Vehicle Description
Beautifully Restored - TX Car - Receipts Included - From Large
Private Collection of Luxury Cars! Road Trip Ready!
Financing/Shipping available, and we sell worldwide!
With pesky competitor Packard all but dead, Lincoln having only
sold a third the number of Cadillacs in 1956, and with Imperial
retailing less than a fifteenth the number of Cadillacs in 1956,
GM's premier luxury division was on a roll. With all-new 1957 cars
on all-new X-braced frames, sales were sure to continue in a
similar vein. All Series 62 four-doors were now pillarless
hardtops. The cars were two inches lower than 1956, with a new
reverse slanted wraparound windshield and a slightly longer
129.5-inch wheelbase.
Body styles included hardtop coupe, Coupe de Ville hardtop coupe,
Eldorado Seville hardtop coupe, hardtop sedan, Sedan deVille
hardtop sedan, Eldorado Seville hardtop sedan, convertible coupe
and Eldorado Biarritz convertible coupe. Prices ranged from $4,677
to $7,286 before taxes, shipping and any options or accessories.
The engine remained 365 cubic inches, but developed a full 300
hp.
Once the final sales tally was complete for the 1957 model year,
Cadillac had moved 3.5 times more cars than Lincoln, and four times
more cars than the all-new, flashy and low slung Imperial (which
had dramatically increased sales compared to 1956).
The 1958 cars received a very restrained facelift, adding the de
rigueur new dual headlamps in front along with revamped grille and
trim. The engine remained 365 cubic inches, now boosted in power to
310 hp. A new extended deck 6239E variant was added to the line for
those who didn't think a normal massive Cadillac trunk was big
enough. Pricing remained broadly similar to the year before, $4,784
to $7,500.
1958 sales worked out to Cadillac's advantage (largely due to
Lincoln's huge styling and reliability debacle), despite the
recession year killing industry sales. Over 120,000 Cadillacs were
sold versus some 17,000 Lincolns and 16,000 Imperials.
These cars are collected by Cadillac fans as well as fans of big,
flashy 1950s cars with ample fins and tons of chrome.
Terms of Sale: All vehicles are sold AS-IS with no warranties of
any kind, and all sales are final. We strongly encourage you to
inspect, in person, any vehicle you are considering purchasing.
Third party inspections are also welcomed and encouraged. To place
a vehicle on hold for 7 days to allow for an inspection, a deposit
of $500 (via credit card) is required. This deposit will be applied
to the purchase price. This deposit is refundable should you
inspect the car and decide it's not the one for you, but once you
take delivery, it's yours. All sales are final. Acceptable forms of
final payment include cash, cashier's check (once cleared), or wire
transfer. A $100 dealership service fee is added to the final
purchase price. Wisconsin residents will pay sales tax and titling
fees. Out-of-state buyers will be responsible for any applicable
taxes and registration in their state/country of residence.
