Vehicle Description
1957 Cadillac Series 60 Special Custom Sedan ?4-door hardtop custom
resto-mod with modern drivetrain ?Final model year for dual
headlights; ?58s had quad lights ?Classic Caddy with modern
features ?Modern 5.7L GM V-8 with port fuel injection and dual
exhausts ?Modern four-speed automatic transmission with overdrive
?Cobalt Blue exterior (code 26) ?Blue interior with gray leather
inserts and inner door panels ?Vintage air-conditioning, Autronic
Eye, power steering, power four-wheel disc brakes, power front
bench seat and power windows ?Custom headlights and Dagmar front
bumper with gold pasties and grille One of head stylist Harley
Earl?s last projects before retiring, the 1957 marked the sixth
generation of the Series 60 Special. This beautiful blue example
has classic styling combined with modern conveniences ? a modern
V-8 engine and a modern four-speed automatic transmission with
overdrive, 4 wheel disc brakes and vintage A/C. This example is one
of a handful Series 60 hardtop sedans made in the Clark Street
Assembly Plant in Detroit, Michigan. It left the factory with the
following options, E-Z Eye Glass (code E), a heater (code H) and
two license plate frames (code M). Dressed in Cobalt Blue (code
26), the car?s paint and trim are in overall very good order but
with minor imperfections on front fenders and rear passenger side
door. Up front are a Dagmar-style bumper with gold pasties and
grille along with custom headlights. The car?s bodywork is
straight, the engine bay is extremely tidy, as does its EverStart
battery. The chrome bumpers are in good, original order. One
stylistic feature of the car is a wide, ribbed bright metal fairing
that extends from the lower half of the rear doors to the rear
bumpers. A Fleetwood nameplate is on the trunk lid, along with the
car?s reverse lights. The car?s dual exhausts exit through the rear
bumper. This big, finned Caddy rolls on American Classic wide
whitewall tires, size P235/75R15. Each tire is mounted on a steel
wheel topped with new wire wheel covers. The tires and wheels are
all in very good order. Under that blue counterbalanced hood is a
modern GM 5.7L V-8 with port fuel injection that breathes through
dual exhausts. This installation is so neat and clean that looks
like it could have come from the factory. The motor is connected to
an equally modern GM four-speed automatic transmission with
overdrive but the speedometer and odometer are inoperable. Driver
convenience features include vintage air-conditioning, power
steering, power four-wheel disc brakes, power front bench seat and
power windows. It also has the Autronic Eye, which senses outside
light levels and turns the exterior lights on and off, depending on
conditions. Inside, this car?s blue front and rear bench seats with
gray inserts and matching inner door panels are all in very good
order. The blue carpeting is in satisfactory shape, while the
matching headliner looks great. A two-spoke steering wheel faces
the driver and its blue metal instrument panel carries a futuristic
theme that was popular at that time but the horn and wipers are
inoperable. A column-mounted shift lever looks great alongside a
Custom Sound AM/FM stereo with an auxiliary input for an MP3 player
or a cell phone that can play your digital music library. When
Cadillac redesigned all of its standard models for 1957, the Sixty
Special adopted the pillarless design used the year before on the
Sedan de Ville. Sixty Special production reached an impressive
24,000 units - a sales plateau that the nameplate would never
achieve again. The chrome fender louvers, a Sixty Special trademark
since 1942, were gone in favor of a giant ribbed metallic panel
that occupied the entire lower half of the rear fender. The Sixty
Special script was located on the lower half of the front fender
and was relocated to the top of the rear fin for 1958 and the word
?Fleetwood? was spelled out in block lettering across the trunk
lid. Sedan competition to this Sixty Special in 1957 included
Chrysler?s New Yorker, Jaguar?s Mark VIII, Lincoln?s Premiere,
Nash?s Ambassador Sedan and Packard?s Clipper Town Sedan. Wait ?til
you see this car in person; it is absolutely stunning. A current
trend is to replace the old, tired original engine and replace it
with a late-model engine and trans for complete and total
reliability. This car starts quickly, takes nearly no time to warm
and off you go down the road. It drives like you're on Cloud 57.
VIN: 5760084398 This car is currently located at our facility in
St. Louis, Missouri. Current mileage on the odometer shows 435
miles. It is sold as is, where is, on a clean and clear, mileage
exempt title. GET OUT AND DRIVE!!!? Note: Please see full terms and
conditions listed below that pertain to the purchase of any said
vehicle, thank you.