Made from 1955 to 1962, the 190 SL is a beautiful car with superb mechanics. With only about 3,000 copies made per year, a nice one will set you back about $130,000 today.
Now someone went to a lot of trouble to put barb wire and razor wire on top of this fence. Were they perhaps too busy trying not to cut themselves to ask why?
These have got to be owned by the same guy. I mean, this car is not exactly known for its longevity. It has its fans I'm sure, but not enough that two guys on the same block would own one. Both of these are the 1984 or 1985 model. One's a stick, the other automatic.
I'd like to see the reaction of the GM guys who built this car if I could go back in time and tell them that in just 12 years, they'd be selling a Cadillac that made only 88 horsepower. That would be the infamous Cadillac Cimarron. This Fleetwood however packs a 472 c.i. V-8 that makes 375 horsepower. The biggest, most luxurious American car made in the second half of the twentieth century started at $7,284 or about $57,000 in 2023 dollars. (You know, that's not really that expensive. The cheapest Chevy Suburban you can buy costs that much today.)
Cadillac's top of the line included a dizzying array of magic carpet ride features. For instance, "The front suspension used upper and lower control arms with a new integral steering knuckle for greater dependability and longer life. It had independent helical coil springs, rubber mounted strut rods and rubber bushings to isolate road noise as they absorbed impact. The rear suspension was set-up to accommodate the Automatic Level Control network. The rear suspension used the Cadillac four-link drive system, helical coil springs and large rubber bushings to improve ride quality."
