General description :
Highly Original 1959 Cadillac Series 62 ConvertibleThis 1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible is an extremely original example just out of a large collection. Dover white with black interior and black soft-top, this highly sought-after Cadillac is ready for a simple recommissioning by its next loving owner. It's been sitting for several years in storage and is not currently running. A very honest, straight, and complete original car. One of the all-time great GM designs and long regarded as the ultimate expression of success and excess for the 1950s. Highly collectible and desirable, the big-fin 59' Cadillac represents an American icon of style. Price: $46,500
Cadillac was founded in 1902 from the Henry Ford Company by Henry Leland and named the company after Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, founder of Detroit, later to become 'the Automotive capital of the USA'. / Motor city.
First is an attribute closely related to Cadillac's early years;
First to incorporate standardized parts production and thus awarded the Dewar Trophy for the most important advancement of the year in the automobile industry in 1908
First to enable electric starting, ignition, and lighting in 1912
First with clashless Synchro-Mesh manual transmission in 1928
First mass-produced fully automatic transmission, Hydra-Matic, in 1941
After the war Cadillac's emphasis turned to flashy desing peaking in 1959 when they introduced the model renown for its 'Flash Gordon-isque' tailfins.