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[ last update: 10.01.2014 ]
The (new)
Cadillac Database©
Photo Pages
Cadillac
1963
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I have found time, after three years (!) to put together the 1963 Cadillac photo page. I hope you will enjoy it.
Images and photos are from my own collection. Most of them are factory photos graciously provided to me through the years by the Cadillac Division's Public Relations Department. Others have been scanned from that year's merchandising literature.
This was another banner year with almost 2500 more 1963 cars than the 1962 models. Total production was 163,174 cars compared to 160,840 the previous year).
Again, the easiest way to distinguish a 1963 Cadillac from a model of any other year is to look at the front clip and rear tail fins. The 1963 models have a broad, flat, egg-crate grille with a single chrome bar cutting through the middle and underlining the dual headlights at each extremity. Look also for the small, round, amber turn-signal lenses below each pair of headlights. The unmistakable tail-light housings pursued the previous year's vertical theme but grew longer and slimmer; when viewed from the side, they drop vertically (as compared to "V"eed housings of the 1964 model). The height of the tail fins was down marginally from last year; their long, low profile looked a little more angular than their 1962 counterpart.
Fleetwood models are distinguished by the absence of any trim molding running down the center of the car sides. Instead, they feature a small wreath and crest at the extremity of the rear fender, close to the tail-light housings. Look also for identifying script or lettering on some models (De Ville, FLEETWOOD, Park Avenue, ELDORADO, etc.)
Additional information and photos of the 1963 models and the related sales literature may be found in The (New) Cadillac Database© sections entitled "Descriptions and Specifications of Cadillac Cars 1956-1965", "Cadillac and La Salle Sales Literature 1960-1964" as well as in the appropriate "Dream cars" section. Further recommended reading includes:
(a) "Cadillacs of the Sixties" by Roy Schneider, © 1995, published by Automobile Heritage Publishing Co., Post Office Box 7, Temple City, CA 91780 [ISBN #0917104048 / 9780917104046.
(b) "Standard Catalog of Cadillac, 1903-2000" edited by James T. Lentzke, © 2000, published by Krause Publications, Inc., 700 E. State Street, Iola, WI 54990 [ISBN #0-87341-925-1, Library of Congress #91-61301].
Easy ID
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The Series 62 models
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The Series 63 "De Ville" models
The Coupe de Ville
The Sedan de
Ville (4-window model)
The short-decked Park Avenue Sedan de Ville
The Sedan de Ville (6-window model)
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The Fleetwood models
The Series Sixty Special
The Series 75 sedan and limousine
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Miscellaneous images
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Trivia: Many photos on this page are from rare factory photo albums claimed to have been found in a dumpster, in Michigan, and later offered for sale on e-Bay in 2002. 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.
Return to The (New) Cadillac Database© Index Page
or go back to the Cadillac photo index page to pick another year
or go to the La Salle photo index page
© 1996, Yann Saunders and the Cadillac-LaSalle
Club, Inc.
[ Background image: profile of 1963, Sedan de Ville ]
