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The Harley Earl designed Cadillac Series 62 was a very large vehicle that featured a large, 6,390 cc (390 cubic inches) V-8 engine. The back had large fins that did little for performance and handling but was all about the style of the vehicle. The design of the vehicle was inspired by the space program and the era of jet engines. The large, 4400 lb car was fitted with drum brakes. These often wore....
For 1963, Cadillac redesigned the hood and deck lids on the Cadillac Series 62. The front fenders projected further forward than in 1962, the tail fins became tamer, and body side sculpturing was entirely eliminated. The radiator grille became taller and on either side of the long grill were dual headlamps. The result was an appearance that was longer and bolder.
The Cadillac Series 62 came in a variety of body styles including the legendary Coupe DeVille. Other styles included the 4-door 6-window sedan, 2-door coupe, 4-window sedan, Park Avenue Sedan, and a Convertible. Also part of the series was the Eldorado Biarritz. Pricing began at $5,025 for the 2-door Coupe and rose to over $6,600 for the Eldorado Biarritz.
Cadillac set an all-time record for interior appointment choices with a very wide and extensive list of available options. Options included bucket seats, leather, wool, or nylon upholstery fabrics, wood veneer facings on the dash, and much more. Standard equipment included dual-speed wipers, power steering, power brakes, automatic transmission, dual backup lamps, wheel discs, remote control outside rearview mirrors, left-hand vanity mirror, oil filter, tubeless black tires, heater, defroster, and cornering lights.
The DeVille 6300 Sub-Series incorporated a DeVille signature script above the lower beltline molding, near the back of the body. Standard features added power windows and two-way power seats. The Eldorado Biarritz convertible had special styling and untrimmed bodysides, white sidewall tires, six-way power seats, full-length stainless steel underscores, and a unique grille.
The 1963 Cadillac was powered by an overhead-valve V8 displacing 390 cubic inches and offering 325 horsepower. It had been completely redesigned, resulting in a quieter and smoother operation and more efficient. It sat lower in the engine bay and was shorter and narrower that the 1962 V8. With the help of aluminum accessory drives, the engine lost 82 pounds.
Additional History Information
The 1959 Cadillac cars suffered in comparison to earlier cars. GM “panicked” upon seeing the fabulously low 1957 Chrysler lines, and implemented a program to reduce the height of all their cars. Since engineering work varied from division to division, it was decreed that the 1959 Buick would form the basis for much of the new Fisher bodies to be used by all GM divisions. The styling studios at Cadillac seemed to be the least constrained of all since a new style was planned for 1959 anyway. 1959 Cadillacs are well known for their massive fins, a direct response to the fins that appeared on 1957 Chrysler products. Since Cadillac originated the style in 1949, it was deemed necessary to win the “fin wars.” Despite sharing basic inner door pressings with Buicks and the rest of the GM lines, these Cadillacs were distinctive and massive. The big Caddy V-8 was stroked out to 390 cubic inches, with as much as 345 horsepower in the Eldorado line vs. 325 in others. Surprisingly, GM introduced an all-new Eldorado Brougham four-door hardtop. Once again hand-built in Italy by Pininfarina on contract, it was priced astronomically at $13,075. The car, styled in Detroit by Cadillac, sold in single digit numbers (99). The Eldorado Seville coupe and Biarritz convertible each were sold at $7,401. Interestingly, the Brougham had far lower, unique tail fins. 1960 cars were broadly similar, with somewhat lower tailfins, and the Pininfarina-built Brougham sold 101 units. Many say the build quality of the Pininfarina cars wasn’t nearly as good as the previous Detroit built cars, but of course, any Eldorado Brougham is highly collectible. 1961 cars were reskinned, and the Eldorado line was cut down to the Biarritz convertible starting that year. Body shells were common between all non-limousine Cadillacs, and the Eldorado simply became the name for the top-of-the-line convertible through 1966. For 1964, the exclusively Cadillac engine was punched out to 429 cubic inches, with a subsequent power increase to 340 horsepower. But torque was king, and torque meant accelerative force – which increased to 480 foot pounds, up 50 from the year before. The all-new Turbo-Hydramatic 400 automatic transmission also became available in 1964, a huge improvement over the old four-speed Hydramatic automatics used previously.
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