select sixty

[harry yarnell]

I've seen this in reference to certain model Reatta's and maybe Riviera's. Now I've got the oppurtunity to pick up a '92 Select Sixty Cadillac Fleetwood.

What the hell is a Select Sixty designation?

[padgett]

You sure it isn't "Sixty Special" ? That was the TOL Fleetwood sedan while the lesser model 62 included the "Sedan de Ville".

[Guest TheNewDamage]

In reference to the Reatta Select 60. Just ran across this at the Barrett Jackson site.

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/auctionresults/common/cardetail.asp?id=174469

[Roadster90]

Think Padgett put the hammer to the nail Harry....Cadillac has the 60 Special......close though <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />...

Thanks there New Damage for the link....I made a copy of it to put with my S/S stuff. Tammy will want a copy as well...where is Tammy anyway...haven't heard a squeak <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />...I'll email her.

[Roadster90]

GOOD GRIEF !!!!! I was looking at the link with the Select Sixty again...the car SOLD FOR $11,800.00 !!!!!! How can you find out how many miles the car had on it at BJ??? Either something is wrong with the car, it had high miles, or no competition on bidding ...or ???????????

[bobwhite]

Looks like it has 1991 wheels, or did select 60 come with 16' wheels?

[Guest crtnrds]

I can't understand why a car like that, owned by a celebrity no less, sells for $11,800 when a frekin' Mustang sells for $80K+.

[Barney Eaton]

If the Cadillac is a "select" it may be a trim package. What you are looking at is is a 60 series Cadillac. It was top of the line, under the 75 limo's.

The Cadillac 60 series started in 1938 with the first 60 special.

The Select Sixty designation within Buick was the Buick general managers award for the top 60 Buick dealers. To my knowledge, there was never a Buick made that actually carried the words "Select Sixty" on the car.

[Tacoma]

The Select Sixty posted by The New Damage at the BJ site was a 2003 auction. A white 90 with 10K miles and grey interior sold at the Jan 2007 auction for 20K

[padgett]

Cars at B-J do not bother with things like "age", "miles", or "originality". It is all about hype and plying new money with all the liquor they can hold.

[Tacoma]

Padgett, I think you'r correct about BJ in some respect and to some degree, but your particular comment sounds all negative. (The flip side)Sure there are a lot of rich movers and shakers (and celebs) there that spend a lot of big bucks but there are also a lot of us regular folks who go to see a great auction and some of the finest and rarest autos in the world. They do command the top prices (ie: 20 grand for a 90 Reatta conv in 07) and they have been known to some borderline shady things and the high-rollers do get some pretty good perks and a lot of fuss made over them, but that's business as usual in the world of high finance. I wouldn't mind having some of that attention (and money) myself, but I'll just have to be content with my annual trek to see some of the best wheels in the world before they go back into someones garage until they get sold again.

My sugestion to everyone is that if you have not yet had an opportunity to get to this world class auction every January in Scottsdale AZ. Put it on your calander. It's the best 15 or 20 dollars (enterance fee)you can spend to see some great and rare customs and classics. I've been going for about 8 years now.