The styling on the 1959 Cadillacs is eye-catching, iconic, and instantly recognizable with its enormous rakish tail fins, each tipped by dual bullet-shaped taillight lamps.
New for '59, the deVille line was no longer a trim level on the Series 62 but was moved to its own series, the Series 6300. It was available as a Coupe as well as Four Window and Six Window Sedans, with the Ebony example in the photo being an example of the latter.
These were large cars, riding on a 130" wheelbase with an overall length of 225". Under the hood was the new 390 cubic inch version of Cadillac's 331 Series overhead valve V-8, with a single four-barrel carburetor and a 10.5:1 compression ratio, rated at 325 gross horsepower. The Hydra-Matic was the only transmission offered.
Base price in 1959 was $5,498, which works out to $60,800-ish in current dollars.
This one was photographed in November of 2016 using a Nikon Coolpix P7000.
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