Nineteen fifty-nine marked the first year of the sixth-generation Cadillac Series 62. Giant tailfins, new twin bullet-style taillights, new rooflines for coupes and sedans, and a completely new grille ...

There's no doubt about it: Even if the '59 Cadillac design had gone no further than the concept stage, it's the poster-child automobile that helped define the jet-age, overstated, overchromed, longer, ...