Still, the cars are the key for me. Maybe someone who knows them better than me can chime in. You know them, don't you?
Oli, the last car seen in GFII that we get a reasonably full view of is a '59 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 limo parked outside the Tahoe boathouse during Mama's wake. That would be consistent with a '59-'60 time frame.