Charles Phoenix JOYRIDE - 1959 Cadillac Series 62

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 !!! ...

[@MillerMeteor74]

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.

[@Polara1524]

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

[@_charlesphoenix]

Couldn't agree more!

[@jayman2261]

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

[@jaymartell2967]

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

[@cryingdemocrats1460]

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

[@viciouspoodle5543]

The most GLAMOROUS car on the planet!!!!

[@chuckw1021]

Nobody ever talks about the bottom fins. I KNOW!

[@skinnerhound2660]

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.

[@davidkastin4240]

One of the most beautiful Cadillacs ever made 😎

[@julieannemichelle]

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

[@plymouthdie-castreplicas]

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

[@asteverino8569]

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.

[@auntbarbara5576]

Awesome car and story. Proud son 👍

[@cjdesign5700]

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

[@cryingdemocrats1460]

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

[@BRAINFxck10]

@@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]

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

[@cjdesign5700]

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

[@bobchristopher5842]

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

[@aaronwilliams6989]

Fascinating cars!

[@MRMATTX2]

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

[@FrankGutowski-ls8jt]

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]

Absolutely mesmerizing!

[@reelreeler8778]

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

[@michaeltaylor1603]

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

[@user-qe5ii9kq6b]

Very nice 👍🏿

[@Canerican.]

Holy Mary Kay, Beautiful! 💕💖💞💓🌸💗🎀

[@davidbaise5137]

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

[@PedroConejo1939]

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]

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.

[@dinopulizzi8481]

Fantastic !

[@robertpasquini4097]

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

[@josephconsoli4128]

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]

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

[@josephconsoli4128]

@@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.

[@angeloavanti2538]

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]

Wow, both beautiful cars

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

😍Beautiful!!!!!👍

[@javierfloresmillan2476]

i love this

[@shaunhall960]

This reminds me of the 1966 Batmobile. ❤

[@markbuckley5397]

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.

[@joseluisrodriguez-kr4ht]

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

[@cjsiatkowski5144]

Iconic ❤

[@steventrosiek2623]

My dream car. Love the color.

[@tompage6421]

Motoring perfection. 🇬🇧

[@christopherkraft1327]

It's spectacular!!! 👍👍🙂

[@7c8f9x]

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.

[@LizzyTexBorden]

Absolutely SUPERB!

[@grandchamp7783]

Great video

[@kayeninetwo3585]

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!

[@campzzyzx9792]

WOW! XOXO!!!

[@life02ab]

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!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@majortom5182]

My favorite 😍 Greez from Bavaria /Germany

[@markbehr88]

Love it. One family owned.

[@MidCenturyWasted]

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!!

[@tombarb2864]

Very cool…Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@marleenscholz4386]

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

[@randybock82]

Big time WOW!!!

[@tankerman135]

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]

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.

[@whitsundaydreaming]

And I love it too!

[@frankmartinez4856]

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

[@danr1920]

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

[@ramsesdavis3569]

This 59 Antique Cadillac is My Style 👍🏾🏆

[@r.schatten3291]

Perfekt ❤

[@johnsorensen2088]

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

[@derekgaliee4351]

🤔😞

[@daviddisandro821]

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

[@Beechboy68]

That beatiful

[@dave1208327]

Biggest, best, boldest fins ever...

[@jessebaldwin2661]

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

[@Markybug-Keira-Cody]

Such a stunning icon , car is cool too !

[@user-xz6ud5oc3m]

The car looks like a jet ready to take off.

[@joro8604]

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

[@Normanx964]

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

[@JxT1957]

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

[@geemonster9179]

I want a 1959 Cadillac

[@williammeyer207]

Love old cars!

[@johnkavanagh9280]

He sounds like the guy that hosts Lottery Dream Homes.

[@randyfitz8310]

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

[@SRT8-Melissa]

Incredible beautiful ❤❤❤

[@PeterMcDonald-sl9rt]

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.

[@bigbarlake16]

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

[@Beechboy68]

Nice

[@ValdezJu]

🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒

[@rockarocky1384]

✨

[@roberteshaw9520]

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

[@samanthalack]

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?

[@michaelwhite2823]

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]

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

[@johnbolt665]

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!

[@DanTheManIOM]

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.

[@charlesmcginness7214]

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

[@FrankGutowski-ls8jt]

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.

[@darploin5071]

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

[@robertpolnicky7702]

Oh i goofed 1959.

[@cindys1819]

Who talks like this?

[@seed_drill7135]

The Devil from Cow and Chicken.

[@stefansmetek3015]

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

[@Canerican.]

A fabulous person!

[@joewatson3261]

Your driving around a 6 star motel.

[@darploin5071]

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

[@cyclemaster46]

MARY KAY EDITION.

[@reelreeler8778]

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

[@robertpolnicky7702]

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

[@lindaeasley5606]

I want to have ___ with that car ❤️

[@garylangley4502]

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! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHrGdKmHlticea8

[@MELLIEbevhills]

Not a Coupe deVille.

[@thyslop1737]

It is like a whale, a shark on wheels.

[@stephendavidbailey2743]

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