The 59 random stuff.

[60Buick]

Ok School is in session.

4 door hard top. Flat top. No center pillar and the doors are clean with no window channels and a flat roof. (no such thing as a 4 window hardtop) It uses the sleeker front glass of the 2 door hard top and convertible.




4 door hard top, Riviera sedan or 6 window hardtop. Just a different style top as the flat top was considered radical and there is a serious lack of head room. No center pillar and the doors are clean with no window channels. the triangle windows in the rear give it the 6 window designation. The 6 window uses sedan glass from the 4 and 2 door sedans. The windshield is much more verticle and about an inch taller.



This is a 4 door sedan. No 6 window designation, just a 4 door sedan. Center pillar, and window channels.



The 2 door hardtop or coupe. more of the same no center pillar or window channels.



My hearse is built off a 2 door Sedan. You can see the difference in the rake of the front glass.



Big difference in head room.



rear overhang.



More rear overhang. The lack of snow shows how much it hangs over.





Some flat top advice. Never park it under trees. The flat tops love rust and suck debris under that rear window trim and it rots the seam.
They also like to leak and the floors love rust to. There favorite spot is between the front and rear side windows. Also they suck stuff into the doors. Keep the holes under the door clear. A lot of 59-60 Chevrolet parts will fit your car as well. keep that in mind as it is usually obtainable and cheaper since it does not have Cadillac written on the box but it is identicle.

Air bag it and give it a good interior. Shaving the trim would look real good. You don't have to worry about ruining the car or any of that crap. I own the 2 holy grails of 59 Cadillacs. I have a 59 Convertible, I am dropping a 72' Eldorado 500 in it and I also have the 59 Miller Meteor. Only 88 were built like it, I see a future Ecto 1. I don't care what other think about it either. If you don't ever want to sell that ends the argument, build it how you want it. If any one gives you crap about modifying the flat top tell them what I am doing and make them cry.

[disPAIN'Sbac]

My bad. It is a four window, from what I can tell the four windows have a flat roof line where as the 6 windows have a sloped roof line and 2 tiny lil quarter window in the back just in front of your wrap around rear glass. Im not an expert i've just been pulling this off of this lil site.
http://www.caddyman.com.au/pages/specs.htm

I'm no expert either but trying to learn all I can about Caddies, esp. mine. I know your pulling from the net, nether the less I appreciate your input.

[tonytheskin]

Ok now were saying it's a 6 window? Earlier your specs you found said it was a 4 window Sedan Deville Series 62. So which is it? this 4 window 6 window shit is confusing , when they talk about windows are they talking about Working/moving windows? I have two moving windw "sails" in each corner up fron and 4 reg moving windows so is it a 6 or a 4?

My bad. It is a four window, from what I can tell the four windows have a flat roof line where as the 6 windows have a sloped roof line and 2 tiny lil quarter window in the back just in front of your wrap around rear glass. Im not an expert i've just been pulling this off of this lil site.
http://www.caddyman.com.au/pages/specs.htm

[disPAIN'Sbac]

Now this has been a good discussion, what a message board like this SHOULD be. Veranda, I was told my car was also called a Verand..(sp?) Anyone know anything about that.
So far It seems my car is a Cadillac Sedan Deville 4 window, "series 62" Flat top,but Veranda may also be incorporated into the name.... or not. That is un certain, Billy chime in on what it was you told me about Veranda, I forget exactly what you said about that.
For car show reasons should I save the first specs you listed tony or the second set of specs?

And speaking of mods... it's the little things that are fun. I haven't the money to replace Caddie wings or emblems yet but every time I walked passed the front of the car and looked down at the 4 holes in the front of the fenders that are suppose to house these wings I would get bugged out (O.C.D) had to come up with a temp solution and here it is.


Those are the same things that are the "spikes" or "studs" that we would screw into our biker jackets just a skull and cross bones version.
And in remembrance .... this is the tag I wanted for the front of my hearse that I picked up 100 times at pep boys but never got around to getting it. But now I have........ on the 59.

You can take the hearse from me but never out of me

[disPAIN'Sbac]

Here is your Series 62 stuff

1959 Cadillac Sixty-Two six-window Sedan
Wheelbase: 130" (3,30 m)
Length: 225" (5,72 m)
Weight: 4835 (2193 kg)
Factory Price: $5080,-
Production Total: 23521
Engine: 390 ci (6,4 l)
Brake horsepower: 325 at 4800 rpm

Ok now were saying it's a 6 window? Earlier your specs you found said it was a 4 window Sedan Deville Series 62. So which is it? this 4 window 6 window shit is confusing , when they talk about windows are they talking about Working/moving windows? I have two moving windw "sails" in each corner up fron and 4 reg moving windows so is it a 6 or a 4?

[disPAIN'Sbac]

Kevin, saw your car near mall corners on Pleasant Hill the other day. Was gonna pop in and say Hi but didn't want to disturb your dinner.
You're slipping, I actually saw ..... *gasp*.... Dirt on your car. Ow, I feel faint now. I think Dirt on Kevin's car is the first sign of the Apocalypse. LMAO

First time I got to see the car up close. Very Beautiful Car.

Dirt??!?!??! WHERE?!?!! I wipe her down from head to toe with quick detail spray (if not wash it) including rims (every time) If were going for a spin even before I warm her up. Next time disturb dinner, I dun giv a phuck.

[disPAIN'Sbac]

Yep - 40-44 NBL Cruiser

Is Greg Hill, Tommy Brackens, Erick Rupe, Sean Texas, Harry Leary,Timmy Judge. Mike Miranda, all those guys still around?

Fleetwood was the design company that created all those GM interiors up into the early 90's, not the model of the car.

Series 62 was the base line of all Cadillacs not in the commercial class. Don't worry, "62" does not mean el cheapo. Many series 62 sedans and coupes came heavily optioned. The number of the series only denotes the wheelbase(not sure how they came up with the numbers - 62,75,85).

True that I got lots of options that I can tell that are pretty much lux. Power everything too.

[HearseHaunter]

I got bored again........

[spastic_chicken]

Commercial chassis are 86 series, they were never based on the 60 or even 75 series. They were thier own series.

[HearseHaunter]

Kevin, saw your car near mall corners on Pleasant Hill the other day. Was gonna pop in and say Hi but didn't want to disturb your dinner.
You're slipping, I actually saw ..... *gasp*.... Dirt on your car. Ow, I feel faint now. I think Dirt on Kevin's car is the first sign of the Apocalypse. LMAO

First time I got to see the car up close. Very Beautiful Car.

[Ambulanced]

59 Sales Brochure

The 1959 dealer brochure says: The new standard of the world in value. Sixty Two Sedan four window. Brilliantly new in beauty and bearing, the styling of the Sixty Two sedan features an entirely new concept in sedan design. The driver is surrounded by safety plate glass providing greater motoring pleasure and safety than he as ever known. A single rear window curves completely around the rear quarter panels of the car and the sweeping roof line extends rearward beyond the window to form a protective visor. To take command of this newest Sixty Two sedan is to experience a new measure of motoring satisfaction and to learn the facts about its great practicality is to understand a new concept of motoring value. Interior fabrics are identical with those of the sixty two coupe.
The manual lists the sixty two four door sedan as a 6239 body code A, so it would be a 59AXXXXX. A sedan deville would be a 6329 or 59LXXXXor a 6339 59BXXXXX, a sixty special is a 6029 or 59MXXXX

[Riff Raff]

More stuff I found:

Series	Model	Body Type	Factory price ($)	Weight (lbs.)	Production
62	6239	4 dr Hardtop Sedan 4 Window	5,080	4,770	14,138

Engine Type: V-type, ohv, eight cylinders
Bore x stroke: 4.00 x 3.875 inches
Displacement: 390 cubic inches
Horsepower: 325 @ 4,800 rpm (Eldorado 345 @ 4,800 rpm)
Torque: 430 lb-ft @ 3,400 rpm (Eldorado 435 @ 3,400 rpm)
Compression ratio: 10.5:1
Fuel system: Carter AFB, four barrel carburator (Eldorado: triple Rochester model 7015901, two barrel carburetors)
Electrical system: 12-volt
Transmission: Hydra-Matic planetary gearset Chassis/Drivetrain
Frame: Tubular-center X-type
Rear axle: hypoid, semifloating, ratio 2.94:1, with 3.21:1 optional, standard on air-conditioned cars: Series 75: 3.36:1 standard, 3.77:1 optional
Front suspension: Independent, direct-action, coil springs, torsion-rod stabilizer
Rear suspension: helical-coil springs
Steering: Power steering with overall ratio of 18.9:1
Tires: 8.00 x 15, Series 75 Dimensions
Wheelbase

• 130 inches
• Series 75: 149.5 inches

Width: 81.1 inches
Front/rear tread: 61/61 inches
Overall length:

• 225 inches
• Series 75: 244.8 inches

Popular options
Radio with rear speaker: $165
Radio with rear speaker and remote control: $247
Automatic heating system on Series 75: $179, on other models: $129
Six-Way power seat on 6200s, except convertible: $188
Six-Way power seat on 60-6300-6400 and 6200 convertible: $89
Power window regulators: $73
Power vent regulators: $73
Air conditioning on Series 75: $625, on other models: $474
Air suspension: $215
Autronic Eye: $55
Cruise Control: $97
Electric door locks on two-doors: $46, on four-doors: $70
E-Z-Eye glass: $52
Fog lamps: $46
White sidewall tires 8.20x15 four-ply: $57, 8.20x15 six ply: $65
Door guards on four-doors: $7, on two-doors: $4
Remote control trunk lock: $59
License plate frame: $8
Utility kit: $15
Monogram: $12
Acrylic luster finish: $20
Undercoating: $25
Radio foot switch: $10
Gas cap lock: $4
Pair of rugs front: $8, rear: $5
Bucket seats: no-cost option on Eldorado

[Riff Raff]

The Series 62 Cadillacs are easily identified by the absence of the script on the rear fender. Instead, they feature a Cadillac crest under the mid-body spear on the front fender. The Series 62 was the base model for the Cadillac line up. The four window sedan sported a wraparound rear window and a flat roof. Hence the popular name Flat Top for the 4 Window Sedan.

Here's the link to the ID page, http://www.libertysoftware.be/cml/my...info/59det.htm

[Elvirathehearse]

My Superior Coach is based on the series 62, it doesn't have all the luxuries of the other models such as power windows,seats and such, but body wise the series 62 is the same as the Deville, in 1962 anyways.

[tonytheskin]

I jumped on the HAMB and saw a guys name that suppose to work with Caddy motors. http://www.claysmithcams.com/