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Nov 19, 2020 · In that film a pimp (Albert Popwell) drives a Cadillac Eldorado that does a pretty good job of establishing what an early ‘70s Pimpmobile was all about: Super Fly headlights; a fake Rolls Royce grille; an overstuffed landau roof, with, duh, landau irons (that the Dirty Harry car is missing).
A pimpmobile is a large luxury vehicle, usually a 1960s, 1970s or 1980s-model Lincoln, Cadillac, Buick or Chrysler vehicle, that has been customized in a garish, extravagant and kitsch or campy style. The style is largely an American phenomenon.
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Jan 8, 2015 · A genuine vintage 1974 Eldorado pimpmobile? Just not gonna’ happen. But Chicago is a different story, and Joseph Dennis found this very well preserved Eldo there.
- Paul Niedermeyer
Oct 4, 2017 · Apparently the producers rented the movie car (a ’71 Eldo ‘vert) from one of Dunham’s customers after seeing it parked somewhere in New York City. The owner was a pimp named “K.C.” (who actually wound up in a cameo role in the movie).
- Mya Byrne
Oct 14, 2020 · The Pick of the Day is a 1970 Cadillac Eldorado transformed into a Del Caballero, a garish pimpmobile loaded with custom flourishes fit for the super-bad Super Fly movie dude Youngblood Priest, played by Ron O’Neal wearing a pair of enormous sideburns.
Dec 11, 2015 · With a smooth and powerful 6.4 liter V-8 that made 345 horsepower, other motorists knew who the king of the road was. Although rare in those days, these behemoths were equipped with power windows, seats and locks, air suspension, air conditioning and cruise control among other amenities.
Is it possible that Bender, in 1947 when in Roswell New Mexico, dropped a pimpmobile and a human witness recalled this and repeated it for the first time 18 years later? I choose to believe so.
