I have found time, after three years (!) to put together the 1964 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 and other similar sources.
Total production was 165,959 cars of the model year, again a marginal increase over the previous year.
Again, the easiest way to distinguish a 1964 Cadillac from a model of any other year is to look at the front clip and rear tail fins. The 1964 models have a broad, slightly V-eed, egg-crate grille with a broad, body-colored molding cutting through the middle and underlining the dual headlight pods at each extremity. Look also for the four ribs on the parking/turn signal light housings; these extend around the edge of the front fenders into the matching cornering light housings.
The unmistakable tail-light housings are similar in volume and vertical positioning to those of 1963 except that when viewed from the side, they form a rear-pointing "V", as compared to the "flat", vertical housings of 1963.
This was to be the last year of the "obvious tail-fin", although they were retained on the Series 75 sedan and limousine for 1965 (Cadillac did not re-tool that series until 1966).
As in 1963, Fleetwood models for 1964 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, ELDORADO, etc.)
Additional information and photos of the 1964 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].
1964 Cadillac - Easy ID
The tail-light housings (right)
have a rear-pointing "V",
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