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The Cadillac With Everything But the Kitchen Sink

Posted September 21, 2009 11:33 AM by dstrohl

Today, we'd probably call Louie Mattar obsessive-compulsive. With a goal of absolute non-stop driving, he built his 1947 Cadillac into quite the road warrior, including a shower, a complex on-to-go tire-changing system and a combination toilet/washing machine (no, don't ask). Thirty years ago, though, obsessive-compulsive wasn't in the popular lexicon, and Bob Loeffelbein praised Louie's Cadillac.

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Re: The Cadillac With Everything But the Kitchen Sink

09/21/2009 2:35 PM

Personally, I like the bourbon spigot best of all.

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09/22/2009 6:15 AM

Link did not work for me, anyone else have problems?

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09/22/2009 9:04 AM

I didn't have any problems, Andy, but here's the original URL.

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2009/09/20/sia-flashback-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink/

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09/22/2009 11:42 AM

The link works great, many thanks.

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09/22/2009 9:00 PM

I have a vague memory of watching a brief movie clip of this car going across the US non-stop. A piece of the footage showed the "tire changer" system in operation. Seemed like an concept car that did not have a chance to catch on. Some novel ideas, but why bother, as other posters have noted!

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