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[Closed] PICs: Which '50? Cadillac or Chrysler Imperial

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(@Ron Dietrich)
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Caddy



   
(@bob-jackman)
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Cadillac.



   
(@moe-parr)
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I've been showing the pics to my non-car person wife. Today she picked "the bottom one" (Imperial)

I like hearing her non-car person perspective - "The top one looks too fat".


Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY


   
John Kuvakas
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To me, the Caddy is less clunky.


John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA


   
Brian Laurance
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Cadillac. The Imperial looks too much like the Plymouth of the same year.



   
(@Al Dorado)
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The Cadillac, of course. The Standard of The World.



   
(@Al Dorado)
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My sentiments exactly.



   
(@David Holcombe)
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Using Don's admirable methodology, I will go with the Packard.

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I understand that, unlike the Cadillac, the "bathtub" Packard was the epitome of a styling trend that was ending, not just getting underway. Only Hudson kept that styling going for a couple more years; Lincoln, Nash, Mercury, and Packard were the leaders, mostly from 1948 into 1951. Somehow, I still like that styling.



   
(@David Larsen)
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Cadillac.



   
(@Dennis Mong)
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* * * PLEASE * * * Pleas, Somebody Tell me why dual Spot Lights when headlights work Fine ?



   
John Merritt
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Cadillac


John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA


   
(@Larry Churchill)
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Spotlights are not meant to supplement headlights.

They are to highlight specific things such as the address numbers on a house which may be difficult to see at night.



   
(@sizedoesmatter)
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PICs: Agree.

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John Bono
North Jersey


   
(@sizedoesmatter)
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LOL...Barry your wife caught the MOPAR bug from you.


John Bono
North Jersey


   
Tim Kubiak
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Caddy! By mile.



   
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