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Spotted On The Road: 1960 Cadillac Convertible

 

Driving past a restaurant near Mödling in Austria, we saw this huge pink vehicle sitting in its almost empty car park. We just had to pull in to take a closer look.              

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It turned out to be a Cadillac Series 62 from 1960.

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Apart from being very pink, it also was very long—as the photo below clearly demonstrates.

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I love the enormous tail fins. The next shot shows the inside.

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The interior colour scheme suggests to me that the car was probably pink from the outset, but my wife disagrees.

Below are a few more photos, including a couple of close-ups of different parts:

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A brief internet search reveals that this model has a massive 6.4l engine. I had to laugh when I saw this line on Wikipedia: "The 1960 Series 62 had smoother, more restrained styling." Looking at images of the 1959 version, I can see the point—but 'restrained' is not a word one would use today to describe this design.

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