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WYR1: Although it was a fourth-year facelift,and not a particularly harmonious one at that, I'd take the Imperial. WYR2: "Anything worth doing is worth overdoing," goes the old saying and it certainly applies to these cars, but they were too far over the top for me. I'd hold out for a '61 Continental. In the late sixties one of my elementary school friends' father had a '60 Cadiddle-yak. My parents had a '51 Commander and a Lark.

I love these early crazy ass engines!!

Caddy 60

Maybe I missed it somewhere in the comments, but did anyone notice this series 62 convertible has an Eldorado and Sixty Special rear grille treatment and not a solid cast rear grille treatment. Looks nice but if you're going for the proper original look, the rear grille needs to be correct. Like looking at a 1959 Eldorado with chrome blister pods at the rear quarters. Only the 60 Special had these. All other models were body color. Again, it looks nice, but please, give these old beauties their proper trim. They'll love ya for it!!

Can you imagine how much these cars would cost to build today.😎

There was also the 70 challenger T/A trim option

I counted 82 “bullets” on the front grill

59 looks like a 50’s version of a space ship

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Rather 1, 1960 Caddy, Rather 2, 1959 Caddy. Notice the bumpers on this car have no bolts showing (except some behind the front license plate, which shouldn't be showing anyway). This was a feature of the top end GM cars of the time. Most cars had chrome headed 'bumper' bolts showing.

Hey Jay! It's so unique it is a museum all by itself like the 59. Thanks again.

Too bad the streamlining of the 1959 model was so bulbous and fat looking ! If they had trimmed the fenders a bit it would have helped; but then most of the other big cars of the 'Fifties were rather bulky too !

Now that was a land craft

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That was a fun field trip. I would have missed several aspects of their library had I just gone alone.

'60 is so beautifully styled.

60 Dash... This one has a dual master for the brakes, good modification! 60 Cadillac Whew, please 60 Cadillac, understated elegance, unlike the other two!

For 60k brand new thats a lot of car for the money with the features and beauty. And thr paint color!

Not a bad looking car. I think i prefer this one over a '59 convertible. The lines seem more graceful and proportioned.

Those are new after market head lamps with led rings

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My parents and I drove a 60 Caddy convert from Chicago to California thru one of those "drive away" programs, where a car owner wants his car moved from one place to another but doesn't want to drive it himself. They paid us to drive the car! I was only about 6 when this happened, so I don't remember a lot. My mom really thought it was cool to drive a Caddy, tho! The one you looked at did have modern headlights, and I think that the wire wheels could have been an option back then, Alternators on GM cars appeared in 63 and Ford gt them in 65. WYR= I'm pretty sure not one of those cars would fit in my garage, but I'd take the 60 Lincoln and the 58 Caddy. Great video, Jay!

Thanks for the library tour. Entertain a suggestion for some engine videos if the community is interested-engine episode or 2 on outboard boat engines like Evinrude, Johnson, Mercury, and the inboard engines plus the automotive engines adapted for marine use, and maybe touch again on the Amphicar's Triumph engine.

Imperial 1959

15:23 Chrysler is credited with inventing the alternator and hence was the first automaker to use alternators.

Chrysler first intoduced the alternator on their production cars with the 1961 models i believe?🤔🙂

1960 is one of my all time favorite Cadillacs. I owned a 1959 Coupe deVille in 1966 and concerning interior differences between '59 and '60, I do like the upper portion of the styling of the door panels of the '59 better. Also the '59 had a series of horizontal white lines on each side of the speedometer that I really liked. However, the '60 is a much cleaner and more unified design. If only Cadillac could make cars this beautiful today. It's absolutely no suprise at how fast this car sold. Thanks for sharing it with us.

The headlights look after market. I see a circle of LEDs in the headlights.

The ‘59s get all the attention, but the ‘60 is actually a handsomer car.

That 52 Lincoln is gorgeous! I'll have that!

Very handsome car. Imagine cruising through the hills in this on a warm sunny day. I'd choose the 1960 Series 62 in both scenarios.

Which cars had factory air if available?

Those were the BEST OF THE BEST fancy car choices! The moment you choose one … you have to choose them ALL!!!!

I like the 58 caddy best just enough extra chrome lol

I kinda hate the quiet parts of the video near the end the long silent B roll needs to be its own video, every time my playlist falls quite I think something broke, the router, hub, computer, browser or internet. I need background noise, or the voices in my head take over..... LOL

Have you ever done (or considered) a video dedicated to the history and art of fins? It was an interesting but short lived design choice for many American automobiles.

Great video and detailed

The standard of the world

Maybe it’s a product of being in the younger generation, but for all of the ‘59 and ‘60 Cadillac’s accolades, namely its impact on culture here in the US, I just don’t like them. Actually, I do like them, but not as much as it seems like everyone else does. I suppose that makes me a bit of a contrarian but I don’t understand why these are often $100k+ cars when the Buicks and Imperials from ‘59 and ‘60 often are not. Cadillacs are old people cars, in my mind. My grandmother drove Cadillacs, in the 90s. My parents were too hip for it, so I’m two generations removed from the name “Cadillac” really meaning anything worthwhile. I’m sure they’re great, but… I know they’re over-hyped. For ‘60 I would have the Imperial. I think 1960 was the absolute peak of design at Chrysler under Virgil Exner, whose work set the tone for late 50s car design. And if you want a 50s car, it doesn’t get any more wild and space-age than an Exner. If it had to be a Cadillac? I would take the 1960. It’s got a great balance of space-age while remaining somewhat reserved for the time.

Am I the only one who gets tired of the intro hey buddy, you could save that stuff to the end if someone is really interested they’re gonna stick around and watch it. I don’t wanna listen to the same exact spiel every time I watch one of your videos for the first three or four minutes.

Turn signal indicator was on front fenders , you need to do your homework before commenting on things you don’t know about……

Beautiful paintwork and chrome on that Caddy, spoilt by the modern headlights. I prefer the cleaner look of the '60 to the '58 and '59.

"him" by rupert holmes, follow up to the pina colada record

Johnny Cash had parts of both !!! 😂😂

This didn't use the original HydraMatic, it used the 2nd generation 315 HydraMatic. This new transmission was introduced in 1956 and remained in production into the 1964 model year. Still a 4-speed, it added a Park position. Internally, it was very different from the original HydraMatic. It added an internal fluid coupling in addition to the conventional external fluid coupling. It used the internal fluid coupling to soften the shifts by draining and refilling, turning it into a slushbox. The original HydraMatic was in production into 1962 and was used in light GM trucks. After that, GM sold the tooling to Rolls-Royce which it used in it's cars until around 1968. Power-wise, I'd have to go with the Imperial or Lincoln. Both had larger more powerful engines plus 3-speed automatics using a torque converter. They could leave the Caddy in the dust. But the coolest car would be the 1959 Caddy, so I'd have to choose that one too.

I agree that the dashboard is weak. My 1960 Impala interior dashboard is much nicer

I will take a wild guess and say Chewy Chewy by the Ohio Express. Hey any of these series 62 will work for me. Good show.

1960 Cadillac 2nd scenario

1960 Cadillac