Automotive antiques: 1959 Cadillac Series 62 4 Articles

by Avy Nosh

Cadillac Series 62 cars were built by General Motors during 1941-1964. A forefather to today's Seville, Series 62's rising tail-fins with their red bullet lamps of gave wings to a a nation's rising aspirations at the begin...read more

by Brian Keith Compton

It was an all-new Cadillac for 1959, heralded as "a new realm of motoring majesty". The 1959 Series 62 Caddy with its gaudy set of eye-grabbing tail fins was sure to inspire jealousy. A 'landmark' automobile, it symbolized...read more

by Colette Georgii

The 1959 Cadillac 62 series, the luxury car of the wealthy and upwardly mobile youth, was ultimate in Jet Plane look with huge tailfins and massive chrome front and back bumpers. The designers in the absence of Harley...read more

by Lynne Lupold

In 1959, General Motors set out to redesign the Cadillac 62 series, originally introduced in 1941. Prompted by the spirit of competition with the Chrysler corporation's '57 "Forward Look", the 62 series went on to become ...read more