The distinguished and distinguishable Cadillac "V and crest got slimmer and wider this year;
a much larger version of this one is embossed in silver on the De Luxe product brochure for 1960

   
Paired headlights, no grille division bar, paired park/fog lights in lower bumper

       
Oval, vertical tail-light housings

The Coupe or 2-door Hardtop

   
Series 62 coupe or 2-door Hardtop, style 6237; 19,978 were built and cost $4,892 each; upholstery selections included
Caspian pattern nylon or Cortina cord both with matching or contrasting Elascofab (vinyl) bolsters and trim; the nylon
was available in black (with white vinyl), Persian sand (shown), turquoise and green; the cord came in gray, blue and fawn;
seat pattern consisted of two groups of six 2" pipings and one set of five, between bolsters, with a single row of buttons across the seat back

A publicity photo from the Clarence Dixon Cadillac dealership in Los Angeles

Illustrations in these two rows are from factory "mailers"

  
Series 62 coupe [factory photos]

This cropped, double-sided, poster-sized image of the 1960 Series 62 coupe
was intended for display by Cadillac dealers in their showrooms that year;
on the reverse side the steering wheel was on the right !

The 4-window sedan
[ with wrap-around rear window ]

   
Series 62 sedan, 4-window [ flat top ], style 6239; 9,984 units were built and cost $5,080 each;
fawn cord is used for the upholstery (at right)

The 6-window sedan

   
Series 62 sedan, 6-window, style 6229; 26,824 units were built and cost $5,080;
blue cord is used for the upholstery (at right)

Series 62 sedan, 6-window [ from period mailer ]

   
The preceding four rows include some factory photos of the Series 62, 6-window sedan

   
The Series 62 coupe and sedan both have an odd seat pattern that blends
regular 2-inch piping on the seating areas, with button piping on seat backs 

The Convertible Coupe

   
Series 62, style 6267, convertible coupe; 14,000 were built and cost $5,455 each:
upholstery selections in supple Florentine grain leather included black with white, all black, all silver metallic, all blue metallic, all
saddle tan, all green metallic, red with white and all red (shown); convertible tops were available in ivory, black, green, buckskin and blue

This is a slightly cropped factory color photo

Illustrations in these two rows are from factory "mailers";
the lower picture features also a dark blue Series 60 Special sedan

   
Two original factory photos from that year's Press Kit

   
Left: a survivor
Right: Mother and daughter in pink-accented gowns by Ines da Roma; this theme was used in an ad for the 1960 models

   
We all dream of finding one like the one on the left, and restoring it like this award-winning red beauty on the right

    
Two lovely survivors

I'm really ashamed to show you this You Tube video
of a 1960 Cadillac convertible ...being severely maltreated!

This one is less dramatic; I believe it was filmed in Italy

   
The Coupe de Ville,  style 6337; 21,585 units were made and cost $5,252 each; upholstery selections for the De Ville biscuit and button design
included Cambray or Chadwick pattern nylon with matching or contrasting Florentine grain leather bolsters and trim; Cambray nylon
was available in black (with white leather), blue-black and turquoise-black; the Chadwick nylon came in gray, Persian sand, fawn (shown) and green

   
More illustrations from factory "mailers"


Factory publicity shot from the Press Kit

These Cadillacs sure do get around; this survivor was photographed in
Istanbul, Turkey, by a French friend and Cadillac nut, François Roux

The Sedan de Ville, 4-window

     
Series 63 Sedan De Ville, style 6339, 4-window [ flat top ]; 9,225 units were built and cost $5,498 each;
upholstery (right) is gray Chadwick nylon

   
A survivor in an exceptional setting
[ Photo :  © and courtesy of Ron Van Gelderen, former CLC President, twice ]

The Sedan de Ville, 6-window

   
Series 62 Sedan De Ville, style 6329, 6-window model; 22,579 units were built and cost $5,498 each;
upholstery (right) is turquoise and black Cambray nylon

   
Illustrations from period mailers

And here's a You Tube video of this model

   
11,800 units were built and cost $6,233 each; upholstery selections for the rectangular biscuit and button design of the Sixty Special
included Cardinal or Clarion pattern nylon with matching or contrasting Florentine grain leather bolsters and trim; Cardinal nylon
was available in black (with white leather), Locarno blue, fawn and green; the Clarion nylon came in gray, Persian sand and turquoise;
all-wool  broadcloth could be ordered throughout and came in gray, Locarno blue and "Sagetan" (a greenish tan hue)

    
Left: there was only this one model in the series; this is it
Right: plush interior features large biscuit and button design

Factory publicity photos

Some excellent survivors off Internet

   
Eldorado Seville - 1,075 units were built and cost $7,401 each; upholstery selections for the Seville
included Cardinal cloth and matching Florentine grain leather, or all-leather trim combing Cardiff grain and Florentine grain; colors included
white, Locarno blue, Siena rose, beige (shown), Dundee green and heather; all-leather interiors were either white, beige or red and white together

Author's former bucket-seat Seville in "Heather Poly" [metallic lilac], code #99B

   
Eldorado Biarritz - 1,075 units were built and cost $7,401 each; upholstery selections for the convertible version of the Eldorado
included a combination of Florentine and Cardiff grain leathers in white, black, silver, Locarno blue, beige, Dundee green (shown) and red;
tops were available in ivory, black, beige, Lucerne blue or Carrara green (trim code in bucket seat cars were followed by the letter "B")

       
Left:  Factory publicity shot of Biarritz model painted "Siena Rose" [code #98]
Center and right: author's former Biarritz, painted in the same delightful hue

It all began in the design studio around 1958

   
The artists still made them look longer, wider, lower in 1960

The Fleetwood 75 was available as a family sedan, seating 8-9 people, of which 718 units were built  and cost $9,533 each
or as a limousine with partition and electric division glass with the same seating capacity; 832 of the latter were built  and cost $9,748 each;
upholstery selections for the large, square biscuit and button design of the Fleetwood 75 included nylon Bedford cord and/or all-wool broadcloth
in light gray, fawn or dark gray;  this year light gray Florentine leather was standard for the chauffeur's compartment; fawn and black were optional

   
"May I carry your parcels, Ma'm" How much fun it must have been to go shopping with hubby's chauffeur and the Series 75 limousine
[ Photo: © 1960 GM/Cadillac ]

   
Illustrations from period mailers

This illustration was used in a magazine advertisement

   
Eldorado Brougham - a scant 101 units were built and cost $13,075 each; upholstery selections for the bespoke Eldorado Brougham
included shadow-stripe broadcloth inserts with matching broadcloth bolsters and trim, or broadcloth throughout; these fabrics
came in gray, blue, beige, green and "Covert" (which I believe is a light fawn or tan); all-leather interiors in Florentine leather
were a second option and came in white, black, gray, blue, sandalwood and green; carpets were loop pile nylon of lambs wool

The Chicago Auto Show

A young enthusiast (possibly a future Cadillac owner) picks up a
colorful catalog of that year's models during the Chicago Auto Show
(the insert at lower right  shows the cover of that ctalog)

The body drop

      
These rare  photos were found in some old, discarded factory albums;
they were saved for our viewing pleasure by an astute Detroit resident
and sent to me by fellow CLC member, Joe Gildea

A sad ending to a beautiful automobile

Drive safely !!!

        
In case you ever wondered where the 1960 Cadillac tail-light housings came from,
here is the answer; they were featured first on this Buick Centurion show car of 1956:
that car had an early video camera mounted in the center of the rear bumper that fed a
B&W TV monitor in the center of the instrument board, in lieu of a rear-view mirror!