(Left) Rectangular parking/fog light housing
(Center) New, vertical tail-light housing design
(Right) VIP taking delivery of a new Series 60 Special sedan at the factory on Clark Street

    
Regular and cropped views of the Cadillac stand at the 1962 Chicago Auto Show; the car in the foreground
(at left) is a mild custom job; it is also visible above the "BUICK" sign in the RH image, below

    
(Left) Chicago Auto Show, 1962; (right) Cropped image from 1962 merchandising catalog

    
Factory publicity shot; it shows the rear fins of the previous year's model at right

The Coupe

   
Style 6237G, 16,833 units built; they cost $5,025 each [about $800 less than last year]; upholstery in 2" piping was available in   black, sandalwood, maize and laurel
Cotillion cloth,  or blue, turquoise or green Cromwell cloth, or  gray Copley cloth, all with a matching or harmonizing coated fabric (vinyl) for the bolsters and trim

The Sedan
6-window style

   
Style 6229K, 16,730 units built; they cost $5,213 each; the "Series 62" sedans were available; like the coupe, the sedan and town sedan (below) both
were offered with the same upholstery patterns and choices; a rear armrest was standard


Factory publicity shot

The Town Sedan
4-window style

   
Style 6289, only 2,600 built; they cost $5,213 each; like the coupe, the sedan (above) and this town sedan both
were offered with the same upholstery patterns and choices; a rear armrest was standard

Size comparison between  the Town Sedan and the regular Sedan de Ville

   
Series 62 sedan, "4-window" model

Cropped image from 1962 Chicago Show

The Convertible

   
Style 6268F, 16,800 built; they cost $5,588 each; upholstery choices included eight natural grain leathers
in white, black, blue, maize, saddle (tan),  sandalwood, green and red; bucket seats were available at no extra cost

    
Cropped images from 1962 merchandising catalog

      
These three, rare, factory promotional shots (?) were discovered, circa 1998-2000 in an old photo album recovered
[along with many more] by "Kevin", the night supervisor of a Detroit dumpster company; every Friday, two 54' dumpsters
from the Fleetwood plant would pull in to his yard, both loaded with "treasures" (by today's "collectible"  standards);
when he moved to Maine, circa 2001-02,  he took with him THREE tractor-trailer loads; now he is a regular vendor on Ebay!

A fine survivor on the Internet

The Coupe de Ville

   
Style 6347J, 25,675 units built; their cost was $5,385 each;upholstery selections in combinations of matching fabrics and leathers included three different cloths:
Camelot (a stylized coeur de lion motif) in maize, green, turquoise or laurel, Capella (showing a tiny star pattern)  in sandalwood, blue or black, and Chelsea
(a self-patterned, 3-dimensional design); bucket seats were available at extra cost, full trimmed in natural grain leather in white, black, sandalwood or red

Cropped image from 1962 merchandising catalog

   
[Right] Coupe de Ville from that same brochure 

Cropped image from 1962 Chicago Show

    
Cool survivor (2012)

The Sedan de Ville
4-window style

   
Style 6339B, 27,378 units built; their cost was $5,631 each; the same upholstery choices were offered as for the Coupe de Ville;
bucket seats and full leather upholstery were available as an extra-cost option, as in the coupe

The Sedan de Ville
6-window style

         
Style 6329L, 16,230 units built; their cost was $5,631 each; the same upholstery choices were offered as for the
Coupe de Ville; bucket seats and full leather upholstery were also available as an extra-cost option, as in the coupe

Cropped image from 1962 Chicago Show

     
(Above two rows) cropped images from 1962 merchandising catalog

The "Park Avenue" Sedan de Ville
4-window style - overall length, 215"

   
Style 6389D, 2,600 units built; their cost was $5,631 each; the same upholstery choices were offered as for the Coupe de Ville
and the two Sedan de ville models; bucket seats and full leather upholstery were also available as an extra-cost option

   
Park Avenue sedan - a survivor

Cropped image from 1962 Chicago Show

The script on this survivor photo
does not match the catalog illustration

The Eldorado Biarritz

   
Style 6367E, 1,450 units built; their cost was $6,610 each; seating areas were available in a combination of cloth and leather (rare in a convertible),
fine-checked 1¼" piped, black & white Cannes cloth for seat backs and seat cushions, with black natural grain leather for bolsters and trim; all leather
upholstery in ¾" piping was available also in Concord blue, sandalwood, saddle, heather or red; bucket seats - as shown, right - were a no-cost option on the Biarritz

The Biarritz may easily be identified by the Cadillac crest plate  below and just ahead of the front door vent windows, matched with a
twin bead or so-called "J" molding (the center being the color of the upholstery), running from the crest back to the rear tail-light housing
and on down to the trailing edge of the skeg; the ELDORADO name appears in block letters in the center of the trunk lid lip

This nice survivor was offered for sale at auction on eBay, in May 2006 by a reputable vendor
in Saddle River, NJ; the auction was ended early and there appeared to be a winning bidder
for $4.5 MILLION; if true [which I tend to doubt, taking into account all the bizarre deals
I have seen going on there], then this car deserves a place in the Guinness Book of Records

   
Here is another survivor in  great condition

       
Style 6039, 13,350 units built; their cost was $6,366 each; interiors were distinguished this year by new, beautifully grained African cherry-wood panels
on all four the doors, as well as new, individual reading lamps on both rear quarter panels; two upholstery patterns were offered including a broad,
rectangular biscuit design and a smaller, square biscuit design, both in fawn, gray or burgundy broadcloth with matching, smooth leather bolsters and trim;
a new, embroidered wreath and crest decorated the upper part of the center arm rests, front and rear; other upholstery selections included
black, blue and laurel Carriage cloth,  or gray, fawn, turquoise and green Cameo cloth; all but the black Carriage cloth had matching
leather bolsters and trim; the black Carriage cloth was offset with contrasting white leather. 

         
Cropped images from 1962 merchandising catalog

Artist's view

    
A survivor discovered on the Intrrnet in 2014

   
Style 6723R sedan,  696 units built; their cost was $9,722 each, and
Style 6733S limousine, 904 units built; their cost was $9,937 each
Upholstery was of the finest gray or fawn wool broadcloths or Calais cord with harmonizing broadcloth bolsters in gray, dark gray or fawn;
the pattern was a rectangular biscuit design; the front compartment of the limousine was trimmed in 1¼" piped black,
gray or fawn natural grain leather to match the rear compartment color choice.   As in the "Series 60 Special",
a wreath and crest decorated the upper part of the rear seat armrest

Feast your eyes on this beautiful Series 75 limousine
Photo: © 1962 GM/Cadillac

Cropped photo from 1962 professional car catalog

Cropped factory image

...and on these lovely survivors!

Photo:  Internet 2013

   
Chauffeurs and Fleetwood "75" models
just seem to go together so well

What OTHER car would do the job so well?

   
(Left) Optional lap belts (...better than nothing, right?)
(Right) power window and seat controls on driver's armrest

   
Cruise Control (position on dash and detail)

   
Unlike the couples in these two publicity shots for the 1962 models,
such tasteful and elegant attire is no longer a prerequisite to
ownership and enjoyment of the grand old American marque

Cropped gasoline advertisement
"Fill 'er up!"

Assembly line inspection of finished car

Could YOUR '62 Cadillac be in this line-up of new models at the Clark Street facility ?

Production record-breaking 1962 Cadillac sedan - the 160,840th;
up to that time the record model year had been 1956, with 154,577 cars built

Harold G. Warner, Cadillac General Manager
and Fred H. Murray, General Sales Manager

   
I believe this is the wife of a Cadillac executive, taking delivery of a new
Coupe de Ville at the factory (the red ribbon on the roof is barely visible,
but the huge birthday cake stands out well on the hood of the car

Trivia:  

These and other  rare, factory promotional shots (?) were discovered, circa 1998-2000, in an old photo album recovered [along with many more] by "Kevin", the night supervisor of a Detroit dumpster company.

Every Friday, two 54' dumpsters from the Fleetwood plant would pull in to his yard, both loaded with "treasures" (by today's "collectible"  standards);  when he moved to Maine, circa 2001-02,  he took with him THREE tractor-trailer loads.  Now he is a regular vendor on Ebay!

I believe the CLC Museum and Research Center was able to acquire some of these albums; sadly others have gone into private collections and possibly may be lost for us poor researchers.