Let’s face it, this is a sedan that I used to laugh at when I was a kid. It was the closest thing to a Donald Duck Cartoon Car that Detroit ever built. But that was before we had a chance to ponder the possibilities. With just a few major moves, this "dumpy-side down" bathtub can surface as a showboat.

If you examine the actual modifications proposed, there’s less here than meets the eye; however, although the number of changes are few, a couple are fairly big-time. To pay tribute to the Cadillac Solitaire Concept Car of 1989, we need to capture the proper "attitude". First, we must get it "in the weeds". The best way, I believe, would be to install an adjustable "air-ride" suspension system, and that may mean extensive chassis modifications to put this puppy on the ground for that "stone sculpture" look when parked. Then the entire body needs to be totally dechromed and all elements tweaked for that "ultraclean machine" look. Nicely shaped "bullet" rear-view mirrors pick up the aero theme while hidden headlamps replace the stock sealbeams and follow in the Caddy’s footsteps (or should I say, tire tracks).

Most importantly, the entire top has to go south in what may be termed the crowning achievement. I’m not going to do the necessary research on the perfect replacement, but suffice it to say that we need the retrofitting of a more shapely roof section from a modern flush-windowed vehicle of similar proportions. Of course the sure-fire way to perfect the required look would be to hand-form the entire top out of tinted lexan or plexi, cutting windows to attach to the doors, and say to heck with Safety Glass.

The point is, with the major top-swap, hidden headlights and general sanitizing, this ugly duckling upside-down bathtub is magically transformed into "SuperDrip", the slickest aero-custom to come down the slipstream since that Cad Solitaire went on display. If you don’t believe how little the body has been modified, look at the near-stocker posted next to the Cad Solitaire at the beginning of this article.