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The (new)
Cadillac Database©
Photo Pages
Cadillac
1954
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Unless otherwise specified all photos
and illustrations are from Yann Saunders'
collection of Cadillac photos, advertisements and product catalogs,
reproduced courtesy of the Cadillac Motor Car Division and the Cadillac-LaSalle Club
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The 1954 models were powered by a new, 230 HP engine and were, according to the copy writers that year, "the most beautiful motoring creations of all time."
For the first time since 1950, a new, de luxe product catalog was published, illustrating the four basic series in this order: Sixty Special, Sixty-Two, Eldorado and Seventy-Five. That is also the sequence in which I have presented the illustrations below. There were also a large fold-out and a couple of mailing catalogs.
The artist's drawings from the prestige catalog, below, are mixed in with color photographs published in the dealer "mailers" that year; you will see that the artists used a certain degree of license to lower, widen and stretch these otherwise massive cars. The publication date on the prestige catalog is December 1953.
A definite change of styling will be witnessed in these new models, compared with the more bulbous shapes of 1948 through 1953. Now the general lines were straight and bold. Front bumper "bullet" impact guards were similar to those of the previous year, incorporating a "shell" inside a "shell-case".
The distinguishing mark of the 1954 Cadillacs is the front clip with its gull-wing bumpers and "bullet" impact guards or "Dagmars".
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Additional information on the 1954 models and the related sales literature may be found in The (New) Cadillac Database© sections entitled "Descriptions and Specifications of Cadillac Cars 1951 - 1955", "Cadillac and La Salle Sales Literature 1950 - 1954" and "Dream cars of 1954-1955". Further recommended reading includes:
(a) "Automobile Heritage's Illustrated Guide to 1950 Through 1959 Cadillac" by Roy Schneider, © 1978, published by Automobile Heritage Publishing Co., Post Office Box 7, Temple City, CA 91780 [ISBN #0-917104-02-1] and
(b) The "Standard Catalog of Cadillac, 1903-2000" edited by James T. Lenzke, © 2000, published by Krause Publications, Inc., 700 E. State Street, Iola, WI 54990 [ISBN #0-87341-925-1, Library of Congress #91-61301].
The Series Sixty Special
[ the link to the You Tube video is NOT guaranteed to work permanently ]
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The Sixty-Two Series
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The Coupe
PRIZED CADILLAC
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The Coupe de Ville
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The Convertible
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The Eldorado
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The Seventy-Five Series
sedan and limousine
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Styling Details
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Survivors
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Space-permitting, other photos of surviving cars may be added here, later.
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[ Background image: 1954 Cadillac front clip ]
