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Re: grob_22_01_2011 (01)
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2011, 11:47:38 AM »
Well, it was not given that name by the maker my best knowledge, but some may have been used as a flower car.

A good start so far.

But I need the name of the company that made this conversion and the name of the final product...

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Re: grob_22_01_2011 (01)
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2011, 07:40:07 PM »
These were not origonally meant for funeral car dutys. Just a flashy cowboy pick up ride.
Gotta do some diggng. Can't remember the name!

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Re: grob_22_01_2011 (01)
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2011, 12:57:51 AM »
So what I came up with is - these were built in '75-'76 (2 hardly dicernable years for Cadillacs) by Traditional Coachworks in Chatsworth California.

I believe the one pictured is called the Mirage, with it's Coupe DeVille qtr windows intact.
There was also a model called the Caribou that did not have the qtr windows.

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Re: Traditional Coachworks Mirage / Cadillac pick-up conversion, ca.1975
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2011, 10:42:00 AM »
Point #10!

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Re: Traditional Coachworks Mirage / Cadillac pick-up conversion, ca.1975
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2011, 12:59:53 PM »
Badda-boom!

Grob.....I just noticed your flicker linc to your car pix. AMAZING!!!!

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Re: Traditional Coachworks Mirage / Cadillac pick-up conversion, ca.1975
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2011, 02:00:25 PM »
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Grob.....I just noticed your flicker linc to your car pix. AMAZING!!!!

Thank you. It´s a kind of a hobby, but I like it, too...

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Re: Traditional Coachworks Mirage / Cadillac pick-up conversion, ca.1975
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2011, 11:41:29 AM »
A hobby? I was quite taken by your images. I thought for sure you worked as a photographer. So good!

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Re: Traditional Coachworks Mirage / Cadillac pick-up conversion, ca.1975
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2011, 12:15:25 PM »
Thank you.I´ve studied "Handwerks-Design" (I´m a kind of "craftmanship-designer", if you want...) for three years but I am working in a quite un-creative job now.
So this is just my way to give way to my creative explosions...

I appreciate the fact that you like them, of course... :)