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18/09/2022 6:58 pm
'61 Cadillac or Imperial?
Be sure to make your selection.
Of course, please “Reply” to share your comments.
If selection is greater than 2 rank them.
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John Bono
North Jersey
John Napoli and Ed Glorius reacted
18/09/2022 7:24 pm
Like the Caddy, I never acquired a taste for those “finny” Chryslers.
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
John Bono reacted
18/09/2022 7:38 pm
John, I believe your Cadillac is a 1963.
As much as I love the 1961 Cadillac, the Imperial wins for maximum nostalgia. I carried my 1/25th model with me for a few years when I was 5 to 7, like Linus with his blanket.
I mean, how outrageous is this thing?
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
John Bono reacted
18/09/2022 7:41 pm
Isn't that Cadillac a 1963 model year?
Saint Clair Shores, Michigan
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Topic starter
18/09/2022 9:14 pm
Good catch guys. Thanks! It's been corrected.
John Bono
North Jersey
John Kuvakas reacted
18/09/2022 10:08 pm
Very nice looking vehicles but too large a size for my taste range.
John Bono reacted
18/09/2022 10:33 pm
I go with the CADILLAC, but only because I'd take it over the Imperial if I had a gun to my head and had to choose. Fact is, neither really grabs me.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
John Bono reacted
21/09/2022 10:37 am
The '61 Imperial was an attention grabber with its unconventional/retro headlight design but I much prefer the crisper lines of the Cadillac. The trimmed down tail fins on the '62 Cadillac made it even more attractive IMO; my fave Caddy of that decade.
John Bono reacted
Topic starter
21/09/2022 10:50 am
The imperial is more attractive IMO, but I pick the Cadillac which I believe is overall a better car quality wise.
John Bono
North Jersey