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1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville Part 2

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Uploaded by on Oct 30, 2009

A trip through Cameron Park in Waco, TX in my 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville.

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  • Have you ever clocked the fuel mileage on any of your Cadillacs? I reacall it was a well known fact that the fifties models got quite good readings,in fact better than a Ford V-8, due to the precision engineering and build quality of the powertrain.The V-8 was literally blueprinted before installation,and the HM fluid couplings eliminated the "looseness" of torque converters,hence the need for T/C lock-up clutches in modern cars.Again,many happy miles!

  • @Mrtriumphchopper Yes I have--I got an honest 18 MPG on a trip from Dallas to Waco in the early years that I owned this car. Not only was the Dual Range Hydra-Matic the best for both performance and MPG, they began using a 3.07 axle ratio in '53 in conjunction with the re-designed Hydra-Matic, which was far below the usual 3.55 or higher in other cars.

  • how much do you think it would sell for and/or how much did you buy it for?

  • @PinelochTundra The nicest 56's are going for around $28-42K--I paid just less than the lower of these amounts in 2002.

  • Incredible car...What else is there to write?

  • @cadrolls1 Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the ride!

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  • @NDrLoR oh ok cause i have a 56 to.

  • So sorry you lost yours! There is just something magical about the Cadillacs of '55--they represented the zenith of automotive beauty and class, undiluted by any other considerations. Later models may have been faster/smoother/"better"/clean­er/safer, et al, but they never again had the class of those '55s.

  • thank you for commenting back to me . I had a 55 caddy when i was 20 years old and lost her in a flood and to this day i still miss that car and i'm 53 now , have never forgotten that car, had several other cadillacs after that , but the 55 was my dream car .

  • Thanks for coming along for the ride!

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