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Edit: I should have said that they would probably be worth double to the right person. But as far as the average person is concerned, probably no more than 20% over what a car of comparable condition would be worth. As far as for what a Silver Arrow includes: not much. Special paint color, Silver Arrow scripts, a numbered tag on the dash, a special Silver Arrow car cover and a bunch of little booklets on why the thing's so damn special. I love these Rivieras (and all Rivieras) to death, but if I ever decide to go after a limited production car called "Silver Arrow," I'll stick with the original: the 1933 Pierce Arrow Silver Arrow

Well seeing as how only 200 were produced and only 199 of them were ever offered to the public for sale (GM kept the last one), I'd have to say they're worth probably double what a normal one in comparable condition would go for. I've only ever seen one in person; it was last January in the financial district in Boston. It was absolutely filthy with dirt and road salt but still proudly bore its Maine vanity plate that read SLVARW. As far as seeing them for sale, one of them pops up on eBay a couple times a year; they're out there.

A Colonial Yellow Fleetwood Brougham would be the perfect companion car to my Naples Yellow Coupe DeVille and my girlfriend would love it. But I definitely agree with Sixty8 that the five grand could be better spent on something else.

Absolutely leave the interior and exterior alone; the car is priceless the way it sits because it's only original once. Pull the motor, clean it, spend the extra money to rebuild it the right way with hardened valve seats to accomodate today's $h!ty modern pump gas, put it all back together, but don't paint or detail anything. Redo whatever it needs mechanically (brakes, seals that have dried out and disintegrated, etc.), put a new set of tires on it, and leave it alone. Keep it in a garage and drive it on nice days only. It's a shoe-in for an award in preservation class wherever it goes.

My father bought a 1940 Henney Packard ambulance yesterday afternoon and I spotted it behind his shop last night; does that count?

Burn it. Here's a REAL Cadillac: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1958-CADILL...1QQcmdZViewItem And in ASSachusetts of all places; I'm tempted to find the guy's house and steal it!

So I guess this wouldn't be a good time to tell you that a friend of a friend happened upon one for a thousand bucks...... and then let it sit in the tall grass and mud in his backyard for three years and rot away before he started to use it. The only reason he started driving it at all was that he totalled his other vehicle and needed it to go to work. Most of its beautiful navy blue paint is now covered by $h!ty bodywork and brown Rustoleum. Sad, sad, sad. It's okay; I want to kill him too!

I'm not big on the later 70's ones but I definitely respect it for what it is; 1978 is the last of the monsters. Personally, I think 1971-1972 is the last year I'd ever really pursue, but an exception could definitely be made for a machine as pristine as this one. Very nice!

I drove by a funeral home in central Massachusetts not too long ago that had a gorgeous mint condition navy blue early 80's El Camino for use as a flower car. It was pretty neat to see the little El Camino lined up amongst the giant Cadillac hearses and limousines; wish I got a picture.

Definitely the work of a couple retarded kids just looking for money, not to do property damage or commit a huge theft; hence their only looking for an unlocked vehicle. This happened to me once, too, because I also leave my car unlocked. I walked out to my Riviera one morning to find the center console open and everything that was inside all over the passenger's seat. I think I ended up being out three dollars and change that I left in the cupholder as they did not take anything of value. My next door neighbor's truck was also a target that same night, and once again, they stole all his change and a couple ones but left alone a huge case of CDs, tools, and other valuables. This sort of thing happens in cycles in my neighborhood too.

Most definitely so! Got a storage unit at my father's place where my '67 Eldorado lives along with tons of parts for it and various other vehicles (mostly Cadillac), along with antique bicycles, antique snowmobiles, etc. One day I will be able to build my dream garage that will include space for all of it, including a small "museum" area for all of the stuff I've collected over the years (and adequate parts storage, and adequate storage for my car books/other pieces of literature).

That's that special plane that transports the completed fuselage of another plane to its destination for final assembly, right?

Wheeeee. Now I know what a beluga whale would look like if it had wings. Aren't there only a few runways around the world that can even accept an A380 because they're such a big fat hog of an airplane?

Was this guy involved at all?

I dunno about a pony, but maybe we could get you Kinky Kelly from Clerks II? Just think: it could be YOUR turn to be the sexy stud!

As promised, here are a few photographs from my visit to the Volt at Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market in Boston: The most interesting part of the visit was that my girlfriend and I were let inside the ropes the car was behind when it was discovered by one of the GM representatives that we were from the town next to his home town! While the rest of Boston had to stand outside the ropes, we were allowed to walk around the car up close with the GM rep and get an in-depth explanation of the car's features, and even touch the car and open the doors ourselves! The coolest feature of the car by far, in my opinion anyways, were the printed circuits in the glass roof that controlled OnStar and a host of the car's other features (third photograph). He then interviewed me on camera to be used with a series of other interviews he had done throughout the weekend for research on people's reactions and the like. All in all a very cool experience. I'm glad the General picked Boston as the first stop on their tour with the Volt.

Me and the girl will definitely be in Boston tomorrow in the late afternoon (5:00ish) to take a look at the Volt and snap a few photos!

Not nearly as high profile as all of your big city bridges, the French King Bridge that brings Route 2 across the Connecticut River between the towns of Erving and Gill, Massachusetts has always been one of my favorites due to its extreme height and interesting construction. The massive cast iron lamp posts with the eagles at the top are quite something if you consider that this bridge is literally out in the middle of nowhere; not even our big city bridges get details as nice as this.

That car had better be getting taken apart by the junkyard or have been bought for parts by someone else because the entire car from the quarter panels forward was good, it had a complete interior, all good glass, and a complete 390 still in it! But if it didn't, thank God whoever owned it before sliced off the last two feet of the back to make a couch out of it..... the only reason it wasn't complete and the reason it went to the junkyard in the first place!

Uhhh not much outside of a few Grand Funk Railroad, Best of Bachman Turner Overdrive, and the American Graffiti soundtrack is pretty cool. Lots of those generic compilation tapes with names like "Star Trackin' '76" with one good song out of the sixteen that are on it. There are a few cool ones in there, part of the "Cruisin'" series (a history of early rock & roll radio: a mixture of songs, commercials, and promos from old radio stations, all wrapped up in a bright blue case with an Archie comics-style illustration on the label). I got the years 1961, 1962, 1963, and 1966. The 1961 tape has a 1961 Ford commercial and a 1961 Pontiac commercial on it which is interesting. Oh! And I got me a mint copy of Love Will Keep Us Together by The Captain & Tennille! I mean this thing looks like it was never played! (Hard to believe, I know ) All in all a good haul, since I'm in it for the weird ones too. Eight tracks have always intrigued me because of the messed up music you can find on them that seems to have never been released in any other format. Having vehicles with working players is my excuse to start buying them up at yard sales and flea markets and junk stores.

Picked up 48 of them last night for a cool $20, ranging from the awesome to the weird and super corny. Craigslist gives up her gold again But you all keep digging in your basements and attics for more!

That sounds too ridiculous to pass up; I'll take it!

That'd be awesome; let me know if you find anything and you can toss them in if you end up buying the '71 Cadillac!

So tonight I was thinking to myself how cool it would be to have more eight tracks since I now own two vehicles with a functioning eight track player. I currently only have two, which means Jimi Hendrix Smash Hits is getting boring in the brown '78 Coupe DeVille and Led Zeppelin III is getting overplayed in the yellow '77. Do any of you guys have any you'd be willing to part with? If so, let me know!