1953 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe with Factory Air Conditioning Part 3

I'm driving my '53 Cadillac in Cameron Park, Waco, Texas. I'm beginning in the lower park right beside the Brazos River and will drive one-handed up the winding, twisting road which ends at Lover's Leap. This was the 400 acre estate that belonged to the prominent Wm. Cameron family which owned Cameron Lumber Mills and was one of Waco's largest employers from the 1890's into the late 1960's when it was closed. Wm. Cameron, Jr. died in 1939 without leaving an heir. This estate was deeded in perpetuity to the City in 1915 and has served since then as a gathering place for families, reunions, company picnics, hiking, biking and everything else. There is a club house on the grounds that has been used continuously since the 1920's. The family's summer home is also located on the property and now serves as an art museum. The property is within blocks of a busy city, but to be within the boundaries of the park, one feels completely isolated and for all practical purposes in some remote mountain area--it's a facility very unique to a town of this size. I was expecting to drive right up to the parking area at the Leap at the end, but once I got to the top found the gates locked--I had forgotten that for several months this area has been closed off for the rebuilding of the safety barriers along the edge of the cliff for the first time in over 70 years so I could not photograph the magnificant view from that vantage point. I got discombublated and couldn't even remember how to stop the video so just turned the camera off.

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• 1953
• Cadillac
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• 62
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• Air
• Conditioning
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[david500o9]

Awsome video! One of these days, Im drivin down there with my '53 olds and we can cruise the roads! (mabey a race here and there, but i think we know who would win, hehe)

[NDrLoR]

@david500o9 Thanks! Well come on! Don't doubt that little Olds 88 with its Hydra-Matic and modern V-8 would wax the Caddy, but that's OK too! I still kick myself for not trying to buy a '53 Super 88 back in the 70's that had factory AC. It belonged to two old maid sisters and just wish I'd kept up with it. It was a dark blue 4-door sedan with a radio-delete panel in place of a radio!

[david500o9]

@NDrLoR I'll upload a video about the car. I've got a long way to go untill its ready to race. The original color on mine was a two-tone green, and the interior is...well, its seen better days. not much left, but what makes me smile everytime i turn the key, is the fact that the engine has never been rebuilt and still runs like it just came out of the factory in 53. And Im sure it would be a neck and neck race, haha.

[NDrLoR]

@david500o9 I hope you will! Those Oldses of the 50's are the best they ever made. They use the same body as the Buick Specials, which were handicapped by an obsolete straight 8 and power-absorbing Dynaflow, while the Olds has the latest design V-8 and best automatic transmission ever put into a car up to that time!

[hep2jive]

hahhaahha i like how its closed off....thanks for posting this video.

[NDrLoR]

@hep2jive Thanks, hep2jive! Well, it's open now and affords a beautiful view out over the Brazos river and as far east as you can see! I might have to make another drive through to show it!

[NDrLoR]

@hep2jive Thanks! 'fraid it's a keeper. If you ever find your way to Waco, we'll go back over this route! Have a good Friday!

[hep2jive]

please give me this car, i want it.

[NDrLoR]

@RockandRollFriday Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the ride!

[Mrtrumphchopper]

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