Cadillac's adopted slogan, The Standard of the World Award, dates back to winning the 1908 Dewar Trophy, in its day the Nobel Prize of engineering for proving the precision interchangeability of its cars.
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......big block, 4 speed, bench seat, it doesn't get much better
There used to be a '49-ish Packard sitting up the road from me back in the 1980s. It had an emblem on the rear that said "Ultramatic Drive"... I always thought that was the coolest name for their automatic transmission.
Cadillac's adopted slogan, The Standard of the World Award, dates back to winning the 1908 Dewar Trophy, in its day the Nobel Prize of engineering for proving the precision interchangeability of its cars.
IIRC, that was the beginning of modern production techniques - to manufacture parts to a standard of close tolerance so that any part could be installed on any car of similar model. Before that, each car was built almost as a unique unit, where parts were massaged to fit that car, but wouldn't necessarily fit the one that was being built right next to it.
Standard of the World was definitely a cool slogan, and always made me believe that Cadillac was at the top of the game in terms of engineering and building quality cars.
Cadillac's adopted slogan, The Standard of the World Award, dates back to winning the 1908 Dewar Trophy, in its day the Nobel Prize of engineering for proving the precision interchangeability of its cars.
Imagine me, a GM fan no less, attributing the saying to arch-rival Packard rather than to rightful Cadillac. See what happens when you grow up down the street from a guy restoring a Packard?
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
I don't judge a man by how far he's fallen, but by how far back he bounces - Patton
We built one quite a few years ago, made some upgrades though, 472 Caddy and TH400, 9" Ford, GM subframe....
My buddy is the current care taker.
Now that is cool..............we used to frequent GoodGuys in Columbus every year and that would have fit right in.....
We built it to take to Supper Run 99, in Saskatoon. It was a hit! Nick named "The Hot Tub" It was one of those reality show type builds, unrealistic deadline, quick and dirty just for fun. Our paint guy had fun cleaning out his cabinet. Told him give it some colour, this is what he came up with. For a "temporary" paint job, it's still holding up well 20 years later......
...that's Todd smiling.
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