Every so often we must revisit the Standard Of The World brand here at CC. Today, we’ll do so again with the help of a series of vintage images of the cars and their people back in the day.
Keep in mind that there’s no way for me to know if all the folks in these shots owned Caddys. A number just seem to be admirers, happy to be captured next to them. All the same in the end; what was important was the brand’s allure, as these images prove.
The shots include models from the late ’40s to the mid-70s, in quite a variety of locales and attitudes.
#7: Girl with red stockings
My best guess is mid-60’s based on the rust on the Cadillac and the mid-60’s full size Chevy in the right hand of the photo. Guess it belongs to grandma.
License plate , screwed into the grill adds a certain “panache”.
These photos show what older folks like me think of Cadillacs .
Success and having finally “made it” .
Some of the back drops too are nice .
Narrower roads in neighborhoods , I remember those, a few still here and there in So. Cal. .
I hope all had a nice thanksgiving, I had a wonderful mid day dinner with three beautiful ladies .
-Nate
I’d love to see an article like this but with pics going through the current Cadillac owners. That would show just how badly people dress today as well as showing the (bad) transition of Cadillac from being a car company to being a warmed over Chevy SUV that they are today.
My 1988 Cadillac Cimarron is more Cadillac than any of these SUV today are. And that’s not saying much.
Men wore vast “britches” back in those days.
Yep!
Wonder if the black one in pic #1 is longer, or the red one in the final pic?
The white “Merc”, in pic #1 is looking well.