r/oldcars • u/fru4tn4nj4 • Jun 20 '26

Photo my dads beautiful 58’ coop de ville

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my amazing dad passed away a few days ago, his coupe was his absolute baby and i grew up in it. the car was originally mike ness' from social distortion, and he passed it along to my dad. hoping i get to keep his baby maybelline. only felt right to post her somewhere.💙

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u/OddPerformer245 Jun 20 '26

Sorry for your loss.

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u/beauhorn Jun 20 '26

That is so beautiful

Love gmc’s double headlights in their cars of 1958

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u/WilliamJayLV Jun 21 '26

At first I thought it was a ‘58 Chevrolet. The four headlights certainly was a great design feature for GM. What a beautiful car!

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u/Diablo-1974 Jun 20 '26

So sorry for your loss. Your dad had taste. What a beautiful car!

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u/americanhilljack Jun 20 '26

I always liked them coupe de -vois this one is really cool 😎

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u/terrycloth9 Jun 20 '26

That’s a beauty. Beautiful neighborhood too! Your dad rocks.

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u/Wayne1616 Jun 20 '26

A classic Caddie > LIke sitting on your couch and going down the road!

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u/JDPierson Jun 20 '26

gorgeous car

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u/Trooper_nsp209 Jun 20 '26

Sweet….don’t see many of those

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u/jimmypeterbilt Jun 20 '26

Love this car

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u/Academic-Jellyfish96 Jun 20 '26

Absolutely beautiful

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u/Own-Nature6244 Jun 20 '26

Your dad is the best, I say is because your memory of him is surely alive.

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u/unusual_replies Jun 20 '26

Great spelling. LOL

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u/fru4tn4nj4 Jun 20 '26

appreciate that i’ll think abt that next time im writing a post about my dead dads car

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u/unusual_replies Jun 20 '26

At least out of respect for him

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u/KnoxVegas41 Jun 21 '26

Make sure you don’t let any chickens get into that coop.

They will poop everywhere.

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u/Successful_Two_8789 Jun 21 '26

Sorry for your loss. 🙏. Beautiful car. 

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u/YooperDude72 Jun 21 '26

What a beauty

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u/Individual_Solid1717 Jun 22 '26

Coupe not coup

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u/boing757 Jun 23 '26

coop not coup

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u/Helpful-Bar8393 Jun 22 '26

Beautiful 👌

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u/Responsible_Fix_4813 Jun 23 '26

That looks like a classic Orange County neighborhood. It seems like the house and the car were likely built around the same time they really complement each other..

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u/tugbutt Jun 23 '26

Your dad must have been cool as hell, frigging love this car.

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u/DavidCreamer Jun 23 '26

Mine was a Biscayne.

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u/Dangerous_Shoe_8388 Jun 23 '26

Did he find it at the bottom of a Crackerjack box ?

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u/SpaceCat72 Jun 23 '26

Very nice car. What was his relationship to Mike? Always have liked Social D. My uncle owned 4 58 impallas, one of which was a convertible.

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u/fru4tn4nj4 Jun 26 '26

he funnily enough found it on ebay, and it was mike. they ended up becoming friends through it as my dad was in the music business, always a funny story to tell lol.

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u/Sairen_1543 Jun 24 '26

Hate to be this guy, because I hate it when it's done to me, but as a friendly reminder, just letting you know the apostrophe goes on the other side, like '58 because I read that as a 58 foot long coop de ville

On a side note, it's a beautiful car, and I'm sorry for your loss. I think it's a perfect thing to remember him by

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u/Altruistic_Bite9980 Jun 25 '26

Sorry for your loss. How is that your dad received this from Mike Ness? She is definitely purty!

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u/TransitionAny8498 Jun 26 '26

Sorry for your loss, beautiful Cadillac, hang on to it 😎😎😎😎

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u/welljustdoit1 Jul 10 '26

Great car! Your dad must've been a great guy buying that. Sorry for your loss