What a difference a year could make in Detroit back in the 1950’s. My twin brother used to own a gorgeous 1958 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, Dakoda Red with an Alpine White top. And I would add Chrome as a third color, because it was everywhere on the exterior of that Caddy. But park Don’s 58’ two-door coupe next to a ’59 Series 62 Coupe like the one featured here, and they’re worlds apart in styling. Make that galaxies apart. So long to GM’s bulbous 1958 styling with domed roofs and thick roof pillars and lots of chrome. Hello to a longer, lower, wider look with thin roof pillars and more glass. Oh yeah, and those rather noticeable rear fins that are 42 inches high. The Series 62 Coupe was the entry-level Cadillac for 1959 and here’s one that has possible potential, but there’s a long list of unanswered questions. It’s currently located in Penrose, Colorado and is for sale here on eBay. A starting bid of $25,000 is listed but has had zero offers as of this writing.
I wish eBay wouldn’t let you list a vehicle for sale unless the most basic of information and visual support are provided. The seller only posts exterior photos. 23 in all (and some are rotated incorrectly). Kudos for giving us an idea of what the original paint and exterior looks like, but not providing any photos of the engine, interior, trunk, and underside is mind boggling, especially when the seller says that he has taken over 100 photos of the car. I really like the color of this Caddy (I believe it is Kensington Green Metallic) and can’t recall seeing many in this beautiful shade of dark green. The seller says it’s “a solid Colorado car with a straight body and there are some small rust spots but nothing major at all.” The original paint still has a shine but the provided photos show thin spots, quite a number of scratches, and some rust pits peeping through. The chrome looks decent as does the vast amount of glass that gives these two-door coupes a greenhouse look. The current tires will need to be replaced because the wide whitewalls on the front and dirty blackwalls on the rear ain’t cutting it.
Sorry I can’t show you what the interior looks like, but like most of my assignments I turned in at school, it’s a big “Incomplete” in regards to provided photos. There’s a smidgeon of the interior shown in the photo above and it looks like it might be the original. The sellers shares that the door panels and rear seat are removed because he was going to restore the inside, but plans have changed. He also says the bottom of the rear seat is missing, otherwise, the interior is complete.
There are no photos provided of the engine bay, but there should be a 4-barrel 390-cubic inch V8 under that long, long hood that generated 325 horses when new. It’s mated to a Hydra-Matic automatic transmission. Mileage is listed at 37,000 but no further details are shared. The seller says that the Caddy “starts and moves but could use new plug wires and the carb rebuilt and the brakes could use to be gone through. It has a new master cylinder, new fuel pump, new stainless steel gas tank and sending unit.” Yes, there are lots of questions to be asked about this ’59 Finmobile, but at least the seller lists his telephone number and says, “if you are interested in the car, give me a call and we can talk about the car and I can send you over 100+ pictures I have of the car top and bottom.” So, what do you think? I bet this Kensington Green Metallic ’59 Caddy Coupe would be stunning if it was restored to its original glory.
Love the color and the car. Need engine and underbody pics as well as the trunk .I bet it’s solid though.I ‘ve never seen this shade of green on a Caddy . Wouldn’t ‘paint it if I bought it.Patina is awesome .I don’t know what was more dangerous to little kids, these tail lights or Schwinn eye stabber hand brake levers as well as Schwinn razor fenders.Glwts.
That looks like a green fire mist that was used on Eldorados around the late 60s to 70. That’s the same color I painted my 63 Split Window in 1971.
I was only 8 years old in 1963, I remember those Roadter Thunderbirds, My cousin had one, it was white over light blue leather interior. He had it for years, he didn’t drive it much, but he had it. We only buy cars made by the Ford Motor Company. Fords, Lincolns and Mercurys.
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It comes with a free aircraft hangar to park it
According to the Ebay listing he will send lots more pictures if requested. My concern is what seems to be bubbles all along the roof gutter on the driver’s side. That would need some careful inspection from my point of view.
I was a senior in high school when came out, and I hated those tail finds. Even today, I shudder when I see one of these and wonder “what the heck was Caddy thinking that year”?
No interior photos????…I don’t get it…#ProperAdvertising101
Gorgeous example of excess in design and function. Well worth the asking price running or not!
Beautiful car. My second favorite year for Cadillac. I’m just a little partial to the 58 convert that I had once upon a time.
I recall a Cadillac engineer saying a couple years back he could run a modern Cadillac on just the unburnt hydrocarbons coming from a ’59’s tailpipe.
A ‘59 Cadillac is something that you can’t compare to anything else but another ‘59 Cadillac. Its style is outrageous, weird, crazy, something designed to frighten the enemies of the capitalism in a Cold War era.
It was a an excellent product, finely tuned straight out of the factory. A true craftsman piece built in the United States with pride. The “Standard of the World” were not empty worlds in this time. After the WWII, Cadillacs were the most successful luxury cars worldwide still in 1959, and not only in terms of sales numbers.
I bought my Dover White ‘59 Coupe de Ville in 1999 in North Hollywood. Fully bone stock Californian black plates, 27,000 original miles at this time. Amazing Time Capsule due to be an only one lady owner until she passed away.
My 40 years old Cadillac was literally floating on the 101 freeway at the same speed that the rest of the traffic without a vibration or any embarrassing noise. I realized immediately how much the Cadillac ownership was really something special when they were new.
After all these years, it is still in my classic cars collection. In 2008, I drove back my newborn son and my wife from the maternity to our home. We installed him on the wide front armrest!
I don’t know if in 2008 anywhere on earth, another baby came to its home from the maternity in a ‘59 Cadillac.
@ Poncho Villa
G’day from Australia. In 2003, my son came home from the maternity hospital in an original ‘triple’ Persian Sand 1959 Eldorado Biarritz. Full optioned with factory bucket seats (the car, not the kid, now 20 years old). The Biarritz was our daily driver at the time.
We must start our own club. 😉
Such a great club! I have more cars than kids but the factory is closed now :-) When pregnant of my son, my wife felt that the most comfortable car of my quite big fleet including a Silver Shadow was my ’64 Ebony Black Fleetwood Sixty Special with its Silver Gray Cloth Interior. It won the internal contest of transportation choice # 1. At this period, my summer daily driver was my ’58 Eldorado Biarritz Alpine White still in the collection like the ’64 Fleetwood and many other one’s.
Greetings from Switzerland
Small correction needed to the title – Coupe de Ville, not Series 62.
The de Ville was more expensive with different interior styling.
Approved without reserve!
Our next-door neighbor bought an identical car for his daughter when she started driving. She was not the best driver, so he wanted to make sure she stayed safe. It was the first Caddy I ever rode in and set off my desire to own them. (I owned five over the years.) I also cracked my kneecap on the goofy vent window setup. I can still remember the pain.