If people could name just one post-WWII automobile that best encapsulates the flourishing America of the times, a lot of poll voters would probably favor the Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz. The Caddy ...
Nineteen fifty-nine marked the first year of the sixth-generation Cadillac Series 62. Giant tailfins, new twin bullet-style taillights, new rooflines for coupes and sedans, and a completely new grille ...
At first glance, Mark Carter's '59 Cadillac Series 62 convertible looks like a nice, basic, unassuming restoration. Well, maybe not so unassuming; it is a '59 Cadillac, after all--a car that ...
With acres of gorgeous metal and a striking set of rear tail fins, the 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz is nothing short of a true American icon, providing a summary in steel of a time when Cadillac ...
Were tailfins, those uniquely North American symbols of the carefree 1950s, more about style or status? If you were driving a Cadillac during that era, particularly a 1959-vintage Eldorado, Fleetwood, ...
The 50s were the peak of the American Dream effervescence and high-rolling aspirations when nothing seemed impossible to the overly optimistic U.S. of A. That’s short for Unbelievable Styling of ...
Lou Querusio, of Naples, Florida, is no stranger to the custom world, having grown up in a time when the Alexander Brothers and Barris ruled the pages of countless little books. It was where his ...
There's no doubt about it: Even if the '59 Cadillac design had gone no further than the concept stage, it's the poster-child automobile that helped define the jet-age, overstated, overchromed, longer, ...