Charles Phoenix JOYRIDE - 1959 Cadillac Series 62

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  • Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
  • I spotted this STUNNING Woodrose 1959 Cadillac Series 62 coupe in the wilds of Palm Springs ... When discovered it has an interesting story to tell I just had t share it with you !!! ... ENJOY the JOYRIDE !!! ...

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  • @chuckw1021
    @chuckw1021 Год назад +26

    Nobody ever talks about the bottom fins. I KNOW!

  • @Polara1524
    @Polara1524 Год назад +33

    Such an icon of beauty. Greatest tailfins, and my favourite Cadillac of all time.

  • @MillerMeteor74
    @MillerMeteor74 8 месяцев назад +6

    Amazing. 1959 is my favorite year for every GM make. I would love to have one of each. But all I can do now is admire other people's cars like this. What a beauty. Back in 1983 I almost bought a 1959 Sedan DeVille Flat Top. But my parents wouldn't let me have it after they had their mechanic check it out. I would have only paid $650 for it. What a shame.

  • @cryingdemocrats1460
    @cryingdemocrats1460 Год назад +14

    I love cadillacs they are beautiful true American beauty's 🇺🇲

  • @skinnerhound2660
    @skinnerhound2660 Год назад +13

    What a great history, as the decade rolled on these were considered garish and didn't survive. Mom had foresight to realize these cars were special. Thanks for sharing.

  • @randyfitz8310
    @randyfitz8310 Год назад +5

    There’s NOTHING restrained about the ‘59 series 62!

  • @tankerman135
    @tankerman135 Год назад +8

    we had 3 of these in the early 70's-2 4 door flattops, and a convertible-isn't the pink color called desert rose?

    • @ilikequiet6474
      @ilikequiet6474 Год назад

      I believe you are correct saying it's desert rose. My 55 Chevrolet was coral and grey and everyone said it was pink and grey.

  • @asteverino8569
    @asteverino8569 Год назад +11

    I love this car too! An icon of big finned, luxury, modernity.
    Also I would love it more with this family history behind it.
    Thanks Charles for your special style and grace in showing cars.

  • @angeloavanti2538
    @angeloavanti2538 Год назад +9

    My dad's 58 Fury was stabbed in the rear quarter panel by a 60 Coupe de Ville when the lady driver decided to make a 3 point turn in the middle of our block and she backed into the Fury. We had do rock both cars to get them separated. Weird Sunday afternoon for sure. The Caddy fin came right thru to the interior. Strangest thing I've ever seen.

    • @hummervs3278
      @hummervs3278 3 месяца назад

      Wow, both beautiful cars

  • @cjdesign5700
    @cjdesign5700 Год назад +7

    Awesome Charles...I just wish people would ditch the fuzzy Dice.

    • @cryingdemocrats1460
      @cryingdemocrats1460 Год назад +5

      The cadillac never had the fuzzy dice in the 50s or 60s . Because they had class

    • @BRAINFxck10
      @BRAINFxck10 Год назад +2

      @@cryingdemocrats1460 you're wrong, it started in the 50's because American WW2 pilots would have a pair of dice in their planes for good luck so the GI's continued that tradition with their hot rods after the war but plastic dice melt so they came out with the fuzzy dice in the 50's, so it's actually cool history but I agree this Cadillac is too classy for that, it's not a Mercury or Buick gasser you park in your front yard.

    • @cryingdemocrats1460
      @cryingdemocrats1460 Год назад +2

      @@BRAINFxck10 The cadillac had the Hula girls ! The Fords , Chevy, Dodge , Buick and Pontiac all had the fuzzy dice .

    • @cjdesign5700
      @cjdesign5700 Год назад +3

      @@BRAINFxck10 Personally I just like all original survivors be all original.

  • @jayman2261
    @jayman2261 5 месяцев назад +7

    I have one these owned it now for 19 years and still love it. KINGMAN ,ARIZONA!

    • @jaymartell2967
      @jaymartell2967 28 дней назад

      Very cool.I need to get my Imperial running again.Old Pueblo AZ.

  • @viciouspoodle5543
    @viciouspoodle5543 Год назад +7

    The most GLAMOROUS car on the planet!!!!

  • @danr1920
    @danr1920 Год назад +5

    I miss colors the most. Today all you need is a black and white camera.

  • @FrankGutowski-ls8jt
    @FrankGutowski-ls8jt Год назад +6

    We had the same model. Black with b&w interior. Manual windows. 12/18 mpg on bias ply tires. Learned to drive by backing it out of the garage and down the driveway. Used fins to align the wheels with the driveway’s gravel tracks. Took my driving test in it. Successfully parallel parked it on the first try. That was in Dec 1967.

  • @robertd8572
    @robertd8572 Год назад +9

    Absolutely mesmerizing!

  • @davidkastin4240
    @davidkastin4240 Год назад +6

    One of the most beautiful Cadillacs ever made 😎

  • @plymouthdie-castreplicas
    @plymouthdie-castreplicas Год назад +4

    A '59 model is just a king of Cadillacs! Long live the tailfins!

  • @THROTTLEPOWER
    @THROTTLEPOWER Год назад +5

    😍Beautiful!!!!!👍

  • @cindys1819
    @cindys1819 Год назад +10

    Who talks like this?

    • @seed_drill7135
      @seed_drill7135 5 месяцев назад

      The Devil from Cow and Chicken.

    • @stefansmetek3015
      @stefansmetek3015 3 месяца назад +1

      ...a powerseller would do so about cars...
      (...a lover about girls...😎)

    • @Canerican.
      @Canerican. 2 месяца назад +1

      A fabulous person!

  • @johnbolt665
    @johnbolt665 11 месяцев назад +2

    It's interesting that a Tesla weighs, 5390 lbs whereas a 59 Cadillac land yacht
    possibly the largest car of all time weighed, 4834 lbs, think about that for a second!

  • @julieannemichelle
    @julieannemichelle 2 месяца назад +2

    My parents bought a ‘59 Cadillac in the early60’s. We referred to it as the great white whale. My mom always loved Cadillacs.🐋

  • @ValdezJu
    @ValdezJu Год назад +4

    🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒

  • @7c8f9x
    @7c8f9x 5 месяцев назад +2

    THE ALMOST NON EXISTANT C PILLAR! RIDING IN THESE IS LIKE RIDING ON A CLOUD, RODE IN A 60 COUPE DE VILLE PROBABLY 200 TIMES WHEN I WAS A KID, SO QUIET, SEATS LIKE YOUR SOFA BUT BETTER, HUGE, SO LONG, FANTASTIC CAR,, LOVE THEM.

  • @auntbarbara5576
    @auntbarbara5576 Год назад +3

    Awesome car and story. Proud son 👍

  • @Normanx964
    @Normanx964 4 месяца назад +2

    The front turn signals were designed to look like B-52 engine pods.

  • @garylangley4502
    @garylangley4502 Год назад +2

    What a cruiser! I found a video of the neon signs that were on El Cajon Blvd in San Diego. Can you imagine cruising down the Blvd at night in this Cadillac? Behold the glory! ruclips.net/video/BIcCvQasiCM/видео.html

  • @GeorgeDozier-m6h
    @GeorgeDozier-m6h 5 месяцев назад +3

    Very nice 👍🏿

  • @kayeninetwo3585
    @kayeninetwo3585 Год назад +4

    Fantastic car and story, Charles! Cars aren't easy family keepsakes to store and maintain - especially when they're the size of a '59 Cadillac - but when it can happen, they're a great way for people to remember their family, their childhood and a world that used to be. Thanks for the great video!

  • @reelreeler8778
    @reelreeler8778 Год назад +3

    Great start to the day, waking up to my coffee, cheerios, and this video...thank you!

  • @aaronwilliams6989
    @aaronwilliams6989 Год назад +3

    Fascinating cars!

  • @PedroConejo1939
    @PedroConejo1939 Год назад +5

    I prefer the 59 Brougham for its more restrained lines but there's no doubting this body shape is iconic and art in its own right. Imagine seeing that sat on your driveway every morning. You'd never tire of it.

    • @PeterMcDonald-sl9rt
      @PeterMcDonald-sl9rt 11 месяцев назад

      I think the incredibly rare Pininfarina Brougham cost $13,000 in 1959.This subject '59 coupe was well under $6,000. A then HUGE amount of cabbage. Complete with tax and license, and those rare, optional, power vent windows! The '59 Brougham styling cues showed--up, big time on the standard production 1960.

  • @jessebaldwin2661
    @jessebaldwin2661 Год назад +2

    My uncle had a baby blue 59 caddy like the one in this video.

  • @frankmartinez4856
    @frankmartinez4856 Год назад +2

    Series62, I’ll look for it ,when I’m in Palm Springs 😮see you at Viva 😅

  • @shaunhall960
    @shaunhall960 Год назад +3

    This reminds me of the 1966 Batmobile. ❤

  • @bobchristopher5842
    @bobchristopher5842 11 месяцев назад +2

    Charles Phoenix puts it out there like no other. "A long gone cat." KOOL AS A FAN. I KNOW😎

  • @javierfloresmillan2476
    @javierfloresmillan2476 Год назад +4

    i love this

  • @michaeltaylor1603
    @michaeltaylor1603 Год назад +3

    These are among my favorites! Glad he kept in the family. The level of oVeR the ToP details are staggering!

  • @josephconsoli4128
    @josephconsoli4128 Год назад +4

    Awesome Charles! As always. You hear about pink Cadillacs all the time, but, unless they're custom painted, you rarely see them factory pink. That's a beauty and so suited for that beautiful town.

    • @PeterMcDonald-sl9rt
      @PeterMcDonald-sl9rt 11 месяцев назад +2

      I think in Cadillac-speak they were never called pink, but rather "dusty rose" or the glam-metallic firemist "Persian Sand "

    • @josephconsoli4128
      @josephconsoli4128 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@PeterMcDonald-sl9rt Yes. With all makes you never heard the word "pink". Maybe with the 1956 Plymouth "Le Femme". Sometimes the salmon colors looked very pink.

  • @christopherkraft1327
    @christopherkraft1327 Год назад +3

    It's spectacular!!! 👍👍🙂

  • @dinopulizzi8481
    @dinopulizzi8481 5 месяцев назад +2

    Fantastic !

  • @grandchamp7783
    @grandchamp7783 Год назад +2

    Great video

  • @JxT1957
    @JxT1957 8 месяцев назад +1

    Beautiful '59 love those wings, things hanging from the rearview mirror looks tacky. those would have to come down.

  • @davidbaise5137
    @davidbaise5137 2 месяца назад +1

    That California climate - preserves the cars and the people so well!

  • @robertpasquini4097
    @robertpasquini4097 Год назад +2

    Not only optional power windows, but power vents! Wowza!

  • @marleenscholz4386
    @marleenscholz4386 Год назад +2

    ILOVE this car also ♥ This is my Dreamcar ever ever ever ♥

  • @PeterMcDonald-sl9rt
    @PeterMcDonald-sl9rt 11 месяцев назад +1

    What you see before youv is a beautiful, survivor, sort of like moi. Hard to believe now, but the vast majority of these iconic '59 Cadillacs were sent to the crusher, and scrapped. Not so long after their debut. We had an eccentric neighbor, here in Los Feliz,in the 1970's who had a chauffeur-driven silver, '59, with the rare flat-top, and wrap-around back window. Some of that "heavy metal" came-back to these shores as Japanese export cars. Palm Springs resident, and brilliant design maven Raymond Lowey,(he designed the Studebaker Avanti in those PS hills, with a talented team that don't get their due credit) purchased a new '59 Coupe de Ville, like this one, from I uderstand, the old Palm Springs Cadillac/Oldsmobile dealer, Plaza Motors, and REMOVED the fins and trim. He sold those parts back to a body shop. He later designed a 1960 Cadillac showcar, called the "Jacqueline" in honor of the then, First Lady.

  • @campzzyzx9792
    @campzzyzx9792 Год назад +2

    WOW! XOXO!!!

  • @samanthalack
    @samanthalack Год назад +1

    What an awesome car @charlesphoenix I am looking for this exact car for an upcoming conference in Palm Springs. Just to be on display. DO you know how I might reach the owner?

  • @MRMATTX2
    @MRMATTX2 3 месяца назад +1

    I have to say, I envy you getting to drive all these classics! They are like works of art!!

  • @Thirdgen83
    @Thirdgen83 25 дней назад +1

    Would be a great car if it wasn't pink.

  • @markbehr88
    @markbehr88 Год назад +2

    Love it. One family owned.

  • @MidCenturyWasted
    @MidCenturyWasted Год назад +4

    I got to see this beaut in person during modernism week! It was parked at one of the homes we toured. It was definitely a show stopper!!

  • @majortom5182
    @majortom5182 Год назад +2

    My favorite 😍
    Greez from Bavaria /Germany

  • @darploin5071
    @darploin5071 Год назад +1

    Do the radio is sorted the least impressive part about the car cuz it's only A.M. but the pink Cadillac 59 eldorado the only thing that would make that car better as if it had to cruise control option and it was a drop head but the hardtop version is beautiful too

  • @tombarb2864
    @tombarb2864 Год назад +2

    Very cool…Thanks for sharing this with us.

  • @joseluisrodriguez-kr4ht
    @joseluisrodriguez-kr4ht Год назад +2

    My favorite gorgeous, amazing, stunning and lovely american classic car 😍

  • @johnkavanagh9280
    @johnkavanagh9280 5 месяцев назад +1

    He sounds like the guy that hosts Lottery Dream Homes.

  • @michaelwhite2823
    @michaelwhite2823 Год назад +1

    I can see the only way I can catch your eye Charles is to buy my own 59 Cad. Even if I can't find one with AC and melt.

  • @juansarabia7530
    @juansarabia7530 Год назад +1

    390 CID engine with a 4 speed auto - had good milage

  • @johnsorensen2088
    @johnsorensen2088 Год назад +2

    As soon as you zoomed in on that taillight, I thought of Jayne Mansfield.

  • @darploin5071
    @darploin5071 Год назад +1

    I thought the word eldorado was stenciled across the rear decklid with a Chrome's is at

  • @randybock82
    @randybock82 Год назад +3

    Big time WOW!!!

  • @tompage6421
    @tompage6421 Год назад +2

    Motoring perfection. 🇬🇧

  • @dave1208327
    @dave1208327 4 месяца назад +1

    Biggest, best, boldest fins ever...

  • @steventrosiek2623
    @steventrosiek2623 Год назад +2

    My dream car. Love the color.

  • @charlesmcginness7214
    @charlesmcginness7214 Год назад +2

    I wonder how long it takes to wash it and get it dry.

    • @FrankGutowski-ls8jt
      @FrankGutowski-ls8jt Год назад +1

      I washed and polished ours in the 1960’s. It’s not hard if you keep the paint waxed, wash it frequently so pollutants don’t stick, and keep it garaged. Rain Dance was best polish for our black one. I think it had more silicone than others so saturated the paint, making it look really black. That’s the only wax my Dad and I used during its 12 years of ownership by our family.

  • @joewatson3261
    @joewatson3261 11 месяцев назад +1

    Your driving around a 6 star motel.

  • @daviddisandro821
    @daviddisandro821 Год назад +2

    magnificent. kudos to the family. interesting to see that 2 door cars were even popular fo a behemouth such as this one. looking for more finds, charles. thanks

  • @DouglasMattson-w2z
    @DouglasMattson-w2z 8 месяцев назад +1

    The car looks like a jet ready to take off.

  • @LizzyTexBorden
    @LizzyTexBorden Год назад +2

    Absolutely SUPERB!

  • @rockarocky1384
    @rockarocky1384 Год назад +2

  • @thyslop1737
    @thyslop1737 Год назад +1

    It is like a whale, a shark on wheels.

  • @geemonster9179
    @geemonster9179 Месяц назад +1

    I want a 1959 Cadillac

  • @brianmelody8930
    @brianmelody8930 3 месяца назад +1

    My Pops had a yellow one.

  • @lindaeasley5606
    @lindaeasley5606 11 месяцев назад +1

    I want to have ___ with that car ❤️

  • @roberteshaw9520
    @roberteshaw9520 Год назад +1

    What a car......I know.

  • @cyclemaster46
    @cyclemaster46 Год назад +2

    MARY KAY EDITION.

    • @reelreeler8778
      @reelreeler8778 Год назад +1

      LOL...... been quite a while since I've seen one of those on the road

  • @markbuckley5397
    @markbuckley5397 Год назад +2

    My dad had an Eldorado when I was a kid. I sat on phone books and drove it around an empty pkg lot. Swoon. I love you for your pink Cadillac. Don't forget the Hush Puppy shoes. Respect.

  • @Beechboy68
    @Beechboy68 10 месяцев назад +1

    That beatiful

  • @whitsundaydreaming
    @whitsundaydreaming Год назад +1

    And I love it too!

  • @cjsiatkowski5144
    @cjsiatkowski5144 6 месяцев назад +1

    Iconic ❤

  • @Beechboy68
    @Beechboy68 10 месяцев назад +1

    Nice

  • @r.schatten3291
    @r.schatten3291 4 месяца назад +1

    Perfekt ❤

  • @Markybug-Keira-Cody
    @Markybug-Keira-Cody Год назад +2

    Such a stunning icon , car is cool too !

  • @robertpolnicky7702
    @robertpolnicky7702 5 месяцев назад

    The one thing i like about the ugly botton line profit supercedes all cars of today it makes us appreciate the 1960 cadillac.

  • @DanTheManIOM
    @DanTheManIOM 9 месяцев назад

    Can you ask him if the fisher body in Pittsburgh was West Mifflin ?? GM had a plant there and my friend's dad worked there.

  • @MELLIEbevhills
    @MELLIEbevhills Год назад +2

    Not a Coupe deVille.

  • @ramsesdavis3569
    @ramsesdavis3569 9 месяцев назад

    This 59 Antique Cadillac is My Style 👍🏾🏆

  • @Canerican.
    @Canerican. 2 месяца назад

    Holy Mary Kay, Beautiful! 💕💖💞💓🌸💗🎀

  • @joro8604
    @joro8604 Год назад +1

    Luv stories like these- musta been a hell of a mom and lady.

  • @bigbarlake16
    @bigbarlake16 6 месяцев назад

    I like it, but I also love the ‘60 flat top

  • @SRT8-Melissa
    @SRT8-Melissa Год назад +1

    Incredible beautiful ❤❤❤

  • @robertpolnicky7702
    @robertpolnicky7702 5 месяцев назад

    Oh i goofed 1959.

  • @williammeyer207
    @williammeyer207 Год назад +1

    Love old cars!

  • @life02ab
    @life02ab 9 месяцев назад

    Absolutely agree, heritage cars are so special. There are all of the memories plus simply the enjoyment of being a custodian of someone’s dream that came true!! 🥰🥰🥰

  • @stephendavidbailey2743
    @stephendavidbailey2743 Год назад +2

    A luxury car with cloth upholstery and no wood, fake or otherwise. Too bad the styling was so silly.