Did it have the rear jump seats ? .
I well remember those old trunk mounted AC units , as long as the original body seals held up they worked great .
Remember in 1953 Caddy Grilles all got " Dagmars " : two HUGE chrome bullets , named after a busty Actress at the time .
-Nate
Chip wrote :
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> Since I am on this topic I might just as well tell you about the first car AC I remember.
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> It was the mid 50's and my dad decided to test drive a used Cadillac. It was almost a limo as I recall, and I want to say it was a 1952 or 1953 model.
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> As men did back then, the first thing my dad did was to find a country road and open the car up. I can still remember bending over the front seat to watch the needle when it topped 100.
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> Despite all of my begging the Cadillac did not find a home at our house. But I sure remember that cool, fast ride. The back shelf had two huge tinted air flow tubes rising up out of the trunk that pumped out the winter time air.
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> Chip
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