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Pimpmobile. 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.
Nov 19, 2020 · Check out Magnum Force, one of the Dirty Harry movies. 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).
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Feb 4, 2020 · Les Dunham was the most famous among them, and when a pimp named “KC” lent his Dunham-customized ’71 to the producers of a film called Superfly, it turned the “pimpmobile” into a national phenomenon.
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. Aftermarket features or modifications such as headlight covers, hood ornaments, expensive stereo ...
Jan 8, 2015 · Gobs. 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. Let’s face it, the mortality on these was bound to be a bit high, so finding one nowadays still on the streets is a real score.
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Oct 14, 2020 · A collector car enthusiast with a wide range of knowledge about the old cars that we all love and desire, Bob enjoys tinkering with archaic machinery. His current obsession is a 1962 Porsche 356 Super coupe. The Pick of the Day is a 1970 Cadillac Eldorado transformed into a Del Caballero, a garish pimpmobile fit for a super-bad Super Fly.
Oct 4, 2017 · But lest us get caught up with the Cadillac’s style aspirations of the time, which weren’t all that bad – there’s the execution. Did someone say dissolving urethane bumper fill? Yup. It’s hard to believe by ‘75 or ‘76 that Caddy hadn’t realized the material was scheisse. Yet they went on using this material til the mid-eighties.
