• In the single ownership of a keen American car enthusiast since 2015 • The recipient of a repaint, retrimmed boot, and engine bay detailing during his ownership • Previously subject to a full engine overhaul in the early 2000s • Finished in metallic Blue paintwork with a White roof, and two-tone Black and White interior Styling and horsepower were the watchwords of ’50s American car design and no examples epitomised the thinking more than the voluptuous Harley Earl-penned Cadillacs.

For the lower, sleeker body of the Series 62 model introduced in 1953, the effect of the distinctive tailfins that had been the company’s hallmark since 1948 was heightened by: a redesigned grille with heavier integral bumper and tapered Dagmar-style bumper guards, prominent headlamp eyebrows, a smoothly curved one-piece rear window and a fresh design of full-size chrome wheel trim.

In 1956, there was a new grille, with finer textured insert, and the repositioning of the parking lights in the bumpers, b...