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Everyone knows GM's flamboyantly finned cars of 1959, especially the outrageous jet-age 1959 Cadillacs. How many know that they would have turned out very differently had a brash young designer named Charles M. 'Chuck' Jordan not indulged in a bit of industrial espionage in 1956?
Cadillac was working on new models for 1959, but almost no one there liked them, except soon-to-retire Styling Vice President Harley Earl.
Acting on a tip, Jordan drove to the Plymouth plant. Looking through the fence at prototype Plymouths, he saw 'nothing but fins, fins, fins.' He brought Bill Mitchell (Earl's heir apparent) and others over to show them. That very afternoon, with Mitchell's gutsy approval, they started on a new design. When Earl returned from a trip, he came into the studio, looked around, and walked out without saying a word. A few days later, he decided to support the second design.
Stretching 225 inches on a 130-inch wheelbase, the 1959 Cadillac was also three inches lower than its 1958 counterpart. Its V8 was bored from 365 to 390 CID and its output upped from 310 to 325 horsepower with a standard four-barrel carburetor and dual exhausts.
Once owned by Helen Voorhees Brach (of Brach Candy), the current owner purchased this 40,000-mile Seminole Red 1959 Series 62 convertible from her family in 2009. It is number 10,784 of just 11,130 built that year.
Cadillac was working on new models for 1959, but almost no one there liked them, except soon-to-retire Styling Vice President Harley Earl.
Acting on a tip, Jordan drove to the Plymouth plant. Looking through the fence at prototype Plymouths, he saw 'nothing but fins, fins, fins.' He brought Bill Mitchell (Earl's heir apparent) and others over to show them. That very afternoon, with Mitchell's gutsy approval, they started on a new design. When Earl returned from a trip, he came into the studio, looked around, and walked out without saying a word. A few days later, he decided to support the second design.
Stretching 225 inches on a 130-inch wheelbase, the 1959 Cadillac was also three inches lower than its 1958 counterpart. Its V8 was bored from 365 to 390 CID and its output upped from 310 to 325 horsepower with a standard four-barrel carburetor and dual exhausts.
Once owned by Helen Voorhees Brach (of Brach Candy), the current owner purchased this 40,000-mile Seminole Red 1959 Series 62 convertible from her family in 2009. It is number 10,784 of just 11,130 built that year.
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1959 Cadillac Series 62 Auction Sales
Recent Sales of the Cadillac Series 62
(Data based on Model Year 1959 sales)
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Chassis#: 59g067958 Sold for USD$31,900 2024 Mecum : Indy | |
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe Chassis#: 59g132464 Sold for USD$35,200 2024 Mecum : Indy | |
1959 CADILLAC SERIES 62 CONVERTIBLE Chassis#: 59F094227 Sold for USD$165,000 2024 Barrett-Jackson : Palm Beach | |
1959 Cadillac Série 62 Cabriolet Chassis#: 59F113011 Sold for USD$128,562 2024 Artcurial : Retromobile | |
1959 CADILLAC SERIES 62 CONVERTIBLE Chassis#: 59F069203 Sold for USD$148,500 2024 Barrett-Jackson : Scottsdale AZ | |
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible Chassis#: 59f031170 Sold for USD$126,500 2023 Mecum : Kissimmee Summer Special 2023 | |
1959 CADILLAC SERIES 62 CONVERTIBLE Chassis#: 59F065714 Sold for USD$220,000 2023 Barrett-Jackson : Scottsdale, Az. | |
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible Sold for USD$151,250 2023 Mecum : Kissimmee | |
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible Sold for USD$162,250 2023 Mecum : Kissimmee | |
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Custom Convertible Sold for USD$23,100 2022 Mecum : Kissimmee | |
1959 Cadillac Convertible Sold for USD$170,500 2022 Mecum : Kissimmee | |
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible Sold for USD$95,700 2021 Mecum : Indy 2021 | |
1959 CADILLAC SERIES 62 Chassis#: 59G113482 Sold for USD$71,500 2021 Barrett-Jackson : Scottsdale | |
1959 CADILLAC SERIES 62 CUSTOM COUPE Chassis#: 59G019133 Sold for USD$33,000 2021 Barrett-Jackson : Scottsdale | |
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Sold for USD$59,000 2021 Carlisle Auctions : Lakeland Winter Auction | |
1959 Cadillac 62 SERIES FLAT TOP Sold for USD$31,000 2021 GAA : February 2021 | |
1959 Cadillac Coupe Deville Hardtop Chassis#: 59J107677 Sold for USD$60,500 2021 Mecum : Rick Treworgys Muscle Car City 2021 | |
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Sold for USD$33,000 2021 Mecum : Kissimmee | |
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Sold for USD$95,700 2021 Mecum : Kissimmee | |
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Sold for USD$80,000 2020 GAA : November 2020 |
Cadillac Series 62s That Failed To Sell At Auction
1959 Cadillac Series 62's that have appeared at auction but did not sell.
Vehicle | Chassis | Event | High Bid | Est. Low | Est. High |
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1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible | 59f081186 | 2024 Mecum : Glendale | $125,000 | $160,000 | $180,000 |
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible | 59f031170 | 2023 Mecum : Indy | $140,000 | ||
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible | 2020 Mecum : Indy Fall Special | $95,000 | |||
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible | 2020 Mecum : Glendale | $65,000 | |||
1959 Cadillac Coupe Deville | 2019 Mecum : Kansas City | ||||
1959 Cadillac Fleetwood | 2019 Mecum : Chicago | $20,000 | |||
1959 Cadillac Coupe Deville | 2019 Mecum : Kissimmee | $44,000 | |||
1959 Cadillac Coupe Deville | 2019 Mecum : Kissimmee | $36,000 | |||
1959 Cadillac Fleetwood | 2018 Mecum : 2018 Chicago | $23,000 | |||
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible | 59F101083 | 2018 RM Sothebys : Auburn Spring | |||
1959 Cadillac 62 Convertible | 59F101083 | 2018 Motostalgia : Amelia Island | $105,000 | $135,000 | |
1959 CADILLAC CONVERTIBLE | 2018 GpK Auctions Atlantic City | ||||
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible | 2017 Collector Car Toronto Spring Classic | $72,500 | |||
1959 Cadillac Coupe Deville | 59J056776 | 2016 Mecum : Anaheim | $60,000 | ||
1959 Cadillac DeVille Convertible | 2016 Auctions America : Auburn Fall | $102,500 | $125,000 | $150,000 | |
1959 Cadillac Coupe Deville | 2016 Mecum : Kansas City | $29,000 | |||
1959 Cadillac Le Grande Roadster | 2016 Russo & Steele : Arizona | ||||
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible | 2016 Mecum : Kissimmee | $120,000 | |||
1959 Cadillac Custom Convertible | 2015 Leake Auction Tulsa, OK | $95,000 | |||
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Custom Coupe | 2015 Leake Auction Tulsa, OK | $57,500 | |||
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible | 2015 Hollywood Motors : Amelia Island Select | ||||
1959 CADILLAC ELDORADO CVTBLE | 2014 McCormick's Palm Springs # 57 | $90,000 | |||
1959 CADILLAC CUSTOM COUPE | 2014 Mecum Dallas | $67,000 | |||
1959 CADILLAC SERIES 62 FLAT TOP 4-DOOR SEDAN (LHD) | 2014 Shannons Melbourne Winter Classic | ||||
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible | 2012 Auctions America Spring Carlisle | $76,000 | |||
1959 Cadillac Coupe | 59G008424 | 2012 Russo and Steele Scottsdale | |||
1959 Cadillac Custom Parade Four Door Convertible | 2011 Leake Auction Dallas, Texas | $19,000 | |||
1959 CADILLAC SERIES 62 CONVERTIBLE | 59F063295 | 2010 Worldwide Auctions The Auburn Auction | |||
1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham | 2010 Auctions America : Auburn Collector Car Auction | $33,000 | |||
1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible | 59F073649 | 2010 Shannons Auctions Shannons Custom and Collectable Vehicle Auction at MotorEx | $100,000 | $120,000 |
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