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- The Restoration Show Sale 2014
- 1959 Cadillac Limousine
1959 Cadillac Limousine
Lot Number: 141
1959 Cadillac Limousine
This 1959 CADILLAC LIMOUSINE
- Sold for: £6,900
LIVE AUCTION: This lot was auctioned on Saturday 12th April, 2014 at 2.00pm BST at Stoneleigh Park, Stoneleigh Rd, Coventry, CV8 2LG
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BODY COLOUR
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DRIVE
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REG NUMBER
GSJ660
DESCRIPTION
What is significant about the '59 Cadillac is its position as an artifact, an exemplar of its times; the last years of unabashed confidence in American institutions and ingenuity. It's all in those tailfins! This is according to a 1989 book on American Automobiles of the Fifties.
Offered here is a 1959 Cadillac Limousine with a 6,375cc engine with an overall length of circa 18ft. The 1959 model is famed for its flamboyant fins with pods mounted on each side of these fins which contain stop, turn signals and taillights with large back-up lights mounted in chrome housings at the outer edges of the huge rear bumper. These features only lasted one year and were dropped on the 1960 models.
This car is believed to be the ex-Iranian Embassy car used in London in the early sixties. Purchased by the current owner more than 10 years ago with a view to restoration it has remained in dry storage since. This massive vehicle is a relic from the days of large luxury American cars and would be a great crowd puller when restored.
SPECIFICATION
- Lot Number
- 141
- Make
- CADILLAC
- Model
- LIMOUSINE
- Registration Number
- GSJ660
- Chassis Number
- 59L031838
- Engine Number
- 59L031838
- Body Colour
- Black
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