The Fabulous Cadillac Ranch of Amarillo, Texas
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- Опубликовано: 23 апр 2024
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Date of adventure: 4/424
Checking out the famous roadside art installarion known as the Cadillac Ranch: 10 vintage Cadillacs planted face-first in the desert outside Amarillo, covered in thousands of coats of spray paint.
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I'm 70 presently. I was a Fine art sculptor and Printmaker, in 1974. That was still during the "POP ART" era of art making. I incorporated Cadillac imagery in my silk screen prints and sculptures. I created an all foam rubber, 1953 Cadillac, that converted into a chair with an ottoman. It wasn't a full length Caddy. It was the front end, and grill, and front windshield, then it tapered back. The engine compartment and hood was removable and became the ottoman (or foot stool). You sat in the place where the engine would have been. It was constructed of 5 inch thick layers of foam rubber, cut precisely with a band saw, and glued together. It won awards and recognition for me, way back then.
I remember going there in 6th grade on a field trip when we lived in White Deer, Texas for about a year. He used to buy a new one, drive it for a year,and plant them in the ground. The owner of the land was a millionaire who owned radio stations and was involved in oil. This is what our teacher said in 1977...so, what the story is? A mix of fact and fiction after all these decades. I'm 59 now and back then, they were new cars and no spray paint on any of them. We had a sack lunch, back on the school bus and back to White Deer, Tejas.......That's my story from being there in 6th grade. 1977
I appreciate the background story! Interesting. Happy Springtime!
disappointing that a teacher would instruct a fallacy. It has always been a well know art project, done as a single statement, not a one year at a time curious assembly of a rich man's cast offs.
Your teacher lied
did the 'COFFEES' own this?? i'd never known that . . .
Cadillac, Cadillac! Long and dark, shiny and black! Open up your engines, let em' roar! Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur!
Springsteen in the house!
Gonna take my pa gonna take my aunt. Gonna take em down to the Cadillac Ranch!
My husband went to the original location in 1976 when he was 19 years old. They were complete including windshields. No spray paint. Watching you every week is something we share ❤
Would love to see a photo of how they looked back then. Thanks for sharing your recollections.
I was a trucker, actually owner/operator and I always looked at them when I passed by! 😊
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I actually remember the time when there was NO spray paint on them !! They were red white and blue 6:00 black if i recall!
I remember that too
I was born in Amarillo in 1965 and visited the Cadillac Ranch in the late 70's and early 80's. There was no spray paint on them at the time, but vandals had kicked in the roofs on all of the cars. The Stanley Marsh story is creepy: He apparently hired a group of teen boys to go around town and place fake but amusing road signs. It was from among that group he found a few to prey upon.
An easy way to remember "Stalactites vs Stalagmites". StalacTITES hang down from above and require a "tight" hold on the ceiling to keep from falling. StalagMITES are mighty and grow from the floor up.
visiting Carlsbad Caverns, when I was about 12 (61 years ago) they said, Stalactites, hold 'tight' to the ceiling, and if you aren't careful, you 'might' step on a Stalagmite ...
one has a 'c' as is ceiling, the other has a 'g' for ground.
Thanks!..I was pretty sure there was a trick remembering which was which. You nailed it.
Maybe you could adopt one of those young cowboys, feed them, pet them and ride them home.
My wife and I visited Cadillac Ranch in September 2020 on a road trip from Denver, CO to Dallas, TX, and back through Oklahoma, Kansas, and back to Denver. We were on a geocaching road trip to find some of the oldest in a few states. It was a fun road trip.
🎶 Cadillac Ranch 🎶 Bruce Springsteen song from "The River" album 1980
A great sax solo by the late Clarence Clemmons as well
We visited there in '75. There was not a LICK of graffiti. Revisiting more recently, every square inch was covered with spray paint. Parts and swatches of tire rubber had became souvenirs.
It should have remained pristine.
@@gordbaker896agreed, but then, people are gonna people....😢
It's been a while since I have been there. I really ❤️ your videos. I get to travel on my 72-inch TV. Thank you 😊.
Saw them shortly after they were installed. No access, juat ten cadies stuck in the ground to amuse you as you drove by.
Hi Sarah, I drove past these in Sept . 74 on my way from Witchata Falls back to Fallon , NV after finishing an Air Force school down yonder . The cars had the factory paint at that time . mHarry in AK
I remember a time when the cars were not covered with spray paint. Now this place is nothing more than a monument to human stupidity and waste.
Very interesting....
Couldn't help but mention polluting the earth by throwing empty cans all over the place. It's a shame. You would think that whoever goes in there and picks up all the cans would put a garbage can for people to put all the empty spray cans in. Or, people would just have a decency to simply take their trash with them.
But I guess not. Just like the Mylar balloons polluting the beautiful scenery.
I saw these shortly after they were planted..My wife and I took a motorcycle road trip with a friend and his wife from Dallas, TX to the Coors Brewery in Golden CO then on to Estes Park...I had moved from Harleys to a 1973 Kawasaki 903 Z1. Much faster and smoother ride and no breakdowns or parts falling off. My friend had moved from a Triumph Bonneville to a new Harley...Lots of stops for us picking up parts from his bike...I digress, Anyway we passed the Cadillac Ranch, turned back and took a look...No spray paint at the time...I'm now an 80 year old man reliving a lot of good memories...BTW I enjoy ALL your videos....wm
70 year old, here!....I was a professional exhibiting Artist in 1974, working in the "POP ART" style. Pop artist's incorporated things from contemporary life. Cadillac Ranch was an example of that style. I too remember seeing this "installation", in art books published in 1974 & ever since. Ant Farm was a known entity too,... and was responsible for all sorts of Avant Gard, art, at the time. Performance Art, too. I used a 1953 Caddy in my sculptures, and silk screen printed images, in 1974, too. Way before this installation had become so well known.
The horn perfectly timed, we all love you !!!
When I read the title, I thought Hussey was taking us to a brothel!!!😂😂😂
Parhump pah tish
Why I clicked on the video.
I remember driving by in the 70's before they were covered in spray paint
Wife and I stop there in 2021 on a road trip from MS to Yellowstone.
This is always my pit stop every time I travel from Kansas to California.
Thanks for visiting this broken down old tourist trap venue so we don't have to. Once lovely. Not any more.
"Krylon teats..."
Damn 'Huss,' you're nuts...
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Next time bring a stencil
Visited this years and years ago. Back then, no one spray painted. Instead, they added decals and stickers. Which I thought was more fun. And less litter.
As always, Wonderhussy's video on a Wednesday
Hey Wonderhussy if you're still interested in weird things, go to Seattle and walk thru the gum wall! Colorful and nasty looking.....just like all that spray paint! 🤪 lol So bring your favorite gum (if you chew any) and stick your mark on that wall! Ok, just saw the "Trump" in white paint and your sound effect! Almost choke on my meal from laughing! Good effect Sarah! Lol 😅
Hussy! You made it to my home state of Texas!! YAY!! Loved this video! So glad you graced us with your presence!!
I'm actually heading out YOUR way next month on Mother's Day! Maybe we'll run into each other!!
Milking for Krylon !!Good one !!!! 🥳🥳🥳
The souvenir trailer does sell the official Cadillite jewelry. I got a pair of earrings there last summer. I have lived in Texas my whole life and had never been there, but decided to stop by on a trip back from Colorado. The smell of paint hits you as soon as you open your car door and gets overwhelmingly strong as you get to the Cadillacs.
“Some know it as Sin City, the Entertainment Capital of the World, or simply Vegas, but in Spanish its name has a much simpler meaning: “the meadows.” That geographical feature isn’t one we typically associate with Nevada in general, and Las Vegas in particular these days, but the Silver State’s landscape was drastically different in 1829. That’s when Rafael Rivera, a Mexican scout generally recognized as the first non-Native American to arrive in the area, came upon a grassy valley whose nutrient-rich soil was kept verdant by desert spring water.”
In the early 1980s the radio airwaves were constantly playing Bruce Springsteen's " Cadillac Ranch" along with "Born in the USA and The River" (which I loved listening to) and seeing that there really is a Cadillac Ranch is kind of cool, despite all the nasty pollution it has since created. Now as for being proposed to someday, with a beautiful "Cadillite" paint-chip engagement ring ,hand crafted in Amarillo ; that sure would be "fitting" serendipity. You have summed it all up (quite articulately) , as I too saw the "wonder in it all "and glad I did. Thanks for taking me there ; as I live on the other side of the planet and not too sure if I'll ever make it over to Texas, although it's now on my Bucket List and anything is possible..☮
A simple sculpture, but an iconic idea displaying the fancy tail fins of Cadillac's, and all buried at the same angle to one another. The classy lines of these cars are hard to recognized 'up close' anymore, it looks as if there are multi-layers upon layers of colored bubble gum. And after The Hussy's showing of Cadillac ranch up close and personal, I can now 'El Paso' on going there in person !!...thanks and travel on WH !!
I think I’ll “El Paso” too 😂😊
Headed back west Wonder hussy youll encounter the Goodnight Loving trail. A cattle trail full of lore from the western days. Charlie Goodnight was a famous cowboy and even has his own area at the Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma ciwboy hall of fame.
Ok. Just saw those bins, BUT, they need bigger ones! Safe travels Wonderhussy!! Thank you
Happy you got to visit this classic artwork on the road to the eclipse viewing. Wonderhussy knows what is wonderful. As they used to say "keep on truckin',dude ". Stay well Sarah. ❤😊
I got me a Caddy and its as big as a whale and its about to set sail !!
Stopped by those many times, unbelievable how many layers of paint there are.
I swung by it for a few minutes on a road trip in May 2018. I ended up staying for 2 hours, watching the parade of people coming and going, painting, climbing on the cars, etc. It is an amazing people watching place, even more so than Disney or a ballgame, because the barrier to entry is just to show up, no expensive tickets required, pretty much just a car passing by. So, you get a more genuine and more random slice of society showing up. The cars/art is more appealing and fun than I expected, also.
A few miles later, I was eating at the Big Texan steak place, watching guys attempt to eat the 72oz steak dinner to get it for free. None of the 3 who tried while I was there, succeeded. They tended to end up with their head in their hands, trying to keep the massive amount of food from coming back up.
The one without a tailfin is a 1956 Cadillac. Tailfins started in 1957. The 56 Cadillac may have donated is tail lights to the Chech & Chong big green Van . It had 56 Cadillac tail lights. A little trivia for you. The movie company sold the van to the father of the kid in the opening scene of the movie. Years later I helped build his dad's house in Sonora, California. The van was parked in the driveway for a couple of years. He sold it and it has disappeared.
The one you painted was once a buttery yellow 1964 model, which was in such good condition and had such low miles that the artists actually felt a little bad about putting in the ground. The oldest model is a silver 1949 coupe, which the original owner gave them a really hard time over. It was for sale, but he didn't want to sell it to them. They had to pay top dollar for it. The others were scooped up cheaply from used car lots and classified ads. By the early 1970's those cars were treated like trash and discarded. The recent OPEC oil embargo had made all of the US cars from the 50's 60's seem like dinosaurs, as many traded them off for Datsuns, Toyotas, and Mazda products as an attempt to stay out of long lines waiting to get gas.
- ridin' on the Freeway of Love, in a Pink Cadillac.
Driving to TX always looked forward to see them,since I owned 54 coupe de ville caddy
Wonderhussy Adventures great video thank you 😊❤
I am fiddling "Swinging on a Gate" on my Violin....
Hello from the rocky mid-coast of Maine, US.. Wednesday, April 24th, 2024.
Great video 🌹🌹🌹
My memory, such as it is so many years later, of Cadillac Ranch is stopping for a look-see in January 1984 -- no small matter, since I was riding with my father, who almost never stopped driving for roadside attractions. But we had slept at a motel in Amarillo that night, and the attraction was made out of cars from my father's generation of young drivers, so we stopped -- in the freezing cold and snow. I tried to take pictures, but my camera had been in the trunk all night and was frozen, so I settled for clipping off a piece of licence plate light wire (still have it). We were the only people there, and not so much spray paint, and it was closer to the road. As a young artist and reader of art magazines, I knew about Ant Farm, and had seen pictures of them doing crazy stunts like driving a fake Bonneville racer through a wall of TV sets, so it was a pilgrimage for me, though I'm sure it confirmed my father's bad opinion about art (he was colorblind).
I bet a can of Rustoleum paint would improve your chances of immortality when decorating the monument, and a handful of paint pens would help the definition of your Indian signs. It's odd that there isn't more yellow, in honor of the city of Amarillo.
Hey Sarah!! Great video ! Been there a few times! Even took the kids long ago !
Fun stop along I-40. Thanks for sharing.
And still yet another damn great 👍 show 🇺🇸
The Texas Panhandle and dust in the wind. Thanks for visiting W.H.
Love this video i have heard of this place so glad to see it took 70 years but thank you safe travels 🥾🥾🥾
Many AMAZING WONDERS in the desert 😉 ❤
Enterprising individuals could make art out of old spray paint cans. Hey, for Burning Man, a big explosion!
Lol I always enjoy your points of view. Milking the teets.😅😅😅
Drove through it and was floored! The continued to get Texas Steaks!
Loved my trip there many years ago.
I'm glad you stopped. It's a very cool roadside attraction of America.
Cool spot! They should place trash bins so that people can throw trash away instead of throwing out in the field. 😢😢😢
Trash bins were full. Big dumpsters would be cool, covered in graffiti.
@@lucy9236 For sure! Thanks for the reply! That would be really cool too!!
I sure enjoyed THIS one, Sarah. Thanks for sharing
I love the Wonder Hussy jingle. Gets me to watch these darn videos every time. I love wonder Hussy too.
Been by it many many times,but never stopped.
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Thank you for sharing. I love ❤️ all you do.
Thanks Wonderhussy, For the wonderful information about the Cadillac Ranch. I'll be driving route 66 in about a week. Plan on stopping there.
Great combo: colorful Wonderhussy amidst colorful wrecks :-)
Headlights shine,
Highway fades to black,
It's my last ride
Sitting in the back
Of a long white Cadillac. (Dwight Yoakum, Long White Cadillac.) ❤
Stalactites stick "tight" to the ceiling. Stalagmites might one day reach the ceiling. When a stalagmite grows up from the floor and connects with a stalactite growing down from the ceiling they connect to form a "mighty-tight"..
❤Amarillo by mornin 🎶
Glad you made it to TX!
Sarah’s got some guns!
Cool, Informative, FAF. Video! thnx. Wonderhussy...
I'd heard to the place, but thought that was just the way people from Amarillo drive and park. Thanks for the education on that one, WONDERFUL Hussy Much love to ya, Darlin'.
Thanks for sharing the fun adventure stay safe 🎉
Fun roadside attractions. I drove by there today headed to Gallup, NM on an extended road trip. Didn’t stop as I’ve been there before. After trying to spray paint my name, I had a new respect for those who can make art with a spray paint can.
Oh Wonder Hussy, I live in Amarillo. Wish I'd known you were passing through. Sure would of liked to met you in person. Will have to make another trip to the ranch just because you were there. . Been a viewer of your channel since your picture days.
Love all the places you take me to now. Other wise I'd never see them. I'm 69 and don't get around like I use too.Thanks so much for what you do. Stay safe and peace to you always.
Catfish a fan now and always
sTalacTiTes grow from the Top.
Stand mighty, hang tighty!
Mites grow up, Tights fall down
That's a great idea about how the paint is made
I stopped there in 74 from Albuquerque, the caddy’s looked much different then..
Well! I have now saw Cadillac ranch and I can erase that from my bucket list. It is so much easier too sit in my recliner and have somebody else take me a long too those places even if it is just a video. I think it works for me. Have a great day!
Yep, the Texas Panhandle,😆.
Not west TX. The northern territory of ole Mexico.🤠☮️✌️
It’s an 8 hr drive from Kirby Tx to Amarillo.. It’s a good thing I’ve seen it..
On one of my favorite Neil Young album cover.
Very interesting...thx Sarah.
Saw them on Billy Connolly's Route 66. Thanks Wonderhussy
Thank you so much Wonderhussy, I’ve never been there.
interesting that such a well known piece has evolved into a participation project that is no longer a statement about cars.
I love you for your pink Cadillac
Crushed velvet seats
Riding in the back
Cruising down the street
sooooo grateful you stop at all these tourist traps so i don't have to!! stay safe out there ❤
what a blight on the land..
Cadillac Ranch looks clean. When we were there March of 2022 there was water in that field, and hundreds of empty paint cans.
I saw it in the original location and then after it was moved. Its actually easier to visit now. Being closer made it sort of a hang out. Which in its own way was pretty cool. But people were a lot different then. Now it would probably suck. Already some genius decided to light one up? People are getting weirder every year. Lets hope it shifts back to going places and just enjoy the fact you're there again. What made the Ranch so cool was, tagging Was invited! Glad you left your mark it will always be there just under a few thousand others.
I believe that all these Cadillacs were running when they were planted.
I’ve never been to Texas but when and if I go, this is where I most want to go.
Now you should go check out carhenge.
Btw, I’d be happy to buy you a Cadilite ring, Sarah. 🥰
Thanks!
Yet another successful video … and your English lit on display as well as your investigative skills with a very interesting narrative ….. my compliments WH…. I love your work!
Teats😂😂😂😂😂😂 that made my day!😁
Very cool Wonderhussy. It reminded me from when I was at Carhenge near Alliance, Nebraska in 2002.
I love Cadillac Ranch! I make a pitstop there every time I pass through on my way to Oklahoma to visit my family.