or rather I was the previous owner of it A 1993 Volvo 960...I only had it for a year (couldn't really say I liked it). The next one was my first Cadillac! Since he likes to restore cars (just ordinary Volvos because it is inexpensive) and reconstruct them I'm not quite sure what he would like to drive. He's thinking about installing a double turbo in his Volvo if he can get his hands on the parts. The exhaust systems maker that had him employed (Faurecia exhaust systems) actually did make 2 systems for a Volvo 960 with the same twin turbo engine as some Volvo S80:s had. Because the car was unique the systems was hand made and the second one still exists because it was a spare system. The Volvo was for Robert Redford. Now if I had to think of a car that would suit him I'm sure that he would be pleased with a STS-V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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