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Cadillac

1965

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I have found time, after three years (!) to put together the 1965 Cadillac photo page. I hope you will enjoy it.

Most images and photos are from my own collection. Many are factory photos graciously provided to me through the years by the Cadillac Division's Public Relations Department. Others have been scanned from that year's merchandising literature and other similar sources.

Total production was 181,435 cars of the model year, an increase of some 16,000 units over the previous year.

Again, the easiest way to distinguish a 1965 Cadillac from a model of any other year is to look at the front clip and rear tail fins.  The 1965 models gained "stacked" headlights this year. 

The traditional Cadillac tail-fin disappeared this year, on all but the Series 75 sedan and limousine (Cadillac did not re-tool for that series until 1966).

As in 1963-64, Fleetwood models for 1965 are distinguished by the absence of any trim molding running down the center of the car sides. Instead, they feature a small wreath and crest on the roof quarter panel (60 Special) and at the extremity of the rear fender, close to the tail-light housings (Eldorado).

Look also for identifying script or lettering on some models (De Ville, FLEETWOOD, ELDORADO, etc.) 

Additional information and photos of the 1965 models and the related sales literature may be found  in The (New) Cadillac Database© sections entitled "Descriptions and Specifications of Cadillac Cars  1956-1965",  "Cadillac and La Salle Sales Literature 1965-1969" as well as in the appropriate "Dream cars" section.  Further recommended reading includes:

(a)   "Cadillacs of the Sixties" by Roy Schneider, © 1995,  published by Automobile Heritage Publishing Co., Post Office Box 7, Temple City, CA 91780 [ISBN #0917104048 / 9780917104046.

(b) "Standard Catalog of Cadillac, 1903-2000" edited by James T. Lentzke, © 2000, published by Krause Publications, Inc., 700 E. State Street, Iola, WI 54990 [ISBN #0-87341-925-1, Library of Congress #91-61301].

And here's a You Tube video of a '65 De Ville convertible to whet your Cadillac appetite !  Here's another one that I believe was filmed in Sweden or Norway !  How about this shot of the LH rear light unit?

 

Easy ID

The Calais Series

The DeVille Series

Fleetwood Series

Miscellaneous assorted photos

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or go back to the Cadillac photo index page to pick another year
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© 1996, Yann Saunders and the Cadillac-LaSalle Club, Inc.
[ Background image:  rear clip of  1965, Series Sixty Special sedan ]