What a luxurious treat! Thank you,

I’m so glad for your sponsor Ed!(can you do 1980s American performance next or just luxury?)

GIMP is better than Photoshop.

Great video Ed. I recognize your stock footage of driving South on Spring Street in Atlanta, GA, in the mid to late 1960's, from when I was a young child.

@@tedlym.3390 que que que eu não não sgghhahahhhh hrhahhhhrhhhhhhanão é é o ó cara cara de virus e a gente vai se não me me de um

I second that Ed. Love your stuff.

I third that Ed. Great video. Keep ‘em coming.

Ed knows his stuff. A real car enthusiast.

sometimes its hard to see a picture from within the frame

Yes he definitely does and that's a problem with us

Hahahaha good one! Whis I could've included that in the video.

I had a 70 LTD that I bought in 74 for 800 dollars. It had all the bells and whistles too. Then I had a 72 LTD Convertible. The 70 was my 1st car. The 72 Convertible was my 3rd car. I wish I still had my 72. It was grand!!❤

My grandfather had one.The family had talked him into getting a new one because they thought that he should have a "smaller" car.

@@philipancell516 Too Fuelish

My dad said it stood for "La tee dah" 😆

Cotton resin fender flares would look good. Maybe a cotton chin spoiler.

Wasn't that the 601S De Luxe? Chrome bumpers, contrast roof and pop-out rear windows?

Decadent!

A heater that works when the car is not moving? Too luxurious

You could fix the vinyl roof on with wallpaper paste and use a Posca pen to do the coach stripes. 😊 Fully electric swiveling 'Captain's Chairs' and a/c might be a nice touch...though, you may need to tow a caboose to power them.

Patoo in the trunk.

the big lads, the B O A T S

The GOATS of BOATS

@japanwatchconnection I agree but from an exterior design perspective I find them fascinating

@japanwatchconnection When you see them out in their element today, they stand out. Your amazed at how bulky and broad they are, and how far the overhangs are and the hood line, and how little space some have inside considering their size. But looking at those old films of cars lumbering down the streets in the 70's, especially during the gas shortage, with them in long lines. You don't envy those drivers, plus the stench of fuel rich exhaust in the air before catalytic converters and electronic fuel injection took over. I'm glad I don't have to breath that in anymore, whenever I'm behind a old 60's or 70's car and you then smell the exhaust, it takes me back to my childhood, but then I think, I'm glad not every car on the road smells like that anymore.

What about "1000 mile battery range" lol

No, it is called LTD because Aunt Jessy's Underwear would sound lame.

@@V8_screw_electric_cars maybe a little biased against EVs?

@@bandombeviews6035 yes because they're pos

Exactly my kind of style!

Also mileage wise, look performance cars don't tend to get great mileage, especially not in this era, but slapping on some nice seats and AC to a normal car won't do much to it's gas mileage

Growing up in a Cadillac family as a child, I was shocked to learn how many cars out there were absolutely bereft of any of the civilizing features that make a Cadillac a Cadillac. Things like automatic headlights, illuminated visor vanity mirrors, reading lights in back, Climate Control, rear window de-icer, cruise control, electric windows, seats & doorlocks, delay cycle windshield wipers, a decent audio system, comfortable leather seats and deep pile carpeting, along with a very smooth and pampering ride, to name a few. Plus, almost anyone looks good pulling up in a Cadillac. Now we have computer systems with onboard entertainment, advanced LED lighting elements used in very creative ways, a programmable instrument cluster, with headup display, Night Vision, rain sensing windshield wipers, emergency communication services, (OnStar), seats that give a massage, and a keyless entry system with remote start.. Tastefully trimmed in the finest woods, aluminum, leather and carbon fiber. All with a credible amount of performance and crisp handling. Apple Car Play is very good and makes your sound system an extension of your Apple device. Great for accessing your playlists in iTunes. If you have a driving commute, it's good to arrive fresh and not beat up by the experience. Anything less is barbaric and uncivilized. But that whole "Brougham" issue, which I discovered as being a distinct issue. Like you, I stumbled into that one over at Curbside Classics. It was as an era, a rather odd phenomenon. Every volume car out of Detroit that era had some sort of upscale "brougham" version of one type or another. Once speed and performance went away, 'perceived luxury' was really all they had left, going somewhat upmarket, but in a cheap way. And although that it was true you could get all sorts of "luxury" features on vehicles even as common and downscale as the Ford Tempo for additional money, of course, Tempo, at the end of the day, is still a Tempo. Lipstick on a pig only gets you so far.

Couldn't agree more!

@@MarinCipollina But none of today's cars are what I call a true LUXURY car. They are too small and cramped, have a rough uncomfortable ride, and just are not visually impressive.

It’s great isn’t it 🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈

Cashback, it’s like the American Rolls Royce, Lynne. /Alan Partridge.

My 79 Ranchero had the quadrasonic 8-track player - but had a single speaker :)

How about the Vega, Chevette and Pinto? You forgot the 1968-74 Chevy Nova

@@zythr9999 The Vega was a terrific looking car, but it was literally falling apart on the way from the factory to the dealers. I think the Chevette is ugly, but everything is relative. The two door Chevette certainly looks better to me than anything made recently. It is carbureted, you could get a manual transmission, and it actually had real tires. I love the Pinto and Nova. I used to own a 1972 Nova decades ago. And I currently own a 1972 Pinto woodgrain wagon. I have owned the Pinto for more than 20 years.

Same for me (in white) I was too old for the way back, but younger siblings/cousins loved it! That thing had a huge 385 series engine, tall gears and my grandmother drove that boat at harrowing speeds. 😯

@@jimurrata6785 we called Grandma's car the green machine.

@@marqbarq5977 😎 Neighbors had a bright yellow Satellite wagon that everyone knew as Big Bird.

My grandmother had like a 61 Lincoln with roll down rear window. We could about get onto the trunk lid on the freeway. Never seemed very safe.

My Father had bought a mid sixties Galaxie Station Wagon. It was green but he thought it was brown. He was color blind. That rear facing seat was great on cross country trips. That was were me and the dog rode.

Mercury should have, they already included leather everything and a back seat big enough for a dungeon.

@@MoultrieGeek Oh wow man you just brought back some great memories. (That I'll keep to myself)..... ty.....

Ed, I heard people over in England say mercury “mar kwis” Is that how you say it? Fun fun video!

@@new2000car - Sounds like a Boston accent to me. What kind ah cah you drive?

@@new2000car of i remember right that is how it was pronounced in the movie scarlet pimpernel. With Leslie Howard.

👍👍

With Rich Corinthian leather. .

@@socalltd But of course, you already know that.

KHAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!!!!!

I was afraid Ed was going to do that. I LIKED his crude drawings. Of course, the content is still great, but lost some of its cuteness.

I had the 1988 version. 3.4 L V6 and front wheel drive.

Ironically in ford europe line up they used the “Ghia” trim model until the late 90s/early 2000s

Don't forget the "Homo Designer" Series.

@@eevee5jdm483 And I think the Australians had it too

I remember those days. I couldn't tell you what most of them are anymore

Many were too big and fuelish. It would be comical the cost to fill up some of the land yachts of the past, today Lol

@@zythr9999 my 1970 LTD I could put 5 dollars in and it would last me the weekend

@@philipancell516 yeah but that's only a gallon roughly today. Maybe u forgot inflation exists?

How many were sold with the super trim? Dozens? I don’t think I ever even saw one.

How vinyl tops hide shoddy welds and become moisture traps?

@@martinliehs2513 Allegedly

I think the Lincoln Continental was the car that showed that. The LTD was just a nice middle class car.

Clint Eastwood used to blow them up pretty regularly in his cop movies.

@@fazole They were fleet cars along with the Plymouths.

Chevrolet Chevette Brougham. AMC Gremlin Brougham. Ford Maverick Brougham.

@@rogersmith7396 Double yikes!!! 😬

Ford Focus Vignale…..

Oh the horror!

@@rogersmith7396 How about a Vega Sport De luxe Brougham Limited ?

The Dodge Dart Sport comes to mind

Tuned by SPORTS

My dad had one too. Three of those friends could fit in the trunk with room to spare

My brother eventually bought a 1969 Ford LTD. He had a 1968 GTO that got stolen. I got the chance to drive the LTD regularly.Took it to high school, the girls loved the 8 track player. Extremely quiet ride.

More power to them. How about a Buick Roadmaster Limited Avenir?

Buick is playing for the Chinese market. Buick is perceived as better than a Benz in China.

It was always the same case but it's true that gap between luxury cars and economy cars is closer than it was in the past

It depends on if you buy the Turbo Ego Boost model.

Chevrolet in the 1940s and 1950s had a model that was named "Deluxe".. I remember seeing one as a child, maybe 6 years old, and this old Chevy is maybe from 1950, about 15 years old, black, kind of decrepit looking.. And I'm looking at this thing and reading the name on it, "Deluxe", and thinking.. what a POS ! What's deluxe about it? That was just hilarious to me. Buick had the "Super" and "Roadmaster", which were kind of cool.. old car names were different.

And before Taylor Swift gave prestigeous college commencement speeches about her genius. Oh my God, this country is so screwed.

Before we had names like Trevor, Zack and Bruce... 😂

@@JustFunandGames "Hi Todd, I'm Tucker"

Have to say while the Brougham trim gets a lot of shade here, it made for far more pleasant summer road trips. Actual room in the back, comfortable sofa seats, and land barge suspensions. I'm all for pulling the best parts of the era forward instead of badge engineering and flashy trim pieces.

They were all poor schmucks cars in my neighborhood. We had an Eldo. One guy had a Rambler. The funeral home guy had a Caddy hearse, in fact several.

He should have bought the Family Truckster. " You think you hate it now but wait til you drive it".

@@rogersmith7396 Good lord the Wagon Queen Family Truckster would have been night and day better than that cramped LTD!

@@Flies2FLL Did they crush his trade in before he got the fabric seats? Those pre rack and pinion Fords (and Chryslers) in my experience, drove like shit. The steering was like the wheel on a boat. Turn it several times to alter course matey. The brakes were like shoving your foot into a bucket of grease. I guess the ride was OK. Fords were always cheap looking inside. You had to get a Mercury to get anything decent. Remember in "Magnum Force" Clint blows one up with Hal Holbrook inside. Those and Plymouths were police beaters. Not much of a recomendation to me. Cheap and serviceable. They used to wreck em by the dozens in Hollywood. The Torino would be far better.

My dad bought pretty good cars. He drove a Corvair for his business and supplied them to employees but bought mom decent stuff. 59 Impala, 88 Olds, 98 Olds, 66 Mustang instead of Corvair, 73 Camaro which I picked out, burnt orange metallic with rally wheels and white letters, 70 Eldorado, a couple of other Cads which shall remain nameless, 84 Fiero, 84 Mercedes 190 brought on by the Cadillacs which shall remain nameless. Instead of the Camaro I was pushing for a Formula 400 Firebird with the big hood scoops or that fastback James Bond Mustang but they were a lot more money than the Chevy. The Camaro was $3800 delivered.

@@rogersmith7396 Your appraisal is spot on, though I was way too young to ever drive that car. My dad said the same, it didn't drive very well. I don't know what they did with the '65 Impala he traded, but the '72 Ford was a "Swiss cheese" with rust everywhere by the time it was 6 years old~! It looked great when new but fell apart quickly, the gray lower side molding literally fell off and dad had a guy at work pop-rivet it back on. Not Ford's best attempt...

I think you are thinking of the Cadillac "Shitmobile". It was bottom line under the "Cheapskate".

Calais was the least expensive model meant to compete with Chrysler New Yorker.

To be fair, you are right. The Calais was more seen as a junior car. So strictly speaking, the Deville was the lowest priced of the full-full size, know what I mean?

@@EdsAutoReviews yea, I think I know now.

@@EdsAutoReviews Actually, De Ville, both Sedan and Coupe were their mainstay model for many years,.. You had the upscale Fleetwood, and the Eldorado, which was technically also a Fleetwood model. Calais replaced the entry level 62. The dimensions of Calais were identical to the De Villes, the only difference was a discreet script name somewhere, and a bit of decontenting. I'd never refer to De Ville as their lowest offering.

The Cutlass Supreme from Oldsmobile, the Cadillac Fleetwood d'Elegance and the Buick Special. 3 cars in total.

Mate I love the Ford Landau, what a fine example of beautiful malaise automobile styling

Back in the 60s my dad taught me that luxury cars quickly became affordable after 2 or 3 years as used cars at big discount prices. Those second hand luxury cars were well maintained and still looked new. I learned to drive in 1974 in my dad's 1970 Electra 225 LTD. LOL

You know what the funny is about Nuremberg time, it doesn't matter for most of the world, nowhere but Germany have a Nuremberg, but you know what every country have, a long stretch of road that goes on forever, that's why I take Quarter Mile/Half Kilometer times more seriously when comparing cars

And street slang took it in the opposite direction- you could call somebody "Bro-ham" instead of simply "Bro". Came from Brougham.

You've got that right.

...until the makers turned the various nameplates into near interchangeable versions of one another.

As long as you are Chinese. I did off road a Skylark rental. It was the best rental for bashing through rock and sand. Got stuck in Death Valley though. Built a bridge out of the dry wash and got it 3 feet into the air. Yeah, pretty solid.

GM makes 3 flavors of Chevy. A Cadillac Chevy, a Buick Chevy, and a Chevy Chevy. And I would not purchase any of them, or any other American car of today.

@@3713msg Or any car for that matter because all big companies do that