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12/06/2020 11:36 am
PICs - From My Collection - '59 Cadillac
A very unusual 1:1 for sure, I considered it when it first came out, but other models were more important, so I passed. Then I ran across an article about this car, and was again intrigued by the style, albeit very different. When I went looking for the model again, I found it for an excellent price I couldn't pass up. So it joined my collection and I am very pleased with it, and besides, it's a '59 Cadillac, so nothing wrong with that.
1959 Cadillac Coupe de Ville Hardtop - Raymond Loewy
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
12/06/2020 12:23 pm
Thanks for this post, John. This is a new one for me! Interesting, too.
12/06/2020 12:27 pm
I passed on this one. A bit ugly, and the photoetch is too photoetchy.
14/06/2020 12:44 am
I've had my eye on this one for awhile now. Looks good.
14/06/2020 6:57 am
Nice model. Raymond really thumbing his nose at "convential design" of the times?
About the only thing he left alone is that delicate and classy roof treatment which endured until the mid sixties.