I agree as well, but the math is flawed. Video says Fleetwood at $5700 equates to $57,444 in 2023 dollars, with Deville base $5040, equates to $58,000 in 2023. Had to replay it because in 2023 Fleetwoods are less than Sedan DeVille. Nevertheless I enjoyed this enough to be #62 subscriber!
Great video. I owned 8 Cadillacs in my life. I would always bug the salesman AJ Reck to find me a one owner used car that was serviced at the dealer. I was always happy with my cars. 50, 62, 69, 70, 70, 73, 79, & 82. All Sedan de Villes except the 70, 73, and 82. Thanks for the presentation.
Great memories! We always had Cadillacs around when I was young as the folks were in the funeral business. The mentality of the old-time undertakers was so conservative that they balked at the 1958"s because of all of the chrome, but, bought a hearse, flower car, and a "lead-car" from the local Superior Coach dealer because they needed them. They kept the '56 "Combination" Ambulance hearse thinking they would get another year of service out of it because they had no idea what the '59 was going to look like! The 1959's were a shock to the old-timers who thought the fin and bullets was just too over-the-top. By 1960 the stylists had cleaned things up a bit and we got a new set of cars. One was a "straight-hearse" the other was a "combination" Ambulance/Hearse and they were both built on the Seventy-Five series chassis. They used a series Sixty-Two four door Hardtop for a lead car. I helped keep them washed and fueled. There was nothing special about them to me, other than the Combination and the Lead cars both had air conditioning AND radios! They were good typical Cadillacs and rode well, easy to drive and powerful. The right-side outside mirror was nearly worthless on them because of the windshield pillar and that made them a bit hard to back into parking spaces. I had a relative with a 1960 Fleetwood Sixty Special in what I believe to have been called "Persian Sand" paint color. It was a beautiful car and they kept it for a decade, until they were too old to drive anymore. I should have snatched it up!
Great story from the funeral perspective. Never thought of how the "Flashy" fins and chrome would impact what should be a low key and reserved service industry.
Just found your channel and immediately subscribed. Great content! I'd love to be able to pause the video and read all the descriptive print, provided it's not a ton of trouble or illegal. Converting the price into today's dollars really helps in understanding how much customers were paying all those years ago. Thanks for bringing this to us!
I would have thought the same, the brochure states they all, with exception to the limo, had the same wheelbase. Great question though, they sure look longer to me...
@@Char_Jens I was not doubting your judgement, I just happen to know that e.g. in '56 the 60 Special was between the 'regular' models and the 75 limos considering wheel base.
@@Char_JensThose wonderful artists sure liked to stretch out the cars even more. I have acquired a beautiful reproduction of this brochure and just love all the fantastic artwork. I'd take one of those rare Eldorado Broughams please. 🙂
Wow, Caddies with multiple carburetors. How much was a gallon of premium gasoline?? Not that would matter for a Caddy owner back then. Prestige, powerful, & comfortable.
I think your wrong. There is no way the 1960 Cadillac cost 5000 dollars!!! A 1976 Coupe De Bills was 6 to 7 thousand dollars. So how could it be possible???
Thanks for your comments, I just checked 2 sources for the 76 DeVilles, one source only goes to 1975, and priced a base Deville in the upper 8k, the other resource price the 76 DeVille at 9100 for a base model. Not saying what's right or wrong, just letting you know what the database info is.
In late '75, I bought me '76 Buick Electra 225 Landau coupe fully equipped, Astroroof, manual A/C, auto pwr door locks, lamp monitors, everything except cruise control. Pewter color, triple stripe maroon,tilt steering (non telescoping), chrome Buick rims & VOGUE tyres, my total was a tick over $9k. I didn't have leather interior, marooned cloth, 60/40 pwr driver only, Light Vanity(pass only). Dealers were pushing these landyachts for it was the final year b4 the ugly Down sizing, & big blocks too. Caddy was more $$$,but,many options on my deuce were cheaper & my 455 had more ponies than the 500 4bbl. My dad had a '76 Eldorado with the 500 fuel injection, more power 215 vs 190, and his torque was 400. His had all the standard equipment and Astroroof, he paid $12k. Beautiful all white exterior, white leather interior, red rugs & dashboard. Gr8 deals for beautiful lux, & near lux.for '76
Love those vintage factory "stretched" artists conceptions.....
Yes, they are really cool!
I appreciate you telling us the price in 2023 terms.
Thanks... I figured it would be of interest to others.
I agree as well, but the math is flawed. Video says Fleetwood at $5700 equates to $57,444 in 2023 dollars, with Deville base $5040, equates to $58,000 in 2023. Had to replay it because in 2023 Fleetwoods are less than Sedan DeVille. Nevertheless I enjoyed this enough to be #62 subscriber!
@@benjst1 good catch, I just rechecked the calculator I use. Sure enough. Thanks for the sub!
Great video. I owned 8 Cadillacs in my life. I would always bug the salesman AJ Reck to find me a one owner used car that was serviced at the dealer. I was always happy with my cars. 50, 62, 69, 70, 70, 73, 79, & 82. All Sedan de Villes except the 70, 73, and 82. Thanks for the presentation.
Thanks for sharing!
That convertible is beyond incredible!!
Agree...
Great memories! We always had Cadillacs around when I was young as the folks were in the funeral business. The mentality of the old-time undertakers was so conservative that they balked at the 1958"s because of all of the chrome, but, bought a hearse, flower car, and a "lead-car" from the local Superior Coach dealer because they needed them. They kept the '56 "Combination" Ambulance hearse thinking they would get another year of service out of it because they had no idea what the '59 was going to look like! The 1959's were a shock to the old-timers who thought the fin and bullets was just too over-the-top. By 1960 the stylists had cleaned things up a bit and we got a new set of cars. One was a "straight-hearse" the other was a "combination" Ambulance/Hearse and they were both built on the Seventy-Five series chassis. They used a series Sixty-Two four door Hardtop for a lead car. I helped keep them washed and fueled. There was nothing special about them to me, other than the Combination and the Lead cars both had air conditioning AND radios! They were good typical Cadillacs and rode well, easy to drive and powerful. The right-side outside mirror was nearly worthless on them because of the windshield pillar and that made them a bit hard to back into parking spaces. I had a relative with a 1960 Fleetwood Sixty Special in what I believe to have been called "Persian Sand" paint color. It was a beautiful car and they kept it for a decade, until they were too old to drive anymore. I should have snatched it up!
Great story from the funeral perspective. Never thought of how the "Flashy" fins and chrome would impact what should be a low key and reserved service industry.
The era the earned Cadillac it’s reputation of excellence!
Love this tour down memory lane! Wouldn't it be so cool to see these on the road again? I'll take the Eldorado Biarritz, please and thank you!
Biarritz is my pick also...
Great video and very informative. As mentioned by others, I appreciated they base price info in 2023 dollars.
Glad it was helpful!
😍Gotta' love the '60 Caddy!!! Great vid, thank you for sharing.👍
WHAT A GREAT VIDEO !!, 1960, MY FAVE YR. OF VINTAGE CADILLAC, ALSO HAPPY YOU EQUATED THE TODAY COST COMPARED TO 1960, MORE VIDEOS PLZ !, THANK U.
Glad you enjoyed it!
WOW! Concise, informative and personal. Great job.
Thank you kindly!
Just found your channel and immediately subscribed. Great content! I'd love to be able to pause the video and read all the descriptive print, provided it's not a ton of trouble or illegal. Converting the price into today's dollars really helps in understanding how much customers were paying all those years ago. Thanks for bringing this to us!
Thanks for the comment.
More like how little they were paying all those years ago! Now you get a Honda for some of those adjusted 1960 prices. Hardly a Cadillac!
Yeah, back when Cadillac actually meant quality... and America built cars, not junk.
Thank you for your excellent work!
My pleasure!, I love all old cars, it's a pleasure to make this content.
My grandfather bought a new 1960 Sedan DeVille 6 windows in black. $6000.00
Love your channel and just subbed!.Great content!.😊
Thanks for subbing!
WOW THANKS even back then some people had $$$$$!!!
They sure did...
Excellent work!
Glad you like it!
Wonderful Video.
Glad you enjoyed it
I've always liked the dhc and the rear fins.
love it!
Hi Char, good video! Dave...
Glad you liked it!
Nice overview.
Thanks!
Did the Series 60 Special no longer have a longer wheel base than the 62s and 63s?
I would have thought the same, the brochure states they all, with exception to the limo, had the same wheelbase. Great question though, they sure look longer to me...
@@Char_Jens I was not doubting your judgement, I just happen to know that e.g. in '56 the 60 Special was between the 'regular' models and the 75 limos considering wheel base.
@@michaelXXLF No worries, I didn't take it that way. 👍
@@Char_JensThose wonderful artists sure liked to stretch out the cars even more. I have acquired a beautiful reproduction of this brochure and just love all the fantastic artwork. I'd take one of those rare Eldorado Broughams please. 🙂
And 7 miles to the gallon
1966 Toronado in the plans??
On the list....now😎
@@Char_Jens 👍
In about 50 years a Cadillac will cast about $250,000. 💵
Hahaha! Oh yeah, let's throw in some seatbelts and great gas mileage!
Yes please!
These are the barges that sank the US motor industry. Japan took the gap and the US was left behind and has never caught up
I gave up on Cadillac after 1956-the design went screwy and, imho, the cars were not superior to the Imperial or the Lincoln. JMHO!
I'm currently working on the 56 Imperial video, amazing cars... Thanks for your comment👍
57, 58, 59, 62, 64 cadillacs were classics ... the in between were junk
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Wow, Caddies with multiple carburetors. How much was a gallon of premium gasoline?? Not that would matter for a Caddy owner back then. Prestige, powerful, & comfortable.
About .24¢ for Ethyl gasoline at that time. Also 1960 wages for a high school teacher, $7500 per year.
@@Qrail Thanks Jim.
I think your wrong. There is no way the 1960 Cadillac cost 5000 dollars!!! A 1976 Coupe De Bills was 6 to 7 thousand dollars. So how could it be possible???
Thanks for your comments, I just checked 2 sources for the 76 DeVilles, one source only goes to 1975, and priced a base Deville in the upper 8k, the other resource price the 76 DeVille at 9100 for a base model. Not saying what's right or wrong, just letting you know what the database info is.
In late '75, I bought me '76 Buick Electra 225 Landau coupe fully equipped, Astroroof, manual A/C, auto pwr door locks, lamp monitors, everything except cruise control. Pewter color, triple stripe maroon,tilt steering (non telescoping), chrome Buick rims & VOGUE tyres, my total was a tick over $9k. I didn't have leather interior, marooned cloth, 60/40 pwr driver only, Light Vanity(pass only). Dealers were pushing these landyachts for it was the final year b4 the ugly Down sizing, & big blocks too. Caddy was more $$$,but,many options on my deuce were cheaper & my 455 had more ponies than the 500 4bbl. My dad had a '76 Eldorado with the 500 fuel injection, more power 215 vs 190, and his torque was 400. His had all the standard equipment and Astroroof, he paid $12k. Beautiful all white exterior, white leather interior, red rugs & dashboard. Gr8 deals for beautiful lux, & near lux.for '76