Death Car Surfaces

The only documented "Death Car" of the popular Urban Legend surfaces. It's a glamorous 1959 Cadillac Eldorado with only 2,200 miles and a wild crime story.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Death
• car
• murder
• hang
• auction
• Cadillac
• 1959

[SpotRot]

@ KeiserBill

Torsion bars never became the engineer’s choice for most street cars -- or race cars. But air bags are still going strong for heavy duty road applications. I've designed springs for a number of automotive products so if you can educate me with actual engineering text references on the superior performance characteristics of torsion bars for automotive applications, that would be peachy.

[SpotRot]

@ KeiserBill "You know nothing" - Tip: That's not an effective way to start a post if you're trying to convince others that your comments have merit. The air suspension on the 1959 Eldorado was the most technologically advanced automotive suspension at the time. If you read, you'd have seen I never claimed it was perfect or reliable. As to suspension on tanks, other than that many people thinking all 50's US luxury cars were tanks, it is irrelevant.

[SpotRot]

Childish refers to your statement that Cadillac is vastly, vastly inferior. My comments are fact-based. Yours reference advertising and now McCahill. He was an entertaining writer. Maybe you should see what Smokey said about him; Smokey being a person who actually saw through hype and dramatically advanced automotive engineering. After working on these cars and owning them, a person sees the beauty in each. If you ever own a nice 59 Imperial, I would truly enjoy a ride in it.

[SpotRot]

Sorry Preposterous, your automotive knowledge apparently comes from Chrysler sales literature. The 59 Imperial was a very cool car, as was the 59 Lincoln, and the 59 Eldorado. Each had a wildly different look and style. Saying one is vastly, vastly inferior is childish and without factual basis. The Cadillac trans was a 4 speed automatic; the Chrysler was a 3 speed. Both were good but Rolls Royce chose the GM trans for their ultimate luxury cars. -continued-

[SpotRot]

Torsion bars act no differently than coil springs, their only advantage being a packaging issue (and marketing). The Eldorado had air suspension on all four wheels - the entire car (or the rear only) could be raised or lowered. Not so with the Imperial, which had an optional (basically) air shocks on the rear. The Cadillac system was far more technologically advanced. The simpler Chrysler option was likely more reliable because it was old school. -continued-

[SpotRot]

I personally love the look of the earlier Imperials and letter cars, but for the most part Virgil Exner is known for arguably some of the ugliest cars ever put on the road. Perhaps you were not aware that Cadillac started the fin styling craze, and the other auto manufacturers copied, including Chrysler Corp and even Mercedes. -continued-

[coloradomike303]

that car is gorgeous.. that is my dream car

[totallydoesntmatter]

How much did this car auction for?

[twistedyogert]

I like the color.

[robsnhawaii]

This car spooks me because I have one just like it. Take a look!

[Gasser4x4]

From when GM cars were built in Detroit.

[LYinKansas]

hm need to get that car somehow and kill anyone who stops me

[DerAdventurer]

From a time when America was AMERICA!

Wake up, USA! Where's your pride, for Godsake!

[LonnieJEmery]

@Dreambro1 The 2011 CTS-V coupe is one hell of a car, I understand where your coming from and I love classics as much as the next guy, but...556hp 0-60 in 3.9 secs...stock, and I find the design to be appealing as well.

[hoplite46]

I had a 57 Caddy

[ScaleCarTV]

nice car!

[antonideighton]

@kaiserbill5711. While I agree that rate changes between various types of spring medium are indeed different, I disagree that one is superior. In most cases it is a matter of packaging. The number of springs required on a tank (idler and road wheels) is suited to torsion bars. Mechanical servicing makes torsion bars less desirable on road cars. Interestingly, Indy and F1 use coils activated by bellcranks.