Cadillac Books

The book 'The Golden Cadillac' genre is realistic fiction. It is about how a father sells his car for a Cadillac and wants to drive it to the south: From Ohio to Mississippi. The conflicts are that 1.) Wilma's and Lois' mother do not like the new car and was very upset. And also 2) for a black man to go to the south with a new shiny perfect car police think he stole it. The theme is both preparations because the dad knew of this of the warnings and trust because the family had to trust the Father on knowing what he was doing. Wilma's and Lois' Father get pulled over by a police officer and he has to spend the night in jail. There are two things We liked about this book 1) the father wasnt afraid of going to the Mississippi, 2) he didnt listen to what this family thought about going to the Mississippi.
All kids would probably love reading this book.

The Gold Cadillac is a good short book. Its aboat a girl and her family. One day her dad comes home with a brand new cadillac. They already had a new Mercury. The dad shows the cadillac to everyone and everyone likeed it except the mom. She did not like the car because they were saving for a new home. She did not ride in the golden Cadillac until the dad went to Missisipi, and nobody wanted him to go because it was a bad place for him. You've got to remember that this book takes place in the 1960's. He and the whole family went. If you want to know what happens,read The Gold Cadillac by Mildred D. Taylor.

This is the best book of Mildred D' Taylor

1. The gold Caddilac
2. Road to Memphis
3. The friendship
4. The land
5. Roll of thunder hear my cry
6. Let the cricle be unbroken
7. The well david's story
8. Song Of trees
9. Mississippi Bridge

and thats it. This tells about a different family other than the logans for once. I think that is better because some of her books can stress but Road to Memphis is successful and fun to read. Mississippi Bridge sucks though.

It was a very inspirational book. It kind of made you feel like you were back in the days when there was segragation. i loved it!

This book basically sucked. It was so boring cause liek there was a ton of talknig and no action or adventure or even fantasy or excitement or blah blah blah.

I've used this book as part of a one-on-one class and the feedback from students and instructors were high. It would be best if purchased with cd. Easy to ready and a variety of examples which makes learning easier!

My son and I have found this book very useful. He was lost in 7th grade Spanish, and this book has clarified the points that he was struggling with. He discovered that Spanish could be simple if explained logically with good examples. The only lack is audio back up.

This is generally a good book for teaching beginning Spanish. However, it has a couple of glaring deficiencies: 1) There is NO INDEX in the back of the book, so looking up a specific topic is time consuming. 2)Also, although it has a small bi-lingual dictionary section in the back and exercise answers in the back, there are NO APPENDICES. Thus, no section for verbs or special grammar problems.
In addition, the delay of introducing anything but the present tense makes the students impatient to learn more quickly.

I bought this book to go along with a course I was taking. Though the teacher did not do a very good job, having the book made understanding the language much easier.

Having myself first learned Spanish with the original Spanish made Simple, I was eager to use this book as a teaching tool for an adult class. The most current edition is very close to the original , the revision being in monetary values and dates. There could have been some other revisions giving a more current touch to the story. Also, there are printing mistakes in the pronunciation keys that are very disconcerting to the beginner.
Having said that, it's still a much better book for beginners than the Spanish for Gringos, and a good book to brush up on what you may have forgotten !
I would recommend this to anyone wanting to learn sentence structure, not just the
one liners in the Gringo books.

Everyone thinks that Jaynell and Racine's Grandpa has gone crazy when they find out that his died, so Grandpa leaves the homeplace and moves in with his daughter which is Jaynell and Racine's mom. Jaynell and her grandpa are really close, but when grandma died she felt like grandpa had been yanked from her world. It was Christmas Break when Grandpa moved in so Jaynell wasn't in school, but both of her parents's had to work. Jaynell's dad told her to keep an eye on Grandpa to make sure he didn't get into any trouble, so Jaynell did. The next morning Jaynell did exactly what her dad told her to do. Grandpa got up and got cleaned up for the day, and then he left the house, so Jaynell followed. She felt bad about being so sneaky around her grandpa since they were so close. She ran up next to him and asked where he was going, but he did not answer. She followed him all the way when they finally arive at the cemetary. As they walked through the cemetary grandpa told stories of how the people had died. Everyday they walked to the cemetary together and looked at grandma's grave. They still didn't have a headstone for it. One morning grandpa got up and instead of walking to the cemetary he started heading to Longview, a town outside of Moon, Texas, when Mr. Bailey picked them up and gave them a ride to Longview. Mr. Bailey was heading there to bid on some old abandoned junk cars. Jaynell did not know where they were going in Longview, but she went along with it. When they approached a car deliership, grandpa said this will be fine, so Mr. Bailey dropped them off. The next thing Jaynell was riding in a cadillac with her grandpa, he woke up that morning and wanted to buy a cadillac. The next couple of weeks grandpa and Jaynell drove through town in the cadillac. Grandpa loved the cadillac. They made rounds everyday stopping at people's houses, including the Pickens. The Pickens were the poorest family in town, but everyday grandpa would stop by to get some cookies and coffee. One day when they arrived he didn't go in, instead Willie and Lily Belle Pickes got in the Cadillac. They asked grandpa if he would give them a ride in the cadillac. So he did, they drove around, and then arrived at the homeplace, and everyone got quite. Nobody had been to the homplace since grandma died. The house was bare, it looked like a ghost house. Lily Belle said she would love to live in a nice house like that. The next day Jaynell over slepted and didn't catch grandpa before he left in the cadillac. She went outside and couldn't help but notice that the Pickens were moving. They drove by in Grandpa's cadillac, he was driving and they were heading to the homplace. Come to find out Grandpa let them move in. That evening grandpa didn't come home, so Jaynell and her dad got in the pickup truck and drove down the road looking for him.......to find out what happened you can read the funny and exciting book, i loved it and i highly suggest that other teenagers read this book to!! Thank you for reading my book review over Dancing in Caillac Light!

My opinion of this book is that it would be better off in the hands of a nine year old. In a way this book was a bit too juvenile for me. The hardest word was "hernia".
The story took place in Moon, Texas, where the roads hadn't been paved yet. Grandpap becomes ill. He moves with the Jaynell's family. Gradpap buys an emerald greed Cadillac. He teaches Jaynell how to drive. Grandpap passes away. They sell the Cadillac. Not exactly my idea of an interesting book. This book was very vague. I couldn't even find the climax. I would not recommend this book if there were others.

I hated this book. This family has two girls, Racie and Jaynell. Rachie is a girly-girl and Jaynell is a tomboy. It seems like the only person who loves her is her grandpa. Her parents are just plain crazy. Mama repedily whipped Racie with a flyswatter because she ate a sugar cookie and the dad threatens to "tear up" their hides each time they do something he does not like. Once Jaynell said something out of turn and he grabed her shirt collar, nearly strangleing her, and pushed her rougly to her mama and forced her to apologize. Then Jaynell says that she will flench everytime she sees a flyswatter and she gets really scared when mama uses it on Racie. Her parents are just crazy. Then grandpa dies. Dad becomes even angrier and mama just looses it. I understand that sparking fear in a child's eye is a good thing. Children should be afraid of their parents-but this is crazy. Racie just ate one cookie and from that one mistake she recives a thrashing that is talked about in two paragraphs. Jaynell says that she could hear the repeted blows and it just sounded aweful. These people were crazy. This book is crazy.

Dancing In The Cadillac Lights was a very well written book. I like the way that Kimberly Willis Holt describes her characters. For example, she gives a very good description of Jaynell. She tells that Jaynell is a tom boy and she is "not a girlish girl." The story is about a family that lives in a small town, Antler, Texas, and everybody in the town always hears everybody's business. Everybody in this family of four are the same, except for there is one oddball and that is Jaynell. One day Jaynell's grandpap becomes sick and has to move in with Jaynell and her family, and over the time that grandpap has to stay with that family, grandpap and Jaynell get a better bond that takes them closer together. So overall Dancing In Cadillac Lights was a good, even though it was short, but you could read it anytime.

Kimberly Holt and Sharon Creech both write of strong young female protagonists living in rural settings with eccentric and endearing family members. Following Zach Beaver and Walk 2 Moons, when I compare Holt's LA Sky and Cadillac with Creech's Ruby Holler and Chasing Redbird, Holt wins--hands down. She simply has a better mastery of this genre.

Cadillac is just a delightful story; chock full of eccentric characters and humor in a quaint, rural setting in the year that Neil Armstrong walked the moon. Time after time, Jaynell, the protagonist, makes you smile and chuckle with her one line "zingers" that speak her opinions on everything from "white trash" to her coquetish sister, Racine. The humor is perfect for the primary audience of children as well as adults.

The best zinger of all occurs in the second paragraph of page 137. Jaynell's parents have just returned from a getaway weekend of reconciliation and romance at the lakeside trailer of Uncle Floyd. Jaynell tells the reader, "Mama seemed different...even Daddy seemed to have a lift in his walk...Uncle Floyd had been right...there was nothing catching a fine bass wouldn't cure." Children will laugh but adults will find the word play in the last line and howl!

There is much for children to experience and learn in this story. Don't miss sharing it with your students.

the book connects with people who have a genuine, life long passion for old cars, and thier history ... in this case the authors passion for a specific, and very special marque...

I loved the book, but would probably would be of no interest to the guy who just likes to be seen driving a shiny old car ...

Very disappointing! I had read a review in an automotive mag. and realized it was not a "how to" book, just a fun story. Well it was not even that. The author (from youth) must have had more money than knowledge, because he paid for even the most mundane services all throughout the years that the book covered. Almost entire chapters are filled with an "every breath" description of the simplest of repairs. Too pricy for a boring book. Sorry!

It was interesting to read about the process of finding a car,and all the effort that then goes into finding parts. Being in the old car hobby myself I could understand the work involved and the stick to it attitude necessary to see a project to the end. I was amused when he mentions a time when 25 years slip by while the cars are set aside so he can raise his family and pursue a career. Thats real life.

As prices on Cadillac V-16s skyrocket out of sight here is a story that will encourage and entertain enthusiasts aspiring to own the supercar of the 1930s.

This is a very entertaining account. The author approaches the several vintage Cadillac projects with a realistic budget and everyday technical skills. Toward the end he summarizes a very good rationale for "staying in what he got himself into."

Photos are in both b&w and color. A book like this could inspire you to write your own book as well.

This book is absolutely worthless. The information is ridiculously vague. For example, if you wish to remove your radiator and install a new one, the steps basically say:
1) remove radiator.
2) install new radiator.

No kidding! I couldn't have figured that out myself! And most of the book is like that. I don't know how you can cover model years 1967-89 and say anything of value.

This may very well be the best investment I have ever made. I almost purchased another name brand manual and I am glad I didn't. I found the information in it to be vague and confusing but with the Chilton's everything is easy to find and understand. I have saved over $300 so far by doing the work myself and am about to save $200 more this weekend. I would recommend Chilton's to anyone who is working on a car expert or novice. It's well worth the price!!!!

This book was very helpful to me because it helped me fix my own ca

I'm loking forward to reading and getting plenty of know how from this book. I've been looking everywhere for a book on my year's model which is an '89 Sedan deVille. I also have a '78 Ford Fairmont station wagon.

This is a very informative book, but if you are looking for something specific on a given model, you may be out of luck. In fact, I got the Haynes manual from the library, which covers less models and years, and that still didn't mention the vacuum pump for an 86 Sedan De Ville, which is the part that I need to replace. I guess I'll just wing it. Neither book addressed the removal and replacement of the antenna, either, but if I were to do that incorrectly, the worst would be lack of radio reception, or maybe a short in the stock "Symphony Sound" cassette deck, which wouldn't affect me too much. Maybe the Chilton's editorial staff book would be more detailed.

All in all, it's a very informative book, with a lot of general troubleshooting information. Also, it's going to help me remove my engine from my '70 Eldorado quite nicely. I'm going to keep it, if for nothing else, than as a guide for the Eldo engine and as a generic book on automotive mechanics. All the specs are there, and that's nice.

The lure of the bright lights and fame of Nashville are the setting of "Guitars and Cadillacs," the first in the SoundMaster Romance serices, a series of novels revolving around the people who work with a recording studio in Music City USA.
This particular story follows the courtship dance between radio disk-jockey Reanne Parker and singing sensation Colton "Mr. Right" Wright. As the two struggle to keep their blossoming romance a secret from Colton's fans, they deal with various problems ranging from keeping a long distance relationship alive to a vengeful ex-wife who is determined to make a name for herself. Through it all, the couple's love manges to remain intact, as they discover dreams do come true on Music Row.
Sabine Keevil has done a great job of capturing the magic allure of the country music industry. She has done her research, as evident by the details contained within this story.
I heartily recommend "Guitars and Cadillace" to anyone who likes a sweet love story, and who loves country music. Look for more books in this series to be available soon.

Sharon Galligar Chance
TIMES RECORD NEWS, Wichita Falls, Texas

i like country music and romance and this book had plenty of both except for a few typos i really liked this book can't wait for the next one

This is a really great story, especially if you're a country music fan. The references to current singers and songs lends a certain relevance to the book, and the behind-the-scenes look at the industry make it that much more interesting.

After all that, though, it's just a nice love story, drawing you in quickly and making you care about the characters. I'm looking forward to the next in the series.

This book is a great example of the worst romance writing - cliches, trite dialog, preditable situations, implausible resolution. Had to force myself to finish it just because I wanted to plumb the depths of how truly awful it was. Save your money & buy a Nora Roberts novel.

This is an EXCELLENT book! The tie-in to the music industry is incredibly creative.

I tend to shy away from short stories, but this one is making me reconsider my habit. Michael Malone's red clay, blue cadillac has twelve short stories, and each features a headstrong woman whose story seem to be totally unrelated to the others at the surface. However, more than one woman end up killing their husbands, and in these stories, a good portion of the story explains why she did it, and you will probably sympathize with her! Malone has that writing talent to do so.

One of my favorite stories is "Charmain," one of the many in this book who kill her husband. She is in court and you might think that she was stupid to kill, but after she relates (but not to the court) just how much of a jerk her husband Kyle was, I sided with her.

I loved how in the stories, the narrator is usually a man that is somehow connected to the woman, either as a former/current love interest or a colleague. I have read few stories with that interesting perspective, and I love reading in this new light. The third person narrator is often too distant and the first person narrator (with the first person being the main character, I mean) is good but too common.

Malone also is from the South. So am I, and I love his quips about the lazy Southern life. Example: He briefly comments how it's hard to get the Times paper down here. He hints at the idyllic lifestyle we Southerners have to those who are not familiar with it and also to those who live the lifestyle but often do not realize it (while reading this book I realized just how slow it really can be in Georgia). Malone, with his style of writing, made me embrace my Southern heritage because it's so different from the rest of the United States, especially the North (he contrasts the North and South sometimes, which did make me feel grateful for some aspects of the South).

Not everyone's husbands die. Some end up married happily ever after. Others are not married. One woman got married five times. There are so many different women in red clay, blue cadillac. I will admit, some of the stories are okay at best but as a whole, the intriguing stories come together for a fabulous read. I read very few Southern authors' works, and after reading this work, I'm definitely considering reading more! That, and short stories.

Mr. Malone, I wish you would stick with Cuddy and Justin as they are your finest, in my opinion. The very best story here is Maddie and I wish you had developed her into a full length book. That story was greeeeat. A good mystery, good historical stuff and a good twist in the end although I think I saw it coming. I cannot get enough of Cuddy and Justin so please carry them on into the future. Please????

Malone's skill with prose -- and knowledge of southern women -- are well doemonstrated in this wonderful collection of short stories. While not the stories are not all of the same even level of writing, there is a good range of character types and plot twists to tease and stimulate the imagination. Malone is a good story teller. Some of his lines are memorable -- and quotable. Enjoyed reading it.

The Italians have a word for it: "sprezzatura," meaning "the art of effortless mastery." Michael Malone, North Carolina's twenty-first century Prospero has exactly this kind of prestidigitator's touch with the short story form. His collection entitled: "Red Clay, Blue Cadillac" has a natural flow which makes reading it pleasurably easy. Proof of his legerdemain? Presto! Two of these stories garnered national prizes: "Stella, Red Clay" won the Edgar Allen Poe award and "Meredith: Fast Love" the O.Henry laurel.

A notoriously difficult literary form, the short story usually entails a five point structure: 1. situation 2. generating circumstances 3. rising action 4. climax and 5. denouement. Such literary strictures apparently pose no hardship for Malone who, while maintaining his necromancer's panache with narrative, never loses his inventive prowess. His humor and command of southern speak shine. Here, the novelist presents the reader with a dozen distillate vignettes, every conception dazzlingly real.

Each story bears a woman's name and there are as many types as stories: the omnipotent femme fatale, the psychologically abused wife, the easy sexpot, a feisty and unsinkable old African-American... to name only a quarter ot the total. Malone doesn't limit his magician's sleight of hand to the distaff side either; there are fascinating guys too: a good ole boy hunter type personifying bumpkinhood, a clueless, abusive husband, a slick upper class lawyer, and a harried sports manager. These lists omit many memorable minor characters.

I was delighted when Malone's sleuthing duo, police chief Cuddy Mangum and chief detective Justin Savile whom we know from "Time's Witness" and "Civil Seasons" showed up in the seventh story: "Patty: Love and Other Crimes." A Cahner's Business Information, Inc. critic called this story, "pedestrian." I found it anything but. "Patty" fits the classic pattern snugly; plus it has an ingenious plot, insight into the human psyche, really funny dialogue, and enough twists and surprises to keep the reader happily engaged. Loving Savile, as I do, I was disappointed that Cuddy has more hilarious conversations with "Bubba Percy, the star (in his opinion) reporter for the Hillston Star," than he does with his chief detective.

I always envy those who have yet to succumb to the enchantment of a Malone book for the first time. My initial reading brought Robert Louis Stevenson's appreciative lines to mind: "The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be happy as kings." Malone's version of the new south is on target and fits this quotation. I'll betcha it'll prove even more rewarding the second time around.

Postscript: When reading a work so full and varied, surely, one must wonder about the inscrutable interior stratagems involved in the creative process. In the fourth story "Charmain: White Trash Noir" there are four words which may hold subtle clues to the internal windmills turning inside the learned, labyrinthine mind of Michael Malone. Tenuous intimations to be sure, but ones too plain to be coincidence. Charmain's patrician young lawyer's name is Tilden Snow and his ancestral home is called "Heaven's Hill." These phrases may jangle, even fibrillate your mindsprings if you have read "The Last Noel," Malone's novel which begins as a rare southern snow is falling. It's memorable heroine's name is Noelle Katherine Tilden and her old southern mansion is known as Heaven's Hill. Mysterioso!

Although I'm not prone to reading short stories, anything by author Michael Malone is usually priceless. This collection is no exception. A terrific concept is this, the grouping of Malone's fictional observations of a dozen Southern women, as diverse a group as the real tapestry of women in the south.

Led by Malone's award-winning "Stella, Red Clay" - which is more of a look into the relationship between a father and son, both of whom admire ex-Hollywood star Stella, from a distance, this story was worth the price of the book and definitely deserved the two national awards it garnered. In the collection, about 7 of the pieces are well-developed, and the rest fall a little short of the artistry you've come to expect from Malone's novels. My personal favorite was the look into the soul of a battered woman in "Charmain, White Trash Noir" - Malone perfectly captures the lack of self-esteem, yet the ladylike manner a real Charmain would display when confronted with the dilemma of airing her marital dirty laundry in order to save herself from a conviction.

I granted 4 instead of 5 stars because I particularly disliked the snapshot of Malone's "Justin-Cuddy" series...all about a local deb in Hillston (Patty, Love & Other Crimes). It definitely did not do the series justice.

From the creation of the concept, the cleverness of the cover in the oversize paperback, the ebb and flow of Malone's poetry written as prose, you'll enjoy this collection. And, if you do, be sure to gather Malone's other gems, his novels, which are amazing!

[Attention editor: Please replace the existing review by "Mary Madoni" with this review. The previous review was written when I was accidentally logged in as Mary (my wife). I wrote to your customer service people about this problem and re-submitting the review under my own account was a suggested resolution, so here it is. Thank you.]

...the first is Bonsall's other Cadillac book, the out-of-print "Cadillac: The American Standard" (CTAS).

In fact, this book is essentially a near-verbatim subset of CTAS. Where CTAS begins in 1902 and ends right around 1994 (when it was published), this book begins in 1946 (hence "The Postwar Years" in the title), and seems to leave off right around the beginning of 2002 even though it includes references to 2003 and 2004 Cadillacs, (it seems that most of the copy covering 1946 to 1994 was lifted right out of CTAS).

The fact that the book makes no mention of the enthusiastic public reaction to the '02 Escalade and the CTS, as well as the incorrect reference to the '04 XLR as the "SLR" tell me that Mr. Bonsall probably wrapped up the manuscript in early 2002.

This is a bit problematic, because even though the rest of the book is thorough, engaging, and superbly researched, it sort of sputters once you hit 2002--when all the really cool new Cadillacs suddenly hit the market, (the new Escalade, EXT,and ESV; the CTS, SRX, XLR). From that point onward, it reads like reprinted Cadillac brochures (literally in some paragraphs) and signals an abrupt end to the author's thoughtful analysis and edge-of-your-seat storytelling. It's like watching Cinderella up to the point where the clock strikes midnight, and then being hit with a commercial for glass slippers and ending the story without ever getting to the Prince and all the "happily ever after" stuff.

Otherwise, this is an excellent book from the absolute best automotive writer on the planet. If you're a Cadillac enthusiast and you don't already have or can't get Bonsall's "Cadillac: The American Standard", then this book is a must-have. If you already have the other book and you don't mind shelling out some good money to fill in the space between 1994 and 2001, then this is also a good book to get.

Note that there are no color pictures in this book, although there are many very good pictures on most pages. This book is perfect as a history of Cadillac after WW2, but it isn't intended as a coffee table book. If you want beautiful photographs in a large book, check out Rob Wagner's "Cadillac: A Century of Excellence".

...the first is Bonsall's other Cadillac book, the out-of-print "Cadillac: The American Standard" (CTAS).

In fact, this book is essentially a near-verbatim subset of CTAS. Where CTAS begins in 1902 and ends right around 1994 (when it was published), this book begins in 1946 (hence "The Postwar Years" in the title), and seems to leave off right around the beginning of 2002 even though it includes references to 2003 and 2004 Cadillacs, (it seems that most of the copy covering 1946 to 1994 was lifted right out of CTAS).

The fact that the book makes no mention of the enthusiastic public reaction to the '02 Escalade and the CTS, as well as the incorrect reference to the '04 XLR as the "SLR" tell me that Mr. Bonsall probably wrapped up the manuscript in early 2002.

This is a bit problematic, because even though the rest of the book is thorough, engaging, and superbly researched, it sort of sputters once you hit 2002--when all the really cool new Cadillacs suddenly hit the market, (the new Escalade, EXT,and ESV; the CTS, SRX, XLR). From that point onward, it reads like reprinted Cadillac brochures (literally in some paragraphs) and signals an abrupt end to the author's thoughtful analysis and edge-of-your-seat storytelling. It's like watching Cinderella up to the point where the clock strikes midnight, and then being hit with a commercial for glass slippers and ending the story without ever getting to the Prince and all the "happily ever after" stuff.

Otherwise, this is an excellent book from the absolute best automotive writer on the planet. If you're a Cadillac enthusiast and you don't already have or can't get Bonsall's "Cadillac: The American Standard", then this book is a must-have. If you already have the other book and you don't mind shelling out some good money to fill in the space between 1994 and 2001, then this is also a good book to get.

Note that there are no color pictures in this book, although there are many very good pictures on most pages. This book is perfect as a history of Cadillac after WW2, but it isn't intended as a coffee table book. If you want beautiful photographs in a large book, check out Rob Wagner's "Cadillac: A Century of Excellence".

Thomas Bonsall should be thanked for this book. The anecdotes he relates on the inner workings of General Motors, and how they impacted Cadillac, are worth the price alone. Unfortunately, his editors have done him a disservice as there is hardly a page without an awkward sentence, spell check-induced typo, misplaced end note, mislabelled photograph or inconsistency. Although the definitive book on Cadillac for the period from the 1979 Eldorado to the current Art + Science era has yet to be written, this book should be read together with Robert Ackerson's opus, Cadillac America's Luxury Car, to gain the most complete appreciation of the company's post-war history.

i bought this book as a gift for my dad so he could find parts for his 1938 caddy. it's helped him find original upholstry a new radio and other things. a wealth of knowledge!

Bought a classic Caddilac and had no idea where to find parts. Now I can find even the most esoteric parts - new-old-stock, replicas, re-conditioned. Easy to use with nation-wide suppliers. The book is broken into major categories - Body and trim, Interiors, Engine and drive train, etc. Looking forward to using this guide for a long time.

The book is good in that is has lots of b/w pics, but, I would have wished for color and for it to have included more models. Not bad though.

The book should have had some color pictures and covered more of the different models of each year and why was there nothing about the 62 models