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Unique ’41 Cadillacs

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There’s a reason they refer to it as riding in “Cadillac style.” In 1941 Cadillac lived up to that adage.

Howard A. “Dutch” Darrin’s Packard convertible victorias, with their cut-down doors and lack of running boards to create sporty flair, were all the rage in the Hollywood during the late 1930s. Clark Gable drove one of these Packard Darrins, as they were known, and other stars soon followed suit. Constance Bennett, an actress with an established taste for coachbuilt cars
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HEAT 2

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The movie climaxed in 1995, with Pacino’s intense L.A. cop, Vincent Hanna, shooting and killing De Niro’s fatalistic bank thief Neil McCauley, his nemesis and alter ego. In the “before” sections of the novel, set in 1988, Hanna pursues a sadistic home-invading gang of killers and rapists while McCauley plans the heist of millions in cartel money from a truck bound for Mexico. Following McCauley’s death and a massive shootout, his wounded right-hand man, Chris Shiherlis (the Val Kilmer character), … Read the rest

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Old Cars Reader Wheels: 1929 Ford Model A Custom/Hot Rod Pickup

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From “Man Cave” to highway, this 1929 Ford Model A custom/hot rod pickup demands attention.

Robert Blockoff owns this awesome Ford Custom. What started as a “Man Cave” decoration ended up a hot rod.

“I recently picked this up from a really good guy in California. I had it shipped to Idaho, where I polish it way too much!”

“It started out with a gentleman in Indiana, who was at a local Ford Swap meet. As it turns out, he

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