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Okay so i have 3 Lexus Ls400s but had the new car itch and wanted to get something completely different out of left field. my first car was a 1955 pontiac Starchief that i drove back in the Y2K era and it was the greatest! wanted something like that again.
last weekend i looked at several classics but this one just spoke to me. its a 1950 Cadillac Series 62. Unrestored original survivor car with 75k miles. shes not perfect but really clean for being 70 years old. she definitely needs some work to be a normal driver cause she sat for a long time, overheats after driving about 15 mins, has a lifter tick, and the shiftier broke on me last night so not its stuck in drive, but goes thru all gears just fine. either way it will be an interesting project. she was a former show car with tons of awards and even featured a few times in car magazines back in the 80s and 90s. (i got all the old trophies and awards with it) i paid $5k for her and the guy that had it wanted $10, and looking at what other old cars are going for in my area, i cant touch anything even remotely as nice for that price so i think i did good. shes a time capsule and everything works!!
i plan to actually drive this car normally and not trailer it around. once i get her on the road and right ill do a full review on it. what do you think of her?
For pure driving-satisfaction, there's nothing like older American luxury cars. Yes, you could light up the rear tires with the muscle-cars, but you didn't have the same kind of comfort to look forward to, driving home after a hard day's work.
Those small fins on the back (basically the work of GM Chief-Stylist Harley Earl, who got the idea from the World War II twin-boom P-38 fighter plane) were the start (actually in 1948) of a growing trend that, by 1959, would produce fins, styling, and chrome-levels that could only be described as overwhelming.
Keep one thing in mind, though, if you are used to driving newer products. Cars of that era, in general, required a lot more maintenance than modern cars do. You will need more frequent oil changes, filter-replacements, periodic tune-ups with distributor/spark-plug/condenser/rotor/breaker-point replacement, brake jobs, carburetor cleaning/adjustments, and lubrication-points underneath on the steering and chassis parts. You might also have to put octane-booster into the gas tank (or retard the ignition-timing, which will take the engine less-efficient and run hotter) to make up for the need for higher-octane in the cylinders.
Also, try not to get those drum brakes wet....they will lose effectiveness for awhile (until they dry out) if you do. And drum brakes, in general, also tend to fade with heavy use....be careful going down steep hills, where you will need to downshift.
Okay so i have 3 Lexus Ls400s but had the new car itch and wanted to get something completely different out of left field. my first car was a 1955 pontiac Starchief that i drove back in the Y2K era and it was the greatest! wanted something like that again.
last weekend i looked at several classics but this one just spoke to me. its a 1950 Cadillac Series 62. Unrestored original survivor car with 75k miles. shes not perfect but really clean for being 70 years old. she definitely needs some work to be a normal driver cause she sat for a long time, overheats after driving about 15 mins, has a lifter tick, and the shiftier broke on me last night so not its stuck in drive, but goes thru all gears just fine. either way it will be an interesting project. she was a former show car with tons of awards and even featured a few times in car magazines back in the 80s and 90s. (i got all the old trophies and awards with it) i paid $5k for her and the guy that had it wanted $10, and looking at what other old cars are going for in my area, i cant touch anything even remotely as nice for that price so i think i did good. shes a time capsule and everything works!!
i plan to actually drive this car normally and not trailer it around. once i get her on the road and right ill do a full review on it. what do you think of her?
congrats! great looking old car. never understood calling a car 'she' or 'her' though.
it's definitely a cool retro throwback but it has no particular nostalgic value to me
also i can't help but notice how completely dead anyone who got hit by this would be lol... one definitely couldn't produce a car today that essentially has two spikes on the front of it
Nice Caddy it could have made an appearance in The Godfather. I remember these running around when I was a little kid. Is the gas cap under one of the taillights?
picked up a classic 1950 Cadillac
Nice find.
LOL 
