1938 Cadillac SERIES 60 SPECIAL

STOCK # 2647

THIS 1938 CADILLAC SERIES 60 SPECIAL IS LOCATED IN: INDIANAPOLIS, IN

The Cadillac Sixty Special is a name used by Cadillac to denote a special model since the 1938 Harley Earl–Bill Mitchell–designed extended wheelbase derivative of the Series 60, often referred to as the Fleetwood Sixty Special. The Sixty Special designation was reserved for some of Cadillac's most luxurious vehicles. It was offered as a four-door sedan and briefly as a four-door hardtop. This exclusivity was reflected in the introduction of the exclusive Fleetwood Sixty Special Brougham d'Elegance in 1973 and the Fleetwood Sixty Special Brougham Talisman in 1974, and it was offered as one trim package below the Series 70 limousine. The Sixty Special name was temporarily retired in 1976 but returned again in 1987 and continued through 1993.

1938–1941

For 1938, the Harley Earl-Bill Mitchell designed Sixty Special was added between Cadillac's lowest-priced line of cars, the "Series 60", and the "Senior" large-bodied Cadillacs. It replaced the model "70" (short-base Series 70). Although all first-generation 60 Specials were built at the Fleetwood Plant, the 60 Special was marketed as a Fisher Body car in 1938 and 1939.

The new four-door sedan, designed to look like a convertible sedan, showcased trend-setting features including a completely integrated, coupe-like trunk (which launched "three-box" sedan styling); no running boards (which all makes soon followed); convertible-style doors with bright metal window frames (Bill Mitchell called the '38 60 Special "the first hardtop"); a "four-window" canopy with more glass area than any Cadillac before; a steeply-raked windshield and four front-hinged doors. Contrary to what was then prevailing practice for luxury automobiles, the new Sixty Special was intended as an owner-driven car, rather than a chauffeur-driven one.

• CLEAN TITLE
• THIS CADILLAC SERIES 60 SPECIAL HAS 56,826 MILES
• REBUILT 348 CI CADILLAC FLATHEAD V-8 ENGINE BY BELL MOTOR SERVICE
• REBUILT 3 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION
• GM CRUISER GREY EXTERIOR WITH GRAY INTERIOR
• FACTORY DOOR LOCKS
• FACTORY RADIO
• RESTORED TO FACTORY INSTRUMENT PANEL
• CORRECT WHITEWALL TIRES
• CORRECT TRIM RINGS
• INCLUDED ARE SOME TOOLS, PARTS, MANUALS AND PAPERWORK
• WELL MAINTAINED, GARAGE KEPT
• RUNS AND DRIVES