'62 Cadillac at Woodstock.

[Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621]

50 years ago...

I'd have sooner expected to see the Archbishop of Canterbury
before the likes of a Cadillac in a general parking area at Woodstock.


Must have stood out like a Bourbon bottle in a brewery. 

Hope they zipped the back window in before the rain.

[Alan Harris CLC#1513]

The Jaguar next to it seems out of place, too. Bet Mom and Dad would have had a fit if they knew what the kids were doing in their cars that weekend!

[67_Eldo]

There's an XKE on the other side of that dark Beetle convertible.

Woodstock wasn't attended by poor folk. :-)

[Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621]

Woodstock wasn't attended by poor folk. :-)

The suggestion being made was that they'd never let you near the place if you
showed up in a Cadillac - the automotive antithesis of everything Woodstock stood for. 

Many did come from wealthy families - no question there. But the money was still mom & dad's -
not Pig Pen's or Sunflower's. 

[David Greenburg]

Also keep in mind that those were not exactly new cars at the time, and that cars generally did not hold up as well back then.  The Cadillac was 7 years old, and the Jag Mk. II could have been 10, putting them squarely in the old used car category, or perhaps mom and dad’s hand me downs.

[Bobby B]

There's an XKE on the other side of that dark Beetle convertible.

'68 Coupe.....
I love these pictures when the roads were full of such a variety of cars and colors....
   Bobby

[Lexi]

I'm with Bobby on this one. Awesome old photo. Clay

[Scot Minesinger]

For the rust belt (NY included), a 7 year old car was old.  I remember Ohio in 1976, most of my neighborhood thought my Mother's 1968 Thunderbird was ancient.  Most cars in Ohio had rust holes after 3-4 years old.

[Big Apple Caddy]

For the rust belt (NY included), a 7 year old car was old.  I remember Ohio in 1976, most of my neighborhood thought my Mother's 1968 Thunderbird was ancient.  Most cars in Ohio had rust holes after 3-4 years old.

True and by 1969 a 7 year old Cadillac could've been had very inexpensively.

[David Greenburg]

True and by 1969 a 7 year old Cadillac could've been had very inexpensively.

Very true.  A couple of years later, as a 13-year old, I was able to buy what would now be considered a very nice original ‘59 CDV using savings from my newspaper route.  At that time, finned cars were considered archaic and obsolete to most people.

[Bill Young]

Yes in 1970 I bought a rusted out 1961 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible in Code 48 Fontana Rose with white top and black and white interior for $49.00 and $3.00 tax.

[Big Fins]

I love reading this stuff. You guys make me feel like a kid again.

[35-709]

But yer not!   
Went out and got my generator gas today, Fins, good luck!

[Big Fins]

LOL! Don't remind me.

I'm as ready as I can get at this point.

Best of luck to all of our Florida people.