1949 Cadillac Caddy Series 6267X Convertible - My Car Story with Lou Costabile

I'm Lou another episode of my car story I'm here with Kim Flores Kim yes nice to see you bless okay let me grab my camera as I usually do and Kim come with me cuz today we have a very special car what what are we looking at today we're looking at a 1949 Cadillac convertible 62 serus 6267 X 6267 X what's a 62 stand 62 is serious and 67x represents of the car can with power windows and power seat Okay so this is the top of the line 1949 let's get a shot of the front of this car and there it is coming at you and this car is spectacular let's just Zone in on that Cadillac emblem and you can see that this car is missing no detail Ken tell me what this what this hood ornament that that hood ornament is the goddess he came in 1948 49 okay and she is hanging out on the front of this car we're going to take a little more time on this car because this is just a unique car we'll come back to the engine in the front and we've got let me just show you the the length of this car we're going to give an overall here let me Zone in on some of the special the hub caps the Chrome the wonderful Cadillac emblem and uh we're going to go through a little bit of the detail look at the uh Ken tell me about these uh that is called the uh guide light spotlights guide spotlights guide spotlights and they're attached with a mirror in the back with the mirror in the back and that was standard in that time frame uh no there was an option there was an option okay and we've got the the the the windows obviously that open up and you were telling me let's take a look even like at this windshield with the windshield wipers that are all and a the split window in the center yes left forl window and these door handles work like so as you could see the key key opens up is it yes go ahead not that you use that key on this because this car you don't have to ever do that let's uh let's get an overall of this car so let's move back here to get an overall look at the side and the length the length is 215 in in length let me just pause that for a second to get a look at that stance the tail fins are tremendous and you've got rear lights yes backup lights backup lights and this is what this car looks like I'm just going to get a little here and let's get a little lower there and we've got the uh custom exhaust there as you could see with the Cadillac emblem and uh the wonderful detail in the tail lights and the wonderful detail in that Ken show show me the uh how how the gas goes in here the gas opens here go and the tail light props up yes just like that there one more time close and open and open good we're going to shut that for a second while I'm back here perfect I want you to know that this isn't just a normal car want to show you some details This Is The barington Life The Concourse the Elegance show and they put this car on the cover of the newspaper and here was The Concourse write up on this car for people who really want to enjoy all the details okay so let's go to uh the interior okay and uh we'll Zoom back out Ken open the door for us Kim I'm sorry Kim I said Ken and tell me about look at the size of this door tell me about the windows Kim the windows are hydraulic Hydraulics and also the seats and the power top everything is hydraulic and here's the detail there and these lights work these uh yes so let's let's take a look at uh you mentioned the seats where's the button for the seats if these are hydraulic it's right here okay let's take a look at that okay there's the hydraulic seats and tell me what each each button is on this car first of all we got the wonderful Cadillac emblem embedded in in in the in the horn butt we've got the neutral drive low reverse stick shifter let's take a look at the gauges [Music] here and we have pretty much a perfect day for viewing this car what what is what is this gauge that is for the lights lights and that's to open the vent for the windows right and we vent for the air we can see the hood the hood this is a brake hand brake and this a window washer window washer right okay and we've got the pedals down there we're focusing in on and the this side we have there's a button there this is the starter starter cigar lighter okay Power top power top defrost and heater we go to the power top our top and the the froster and the radio all zoned in there all original and the clock and we'll give you the overall interior look let's shut the door for just a second and since it's a convertible you get that that look let's go back to under the hood under the hood so let me I'm sorry I actually have to have you pop the hood and do that and is this a power antenna yes hydraulic hydraulic power antenna okay so hydraulic really means pushing fluid in to make things open right right that's now we use transmission fluid Kim how long you had this car I bought this car 20 years ago and why did this car well because my dad had a a four-door and I decided to go for a twodo convertible so your dad had the four-door so you just been kind of a Cadillac's been in the family right and this one ended up in your collection how well I bought this 20 years ago in Scottsdale Arizona oh okay Scottsdale sure did you buy it from a uh dealer or from a I bought this one for a private owner private owner yes and I'm guessing it's been with them for quite some time before you now what is this that's the hydraulic pump okay is that oil uh that has transmission fluid transmission fluid and what's this blue that's the windshield washer windshield washer okay you at the Cadillac badging on there and everything is done look at the the gas and the fuel and back in here and just meticulous all under here big Hood big hood and you've been the uh the owner of this and this is an award winner correct par me this car has been the award winner yes okay so Ken thank you first of all let's shut the hood thank you for sharing your amazing Cadillac Stam re your car and let me back out Kim said Ken a couple of times I know who I'm talking to Kim Flores Kim thank you so much for being on my car story thank you so much for coming

Channel: Lou Costabile

Views: 203,772

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Id: k5F4wXU3m3M

Length: 8min 50sec (530 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 17 2014