Rusty, what particular year and body style were you referring to when you said you sat in it? Just curious.

My 34 is a closed car, I'm 5' 10", and even with the adjustable seat all the way back, the leg room for the driver would be none to generous either for a guy your size.

Bob, there are loads of guys with the answers, clothes pins on the fuel line, wrapping the fuel lines in aluminum foil or some other stuff, adding diesel to the gasoline - I think most if not all of that is bunk, but who knows. Adding a bit of diesel may offer a bit of relief in borderline siutations, but to get enough in to work sure makes your car a smoke-pot.

The point I think to keep in mind is that fuel under pressure (as between the pump and carburetor, assuming a properly functioning pump valves and needle & seat) has a higher boiling point. And fuel under suction, as in the fuel line from the tank to the pump, has a lower boiling point. The carburetor itself has either a vent or an anti-percolator valve so the fuel in it is just at simple atmospheric pressure. If I knew the pump valves and needle and seat were OK, the heat shields were in place, and I'd checked the line from the tank to make sure it was well away for the exhaust and muffler, and the problem persisted (hot climate, high altitude are exaggerating circumstances) then I'd probably succomb to installing an electric pusher pump for occasional use.

Just wait a bit, the corn lobby is pushing hard for 15% ethanol, and since lobbys get their way, it's likely to happen before long.

I happen to be 6'2" tall. I just measured my sitting down height and it comes to 39". The body diagram gives a seat height of 35".

Assuming the seat squashed when I sat down I could probably just squeeze into that car if I hunched my head a bit. But could not drive it with the top up.

I expect leg room would be a bit short too.

Such fancy body styles were not meant for above average sized people.

The roomiest sedans were big enough.At least they had lots of head room. And the back seat leg room was plenty to stretch out in.

But the sport models were not for us.

Rusty, not to overlook the one HUGE advantage Cadillac had, they didn't have to make a profit (and quite often didn't) to survive.

I think I'm correct when I say that, among other differences, the seniors had the spirit levels on the crown to aid in aiming. I think Henry Yeska is the acknowledged Trippe expert, and source.

Little known fact about snow: It is actually a white fungus that comes out of the ground and raises to to sky. When it comes out too fast to be absorbed by air, it starts to accumulate on the ground (with apologies to C. Schultz). And, lately there has been a lot of fungus among us.

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One thing I am not clear on. When I read a discussion of this kind, it appears that Cadillac beat Packard by cleverly offering cheaper mass produced cars and easy financing to outsell Packard. While Packard foolishly offered cheaper mass produced cars which only cheapened their name and drove away customers.

I don't quite see why using the exact same strategy was brilliant and successful for Cadillac and foolish and destructive for Packard.

One place where Cadillac had the advantage was in advertising and promotion. Somehow over the years Cadillac managed to make theirs the number one name in prestige cars in spite of the fact that they usually had the cheesiest cars and cheesiest customers.

It seems Cadillac concentrated their ads on making Cadillac owners feel special then depended on them to sell their friends. I have heard that this was their strategy, from someone who got it from a Cadillac insider in the early fifties.

Compare Cadillac and Packard ads from the forties and fifties and see which comes across as the prestige leader.

The special wrench to fit the proprietary Trippe bolts and under-lamp fasteners is in reproduction by someone, perhaps Blevins or Yeska. I have one if anyone wants picture.

AL, little known fact about snow: It is actually a white fungus that comes out of the ground and raises to to sky. When it comes out too fast to be absorbed by air, it starts to accumulate on the ground (with apologies to C. Schultz). And, lately there has been a lot of fungus among us.

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I would like some info on the Trippe models as well. I have a pair that have a different mount system on the housing and I have no idea what they fit.