The babe from the Cadillac commercials has really aged well...
Commenter BZR has shared with us a delightful find — if, that is, you’re obsessed with things old, kitschy and novel. Wait, what are we saying? Of course you are, that’s why you’re here.
We, of course, do share that obsession — that’s why we like Graverobber so much — so it’s now several hours later and we’ve only just now managed to drag ourselves away. What is this wonderful find? Why, it’s nothing more than an enormous collection of Cadillac ads, from 1914 all the way to 2003. How enormous? Almost a thousand photos!
We’ve picked out a few of our favourites here, but trust us, we don’t even begin to do the collection justice. Browse our choices here, and if we whet your appetite for more, book the rest of the morning off and go browse through. It’s impressive in more ways than one.
[Source: Flickr, courtesy of BZR]
WOW! some of those are simply stunning, bzrong you're earning some serious respect for that collection there.
+1. I could spend hours just going through those ads. Def bookmarked.
BTW how do you pronounce "bzrong?"
bong? bizwrong? brong?bzzzzzzz.
Great stuff. Makes me miss my old Caddies. I love perusing old magazines for ads like these.
Compare "The Caddy That Zigs" to BMW's "The Ultimate Driving Machine" for evidence as to why Caddy has a reputation problem today.
Why was the Catera's mascot a pet duck?
From the three ducks on the Cadillac shield.
Shhhh! Since the CTS-V came out we've swept that bit of automotive fail under history's rug.
That was an Opal, not a Caddy. Ignore the ducks. Nothing more to see here.
It's really a Holden Commedore – between that factor, and the less than stellar 3.0 V6, a Catera's crying out to be turned into a proto-CTS-V.
Or, well, I should say it's crying out to be done more (it's already been done – http://www.pbase.com/elvin315/the_catera_v&pa...
The Commodore used the same platform as well but my understanding is that Opel kicked it all off by rolling the Omega first.
Judges, can we get a call here?
I know, and you're definitely right. I just figure the Omega was sort of decent (since it was a contemporary of the walleyed Ford Scorpio, it looks amazing in comparison), but a good Commedore is pretty desirable. I have a way with improperly using words.
I'm disappointed at the lack of Cimarron ads.
Though this is my favorite Catera ad, only because it doesn't make a bit of sense. It's like listening to your grandpa ranting about war rations and vegetables. Did Cateras sell well in Terre Haute? Does anything?
We can't bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for m'shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you'd say. Now where was I… oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion tied to my belt, which was the style at the time. You couldn't get white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones…
Wait…I found one!
<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3040/3098345039_1fb6395dbc.jpg">
"The sporty side of Cadillac…" "The Caddy that Zigs…" There's a metaphor in there somewhere, waiting to get dug out with a bottle of breakfast scotch.
Wait…I found one!
<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3040/3098345039_1fb6395dbc.jpg">
"The sporty side of Cadillac…" "The Caddy that Zigs…" There's a metaphor in there somewhere, waiting to get dug out with a bottle of breakfast scotch.
Wait…I found one!
<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3040/3098345039_1fb6395dbc.jpg">
"The sporty side of Cadillac…" "The Caddy that Zigs…" There's a metaphor in there somewhere, waiting to get dug out with a bottle of breakfast scotch.
You could actually get those with a 4-speed stick.
And a full frontal lobotomy.
I love the Cadillac-Cadillac-Cadillac Style! tag. GM had some incredibly optimistic jingles circa '87-'88. It makes me want to throw on a pot of coffee and cook up some bacon, to get the proper feel for Morning In America all over again.
Does any one have a picture of old Used trucks for sale