1961 Cadillac Confidential dealer film... The look of leadership!

This is a great 1961 Cadillac film strip showing new features and model breakdown, not a comparison. Americana at its finest, I capture slides as high as quality as I can and audio quality. Stay tuned for more.

[@chrisjeffries2322]

I have always liked the looks of the 1961 & 62 Caddys.

[@autochronicles8667]

yeah funny the fins came off the Caddies slower...

[@johnpeters5515]

My father had a 62 Sedan DeVille.

[@PimpCatTV]

Amazing. As a Recent new owner of a 1961 6 window Sedan Deville and this is an amazing preserved part of history for me to show my friends.

[@autochronicles8667]

yeah this one is true Americana...

[@montysmith2076]

Fun to see new features and when they were invented

[@autochronicles8667]

Yeah I like to see the new intro videos.

[@CalTxDude]

"... In the heads-up look of the grill, Which has smaller projectiles. In the 'Alert' appearance of the headlamps..." Now I remember why I became such a junkie for these vintage promos!!! Thanks much for posting this!

[@autochronicles8667]

You're welcome, thanks for checking it out. Yeah, this stuff is great... I really like the intro film strips better than the comparison stuff. The pomp and circumstance are usually better than comparing hip room to a competitor.

[@tomservo56954]

No more "Dagmars"

[@whitsundaydreaming]

What are “projectiles”, the bumperettes?

[@keithdukes5990]

Fantastic cars and shows how different & innovative & exciting Cadillacs were in that Era when America too was at it's Zenith!!!👍

[@autochronicles8667]

There was real competition for market share back then (and not organized "truces" and corporate buyouts like now)... they just didn't sit still like now days... and were really innovating. Inventing completely new things

[@TheOzthewiz]

And, Zenith also made great RELIABLE TVs back then.

[@glennso47]

@@TheOzthewiz Now the TVs are made by Samsung, Vizio, LG, Sanyo, etc

[@glennso47]

J8966. Get one at your local J8966 retailer.

[@glennso47]

Manual is a fellow from South America.

[@johnplovanich9564]

Interesting video.Its wild to remember when this car and video came out,this was cutting edge technology.

[@bigcurt011]

I’m glad to be a proud owner of a 62 coupe deville

[@raymondcollyear4773]

After watching this video I cant wait for warmer weather so I can get to working on my 62 series 61 Cadillac. I'm glad I have the hand crank windows so I dont have to worry about those power windows. Thanks for the video. Mine is a tribute to my dad and grandpa.

[@autochronicles8667]

yeah winter season sucks for car resto... i guess i need to move south or get a bigger heated garage :(

[@dennismorgan3589]

WHY CADILLAC IS THE STANDARD OF THE WORLD!

[@maxr4448]

Love how corporate presented this stuff... man back in the day...

[@fairfaxcat1312]

This is a dealer information presentation. It is a confidential dealer information presentation because most people are not to know about the presentation. The presentation is inside information for special dealers. The idea is to help the special dealer sell (and service) the automobile. The automobile the special dealer will be selling is the Cadillac automobile. The Cadillac automobile is the crowning achievement of the General Motors motor company. The Cadillac automobile is larger, more luxurious, and more expensive than any of the other automobiles produced by the motor company. Finally, the more Cadillac automobiles the special dealer sells, the more money he and the motor company will make.

[@TheOzthewiz]

The Cadillac also was "the standard of the world", back then. Not so much today!

[@ValdezJu]

In the last sentence of your comment, "..the more money *_he_* and the motor.." , the _'he'_ must be changed to _'it'_ in the new grammatical order of things. I was very offended! ツ

[@davidkastin4240]

Good video. Love 61s and 62s. I even like the doink for the next scene 😁

[@atribecalledcookies4]

I have a 1961 Cadillac Hearse, she has the best ride ever.

[@autochronicles8667]

yeah hearses are becoming more and more rare...

[@errorsofmodernism7331]

I am sure that no one who has ridden in the back of one has ever complained

[@glennso47]

@@autochronicles8667 What do funerals use now if not hearses?

[@peloi111]

The fin wars were over, boxy minimalist was in, setting the stage for the muscle car power wars. 57- 60 are my favorite eras, I wonder what would have happened if the fin craze- forward look movement had continued.

[@autochronicles8667]

I am kind of fond of fins... It did only last 3 years... which was pretty short for a car design trend. I think the rocket craze ended pretty quick...

[@gcfifthgear]

In a time where longer, lower and wider ruled (up to a point), I often wondered why so few of the 6299 short-deck sedans were sold. (The 1961 Lincoln Continental was a hit even though it was shorter and cleaner-looking than the 1960 model)

[@patrick39432]

I feel like I'm in school with the filmstrip and beeps😂

[@RBAILEY57]

Back then, one could buy a 2 year old Cadillac for the same price as a new Chevy Impala. Many people did that.

[@mergingkibbles]

Back when caddy’s looked good

[@pcno2832]

7:03 So how do you set the cruise control with no speed markings on the slider? I thought the pre-1969 dial type cruise control was awkward enough. Ford had a better idea when they introduced a modern array of cruise control switches on the steering wheel of the 1966 Thunderbird, but I believe that was an extra cost option on top of the cost of the one-button cruise option.

[@autochronicles8667]

yeah just had to get the feel and figure it out. Steering wheel control was a brutal mechanism to maintain... The Edsel shifter is a nightmare to keep working.

[@billyanthony88]

I owned a 61. You slid the lever forward till you felt back pressure on the pedal, then locked the setting.

[@kirbywaite1586]

I recall they offered a Fleetwood Brougham in 1961. I didn't see that in the lineup .

[@SpockvsMcCoy]

Only the Fleetwood 60 Special in 1961...then the redesigned 1965 Cadillac offered the more popular Fleetwood Brougham trim on the 60 Special.

[@pcno2832]

Wasn't the Sixty Special Brougham (which often had he rear footrests) a step up from the Fleetwood Brougham in later years? The '59-'64 Fleetwoods didn't have the 3" wheelbase stretch, so maybe they decided a lower-tier model would be too close to the position of the Sedan Deville. In the first months of production of the '77 Fleetwood, which also lacked the extra 3", they tried including the footrests and customers complained that they took up too much space, so they were dropped.

[@SpockvsMcCoy]

@@pcno2832 There was a Cadillac Sixty Special built from 1987 to 1993...the 1987/1988 models had a unique body with a 5-inch longer wheelbase. The 1970 Cadillac Sixty Special was the last model year with the Fleetwood Brougham model having a distinctly different interior. The 1977 Fleetwood Brougham was the final year for rear foot rests...discontinued mid-year to be replaced by map pockets on the back of the front seats. Supposedly, rear seat leg room in the 1977 Fleetwood Brougham remained the same despite the shorter wheelbase (so the discontinuation of the foot rests may have been a cost-saving decision). The 1966 Fleetwood Brougham was the best model year throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

[@kirbywaite1586]

@@SpockvsMcCoy I have ridden in a 1962 Fleetwood Brougham.

[@kirbywaite1586]

Actually, the 1961 Cadillacs we're 14 inches shorter than the 1960 models.

[@pcno2832]

Wasn't that only the "short deck" models, which was dropped in '62 or maybe '63? Some customers were complaining about fitting the '59s in their garages and there were even some parking garages that banned them, but when offered a little less car for the same money, they balked.

[@kirbywaite1586]

@@pcno2832 The shorter-decked "Park Avenue( not the later Buick, but the Cadillac "Park Avenue) for 1961 was 7 inches shorter than the standard 1961 Cadillac. However, the standard Cadillac (for 1961) was 14inches shorter than the previous whale-like 1960 model.

[@CH67guy1]

Does anyone know what the “courtesy salute” feature is? It’s mentioned at 12:10

[@autochronicles8667]

In 1960, the system was renamed Guide-Matic. This system used a two-step relay that would allow the low- and high-beam lights to remain on together for one second to tell other vehicles you had a Guide-Matic system. It was called the “Safety Salute.”

[@autochronicles8667]

www.underhoodservice.com/gms-autronic-eye-1952/

[@CH67guy1]

@@autochronicles8667 That’s interesting. But why would other drivers need to know you have the auto dim system? Is it like an apology thing “sorry my lights blinded you. My automatic dimming was slow to respond”? I don’t know how well the early Cadillac system worked, but I had auto dimming in a 1988 Mercury. It was nearly worthless. You adjust the far / near sensitivity. But even still, it dimmed due to reflection of my own headlights off of roadway signs. If you reduced the sensitivity, then it was slow to dim when an actual car was approaching. It was a novelty that didn’t work well in the real world. I drive a 1994 Cadillac but it only has Twilight Sentinel. I have no experience with 1980s / 1990s Cadillac auto dimming.

[@herrbela84]

Why does the 75 have the same front end and instrument panel?

[@autochronicles8667]

The limos would use the same front grill... Maybe dash was different.

[@bobjacobson858]

Many of the design features introduce in 1959 were kept all the way through 1965. Some design changes made in 1961, 1963 and 1965 were not incorporated into the 75 series, nd the 1965 75 was essentially the same as the 1964 (and still had fins!), so it was quite "dated" by that time. The 1966 75 was completely restyled and looked like an elongated version of the rest of the product line--and was essentially the last year in which all the models were styled the same on both the front and back ends.

[@kirbywaite1586]

1961 was the only year that Lincoln outsold Cadillac. Put the two size by side and you can see why.

[@pcno2832]

Hard to believe they did it win a Continental that was barely bigger than a Galaxy 500. After a few years, Lincoln responded to customer complaints and added 3" to the wheelbase.

[@kirbywaite1586]

@@pcno2832 I think you'll find that the 1961 Cadillac was not much bigger. Cadillac didn't get the memo that tailfins were out of style by 1961 and not seen on any car except Cadillac by 1963. However , I like tail fins!

[@tomservo56954]

No, Cadillac was still well ahead of Lincoln...

[@kirbywaite1586]

@@tomservo56954 in what respect?

[@MarinCipollina]

@@kirbywaite1586 Lincoln never outsold Cadillac in the 1950s 1960s and 1970s

[@CH67guy1]

Apparently women were not allowed to drive in 1961.

[@johnellis2347]

Had 29 caddies out of 111 cars total including 5 new ones. Too bad GM who had such incredible buying power didn't spend some of their money on engineering excellence. Stupid stuff like same size roller bearings as 57 Chevy on 6O's cads. Almost no insulation corporate wide to keep occupants cool through 60's. I had to overhaul every caddy including one new one at 80 to 100k or less. Out of 25 Chryslers and imperials never overhauled one even at 200k and bearings were timken roller style as big as truck one ton on imperial. Listen to jay Leno talk about 55,56 Chryslers and imperials for demolition derbies cause they won. Nowdays all mopars are banned. And brakes every gm car I had would spin out on hard stop. Watch the videos.

[@terrymeadows1827]

😴

[@SpockvsMcCoy]

Lincoln Continental was superior in 1961.

[@autochronicles8667]

the 61 was the start of the fin fender look I think, it went on for quite a long time. I think 61-65 went on with very small changes... The poor imperial for 61-63 got some bad headlights :( The 64 Imperial DEFINATELY stole from the Lincoln styling. They were struggling design wise after Exner left Chrysler, but the Caddy was no slouch either but eventually in 65 even Caddy would borrow the "vertical fender fin" from the Lincoln...

[@SpockvsMcCoy]

@@autochronicles8667 The 1961 to 1963 Continentals have the same body. But the 1964 to 1965 Continentals are slightly bigger with flat door glass and a three inch longer wheelbase. My favorites Cadillacs from the 1960s: 1960, then 1963, then 1964. I don't like the lower fins (skegs) on the 1961/1962 Cadillacs, LOL.

[@kirbywaite1586]

Lincoln Continental outsold Cadillac in 1961.

[@TheOzthewiz]

The "Lincolns" of today are just gussied up versions of Fords, and poor sales prove it. Lincoln was supposed to become "The Lincoln Motorcar Company" apart from Ford. Yet, they still sit in the showroom next to plain Fords. The plans to go the "Lexus/Toyota route went down the toilet. Too bad!

[@SpockvsMcCoy]

@@kirbywaite1586 No, that did not happen.

[@michaelares4240]

Transmission trouble in 1961

[@pcno2832]

Seemed there were more versions of the Hydramatic that didn't work than versions that did. Maybe Rolls had better luck with the version they licensed. I'm sure Cadillac owners were relieved when the THM-400 replaced the Hydramatic for good in 1964.

[@peterdaniel66]

The smart people bought Oldsmobiles and Buicks

[@autochronicles8667]

Yeah but Cadillac was the king at the time...

[@peterdaniel66]

@@autochronicles8667 not really sure why.. You could get all the luxury they offered in an Olds or Buick for a LOT less. Cadillac has always been the king of fleecing its customers