1959 & 1960 Cadillac Chapter

The 1959 & 1960 Cadillac Pitman Arm Recall

The Cadillac & LaSalle Club (CLC) is fortunate to have so many members who make tremendous contributions to the organization and its mission. Among them is David Greenburg, of California. In 1990, as a 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood owner and a NHTSA attorney, he learned of a 1978 recall of the pitman arms on 1959 & 1960 Cadillacs. His safety concerns regarding his car sent him on an extensive research dive which he documented in an insightful January, 2005 Self-Starter article. For those not CLC members, the annual Self-Starter subscription is well worth the low annual membership cost. Go join!

Excerpt from The 1959-’60 Cadillac pitman arm saga by David A. Greenburg: “This article examines the history of these problems on these cars, the recall, and for those of you who own one, explains how to determine whether you car has the redesigned pitman arm. It is an interesting story involving metallurgy, the pope, and precedent-setting federal litigation focused on a most mundane part, the pitman arm on 1959-’60 Cadillacs.”

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