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Mention classic American cars and the mind is drawn back to the 1950s. The Classic Car Club of America labels cars built before 1959 as classics. That tag is certainly deserved for cars built and designed during that decade as the American automobile manufacturers revolutionised the designs and technology of cars.

Names of the vintage American cars of the 1950s resonate to this very day. The Oldsmobile Rocket 88 Convertible, the Chevrolet Corvette and Bel Air Convertibles, the Dodge B500 Hardtop, the Studebaker Golden Hawk and the Cadillac Convertible and Seville - hallmarks of luxury - remain great examples of American automobile design of that era.

The design of American cars during the 1950s was spectacular and their engines were powerful, and good example of that was the Oldsmobile Rocket. Produced initially in 1950 the vehicle was powered by a V8 engine and at the time was the most powerful automobile on the road.

Another name synonymous with classic American cars of the 1950s is Chevrolet. Chevy's Bel Air range became one of the most popular vehicles for American motorists with sales hitting the 100000 mark during 1951. Chevrolet followed the trend for fins and chrome and by 1957 rolled out the Bel Air Convertible, which was to remain popular into the next decade.

The 1950s saw the rise of car designers with the ability to wave their magic on the drawing boards and design the cars which appealed to the American public. One such designer was Virgil Exner who led to the likes of Dodge being able to produce what are now renowned as classics from that era.

With the American motorist demanding regular change in style, companies such as Studebaker were happy to oblige. In 1957 they produced one of the all time great automobiles, the Silver Hawk.

The Silver Hawk had plenty of varieties to tempt the dollars out of the wallets of the automobile loving public, coming in the Flight Hawk, Power Hawk, Gold Hawk as well as in a hard topped range.

Mention of great American Cars of the 1950s often brings to mind the name Cadillac, a brand associated with luxury and opulence. By 1957 the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham was retailing at an eye watering $13000, a huge amount in those days. No wonder that the Cadillac range was associated with the stars of the era, and it will always be labelled a classic.

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The first Seville was an ultra-luxurious hardtop coupe introduced by Cadillac in 1956. The convertible version of the Eldorado was marketed as the Eldorado Biarritz and the hardtop was marketed as the Eldorado Seville. While other Cadillac cars were fitted with single 4-barrel carburetors and 285 horsepower engines, the Seville came equipped with two four-barrel carburetors and a 305 horsepower performance engine. The Northstar engine that would become synonymous with Cadillac was decades away at this time.

In 1957 and '58 the Eldorado was produced with stylish shark fin rear ends. It was the first appearance of a look which Cadillac would exploit shamelessly in the early ‘60s. They "out-finned" all other manufactures at this time, placing large cone-shaped tail lights conspicuously on the fins so that the red glow from the tail lights immediately gave the impression of flame shooting from the end of a rocket ship. Sevilles were also covered in chrome, which again gave the impression of some futuristic machine.

The name Seville disappeared from the Cadillac lineup in 1960, and didn't reappear until 1975. Introduced specifically to compete with Mercedes-Benz, the 1975 Cadillac Seville featured a 350 cid V8 engine, electronic fuel injection instead of carburetors and every option available on a car at the time. In 1992 the Seville was re-engineered again, but still featured a 4.9 liter pushrod V8 engine. The ultimate Seville was first produced a year later, in 1993, when Cadillac installed the 90o v-architecture Northstar engine.

The Northstar engine had a 4565 cc displacement and produced 300 horsepower from a cast aluminum 90° V8 block that featured 4-inch bore spacings split into unitary upper and lower halves. The lower crankcase assembly of the Northstar engine supported the crankshaft without the use of conventional main bearing caps. Under the Northstar engine's crankshaft was positioned an oil manifold plate with the oil galley formed by an integrated silicon gasket. The engine also featured cast-iron cylinder liners with bronze pin bushings and free-floating cast aluminum pistons.

The Cadillac Seville, from its earliest incarnation as a hardtop Eldorado to its ultimate appearance as a stand-alone product line with a Northstar engine, has always represented style, luxury and performance. These cars are highly sought-after today and Seville is one of the most popular cars for restoration projects. A rebuilt or used Cadillac engine, and a Northstar engine in particular, is considered a prize when restoring or retrofitting a car.

Finding a used Cadillac engine, whether a Northstar engine or not, used to be a daunting task. Buyers had to trek from salvage yard to salvage yard hunting for a used Cadillac engine that would meet whatever requirements the retrofit demanded. Times have changed significantly, however, and now all a person has to do is to provide the engine specifications to any salvage yard. They will do a computer search for a used Cadillac engine and tell you what is available. If you want the used Cadillac engine they locate, you buy it and they will have it shipped in.

Whenever you buy a used Cadillac engine, insist on a three-year warranty. Also, beware of shipping and handling charges. There are many places that will ship a used Cadillac engine free of charge – but of course they make up that money by charging more for the engine. It is important to look at the cost of the engine and shipping combined before making a purchasing decision.

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So, if it's time for a new Cadillac Seville, consider if a new car is really what you need. It could be that you can find a used Cadillac engine for a reasonable price and be able to repower your Seville and save some of your hard-earned money!

How can the the new Cadillac coupe be called a CTS Coupe? Catera Touring Sedan Coupe!? Makes no sense to me.?

To my understanding I've known the "TS" to stand for touring sedan in the Cadillac line up. An example would be the STS: Seville Touring Sedan and the CTS: Catera(I believe) Touring Sedan. How can Cadillac's new coupe be called a Touring Sedan Coupe? Should'nt the car be called the CTC??? After all they did have an ETC: Eldorado Touring Coupe

CTS doesn't mean Catera Touring Sedan, it more-or-less means C-series Touring Sedan. If you use that name, then CTS coupe and CTS wagon don't make much sense. But, if you just think of the car as the CTS, then it's fine.

Remember, back in the day they used STS and ETC after the car name, so it was Seville Seville-Touring-Sedan (Seville STS) and Eldorado Eldorado-Touring-Coupe (Eldorado ETC), so it didn't make sense then either.

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