Earl, Harley J.
[former Cadillac Design Chief,
creator of Art & Color section]

1950-51 Buick Le Sabre

Why a Buick in the Cadillac Database?
Because this one is the mother of all Cadillac show cars

Eastwood, Clint
[film star, director and producer]

1959 Cadillac Series 62 convertible

Whether Clint ever owned a Cadillac has yet to be determined.  He is seen here with
co-star Bernadette Peters in a couple of movie stills from the aptly-named  Pink Cadillac

This car is featured on an old museum postcard; I have no further details or confirmation

Eisenhower, Dwight D. "Ike" [1]
[former U.S. President]

1938 Cadillac Series Sixty Special

elow (top row, left), Ike in battle-dress cruising down the Champs Elysées
in Paris on the running-board of a 1938 Cadillac Series 75 sedan;

1941 Cadillac Series Sixty-Two convertible

   
Ticker-tape parade in Kansas City, aboard a 1941 convertible

This convertible sedan of 1941 vintage
is said to have belonged to General Eisenhower
[ but is it the car in the previous row? ]

1942 Cadillac Series Seventy-Five

   
Left: arriving at SHAPE headquarters in Fontainebleau, near Paris,
in his five-star, military-drab 1942 Series 75 limousine
Right: this car was later sent to the Eisenhower Museum at Abilene, TX
[ Ike's 1942 Series 75 staff car is almost identical to my own "Black Pryncess" ]

1952 custom Cadillac Series Seventy-Five limousine

   
This formal limousine is said to have been owned (or used) by the former US President

1953 Cadillac Series Sixty-Two Eldorado

       

   
1953 Eldorado #2, used by Ike in his inaugural parade, January, 1953  
Closely following behind Ike's '53 Eldorado are two 1938 V-16 White House security cars

The retired 1953 Eldorado #2,  in which Eisenhower was driven to his inauguration

There exists an interesting amateur home movie of Ike's inaugural parade. This came in, in May, 2008, from Cadillac aficionado, Frank Schmidt: Roderick Cox of Bethesda, MD, took the home movie. He was a school teacher at the Friends School, a private school in Washington,   D.C. (still operating).  He is since deceased. By the way, he grew up near Detroit and his dad worked for a bearing company there. Salesman to the auto companies, Rod went to the University of Michigan and was on a football team with Gerald Ford, later president of the U.S.  Rod was on the track team too and won the National Hammer throw championship in the early '30s. Hopefully, Frank or his brother will upload a digital version of that home movie on You Tube and I will put a link to that site here in due course. 

 

1955 Cadillac Eldorado

       
In other parades, Ike used this 1955 Eldorado

1956 White House security car
and parade limousine

Here, Ike is seen riding with his wife and family,
in company with Vice-President Richard M. Nixon

On the topic of presidential parade or security Cadillacs, I understand from Cadillac enthusiast, Erik Calvino, Tokyo (1998) that the Smithsonian Institute warehouses near Dulles Airport are home to dozens of rare Cadillacs. Can anyone confirm this?

Eisenhower, Mamie
[wife of former US President Dwight S. Eisenhower]

1955 Cadillac Series Seventy-Five custom Fleetwood parade limousine

Built on order by  Hess & Eisenhardt (USA), this special custom limousine was used mainly by Mamie Eisenhower, wife of the then US President. Features include elimination of "C" pillars, a Series 62 coupe rear window, a rear roof line with lower, Florentine curve, alloy "sabre wheels" and a retractable roof panel over the rear passenger compartment.  At latest news [1999], the car was owned by Olivier Delafon,  in France; Olivier has a small collection of "Presidential" cars and cars of state housed in his chateau home near Auxerre.

Factory publicity photo

   
These two original showroom photos were found in an old album that the factory had discarded;
recovered in a dumpster in MI,  the album was subsequently sold on e-Bay in 2003

 

Ellington, Duke
[renowned jazz musician]

1931 Cadillac Series 452A V16 roadster, Fleetwood style #4302

Entwhistle, John
[Bassist, The Who, UK pop group]

1970s customized Cadillac limousine


[ Sadly, John passed away unexpectedly in June 2002 ]

Everson, Cory
[Ms. Olympia, world body-building champion]

This car was a Seville from the factory and converted new.  It sold new, in Houston,
Texas for $68,000! The car is currently in Arizona. It is gorgeous white with a burgundy interior

[ photo needed  ]

Fahd
[King of Saudi Arabia]

1950 custom Cadillac Series 75 limousine

The king commissioned a score of these custom-built, desert-proven, stretched limousines for the comfort of his many wives. The passenger compartment had one-way [mirror] glass all round to prevent ordinary mortals from being able to see inside the car.

 

Trivia:  Back in 1985 I bought from the King, albeit through his chauffeur who had got it in a gift from the
Saudi Princess, a more prosaic 1976 Seville sedan which had been owned by one of the King's many wives.

Farouk
[King of the former Egypt]

Various Cadillacs from the forties

According to a snippet from TIME magazine [date unknown], King Farouk is said to have sent the Cadillac Motor Co. an order for
25 limousines, pointing out that he was a style-setter in the Middle East and that it would be nice all around if he got delivery right away.
Unfortunately, TIME said, Imperials [???] were are not yet in production, with or without leather seats, gold fixtures and red paint.
Perhaps the copy writer got the Chrysler and Cadillac companies mixed up ...or Farouk wanted to imitate Fahd of Saudi Arabia.

On the occasion of his wedding (the 2nd one), to Narriman Sadek, a commoner,
the streets of Cairo were filled with Cadillacs of the forties from Farouk's own stables;
three of them may be seen in this shot, behind the King's Rolls Royce

Farouk
[King of the former Egypt]

1959 custom Cadillac Eldorado Seville landau

[ actually a myth ]

The King's alleged corruption in Egypt and the country's defeat during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, led to a military coup on July 23, 1952, directed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, who forced Farouk to abdicate and exiled him to Italy and Monaco, where the former king lived the rest of his life. He became a citizen of Monaco in 1959.

Farouk continued to live a lavish life even in exile.  A confirmed glutton, the former king became dangerously obese, weighing nearly 300 pounds.  He collapsed and died at the dinner table, in Rome, following a characteristically heavy meal,  on March 3, 1965.

It was long believed that GM's Fisher Body Corporation had been commissioned by Farouk to build this custom, half-top, town car (at one time, the King was reported to have literally hundreds of Cadillacs).  However, in 2007, I was contacted by the brother of the person who effectively converted this car; he was Gordon (Frog) Glover, an amateur customizer from Maryland [read more about this conversion, here]. The original color of this car was Hampton Green.   Some of the hardware was subsequently gold-plated.

One owner of this "wild", half-finned Cadillac landau was a restaurateur of Montreux, Switzerland. I believe he had some financial problems
that compelled him to sell the car for very little money.  In  2001 it was in the custody of friend and Cadillac buff, Roger Zimmerman of Bienne,
Switzerland. Subsequently,  the car was offered for sale on e-Bay, in April 2003, by a German auto museum.  Latest:  the car is believed to
have been acquired by a wealthy Swiss collector, a former neighbor of mine, who wishes to remain anonymous.
[ Photo:  © 2004 and courtesy F. Roux ]

 

Fields, W.C.
[screen star]

1939 Cadillac Series 90 V16 sedan

The well-remembered comedian is reported to have owned, inter alia, a 1938 Series 90 V16 Coupe as well as the 1939 Series 90 V16 convertible sedan and the 1939 Series 90 V16 sedan both shown below (the latter had a wet-bar full of the comedian's self-styled pineapple juice

   
The car on the right was on display at the Imperial Palace collection, Las Vegas, NV.
The two wax figures beside the car represent the comic actor and his lady companion, Carlotta Monti

       
I need confirmation that these really are interior shots of the Fields' car; I have two other sets,
below, one showing a gray broadcloth interior and another in very light taupe;  which is which ?

      
[ These photos:  © 2004 and courtesy Howland Blackiston ]

 

Forbes, Malcolm
Financier and  Multi-Millionaire

1949 Fleetwood Series 75

This car was offered for sale at auction in Scottsdale, AZ, in January 2001 [lot #1047].  Bid up to $28,000 it did not sell. It was once more offered at auction in April, 2002

 

Photo:  Modern Man, Nov. 1955

Forbes, Ralph
[pre-WW2 movie celebrity]

1927 Cadillac convertible phaeton

Ford, Gerald ¹
[ 38th US President ]

1975 Cadillac limousine

This car was subsequently used during the Carter administration

Ford, Gerald ²
[ 38th US President ]

1973 Fleetwood limousine

Ford, Gerald ³
[ 38th US President ]

1983-84 Stretched Cadillac parade limousine
[as guests of the Reagans]

(Generalísimo) Franco Bahamonde, Francisco
[ aka El Caudillo - Spain's former fascist head of state ]

1956 custom Series 75 limousine

Spain became a republic in April 1931 when King Alfonso XIII abdicated and went into exile. In 1933, Spain's  far right was spearheaded by a newly formed party called the  'Falange' (phalanx), led by Franco, that advocated the fascist ideals of Hitler (Germany) and Mussolini (Italy).  Unrest between the nationalists (franquistas) and the republicans led to the Spanish Civil War that lasted from July 1936 until April 1939.  Spain fought indirectly in WW2, on the side of the German. A state of martial law remained in effect until 1948. Hundreds of thousands of republicans were imprisoned and thousands summarily executed. In 1953, an agreement was signed with the US granting aid in exchange for access to Spanish military and naval bases. Spain was admitted to the UN in 1955 (El Caudillo's Cadillac may have been ordered around that time). In 1969, following three months of civil unrest, Franco designated 32-year-old prince Juan Carlos de Borbón, grandson of former King Alfonso XIII, as heir to the Spanish throne and his successor. Franco died, in Madrid, on 20 November, 1975.

Note the shaved off tail-fins, squared off headlights
and parade lights mounted inside the "Dagmars"
[ Photo:  ©2005 and courtesy Joe Bortz ]

 

Frederik XI, King of Denmark
[ then H.R.H Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark ]

1939 Cadillac Series 60 Special convertible sedan

Martin Lund, a Danish Journalist/TV editor wrote in December 2001, that he was researching for National Danish Television, information about a 1939 model Cadillac Cabriolet that was presented to His Royal Highness during a State visit to the USA that year.  Martin says the Prince spoke at the World Fair and was later presented with the car by Cadillac's then Danish CEO, William S. Knudsen.  Martin is looking for news film footage or photos of the event, as well as any information about the car and the Prince's visit to the USA.

  

 

Gabin, Jean
[ Renowned French movie actor ]

1956 Cadillac Eldorado

As may be seen in the photo below (excerpted from France's NITRO Magazine for Oct-Nov, 2003), Gabin may have used his own car in some of his gangster movies.  One of the best of the genre   was called Le Cave se Rebiffe which, loosely translated from French, means The (crime) Boss Strikes Back; some scenes were shot in Paris' reputable Avenue Foch (below)

In this photo Gabin's car is being towed in a movie shot by
a modified 1950 Fleetwood Series 75 limousine

 

Gamble, Earl
[ any relation of James Gamble, co-founder of Procter & Gamble ]

1955 Custom station wagon by Hess & Eisenhardt
[ car #7 of only 7 built ]

In 1837 William Procter and James Gamble formed a humble but bold new enterprise. What began as a small, family-operated soap and candle company grew and thrived, inspired by P&G's purpose of providing products and services of superior quality and value.  I am guessing James would not have been alive when this car was built [or he would have been 92 years old!]. Anyway, the story goes that Earl Gamble owned this car and was a member of the Gamble family of soap fame.  It is believed to be owned today by Wayne Turner of Ohio. Originally baby blue, it featured woodgrain trim but no real or faux woodgrain.

Possibly this car, or one of the other 6 built

 

Garner, John, Nance
[ former Vice-President of the USA ]

1934 Cadillac V-16, chassis #5100030

According to Matt Larson, CLC archivist par excellence, this engine number belongs to a flat-windshield 1934 V-16, Fleetwood style #6275 presumed to have been owned first by John Nance Garner, Vice President of the USA in the Roosevelt administration.  However, the body currently on that chassis [photos below] has a "V" windshield as well as enclosed rear quarters; also, there is no vent pane in the rear door window glass, which seems to suggest that it is a conversion made from a standard Fleetwood style #5875 limousine.

A car with this chassis number was later owned by Mr. R.E. Byrd of Boston, MA, whom I suspect to be the son of Admiral Byrd, the South Pole explorer. I believe that is the V-16 town car [conversion] that as been for many years in the Museum collection of Count J.O. Raben, of Nysted, Denmark. I got the car's engine number from Mr. Raben's secretary in 1977. The Museum catalog tells this story:  The Admiral's son [Admiral Byrd?] wrote to the Museum [no indication of date] asking whether the car might be of interest to it. He admitted it was in poor condition as it had lain out in the open for fifteen years, so the price was reasonable. Unfortunately, although the initial cost to acquire the car was low, restoration proved to be very expensive.  The engine, however, was in good condition. All that was needed was to clean out the fuel lines; the car started up after only a few engine revolutions.

 

This is exhibit #86 in the Aalholm Museum, Nysted, Denmark

   
This town car conversion  currently (2002) is located in Denmark;
it has engine #5100030.  Could it be the car of former US VP, John Nance Garner ?

Garroway, Dave
[ NBC-TV commentator ]

1950-51 Buick Le Sabre

Mr. Garroway is seen here in the driver's seat of the famous GM show car, the mother of all Cadillac show cars [which is the reason I have included it in this Cadillac Database].   The photo was taken at Andrews Air Force base, near Washington DC,   on May 2, 1954 during one of NASCAR's first race events, the National Sports Car Race.  Garroway was NOT allowed to drive the car; at the wheel is Major-General Robert W. Burns, deputy chief of staff of the US Air Force.

 

Garson, Greer
[ Screen star ]

1939 Fleetwood 75 limousine

This magnificent 1939 Cadillac V-8 limousine was
the MGM studio car for Oscar-winning
actress Greer Garson. She starred in 25 films,
including Pride and Prejudice

       
[ Photos: Self Starter, courtesy Howland Blackiston and  Dave's Classic Limousine Pictures

Gellar, Sarah Michelle
[singer-actress]

1976 Cadillac

[the car may have been used only for this publicity shot]

Geller, Uri
["spoon-bending" showman]

1974-75 (?) Contorted Cutlery Cadillac

       
A car covered in bent spoons ?

Geneva State Council
[ Conseil d'état de Genève - governing body of the city of Geneva, Switzerland ]

1963 Fleetwood "75" limousine

I was reminded of this "Personality car" by Mr. Jean-Claude Ferrier,  a journalist on the staff  of  La Tribune de Genève, Geneva's daily newspaper.  And I remembered having admired it once, in front of the Headquarters of the International Telecommunication Union¹ in Geneva (where I worked for 30 years), on the occasion (as  I recall)  of the Union's centenary celebrations.  I remember being taken aback by the car's low odometer reading (11,000kms - or about 7,000 mi); of course it may have tripped the 100,000km mark (on these models the highest odometer reading was "99,999.9").

           
The car used to be on display in Geneva's Musée de l'Automobile [Auto Museum] located  near Geneva's Cointrin airport, but the latter closed its doors in 2007; according to a
press cutting on March 4, 2007, the car has gone back to the Council's depot at Bachet-de-Pesay; the city's driver, Andre Letourneur (far right) remembers the car well;

_____________________________________________
¹  At that time, the Union's official car, which served the terms of then Secretary-General,
Dr. Mohamed Mili and his successor, Mr. Richard Butler, was a 1967 Series 60 Special sedan

 

   
[left] Artist's bird's-eye view of the 1963 Fleetwood Series 75 sedan and limousine model
[right] The City of Geneva's official parade limousine, photographed on mission in the old town

George,
King of Greece

The ad is from the now defunct French weekly L'Illustration for March 1, 1924.   Translated, the headline reads Cadillac - Standard of the World.  Below the photo the caption  reads The Cadillac is the favorite car of the world's high- ranking personalities.  This photo shows King George of Greece driving off in his Cadillac.

 

Geronimo,
Famous Native American,
Chief of the Apache tribe

This old PC is reputed to picture Apache chief Geronimo at the wheel of a 1907 Cadillac tourer

Gibbons, Billy
ZZ Top lead guitarist

Customized 1948 coupe powered by a state-of-the-art 8.2 liter Cadillac fuel-injected engine.  Only the traditional horseshoe-shaped instrument housing and the Goddess hood mascot remained untouched on this unique coupe christened appropriately CadZZilla for Billy Gibbons, lead guitarist of ZZ Top.

 

 

Glenn, John
[ US Astronaut of repute ]

1962 Series 62 convertible or Eldorado Biarritz

Glenn was the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the earth; here the people of his hometown of
New Concord, OH, give him a well-earned hero's welcome

 

 

Gotti, John
[ Mafia boss ]

1979 Custom "Paris" roadster

This car came up for sale on Ebay in Feb., 2008;
it was attributed to the Mafia boss (no actual
documentary evidence was provided)

 

 

Grable, Betty
[ Screen Star ]

1939 Series 60 Special sedan

 

           
This car, said to have been owned by the screen star,
was offered for sale on the Internet in December, 2002

 

Grant, Cary
[Movie star]

1940 town landaulet by Derham

In fact the car belonged to socialite Barbara Hutton whom Grant married in 1942

[ see below ]

 

Guitry, Sacha
[ French theatrical and movie actor ]

The actor is reported to have owned this 1939 V-16
town car  that was converted (for him) from a regular
sedan or limousine style; the car is currently  [1993] part of
the Keyaerts Cadillac Museum collection in France

Gustaf V,
Late King of Sweden

Custom stretched 1937 limousine on 162" (4m12)  wheelbase, by Gustaf Nordberg of  Sweden.  The King used this car up to the time of  his death

Image:  CCCA Bulletin #3, April 2005

Hamilton, Charles F.
[ CEO, United Air Transport ]

1930 V-16 Madame X

One of the earliest V-16s to come out of the old Fleetwood coach works in Fleetwood, PA, was this elegant style 4130 limousine for 5 passengers. When production of the sixteen moved to Detroit, the Madame X series got a new, flat, 18º slanting windshield to replace the less stylish, split-V type seen here.

 

Hanin, Roger
[French screen star]

Apart from riding in his favorite Bentley, the actor [brother-in-law to France's late President François Mitterand]  enjoys cruising also in a top-down, front-wheel-drive Eldorado.   From  the photo [right] my guess is that it's a '76.

 

Harlow, Jean
[fabled Hollywood screen star]

1934 Series 370D V12 Cadillac town car

Unique 1940 Series 90 V-16 Cadillac chauffeur-
driven sport coupe, custom-built by Derham

This car currently [2002] is in the
Merle Norman collection, San Sylmar, CA

Hassan II
[King of Morocco]

1962 Custom, stretched Cadillac convertible

The King had many Cadillacs. This special, stretched convertible sedan on the Cadillac Series 75 limousine chassis was designed and built for the Moroccan ruler by Paris' Henri Chapron; the car is believed to be still in the royal automobile stables at Marrakech. The two White House security cars [to left and right of the presidential Lincoln] escorted Hassan during a state visit to the USA.

 

Hayes, Isaac
[musician, singer, composer]

1972 custom Cadillac "Superfly"

CLC member, Ed Kenny, wrote on the CLC Forum in December, 2003 : A friend of mine was talking about a Cadillac that composer Isaac Hayes had built for himself in the mid 70's that was trimmed with real 14K gold. Mr. Hayes no longer owns the car because it was repossessed by the IRS during a bad time with them.

Late extra: In March 2004, a visitor to the Database gave me a tip where to find a photo of  Mr. Hayes'
exceptional car:  http://www.soulsvilleusa.com/index2.cfm   He said: Write me via email to find out any details.
We have the spare tire and wheel (Vogue custom built Tire) from the 1972 gold Cadillac Eldorado Superfly
of Mr. Hayes. We removed the spare tire and the transmission to lighten the car for a display area.

 

Photo:  Internet, 2004

Hayworth, Rita
[fabled screen star]

1953 custom Cadillac coupe by Ghia, Italy

The actress had many superb automobiles, though not all Cadillacs.  This looks anything but Cadillac, yet it is a special coupe by the Italian coach-builder, Ghia, on the 1953 Cadillac chassis.  Before it was (over-) restored, covered with gaudy, gold trim  and fitted with the wrong 1956-58 Eldorado sabre-spoke wheels, it was recognizable by its original, stock 1953 Cadillac wheel covers and instrument panel. Two of these cars were built. The upper photo (below) shows one of them in a factory publicity shot of the period.

 

Photo Credit: Richard Rowlands

   
These two rows show BOTH Ghia custom jobs on the '53 Cadillac chassis; the two lower photos
were taken by me at the Blackhawk Museum [Don Williams collection], Danville, CA in June 1999;
I'm not sure which of these two cars is the one acquired by the star; Don Williams believes it's his car

1961 Series 75 limousine
This car was advertised on eBay as having belonged to
the Hearst family; don't take my word for it

1970 Custom Fleetwood limousine

   
Reported to have been used by the rock star during trips to South Florida, 
the car featured, inter alia, a safe deposit box hidden behind the rear seat arm rest
[in my 1956 Sedan de Ville, I had installed in the same spot a roll-out mini-bar!]

Greg Rykman of Senzel Limousine, Toronto, Canada
acquired the car from the estate of Hendricks' grandmother

1967/68 Fleetwood "75" limousine

   
The B&W photo (left) was supplied kindly by Database user and Cadillac enthusiast, David Link;
it shows the musician leaning against a 1967/68 Fleetwood "75" (artist's renderingright), purported to be his own

[previously identified in error as a 1972/73 model, the eror was discovered, in July, 2008 by Database user, Jim Charbin ]

1948 Cadillac Series 62 convertible

This factory publicity shot from the collection of the late Dave Holls, former Cadillac styling chief, shows Norwegian-born Miss Henie taking delivery.

1948 Cadillac Series 62 convertible

This car was offered for sale on the Internet and listed as having been owned by the star

 

Hill, Terence and
Spencer, Bud
[Italian screen stars]

This comical duo became big-name stars in Europe with their Abbott & Costello type routines in so-called "spaghetti" Westerns and other light-hearted cops and robbers spoofs.  The artist's painting of a movie still shown here is included because of  that yellow 1953 (?) Cadillac Eldorado in the background.

Holly, Buddy
[Rock 'n Roll artiste]

This may be just a hoax, but I did find for sale on the Internet, in March, 2001, a copy of the title to a 1954 Cadillac Series 60 Special sedan,
issued in the name of one Buddy Holly,  of Lubbock, TX,  on September 12, 1958

  
[ not this car, but one like it ]

Hoover, Herbert
[31st U.S. President]

In the press photo (below, left) we see the former U.S. President boarding a 1931 Cadillac Series 370A V12,
twelve-cylinder special phaeton; I'm not sure if the other photo is the same car

On the topic of presidential parade or security Cadillacs, I understand from Cadillac enthusiast, Erik Calvino, Tokyo (1998) that the Smithsonian Institute warehouses near Dulles Airport are home to dozens of rare Cadillacs. Can anyone confirm this?

 

   
Left: George Tolan, the presidential chauffeur poses proudly beside the White House 1930 Series 452 V16 limousine
Right: a photo of the sixteen-cylinder car when it was still in service


President Hoover is said to have owned
also this sporty 1930 V-16 roadster

Hoover, Edgar J.
[former FBI Director]

Lyndon B. Johnson had use of this car during his term of office as President  of the USA, while the presidential Lincoln Continental was being rebuilt.

Mr. Hoover is also reported to have had an armored Cadillac
built for his own use by Hess & Eisenhardt of Cincinnati

Hope, Bob (1)
[Comedian and movie star]

The actor is seen here taking delivery
of a new, 1946 Cadillac at the factory

 

[ Photo: courtesy GM/Cadillac PR ]

Hope, Bob (2)
[Comedian and movie star]

The actor is seen here riding passenger in Harley Earl's dream child, the Buick Le Sabre, mother of all Cadillac show cars. Bob is seen here with Dave Garroway, star of NBC-TV, at Andrews Air Force base near Washington DC. The date is May 2, 1954. The venue was one of NASCAR's first race events, the National Sports Car Race, where Hope amused the fans with an off-the-cuff, impromptu  monologue.

[ Photo: courtesy Richard Earl ]

Hope, Bob (3)
[Comedian and movie star]

During an episode of Dream Car Garage on Speed TV, in
March 2006,  Peter Klute drove a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado
Brougham #571 purported to have belonged to the star.  I have heard
that he may have owned also 1957 Brougham #114. Another source
tells us Bob Hope owned gthe car from 1958-1984 and then it was on display
on a turntable in an office building lobby in San Diego.

 

Hughes, Howard (1)
[Millionaire and recluse]

Fleetwood Series 75 formal limousine
This car was featured for many years in the
Astor collection that was auctioned off
in July 2008

Hughes, Howard (2)
[Millionaire and recluse]

This Fleetwood Series 75 limousine is purported to have been owned by the eccentric millionaire

   
I believe the car is on display in the Pop Culture Museum at Roscoe, IL

NOT this car but one much like it

 

Hussein
[ late King of Jordan, replaced by Abdallah, his son]

Armored Cadillac limousine by Hess & Eisenhardt

 

 

Hutton, Barbara
[Socialite and millionaire
heiress to the Woolworth fortune]

1940 town landaulet by Derham

Barbara Hutton married screen star, Cary Grant,  in 1942.  She was the niece of Jesse Donahue, heiress to the Woolworth fortune, the car was  a gift from a rich aunt

 

NOT this wagon, but one much like it

Jackson 5
[Black pop group (Michael Jackson and his brothers)]

1971 custom Cadillac station wagon

This snippet of information was passed on to me in January, 2005
by a Database enthusiast who has acquired this wagon and has been
told it was the family car of the group.  Confirmation and photos
are sought, please.

 

But once, with Jermaine standing directly ahead of me in line, I introduced myself. I asked, "by any chance, do you remember an old tan Cadillac station wagon that your mom used to drive you guys around in?" He wasn't sure at first. But once I described the inside of the car with the little black & white television it all came back. "Yeah, yeah. I remember that. You have it?", he asked. I told him that I did, and he was happy to know it was still around. This is as close as I've gotten to verifying the background of the car.

 

Jackson, Alan
[Country singer]

This 1999 Cadillac Seville was on sale on e-Bay in 7/2001; it was said to be the former property of the singer

1958 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertible

Jean-Michel is probably France's best-known modern music composer-performer.  This is (was) his weekend toy.  It is one of only 815 built that year.
Late Extra: this car recently changed hands (2001-02); I spoke to the new owner who lives near Paris, in a western suburb

       
Jean-Michel with his Biarritz and his trademark white fedora with black hat band

 

In the latter part of April 1917 the French and British governments sent delegations to the United States to coordinate assistance and offer advice on the form of possible American involvement in the war efforty. The French mission was led by former French Premier René Viviani and Marshal Joseph Joffre.   Marshal Joffre, the former French Army Commander and victor of the 1914 Battle of the Marne, suggested that an American division be sent to France to symbolize American participation.

1916 Cadillac Type 53, V-8

    
Ticker tape parade for Joffre and Viviani

 

1974 custom Cadillac De Ville

Johnson, Lyndon B. [1]
[Former U.S. President]

This car was for many years in the Imperial palace collection, Las Vegas;  it is said to have been owned also at one time by showman, Liberace

Photo:  Imperial Palace, Las Vegas

Johnson, Lyndon B. [2]
[Former U.S. President]

In a TV segment about the LBJ Library in Texas, you can see Lyndon Johnson and guests after a  hunt; their kill is spread out on the hood of a dark green '49 Cadillac Series 62 convertible. Later in the film there is a scene showing LBJ driving the same car.

His wife, Lady Bird, remarks that the '49 was a big, heavy-to-drive old car, but they didn't part with it because it just kept on running.
 
Anyone know if it survived? 

Not this factory drawing, but a car just like it

Jolson, Al
["The Jazz Singer"]

1933 Cadillac Series 452C V16 all-weather phaeton. 
This car was for a long time in the collection
of the late Bill Harrah, in Reno, Nevada.

Jonasz, Michel
[French musical entertainer]

His music is a mixture of jazz and contemporary R&B.  Here he is seen relaxing on the trunk lid of a '59 Series 62 convertible, somewhere in California where he likes to cut most of his albums.

Jones, James F.Michel
[ aka "Prophet Jones" ]

Custom 1951 Cadillac Fleetwood, Series 75, by Derham of Rosemont

Born in Birmingham, Alabama, James F. Jones, popularly known as Prophet Jones, achieved national prominence as a flamboyant religious leader in Detroit during the 1940s and 1950s. He became one of the few African Americans featured regularly in the mainstream, white-controlled mass media of his era, only to have his acclaim tarnished at the height of his fame with a morals arrest for propositioning an undercover policeman.

The Prophet alighting from his 1951 Cadillac
wearing a a full-length ermine coat
[ Photo:  LIFE magazine ]

Jordan, Michael
[Basketball Superstar]

At the Kruse auction venue in Auburn, IN, in Sept. 1999, a 1984 formal Cadillac limousine was offered for sale (lot #1467); it was reportedly used in the eighties and nineties to chauffeur basketball great, Michael Jordan. Kruse determined that this made it one of a kind ! The final bid was $6,000 but no sale ensued.

Judd, Wynona
[Country/Folk singer]

At the next Kruse auction venue in Auburn, IN, in August, 2000, a 1952 Cadillac that was used in Wynona's honeymoon, after her wedding to Archie, was offered for sale as lot #1467 (that is the same number as above, but one year later!);   it was reportedly sold for $52,500, with autographed pictures by the singer...

H.E. Abdel Karim Kassem
[ former Iraqi Premier ]

Custom armor-plated Series 75 limousine by Hess & Eisenhardt

Kelly, Grace
[ aka Princess Grace of Monaco ]

The movie star become princess is reported to have owned this 1957 Eldorado Brougham

       
[ Lower 3 Photos:  Internet, 2008 ]

Kennedy, John F. (1)
and
Kennedy, Jacqueline, Bouvier
[ America's 35th and favorite President and First Lady ]

1959 special Bubble Top limousine

The Bubble Top limousine was built for the Kennedy's official tour of Canada that year;
it was subsequently used for the State visit of  H.H. Elizabeth II, the Queen of England

 

       
[ For further, detailed photos of this custom job, check out this page - search under ... "Queen Elizabeth"]

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (2)
[35th US President]

1961 Fleetwood Series 75 limousine

This car was delivered that year to the US embassy in Vienna, Austria, to be used by  President and Mrs. JFK during the summit meeting there, in June 1961, with Nikita and Mrs. Kruchchev.  Mrs. Kennedy rode in the same car to visit Vienna's world renowned Spanish Riding School in company with Austrian Chancellor Alfons Gorbach. Whenever President Kennedy rode in the official Lincoln limousine, Jackie would follow in this Cadillac.

Mrs. Kennedy, en route to the Spanish Riding School in Vienna
[ BTW, the white "blob" (at lower left) is not a flaw in the photo,
it is the white rain cover of a Viennese policeman's peaked cap ]

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (3)
[ 35th US President ]

1962 Fleetwood Series 75 limousine

I assume this was just another "official" car placed at the disposal of the President on one of his many diplomatic missions.  Who can identify  the event/location, and the other person in the photo?

 

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (4)
[ 35th US President ]

1962 Series 62 convertible

President Kennedy met with British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan and other officials, at Nassau, from 17 to 21 December 1962; they concluded a special agreement in accordance with which the United States undertook to supply Polaris missiles to the United Kingdom.   It was the result of a series of meetings by the two leaders over three days, following the U.S.'s cancellation of the AGM-48 Skybolt, the planned basis for the UKs entire nuclear deterrent in the 1960s. Under the agreement the US was to provide the UK with a supply of nuclear-capable Polaris missiles in return for which the UK was to lease the Americans a nuclear submarine base in the Holy Loch, near Glasgow. The agreement was clear that the UK's Polaris missiles were part of a 'multi-lateral force' within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and could only be used independently when 'supreme national interests' intervened.

Sopmeone with a keen sense of humor put a sign up at the entrance to the Holy Loch submarine base.  It read:  Sold to Sam for a tin of spam !

Kennedy, John F. (5)
and
Kennedy, Jacqueline, Bouvier
[ America's 35th and favorite President and First Lady ]

1963 Series 75 limousine

I assume this too is just another "official" car placed at the disposal of the President on one of his many diplomatic missions. 
Who can identify  the event/location?

 

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (6)
[former U.S. President]

1964 funeral coach, Miller-Meteor combination

The tragedy of President Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963, will remain forever fresh in the public consciousness.
It was in this historic vehicle that the President took his "last ride".   It is car #1 of the 1964 professional car production of Miller-Meteor,
in Piqua, OH.  This hearse was  ordered from the O'Neal Funeral Home in Dallas; it carried Jacqueline Kennedy and President Kennedy's body
from Parkland Memorial Hospital to Air Force One at Love Field. Originally built for show at the National Funeral Home Directors Association
Convention, held in Dallas in October 1963, the O'Neal funeral home took delivery of the vehicle following the show. It is known to have survived.

 

   
Left: the hearse at Parkland Memorial hospital in Dallas
Right: later, at Love Field, with Air Force One in the background

Kettering, Charles
[Inventor of the electric self-starter]

The 1912 Cadillacs were the first to be fitted with an electric self-starter as well as electric lighting. He was the Cadillac engineer responsible for both.  He came to Cadillac from the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (DELCO). The self-starter brought Cadillac the Dewar Trophy in 1912, for the second time.

Kettering demonstrates his invention

Khalid Ibn Abdul Aziz
King of Saudi Arabia

Stretched 1975 Fleetwood Brougham

The conversion was done by Wisco of Ferndale, MI,  to a design suggested by
Mrs. Dollie Cole wife of then Cadillac Gen. manager, Edward N. Cole.  It had the longest padded roof in the industry (almost 14 feet), and  one-way mirror windows all round; 300 hours of work were needed and it cost $100,000 cost

 

King, B.B.
[Renowned American "Blues" guitarist]

1966 Cadillac De Ville convertible; B.B.'s Lucille (the guitar on the
right) shares a quiet moment with Eric Clapton's Fender Stratocaster

Knievel, Evel [1]
[Famed U.S. stunt man]

Custom Cadillac station wagon

The pics below were supplied kindly by Mike Draper, a former member of Mr. Knievel's team.  This custom-built, yellow De Ville station is photographed herec wagon  was takenbeside his truck and me beside his 1974 pickup (when I was young) outside Carl Greens Enterprise's shop who did some customized work on Evels cars.  We updated the 1974 Pickup's headlights to 1977 rectangle instead of round, wow what a difference that made in looks.  I have no idea where the yellow caddie station wagon went, but the red, 1974 (77) Pickup is alive and well in Eureka Kansas, owned by a John Mock. Himself and his restorer, James Humphreys in Turon Kansas restored the pickup to its beautiful state of red with all of Evels logo on it. John recently met up with Knievel in Grove Oklahoma at a personal appearance and Evel was really impressed. He got to drive it in the parade leading a very large group of motorcycles.  He came back and commented to me that it has been 30 years since he drove that car.  John has been very generous in taking the Car when Evel does a personal appearance and would like the car for display.  The only thing, I saw that on your website it shows this car was made by Caribou? Anyway great site, neat cars.  I will send more pictures when I can of the new owner John Mock, if you want.

   
Thers pics of Evel's car were supplied kindly by Mike Draper, a former
member of Mr. Knievel's team; behind the car you can see part of the rig
(red truck and trailer) used on the road by the stuntman and his aides

Knievel, Evel [2]

1974 Cadillac-based pick-up truck

Aficionado Glen Yadon says that the 1974 custom pickup truck, above,
was made for stuntman Evel Knievel
   [ Photo: Glen Yadon ]

At left is one of two custom conversion for Evel Knievel; the round '74 headlights were changed to the '77 rectangular kind,
possibly by Carl Greens Enterprises; the red Caribou (right) is alive and well in Eureka Kansas and owned by John Mock

   
This is the car seen in the preceding row, at lar left;
The daredevil-stuntman carried two of his bikes on its flat bed

   
The red Evel Knievel pick-up on De Ville chassis
[ Photos (above 2 rows): courtesy Mike Draper (seen here), a former member of Mr. Knievel's team ]

1933 Series 452C V16 special
Cadillac aerodynamic coupe

During his term of office many fine cars were placed at his disposal, including this unique show car that had been Cadillac's exhibit at the 1933 World's Fair, A Century of Progress, in Chicago.  Knudsen used it until the first production aerodynamic coupe came off the line the following year (1934)

Kruchchev and Nasser

On an official visit to Egypt in May 1964, to inaugurate the Assouan dam, designed and built by Soviet engineers, the parade was halted briefly when a woman admirer leapt across the hood of the ceremonial 1958 Cadillac convertible (photo)

(résumé en français)

La Cadillac, symbole de luxe par excellence, a longtemps été la préférée de l'élite mondiale.  Parmi ses illustres propriétaires passés:  la reine Wilhelmine des Pays-Bas, le roi Baudoin de Belgique, le roi Gustaf de Suède de même que les Papes Pie XII et Jean XXIII. Aux Etats-Unis elle fut longtemps la favorite de la Maison Blanche sous Teddy Roosevelt, Ike Eisenhower, Richard Nixon ...et maintenant Bill Clinton. Rois et reines de l'écran les adoraient également (Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Fred Astaire...) comme le faisaient aussi d'autres "vedettes internationales" (Salvador Dali, Elvis Presley...) et même un certain Al Capone, dit "le balafré". 

Les automobiles Cadillac et La Salle jouissent depuis toujours d'une réputation justifiée d'élégance, de fiabilité et de confort.  Dans les années vingt (les "années folles") une campagne publicitaire fut orchestrée autour de la Cadillac, en France, par son importateur parisien, la société commerciale de vente d'automobiles SOCOVA. Dans la "who's who" de la firme furent cités cinq rois, deux reines, une princesse royale, huit princes, sept ducs et pas moins de dix-huit marquis et marquises.