- Seller: Charlie W
- Location: Altamonte Springs, Florida
- Mileage: 36,630 Shown
- Chassis #: 5906063
- Title Status: Clean
- Engine: 8-Cylinder
- Transmission: Automatic
Classic car enthusiasts are a diverse breed, with tastes varying widely when searching for a candidate to park in their garage. Some prefer hard-edged, high-performance vehicles, while others prefer nimble sports cars. If your leanings are more toward luxury, this 1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible deserves a close look. Its presentation is impressive, while its fins and bullet taillights mark it as a 1950s icon. It only needs a new home, with the listing dealer offering it here at Barn Finds.
The huge fins that dominated American vehicle styling in the late 1950s reached their zenith in 1959, with Cadillac and Chrysler the undoubted market leaders. The 1959 Cadillac range has become iconic due to the fins and the distinctive bullet taillights. The first owner’s decision to order this Convertible in Ebony accentuates the look, while its dazzling chrome and bright trim provide a striking contrast. Faulting this car’s presentation is almost impossible. The paint holds a mirror shine, and the close-up shots reveal no significant chips or imperfections. The panels are laser-straight, featuring the tight and consistent gaps you would rightly expect from a prestige brand. This Cadillac’s beauty is more than skin-deep, with the underside and exterior showing no evidence of existing or developing rust. The glass is crystal clear, and the whitewalls add the perfect finishing touch to this classy giant’s exterior.
The “basic black” theme continues inside this Convertible, with the first owner choosing leather trim in that shade. It looks soft and supple, with no visible wear or other problems. Dash pads are prone to deterioration following years of UV exposure, but no such problems face this car’s new owner. The gauges feature clear lenses and crisp markings, with no visible aftermarket additions. One challenge facing the owners of many classic Convertibles is hiding a substandard interior. However, the new owner can slip behind the wheel of this Cadillac with the top down and their head held high.
Cadillac had a reputation for producing cars with impressive engines, and this 1959 Convertible is no exception. It is a big and heavy vehicle, but its 390ci V8 is up to the job of providing excellent performance. It sends 325hp and 430 ft/lbs of torque to the rear wheels via a four-speed automatic transmission. This car cements its luxury credentials courtesy of power assistance for the steering and brakes. Most owners were less concerned with outright acceleration than their Cadillac’s ability to transport them smoothly from point to point. This Convertible ticks that box courtesy of the sweet V8 and impressive amounts of sound-deadening material. It will be equally comfortable on the open road with the needle nudging 70mph or cruising along a boulevard with the wind wafting gently through the occupants’ hair. The owner confirms the Caddy has 36,600 miles on the clock and is a turnkey proposition for its new owner.
It is undeniable that the pace of life has increased dramatically in recent years, and we all need some form of escape to recharge our batteries. Some people choose sporting pursuits, while others consider meditation as the ideal refuge. However, slipping behind the wheel of a luxurious classic Convertible for a spot of relaxed top-down touring represents the perfect way to leave the hustle and bustle of daily life behind. Doing so in an iconic vehicle like this 1959 Cadillac Series 62 seems irresistible, and I am sure many of our readers agree. This classic offers the opportunity to transform a dream into reality, so it is worth a close look.
A BEAUTY: from when a Caddy was a real CADILLAC!
As a Founding member of the GREAT AMERICAN LAND YACHT SOCIETY, this is a genuine LAND YACHT. IMO, the ultimate 59 Cadillacs were Eldorado (believe that had a convert) and Sixty Special, both even more Chrome laden OTT excessive luxury. For the record, 61 Imperial fins actually were 1 inch higher! The price is almost as high as those fabulous fins. I actually liked the 58 Cadillac (especially Sixty Special) better. BUT as previously mentioned, this was a TRUE Standard of the WORLD! So sad to see just how far Cadillac has fallen. ANGEL, if you come out here check 78 Grand Marquis post for answers to your questions!
I had a 1958 sixty special it was originally a air bag car that had been converted to springs earlier in life by the dealer great car lots of chrome
No pics of the top and windows up. A real convertible can do that, and the seller should include them.
Either will do except, IMHO, the front of a 58 Caddy looks to much like a Chevrolet. Just sayin’.
This says asking $64,320? That’s way less than half of what these go for in what this car’s condition looks like. Misprint? No floors, or chassis rusted through??
This is likely a scam. The price is (way)too good to be true. Same car, and others for sale on Hemmings by the same “dealer”. The dealers website shows multiple classics, all at suspiciously low prices. The photos are from different geographic regions, some professional and others amateur. The photos appear to be copied from random sold/expired dealer and private sale online listings. Some photos are about a decade old. Some appear to be pictures of photos from a book. The listings only have a few photos, and minimal description of each car.The dealer’s website has no photos of the premises, or staff. There are no business registration or licensing records to be found. The dealers website appears to discourage in-person inspection, stating all cars come with “inspection report”, and claims free shipping returns. As buyers are becoming more wary of private sales, scammers are increasingly posing as legit dealers.
We are investigating the seller’s ads. When we requested additional photos of the car and the title, they provided them. Typically, scammers won’t bother sending more photos since they don’t have them. When sellers refuse to send a photo of the title, we simply won’t run their ad. But if someone is determined enough, anything is possible with Photoshop. That’s why we’ve designed our system so that all initial contact between buyers and sellers goes through us before they get sent to sellers, just in case they are scammers. If it turns out to be legitimate, any messages/offers that came in can still be sent to the seller. If it turns out to be a scam, the scammer didn’t receive anyone’s contact information.
Pictures look like they were taken somewhere in the Western US not Florida. 🤷♂️
As co-founder of THE GREAT AMERICAN LAND YACHT SOCIETY, I’ve mentioned before that my aunt & uncle who lived next door had a 1956 Cadillac which started me on the road to luxury land yachts. My uncle slid on some ice and t-boned it against a tree where a dead limb fell on the roof crushing the already totalled Cadillac, almost killing him.
Their replacement vehicle was a brand new 1959 Cadillac coupe (not real sure if it was a series 62 coupe or a Coupe de Ville) in a medium metallic blue. Guess my aunt liked blue as the ’56 was also blue.
For four years we played around that car, playing with the hidden fuel filler behind a door above the license plate in the rear grille, the bullet taillights, the V on the trunk lid.
Got to ride in it a few times. My biggest memory is my aunt yelling at me to stop playing with the power windows in the backseat, which never having power windows in our cars I found fascinating.
I consider myself very lucky to have been born in an era of automotive beauty and excellence and to have ridden in a new 1959 Cadillac. One of these days I’ll actually get to drive one before I leave this earth. I better hurry as I just turned 71.
Greetings and Salutations to my esteemed Co Founder of the GALYS! Hoping all things are working out for you. I turned 77 in February. Although ONCE in great shape, I chose to save people’s eyes 👀. So I did NOT do a 77 Sunset STRIP! But still crazy 🤪 after ALL These years. FROG, where are you? Hope you’re still hopping along, healthy and strong!
first Angel at 71 you are still young I can remember back when I was 71 now those famous tail lights had had a couple back in 1962 put them on my 1956 Chevy convertible they just boulted on and looked great
I cannot see anything about where this car can be bought. No dealer i.d. or anything. Please foreard me info.
I’m the baby here I’m 63 close to 64 and I remember seeing a 59’ Cadillac convertible in black like this one but it was immaculate at a car show in Las Vegas 1983 at convention center. Never seen anything so beautiful. Chrome plenty
wow you are young you where born around the time I got my license in 1961
@al
In ’61 I was 8 years old. Which reminded me when I was in the second grade (at around 6 years old) my teacher, Mrs. Moorehead, had a yellow 1955 Cadillac convertible. I loved looking out the window into the parking lot and staring at that beauty. One day it was gone! But in its place was a brand new 1959 Cadillac convertible in mint green with a white top. Between that and my aunts ’59 coupe, I was SO in love. Had a very hard time concentrating in class that year.
Just a quick note. I remember my grandfathers 1960 Cadillac SedanDeVille was recalled around 1976 for a defect in the pitman arm when it was cast. I figure 59 was too. Cadillac stated that it was known to separate and split leaving NO steering. We checked the numbers on the arm and it was one that was recalled. Cadillac replaced it for free. You have to wonder if there are any out there that were not replaced. And I know, there are those out there that say if it did not break by now it won’t. NOT true.
Why is there no link on this ad, to learn more about it?
Did you discover that the listing is a scam?
Greetings and salutations to Rick W., TCK, Frog, HoA and others of the GALYS!
A 1959 Cadillac is the epitome of a land yacht!
Greetings to all my fellow GALYS. Memory is a wonderful gift. It’s the glue that preserves history and stores it on the canvas in our minds in vivid detail. And as we reflect back on our cherished memories it puts a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye just how fast that clock ticks.
And as we watched and listened to our elders thinking we knew it all, that time soon came to put that to the test. Time seemed to drag along when we were young while watching evolution transpire and expire. And as a friend once said when we’re young our hormones go crazy and when we get older our taste buds go crazy.
That slogan it takes two hands to handle a whopper seems like a white castle (slider) in our hands now.
Our time is very valuable our experiences priceless and our memories irreplaceable. I thank each and every one of you for sharing your wonderful memories on this platform and the platform for providing the canvas allowing us to do so.
Yes yes yes I have fond memories of 59 Cadillacs and other years I’ll discuss in a minute. I come from 4 generations of morticians and Cadillacs were tth he car of choice (not that there were many). And black was the only go to color until the 60s when grays entered the arena and then white to follow.
My father had a 55 or 56 limousine with gas cap under the tail light. Then I recall a circa 57 and then the unforgettable 59. That car was unbelievably huge. A day to wash and a week to wax huge. The hearse was gray and equally as big. We were nicknamed the Adams family a few years later. My aunts boyfriend had a red with red/white interior 59 convertible. And my uncle had a 57 Eldorado convertible white with blue green interior. Both are in my bucket list if the prices ever stop skyrocketing.
Hi Frog,
Glad you made it back. Was beginning to worry about you. Love your memories. And me, coming from a 100% Italian family, there were Cadillacs everywhere, too. (My uncle was said to have been in the mob, I don’t know.)
It’s interesting that you come from a family of morticians. Did you ever follow suit? When I was young (19) I seriously considered mortuary school. But a couple of things stopped me. 1) I saw an accident where the guy was actually in pieces. Like the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz, part me is over there, and a piece of me is over here.
Then I went to work in the country hospital.
One of my duties was to take the deceased to the morgue from the Emergency Room. There some gruesome stuff coming through the E R. I was delivering a package to the morgue and a funeral director was also delivering a package for autopsy. He zipped opened the bag and it was a 100% burn victim. My smell was nauseating. I almost 🤮.
Then there was the one where I opened the drawer and the man’s head was laying next to him, looking at me not looking up.
Yeah, I kinda decided that that profession wasn’t quite for me.
Then George Romaro had to introduce zombies in 1968 (didn’t see the movie until 1972) but that was it. No more dead people for me. In a way I regret not going to school. I even tried several times to get jobs at funeral homes, basically to take care of the Cadillacs, but to no avail.
This site needs a space where members (and non-members can talk about things that don’t particularly have to do with the cars on display here. Work on that would ya? 😆
Angel, RICK W I would have been the 4th but I broke rank and decided it wasn’t in my blood. I witnessed my first full post at age 5. PTSD wasn’t a term yet discovered. Sad to say quality time with my father was spent in the backroom watching him work. Then I didn’t understand it wasn’t a 9-5 profession with weekends off. I grew up in a large metropolitan city and deaths were 24/7. The sights smells are too graphic to mention here which would prepare me for my time in service.
I guess it case hardened me for things to come as I saw many comrades shell shocked from the sights and injuries they suffered
As I advance in years I become more a believer in predestination. When I got out of service my father wanted me to follow in his footsteps but I just wasn’t feeling it. And being the only son I didn’t want to disappoint him or the extended family but I had to live for me. After 3 years taking the prerequisite classes and doing my internship under the auspices of my father I had to break the news to him. And to my complete surprise he understood.
I will be the first to tell you it’s not at all a glorious occupation. To be able to provide the families a beautiful final farewell is wonderful but many lack insurance or the ability to pay and you have limited time to collect. It’s a dangerous occupation in the sense that disease doesn’t die with the body.
So with my life’s experience I have gained a great appreciation for life and avoid the pitfalls that can end your heartbeat in a second.
There was a shop term we would say its a clean case meaning it wasn’t mutilated or decomposed burned etc. even if not so you have a very short window to process (embalm) the case. Sometimes delays were due to waiting on forensics to do their due. My father had a very dark sense of humor with a lot of truth behind it. He wanted them while they were warm.
Trust me there are no seasoned professionals that get used to whats to come. My worst memories was children.
@ Frog
My dear Frog,
You have my sincerest condolences.
I can’t imagine growing up in a funeral home. Even without dead bodies around, I grew up terrified of monsters and the dark. They seem silly now, but I used to be very frightened of Frankensteins Monster, Dracula, The Wolfman, the Mummy, even The Invisable man. And now with George Romaros zombies…….. when I saw that movie in 1972 I was so traumatized I literally did not sleep for an entire week. And when I finally did sleep, for YEARS I had nightmares, so growing up in a funeral Parlor would have done me in. I think youre very brave.
And that’s why I didn’t become a mortician. I wouldn’t be able to handle the burnt bodies, the bodies in pieces, the decomposed bodies. Nope, couldn’t do it.
I just wish you could have saved some of those hearse and flower cars. No one uses flower cars anymore.
Frog! Glad to see you back! Angel, I once thought about owning a funeral home, but wanted ONLY to be be the owner and host. In 1988, the owner of a funeral home where several family members went, asked me to drive a family car ( 1988 Series 75 ) as he was short one driver. What an honor to have that trust. BUT, all through the drive to and from the cemetery, the three passengers constantly argued and cussed each other. As stated in other posts, my late brother once had a 78 Series 75, and I have had 89 Fleetwood Brougham deElegance and 93 Brougham, before switching to Town Cars when Cadillac went Small. Hope others enjoy our memories as we cruise down memory lane on the road to Find this BARN. WE have accomplished a long dream of forming The GREAT AMERICAN LAND YACHT SOCIETY! 👍. And we have been fortunate enough to have spent the greater part of our lives (with our LAND YACHTS) in the best country in the World at the best time. USA 🇺🇸. Like Sands Through the Hour Glass ⌛, These Are the Cars of our Lives.
Rick W.
It’s really a shame we all (You, me, Frog) never actually met about 50 years ago. That would have been one hell of a funeral home.
We could have called it Dantes Valley of Peace Funeral Home. (Get it?)
Oh the Cadillac flower cars, the Series 75s, the hearses. Don’t know about you guys, but I would be in heaven.
Better Late than never! At least we have met here FINDING this BARN to rave on about our MONUMENTAL love for the Devine Decadence of OTT excessive LAND YACHTS ! As for Funerals, this morning a guy is coming to repair ANOTHER hole chewed into my roof by some critters who may be descended from Ellie Mae’s. If I could catch those pesky varmints, we’d let Granny stew em up. Or cremate em. Oh, FYI there is a theater in Chicago named The Cadillac Palace. LOL to ALL!
Angel, a friend once told me that I am the complete compendium of totally useless information. AND my parents bought a black 55 DeSoto fresh from service as a family car from a FUNERAL home. At that time, I loved the DeSoto, but first saw the Black 58 Sixty Special. Still lusting after one of those. As for the critters, wonder if I shot at one I’d have Old Jeds luck? The we could all move to Beverly! Well. Doggies.
@ Rick W.
You’re just full of interesting information
a neighbor once bought a 1958 used caddy from a funeral home remember it had a set of small seats in the back just in front of the back seats anyone remember what they were called great car
@al
I am assuming you are referring to the 1958 Cadillac Series 75 limousine. Those were called jumpseats. When you had more than 3 people for the backseat you simply unfolded them and you had room for 2 more people.
When my great uncle passed away in the early 1960s after the funeral I rode back to the house with my grandmother and 2 great aunts in a 1958 Cadillac limousine. It was my first limousine ride. I sat on the jumpseat. I was 8 years old or there abouts
Jump seats
RICK W a wise man once told me even a fool can teach or tell you something. Now tell your “friend” to roll that up and smoke it 🤣
Frog! I recall (from a novel) Let the INSIGNIFICANT whisper! 👍. Always believe, EVERYONE is entitled to MY opinion. As you know, The peasants ARE revolting! LOL to my fellow GALYS members and all Barn Finders. Now I an to VERSAILLES 🏰! 😎
Angel question in the late 60s and early 70s didn’t Cadillac has a full size base model I think it even has cranking windows maybe called the calis
@al
I’m so sorry, I just now saw your post.
Yes, in the 1960s Cadillac had the top line Eldorado, followed by the Fleetwood, the de Villes, the Series 62 and the Series 61.
The Series 61 was dropped in the early 60s and the Series 62 became the Calais. Standard Calais models came with crank windows and few standard accessories. But, for the price of a de Ville, you could load up a Calais with power windows, locks, trunk release, cruise, tilt and telescopic steering wheel, duel mirrors, pretty much everything that came standard on the de Villes. The Calais was the poor man’s Cadillac.
@ Rick W
Now there is one Lincoln we could have done without. Just a stretched, gussied up Granda/Monarch.
angel I agree do you remember the caddy that was just a upgraded Chevy cavalier I think called cimmeron
Angel, I actually rode in a VERSAILLES and a GRANADA. There was a HUGE difference in quality, ride, and luxury. Obviously I prefer our beloved LAND YACHTS. But Al, you are right about Cimarron. 👎
@al
I’m so sorry, I just now saw your post.
Yes, in the 1960s Cadillac had the top line Eldorado, followed by the Fleetwood, the de Villes, the Series 62 and the Series 61.
The Series 61 was dropped in the early 60s and the Series 62 became the Calais. Standard Calais models came with crank windows and few standard accessories. But, for the price of a de Ville, you could load up a Calais with power windows, locks, trunk release, cruise, tilt and telescopic steering wheel, duel mirrors, pretty much everything that came standard on the de Villes. The Calais was the poor man’s Cadillac.