Showmanship

Today we will explore the pomp and splendor of yesteryear. This is a fabled time when America ruled the industrial and economic world and we KNEW it.
Lets take a walk down memory lane and see what excess was truly about.

1976 Cadillac Eldorado
500 Cu. Inch 8.2 Liter V8
Average MPG:7
Fuel Tank:27.5 Gallons

HP: 205 at 400lbs foot torque

Curb Weight:4000lbs

Car length:18.6Ft.

Cattle slaughtered to cover couch-sized leather seats:24.3

This example of excess was an extremely pronounced vehicle in 1976. This was one of the last large luxury vehicles produced before the gas shortages in 1979. 

This car was large.The average car today is about  13ft long on average, the caddy measures out at 18.6ft just one foot short of a Bradley fighting vehicle. Here are some examples of 18ft things that you may see from day to day:



Pontoon Boats



Giant Inflatable Mascot Tunnels



Medieval Siege Engines



Delivery Trucks



 

This vehicle was the kind of vehicle a man would drive to be seen and heard and gloated over.

It was luxurious and expensive with every option you could ever imagine at the time. It stickered at 13,246 fully loaded. Which in todays dollars is 50,000 dollars for the same item today! Escalade be damned.

Gas consumption for a 500 cubic inch 8.2 liter engine is ridiculous.

Today to fill the tank it would cost you 82.77 dollars. This tank would get you 220 miles before refueling.

I have a picture of a vehicle with worst fuel consumption than the El Dorado.

So Americans. Lets Do it right old school. I challenge you all to some excessive ideas. Email me or post a comment on other awesome American excesses in history.

Like a sweating problem caused by overeating.

Happy Friday People