strictly limited and numbered to 70 units!
For Cadillac, 1964 was a year of restraint. The excesses of the late 1950s were behind the brand; the tail fins had shrunk to a narrow, vertical edge, and the body stood clean and straight on the road. The Coupé de Ville, the two-door hardtop of the de-Ville lineup, was the car that let you make an entrance without having to prove anything.
Technically, though, it was a great model year. Under the long hood, the new 7.0-liter V8 with 429 cubic inches made its debut, paired with the newly introduced three-speed Turbo-Hydra-Matic transmission. Added to that was Comfort Control, the industry’s first fully automatic climate control system: set the temperature, and forget the rest. American progress, wrapped in chrome.
And then there was the color. “Firemist” was Cadillac’s premium paint program, featuring fine metal particles in the clear coat that don’t simply reflect light but diffuse it. Firemist Saddle is the warm bronze-gold shade from this program—subtle under the midday sun, outrageously beautiful in the final hour before sunset
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