Sentences with phrase «sixty special model»

For 1971, the lineup was trimmed down to just one Sixty Special model, the Sixty Special Brougham.

All - new styling appeared in 1969, and the two Sixty Special models had distinct rooflines from the other Cadillacs.

Not exact matches

This seating design was similar to the Cadillac Sixty Special with the Talisman (1974 — 1976) option and stayed with Park Avenue through the 1980 model year.

The grille was slightly modified in 1939 — it looked like the 1938 Cadillac Sixty Special's — but from this point the Model 201's styling was frozen.

Of the Sixty Specials built in 1940, 4,242 of them were the Touring model.

1941 was the last year of Harley Earl and Bill Mitchell's original Sixty Special design, as an all - new 1942 model was in the works.

In addition to the louvered trim, the Sixty Special had a wider «C - pillar» than other models, and retained its individual chrome bead around the side window glass — one of the only design features to carry over from the original Bill Mitchell design.

With minor trim changes, in 1966 Cadillac offered buyers two models in this series: the standard Fleetwood Sixty Special (priced at $ 6,378) and the new Fleetwood Brougham ($ 6,695).

Sixty Special shared its lack of body - side trim with Eldorado - appearing very clean and formal compared to standard Cadillac models.

Sixty Special would only reach 5,700 units for 1946, as it did not go into production until later in the model year.

For the first time in their history, over 100,000 Cadillacs were sold this year, and 13,755 of them was the Sixty Special — a new record for that model.

In 1938, aside from the standard 4 - door sedan, two prototype models were built on the Sixty Special body - two very dashing four - door convertibles (one owned by GM executive, Larry Fisher, which was demolished by Harley Earl in a traffic accident and one sent to Europe, which was later recalled and consumed by GM Engineering in structural tests in preparation for the 1940 «Torpedo» bodies), plus one Sixty - Special coupe (driven personally for two years by GM President, Bill Knudsen).

Nearly every model was redesigned for 1948, including the $ 3,820 Sixty Special.

The Sixty Special line expanded to four models this year: Touring Sedan (the base model), Imperial sedan (priced at $ 2,230, it featured a retractable glass partition between the front and rear seats), and two open - front Town Car models (one style with a painted roof, the other with a leather - covered roof).

The new Sixty Special outsold every other Cadillac model in its first year accounting for 39 % of all Cadillacs sold.

This new four - door model did not pose a threat to Sixty Special production, since the new Brougham was a hand - built, limited - production specialty model with a stupendously steep $ 13,074 price tag — more than double a new Sixty Special.

For 28 of the next 34 model years of its existence the Sixty Special would feature a uniquely stretched GM C - Body with noticeably greater legroom and headroom.

The roof - mounted decorative chrome louvers and individually framed side door glass (a Sixty Special design element since 1938) were carried over to this latest model as well.

This marked the last year that the Sixty Special would maintain a stretched GM C - Body until its return in the 1965 model year.

The Sixty Special Series was temporarily retired in 1976 but returned again in a new front - wheel drive model for 1987.

A 1993 Sixty Special Coupe was planned, and is referred to in the «Advance Preview Book» (a supplement that Cadillac dealer's received in July 1992 offering information about the upcoming 1993 model year).

Decorative chrome louvers - which would become a Sixty Special trademark ornament for years to come - were mounted in three locations on the 1942 model: behind the wheel well openings on the front and rear fenders, as well as mounted on the roof behind the rear door opening.

Just two models were now available in the Sixty Special series — the standard sedan priced at $ 2,435 and a $ 2,589 Imperial sedan which featured an electrically adjustable glass division between the front and rear seats.