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pimpmobile
A pimpmobile is a large luxury vehicle, usually a 1960s' or 1970s' or 1980s'-model Lincoln, Cadillac, or Chrysler vehicle, that has been customized in a garish, extravagant and kitsch or campy style. The style is largely an American phenomenon. Aftermarket features or modifications such as headlight covers, hood ornaments, expensive stereo systems, unusual paint colors, and shag carpet interiors were used by car owners to advertise their wealth and importance. Once considered a pejorative,〔(David L. Gold, ''American Speech'' ) Vol. 60, No. 4 (Winter, 1985), pp. 362-366〕 these customized vehicles were popular with pimps, drug dealers, and gang leaders in the ghettos of large cities of the US in the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, especially New York City, Kansas City, Chicago, Oakland and Los Angeles as a symbol of their wealth and power. By the 1990s and 2000s, pimpmobiles included any large, extravagantly customized vehicle, such as a customized SUV truck.
==History==
Pimpmobiles became part of popular culture when they were depicted in 1970s' blaxploitation films that targeted the urban black audience with black actors and soundtracks of funk and soul music. Blaxploitation films tend to take place in the ghetto, dealing with pimps and drug dealers, often with stereotyped depiction of blacks. Heavily-customized pimpmobiles appeared in blaxploitation films such as ''Super Fly'', ''The Mack'', and ''Willie Dynamite'' as well as mainstream films like ''Magnum Force'', ''D.C. Cab'', ''Escape from New York'', and the James Bond movie ''Live and Let Die''. In the 2000s, they also appeared in the 2002 comedies ''Austin Powers in Goldmember'' and ''Undercover Brother''. The conversions became popular with Americans of all races, and several companies manufactured kits to convert late-model cars to pimpmobiles.
The most popular cars for this customization were Cadillacs and Lincolns, especially the Cadillac Eldorado and Lincoln Continental produced between 1971 and 1978. However, lower luxury models such as Chryslers, Buicks and Oldsmobiles, were also common. The cars used for these conversions were originally targeted at well-to-do retirees who wanted a large luxury vehicle; however, with the "pimpmobile" conversions, the cars came to signify menace, mystique, and glamor. One notable exception is the "Corvorado" used in the movie ''Live and Let Die'', which was a Chevrolet Corvette with Eldorado body panels. Conversion was done by custom car shops across the country such as George Barris, E & G Classics and Auto Gard, Inc. as well as many smaller shops. A well-known pimpmobile fabricator was Les Dunham of Dunham Coachworks in Boonton, NJ. Les built the cars in ''Super Fly'', as well as the "Corvorado" and the Cadillac Fleetwood in the James Bond film.
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