MEV’n Up, Round 1: ’65 Cadillac CdV

“Tan? Why din’cha get it in a cool color like black or white or red, huh?”

Well no one has actually asked me that, but they might. Maybe I’ve wondered it myself, as my first  build from this round of long-awaited MEV purchases did not disappoint: a 1965 Cadillac Coupe deVille. Its mounted on a standard open-rivet chassis-nothing special-with a set of exceptionally shiny and new looking stock wheels. I sure wish I could find a set of Joe Skylark whitewalls for her, but since those seem to be a thing of the past I’ll stay with the blackwalls for now unless I opt for a set of white Super Tires down the road. However, because the body is fairly heavy-just like the real thing!-and also seems to have a pronounced rearward weight bias, it runs great on standard Aurora tires, so it has just the right combination of traction and drift in the corners!

Actually, a tan CdV with blackwalls is just what I wanted! Why? Think about it: what colors have you most often seen on real ’65 deVilles? I’ll admit both white and black were not uncommon, but the most common colors I see them are in are brown, gold, and tan. And although they almost always have whitewalls, they are almost always the much more conservative thinwall types than the wide stripes more commonly seen on the 1950’s cars. The point: tan is realistic; this is what a great number of real ’65 Coupe deVilles actually looked like back in the day.

I can imagine this car being driven by a stern middle aged woman in black, the kind who’s husband is president of the rotary club and who maybe doesn’t mind playing dominatrix in the bedroom when the bridge club ladies aren’t looking. So as you can see, just because I ordered my Cadillac in tan doesn’t mean I don’t have an active imagination! 😀