Charles Phoenix JOYRIDE - 1963 Cadillac Fleetwood

[@paulbedford9816]

I've only been with Cadillacs for 46 years. That car, the Standard of the World. Built lovingly by people who lived by Craftsmanship a Creed, Accuracy a Law. The greatest American car...the greatest of all automobiles. In very detail beautifully exquisite.

[@Porsche996driver]

That dashboard was super modern for 1963!

[@rick0e295]

So true 👍 Check out my full post if you come back. Another ALL time favorite of mine was late 50s to early 60s IMPERIALS. THE MOST CAREFULLY BUILT CARS IN AMERICA according to ads of the time.

[@paulbedford9816]

@@rick0e295 Yes I believe so. I'm English, in these days NO other country made such beautiful luxury cars or cars with such clever features. Rolls-Royce had a super-special reputation then, but as cars they were simply not like American cars.

[@rick0e295]

Paul, thanks for responding. Ironically, my older brother (now deceased) was an extremely successful business man who in 1967 Cadillac limo. Absolutely magnificent . He thought that he could get work done while traveling between various locations of his business. He really didn't get much done and felt others believed he was putting on airs. SO he traded for a car he could drive himself, a 1968 Silver Shadow 🤔. Never quite understood the logic of that. Also bought a 1962 Cloud ll with divider,but never had a driver. He kept that one, but traded the Shadow for a Corniche. All beautiful automobiles! THEN he for some reason beyond my comprehension switched to Mercedes (but did keep the Cloud)!! I never was in same financial bracket. Love ❤ GREAT AMERICAN LAND YACHTS, but thought ROLLS-ROYCE vehicles were always magnificent. Definitely don't feel 😕 the same about Mercedes! 🙁

[@fairfaxcat1312]

How did the Cadillac compare with the The World’s Most Carefully Built Car?

[@Markybug-Keira-Cody]

What a beautiful machine. That upholstery is gorgeous!

[@Porsche996driver]

I knooooooowwwww! 🤣

[@thomasshort1784]

@Markybug1973 That upholstery is Light Blue Chambord cloth and Light Blue leather (order code=63). The paint color (assuming it's the original) is Benton Blue Metallic (order code=22). Another color I think would've complimented (and still would compliment) that interior color is Somerset Blue Metallic (order code=26; Cadillac's dark blue color for 1963 and 1964). The Fleetwood Sixty Special is my favorite pre-1965 Cadillac model. The Fleetwood Brougham is my favorite after 1965 (the year the Brougham option debuted) starts (and that's despite the fact that I have mixed feelings about vinyl roofs).

[@RexCars1]

Love the 63-64 Caddies. .Especially the Fleetwood's.. " I KNOOOOOOW "

[@christopherkraft1327]

"Best Of All, It's A Cadillac!!!" Thanks Charles for showcasing this masterpiece!!! 👍👍

[@lawrenceschneider7828]

I had a 63 Fleetwood back in the 70s. It was white with white leather interior. What a wonderful road car.

[@GrotrianSeiler]

I love how many unique features the owner points out. Makes this video fantastic.

[@RS-yu4lb]

He forgot the autotronic eye.

[@amandab.recondwith8006]

My dad was a VP of a bank, and there was one rule no one working there could violate without being fired. Only the president of the bank could have a Fleetwood Cadillac. This one is absolutely pristine! GORGEOUS!!

[@bobbyheffley4955]

Everyone else could have a Coupe de Ville, Sedan de Ville, Lincoln, Chrysler, Imperial, Mercury, Buick, Oldsmobile, Dodge, Plymouth, Ford, Chevrolet, or Pontiac.

[@armedinbama]

My grandmother's formal sitting room on wheels! 😁👍

[@belaircarguy]

My dad had the exact same Cadillac Fleetwood. Color was white, but had the blue / grey painted roof and blue / grey interior, just as this car. It was a beauty then, and still is a beauty. The wood trim was beautiful, the seats comfortable and a great ride on a long trip. We drove to Georgia and Florida from Pennsylvania several times. Would love to own it today! Don't make them like that anymore.

[@FoxeemaTV]

awesome car

[@GaryGrube1]

The '63 Fleetwood is my all time favorite Cadillac!

[@3713msg]

I always liked the 1963 Cadillacs better than the 1964 models. Beautiful car!

[@jerrycallender9352]

Also. Mama had a silver-green 1963 Coupe de Ville..

[@retroguy9494]

Not me. I always liked the 64's better. Plus '64 was the very first year Cadillac came out with climate control. The first auto maker ever to do so!

[@andydanko7074]

I never ever knew anything about 8 way, power rear vent windows on any car! Where have I been... lol

[@rimscat55]

Finally!!! A narrator who knows what to say and also knows how to use a camera! And that voice is luscious! The Caddy speaks for itself.

[@cristianabarsuglia629]

Divinely elegant perfection! I'm pretty sure God has a 1963 Fleetwood to drive around heaven in.

[@Мирич-з4е]

Well, I guess you haven't seen the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham 1958.

[@watthaile2053]

I agree, I hope God has a 63 Fleetwood. Jesus probably has like a Chevy Bel Aire to relate more to the common man. But hopefully God has a Fleetwood.

[@michaelwhite2823]

I lnow

[@robertfkaz7013]

One of the best years for Cadillac, beautiful car!

[@joeseeking3572]

Echoing many below - Beautiful. Kind of thing I dream of owning. Really appreciate that Joe knows his car.

[@michaeltaylor1603]

Even though the fins were coming down from 1959, it still commanded attention! Chrome, wood & still the perfect balance like a 3 course meal. Really digging that interior. I loved Fleetwood's or Sedan De Villes. There were a few Coupe De Villes I liked. But, Fleeetwood's & Eldorado's. Yes! let me have a couch in that fabric! Wonderful rare find. Thanks Charles & Joe for sharing such a beauty!

[@retroguy9494]

Meh...I prefer the 7 course meal of the 59's if I had a choice! Those big massive fins with the bullet tail lights! I had an uncle who had one. A Sedan DeVille in black. According to my aunt, he was never too good a driver and whilst backing up he hit one of those raised concrete slabs that parking lot light poles were cemented into. Knocked the one fin right off! LMAO!

[@tapper701]

Back when Cadillac was an "actual presence" ... Beautiful survivor ! Slainte' ! Cheers !

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Always liked the fins on that Caddy.... 😊 Very nice!!!!!👍

[@bk14nyc]

Charles, you make BEAUTIFUL videos… The biggest thing I LOVE ❤️ about you is you always catch the smallest DETAILS! (emblems, moldings, back-up lights) Thank you again Charles! Staten Island, New York 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@choward5430]

I love this car.

[@josephconsoli4128]

The first car I remember my father having in the very early '70's, but it was a solid Palimino (champagne) colored Coupe DeVille. The car was like new and rode like a dream. You could not feel it running. My parents are almost 90 now and still mention that car.

[@thomasshort1784]

@Joseph Consoli Would that have been a 1972, by any chance? Cadillac did have a color for '72 called Palomino Firemist Metallic (order code 93; it was a warm, sun-kissed golden tan), a $128.00 option (in 1972 dollars)

[@josephconsoli4128]

@@thomasshort1784 No, it was '63. I used to think of it as just "gold", but then saw a color chart and discovered Cadillac called it "Palamino". My father did have a beautiful '72 in "Willow" which was an elegant soft yellow/beige.

[@rooky55]

I owned a 63 Fleetwood in 70/71. Charcoal with a black vinyl top. the ride was like nothing I have experienced to this day. Powerful and very good handling . It would go 110 to 120 MPH all day long with no effort, just relaxing driving. An amazing car.

[@asteverino8569]

Thanks Charles. 🤩 It looked like an original survivor car too.

[@veronicahawthorne3452]

Stunning automobile. One of my favorite years for Fleetwood. When the title said “Joyride” I thought we were going for a spin. Aww. 😭😭😭

[@RBAILEY57]

Stunning Cadillac! Charles, please keep these videos coming.

[@stevendumont4382]

Now that's a true luxury automobile! Thanks for sharing!

[@Gratefulman1965]

Informative & hilarious (Narration) video. Beautiful automobile. Back when Cadillac was on top of the world. My folks had the same year but the color was Fire mist saddle Poly coat. My folks bought it used for 200.00 in 1970. I loved that car.

[@davidkastin4240]

Nothing is as special as a Fleetwood! 💙 it. Thank you Joe and Charles.

[@retroguy9494]

True! I've had several and STILL have 2 of them!

[@chrisd.8694]

My dad had a couple Deville he brought a new 1 every 2 years. Was my favorite one of them all

[@richardbailey202]

What a beauty! Thanks, Charles. Please keep these videos coming.

[@machpodfan]

One of your best and most enjoyable episodes!

[@ralphl7643]

The turn signal indicators for the driver are on top of the fenders. My grandmother had a '64 base model until I was 8, and that's the main thing I remember about it.

[@ronlynch7744]

Knocked it out of the Park again……. Charles, Thanks……. ☮️❤️ Life

[@bobjacobson858]

As I recall, the 1964 Fleetwood 60 Special started the tradition of having a wreath and crest on both the hood and the trunk lid (with the "V" remaining on the 62 Series and DeVille models).

[@stefanmayr9379]

A real Beauty 👍👍 Thanks a lot for showing this stunning Cadillac 👍😎 Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹😎

[@stringalongmike1953]

Wonderful!

[@jeffreybarnes777]

Fantastic video Charles!!! Love your videos!!!

[@Caddyboy56]

This gentleman knows how to present a Cadillac I like how he makes owner part of the video which intern we learn some things about this motorcar might not have known before. Love this Fleetwood, if only it were mine. Glad to enjoy a video where the term's such as "luxo-barge"or "land yacht"didn't get used to describe this beautiful classic American luxury car!

[@_charlesphoenix]

I appreciate that!

[@rustynailmendlesohn8710]

Wowza is that one gorgeous car Charles. TY for sharing. :)

[@joro8604]

Love THE car. Love THE narration. Love THE emphasis on the oddest words!.

[@musk4mars116]

I remember getting my hands on a sales brochure in that era. There were so many models and trim levels.

[@bozodog428]

Truly the "Standard of the World".

[@UrbanAutomotive01]

Thank you Charles for always providing us with the best narrative. We absolutely love your reviews especially on the Cadillac's they truly were the standard of the world... I KNOW!!!! 😉

[@guydicarlo]

Welcome to America! I love it The cars that you highlight... Can't get any better. I watch a lot of car videos on KZbin, and you're one of the best. keep up the good work!

[@tombarb2864]

As always, thanks Charles for another classic! Keep ‘em coming

[@daviduliana9950]

Although the styling is toward the end of the mid-century era, it is still very "I Know!"-worthy. Still much glory to behold.

[@ronforeman2556]

Be still, my beating heart! Shades of the one that slipped away. I knew what I had in my pristine, 1965 Cadillac Sedan de Ville, intimately. I'd lovingly buffed every crease and curve of that luscious, virginal-white body, and the turquoise leather and fabric interior was to die for. As an Arizona car, there wasn't even a hint of pit rash on its acres of contoured chrome. But it was 1979 and I was straight out of college, newly married, living in the Wilshire District of LA and commuting 100 miles roundtrip to Newport Beach. Keeping that car gassed up was burning a hole in my wallet. And good luck trying to find space to park it within three blocks of our apartment. (Same with my wife's "ahoy-there" 1973 Chrysler Town and Country wagon/harpmobile, which she'd inherited from her late mom.) That caddy only had 70,000 miles on it when I bought it for $725 in the summer of 1975. I put another 30,000 or so and clocked it before reluctantly selling to my elder brother. By the time we'd bought a home in the Valley in 1983 and I was in a position to buy it back from him, it was long gone. Sigh!

[@bk14nyc]

WOW 🤩 simply BREATHTAKING!!! I also always liked the 1963 model a little bit better than the 1964! They still are both BEAUTIFUL! The Fleetwood Eldorado also had the wreath under the Cadillac emblem. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😊😊👍

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

I agree!!! 👍🙂👍

[@stickshiftdriver1832]

LLove the color combination. They don't have them in cars these days

[@rick0e295]

Beautiful 😍 Cadillac. Sixty Specials have always been the ULTIMATE Cadillacs. As a kid we had a black beauty in our town. Always looked for it. A coworkers parents had a black 63 black Sixty Special. I was promised first chance when they gave it . BUT another son got the car and totaled it 🙄 within a few months. Have had 89 Fleetwood Brougham deElegance ( unfortunately let it go) 😕 and 93 Brougham ( not as true Cadillac as 89). Currently have beautiful 2007 TOWN CAR Signature Limited and won't let it get away. It's the last of true luxury sedans. Cadillac has made nothing since 96 Brougham to remotely interest me. So sad 😞 just makes your Sixty Special even more SPECIAL! 😃 😊

[@davidmason1577]

That is art

[@kennixox262]

My mother had a 1968 Fleetwood with footrests in the back and always used to drive her crazy on long car trips between our home in Florida and dropping us off at summer camp in North Carolina. As a kid in those days; did not realize that not everyone's mother had a car like that. Eventually, that went away and in came the Rolls Royce and a Buick station wagon to carry the dogs.

[@craigford4518]

When Cadillac Motor Car Company was KING ! 8 way power windows ! Wow ! 😀😃

[@brendakrieger7000]

Wow! Those fins!

[@malcolmnicholls2893]

Fantastic! Odd to see a car with no B pillar though. The fins are "just right" not like 59 stuff. I'm surprised small fins haven't made a return somewhere along the line.

[@frankmartinez4856]

60Special, top line four door! We use to have the six window Sedan DeVille!

[@chesterthawkins7510]

so rare and gorgeous!!

[@thebestisyettocome4114]

The standard of the world 🌎

[@steves9905]

Wow what a beauty! This is just everything. I will always take cloth over leather and the interior on this regal carriage is giving me every reason why. ‘63 was last year for the original v8 that debuted in ‘49…’64 had the the new 429 with the distributor in the front.

[@jdwilson08]

actually no. This is a 390 but it is the same engine as the 429. It was a one year only with the new, lighter and featuring an aluminum front cover, engine as a 390.

[@DejaView]

@@jdwilson08 I had always thought, as per the comment from "steve s" that this engine was still the final iteration of the original 1949 Caddy OHV V8 but you can find brochures on line & if you check the 1963 brochure it IS billed in the brochure as a "new" engine. I had wondered at first if they were simply "gilding the lily" so to speak, as car manufacturers often do, to make a revamped product seem like something new & different but I believe you are likely correct that this is a 1st yr, new design engine but they held the line at 390 CID capacity until the following year. A bit surprising in light of the fact that Lincolns of the period had been 430 CID & Imperial was 413 for several years already. I was hoping he'd mention the transmission. This year would still have used the latest version of the dual coupling or "controlled" coupling 4spd Hydra Matic first introduced in 1956. In 1964 the new 3spd torque converter automatic would have been used EXCEPT, (again if you check the brochure) in series 62 which continued with the older transmission through '64.

[@jdwilson08]

@@DejaView you are correct in all you mention. Other than the 1964 series 62 cars, 1963 was the last year of the 4 speed "Jet-away" (or slim jim) Hydramatic. 63 was also the only year that featured an integrated heater/ac with blend door that was manual control. ATC came out in 1964 and was the only AC offered. People often think the 63 and 64 were the same essentially but they are very different animals

[@larkatmic]

My first car was a 1965 Cadillac Sedan de vile. I paid $500.00 for it in 1979. I was 16. It was metallic green and had all the features as this one. (Not as cool looking, but still AMAZiNG) I hated the color and went to Earl Sheib and had it painted black for $39.95. It was awesome. My sisters hated it and refused to drive in it. 😂 It lasted about a year when one day I was picking up my friend and went into his house. We came out and it was gone. It slipped out of park and careened over cliff. 😢 I’ve missed it ever since and only have one picture of it.

[@sonnymiller7452]

Wow just amazing can you please lmk if owner would consider selling it I would love to make him an offer

[@markmaiello9180]

Best line: 6 power windows...hello, welcome to America. Fleetwood BY Cadillac...a stand alone vehicle. Best interior design feature: the flaming red cap on the steering wheel. On the exterior: those gradually angled tail fins...well, c’mon.

[@pcno2832]

8 of them! 4 vents and 4 roll-downs. All at your fingertips!

[@robgrear1142]

Now, that is an AMERICAN car!

[@aaronwilliams6989]

Very nice!

[@34Packardphaeton]

... Unfathomably wonderful, nice, and desirable ...

[@CORVAIRWILD]

1st year for AM FM, and no more tubes to warm up lol. Were the seatbelt retractors optional? What does the buckle look like? GM has beautiful chrome lift plates with sticker badges in '65, when front seatbelts became standard in January '65... C'mon, show us MORE!!!

[@rooky55]

My 63 Fleetwood had no seat belts.

[@jaysmith2414]

i have a 1983 Fleetwood with 80,000,my favorite caddy is a 1959.

[@bertram46]

Very pretty car not many of those around with the Fleetwood body. Actually I don't think I have ever seen a Fleetwood and the amount of wood in there is absolutely incredible and that interior compared to a de vile so much more plush. Great video you add the drama it's perfect lol

[@rooky55]

Even the interior lights in the rear panel were cut glass lenses on mine. Just class and quality.

[@matthewsherwin8741]

Unbelievable!!! I want one right now! 🤪

[@Porsche996driver]

“It looks like a Totum Pole!” 🤣🤣🤣

[@davewolf7510]

I do adore those old Caddy’s there’s nothing else like them. They really were every bit as opulent as a Rolls Royce of the day but with a big ol’ V8 to move it all. And those seats look spectacular and feel better than any leather idk why they don’t make a comeback in luxury cars, I’d bet they’d be more sustainable as well.

[@aleksinfroid4644]

Nice car! I'm glad it's in good hands, I sure couldn't afford her.

[@MostlyBuicks]

In 1964 they greatly improved the transmission with the Super Turbine 400 over this Hydramatic.

[@aarongranda7825]

Show us the 390! Start it up! Take it out on the road!

[@charlesmcginness7214]

Wish that was in my garage!

[@CORVAIRWILD]

What about dual exhaust being dropped? Was it at least optional? I have a survivor '57, duals exit thru vents in the bumper!

[@kaitoelitex4901]

Rock n Roller Coaster by Aerosmith. Has this model 1963 Cadillac Fleetwood as train model.

[@pcno2832]

That's a cool car; I love all the interior chrome and the rear vent windows. I'd love to try out that strange mirror adjuster; the only non-power ones I remember had the joystick with 3 cables. The only thing I'd miss on a '63 would be the 3" wheelbase stretch that returned for 1965, along with the rear footrests. Also, I suspect that '63 was the last year for the 4-speed Hydramatic, which must be an adventure in and of itself; I believe the '64s were the first with the THM along with the fabulous switch-pitch torque converter. Sadly, that disappeared for '68. Your car is in amazing shape for a 59-year-old car; I hate to imagine what a car like that would cost. Thanks for posting!

[@MrBluoct]

🚀 Just discovered the alternate universe of CP 😎 The retro cars - incredible and the diversity assigned to the owners…

[@ivorwm2291]

I had a black '63 Sedan Deville. Her name is Cruella deVille

[@joserafaelgrangefuenmayor7744]

Me gusta el carro

[@jdwilson08]

Muchas gracias!

[@aarongranda7825]

63 is such a relief after all the overdone stuff of the fifties.

[@dval59valletta79]

My dad had a '63 Cadillac convert. The day it hit 100,000 miles he slid into another car due to ice. He had planned on restoring it, but instead it went to the boneyard

[@tootsiejoon]

I had a die cast of this car in 1964 or so in 1:18 scale in tan color, it was beautiful!! Sadly GM start to slip in building true American cars gradually over the years/Decades☹️

[@ThePrissy11]

My uncle had the poor man’s 63 Fleetwood, a Pontiac Star Chief.😊 Why are the playing the music from “Dead Ringer”?

[@teaeff8898]

What the heck with all the power stuff? Didn’t think they offered that. Only tiny criticism… start the car! Let’s hear it run!! 😮😉 Otherwise, great video! 👍

[@daniel.gthepainter1512]

I'm about to buy one for my friend I'm not sure if it's a DeVille or a Fleetwood but it has everything like your car your showing only thing different is it has a vinyl roof

[@Romiman1]

So sad, that America has replaced such a magnificence like this Cad with that stupid trucks of today...

[@BruiserFL]

I didnt get to see it drive!!!

[@retroguy9494]

"She's a 1963 Fleetwood 60 Special 4 door hardtop sedan. How do you like all that?" Well, I have a 1976 Fleetwood Series 60 Special Brougham D'Elegance! So how do YOU like all THAT Joe? LOL Joyride? What joyride? I clicked on this vid because I thought we were going to go for a ride in her!

[@jdwilson08]

It was kind of an after thought. Charles toured my home and I had Flora out. Otherwise we might have done a drive

[@retroguy9494]

@@jdwilson08 I would have loved to have seen the drive. I love 1960's Cadillacs. I had the opportunity to buy a 1964 Coupe Deville back in 1987/88 but I just didn't have the money being right out of college and working my first professional job.

[@JamesBond-hu9rg]

Studebaker was the first to put Seatbelts in cars in ‘58

[@Wattvoltage1960]

Hi Joe - sent an email to your sbc account. Please reply here if that account is no longer active. Thanks.

[@JosephStJames2000]

When I was a kid our next door neighbor had this beautiful car in white. We dirty filthy nasty children weren't allowed near it. But I did manage to sneak a peek at those push-button windows. Mesmerizing then as now.

[@JamesBond-hu9rg]

My Caddy buddy had a Super Rare All Green “Park Ave “. And ended up cutting it up for parts. Ugh 😩

[@curtcollett2893]

1963 was a different shifter pattern from the 1964 also.

[@carlosdad2204]

Is that a 62 Olds in the backyard?

[@kennethhoskins1647]

I have a '62 Olds Starfire. I don't think that's an Olds. To me, it looks more like the rear end of a '67 Cadillac El Dorado.

[@b.s.tkennels4035]

Cream puff.... nice

[@nickbruni8041]

🤘🏼🥃