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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.
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. More: CC’s Guide to Pimpmobiles.
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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).
Feb 4, 2020 · The 1974 Cadillac Eldorado was Superfly all day. Richard Bennett. 04 February 2020. By the early 1970s, the concept of “personal luxury” was in full swing across the automotive world. The idea of being isolated from the world while on the road, combined with a touch of sportiness (in those days, sportiness had a slightly different meaning ...
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.
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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.
