1902-1904 [no recorded special bodies]
Trivia:
Lot #1078 at Kruse's annual auction sale in Scottsdale, AZ, in January 2000, was an
"unknown" Cadillac described as "#1 prototype known as the first
Cadillac ever built - Sept 1902, 1 of 3 built, featured in auto magazines. Sold on
bill of sale only - no title." I have seen reports about this car. If it
is, in fact, "the first Cadillac", there is little or nothing left of it.
What I saw was an engineless [former single-cylinder] Cadillac that looked like a
1906 "tulip-bodied" runabout; the owners claim to have the original engine
"from" or "for" the car. I tend to take all the hype with the
proverbial "pinch of salt". Nonetheless, the car was reported to have been
bid up to $90,000 at Scottsdale [I believe the owner wants at least $1,000,000 for it !]
1905
[Seaman ???] (USA) First fully enclosed
Cadillac, custom-built [by Seaman Body Co ???] for Henry Leland himself and nicknamed
"Osceola" after a Seminole Indian chief. Various photos exist but I'm not sure
they all depict "Osceola", unless the car was modified and updated as the years
went by. The photo in McC, p.20, shows it with the 1907 type headlamps and square
lamps; the car has the standard 1907 fenders and no running boards. On p.18 is another
photo alleged to show the same car, which now has running boards, crowned front fenders
and no headlamps. Another (color) photo shows a Brewster green body, with black upper and
fenders; this car has the regular 1905-06 fenders and lamps but no running boards. The
photo below was taken at the annual concours d'élégance in Pebble Beach, CA, in 2002.
[Unknown, USA ?] Army wagon
1906
[Unknown, USA ?] Tulip sided
wagon, possibly called "The Prospector" model.
[ Photos: Self Starter annual, 1998 ]
1907
1908
1909
[Unknown, USA] Custom limousine; photo McC,
p.38
1910
[Unknown, Italy] Custom runabout, McC
p. 41
[Unknown, USA] Custom roadster-racer
[Unknown, USA] Touring car with custom
hood and brass (or nickel?) grille shroud
1911
[Unknown, USA] Custom, stretched limousine
brougham, McC, p.45
1912
Fleetwood (???) (USA) Miniature
electric Cadillac roadster, circa one-third scale, built for W.C. Leland, Jr., the son of
Wilfrid, grandson of Henry [have photo with Leland JR and cousin driving this superb toy -
I wonder if it is still in the family?]
1913
[Unknown, USA] Custom coupe; possibly by Columbia
[Unknown, USA] Custom limousine, with very
long hood, photo McC, p.52
1914
Seaman (USA) Custom town coupe
Obviously taken in the dead of winter, this car
is fitted with tire chains and a protective hood cover
[Unknown, USA] Custom 7-passenger
Victoria, McC, p.56
[Unknown, USA] Custom 7-passenger Victoria
[Unknown, USA] Custom 2-door limousine, McC,
p.56
[Unknown, USA] Custom
"speedster", (article in CC&CC 8/1967, cover, pp.12-17)
1915
Cohn, M.L. "Bud"(USA) Drawings
of armored cars on 1915 Cadillac chassis. An article by Maurice Hendry on these proposed
military vehicles appeared in Self Starter, May 2007, pp.14-15.
[ images: courtesy Maurice Hendry and Self
Starter ]
Seaman (USA) Custom 2-passenger
convertible coupe with "Jonas top", McC, p.58
[Unknown, USA] Custom touring car
[ Not sure if this is a regular or a custom Cadillac
landaulet ]
[Unknown, USA] Custom touring
car/limousine
[Unknown, USA] Cadillac speedster [this
one was for sale in California in the seventies]
1916
Seaman (USA) Custom limousine, McC,
p.64
Seaman (USA) Custom berline, McC,
p.64
Seaman (USA) Custom 5-passenger
coupe
1917
Fleetwood (USA) "Packillac"
(Packard chassis with Cadillac Type 55 engine), McC, p.69
Nordberg (Sweden) pointed-nose limousine
[as illustrated in company ad for that year].
[Unknown, USA] Custom limousine, McC,
p.69
[Unknown, USA] Custom landaulet style
This appears to be a fully convertible landaulet or
Sedanca
with a modified driver's compartment (open door areas)
1918
Brunn (USA) 1918-19 custom town car
Earl, Harley (USA) 1918 custom open
touring car for Siegfield Follies director; car is currently (2001) in the collection of
author Clive Cussler, in Denver. CO.
[Photo: © 2001, Yann Saunders]
Edwards (USA) 1918 custom, boat-tail
roadster
[ Photos: Internet, 2000 ]
Fleetwood Metal Body Co. (USA) Touring
Victoria, McC, p.72
Healy (USA) Custom town car [on
1916 Cadillac chassis] (McC, p.72).
Healy (USA) Custom open tourer;
like above car but with disc wheels (below)
Nordberg (Sweden) 1918-19 custom touring
car with Mercedes-type grille
Seaman (USA) Custom town car
[Unknown, USA] Custom delivery wagon.
The vehicle carries Rhode Island tags and I suspect
it may belong to Dick Shappy
[ Photos: courtesy of "Philippe", a French enthusiast and member of ACCF ]
[Unknown, Europe] 1918-19 convertible
limousine touring car
1919
Brewster (USA) Custom touring car with
cape top, seen advertised in SS 4/92, p.15 (Trevor Roycroft, 6926 Monticello Court,
Citrus Heights, CA 95621 (Tel. 916-722.4800)
Healy (USA) Custom touring car, McC,
p.76
Lee, Don (USA) Custom town
car landaulet
Schutte (USA) Custom sports roadster, McC,
p.76
Seaman (USA) Custom limousine brougham
[Unknown, USA] Custom 2-passenger
roadster, covered in DuPont fabric cord, McC, p.76
[Unknown, USA] Custom 2-passenger roadster
[see photo]
Wolfington (USA) Custom sedan, aluminum
body; ad in SS 3/92, p.15; this actual car was offered for sale on the Internet
(eBay Web site) in December, 2003 and again in August 2004. The reserve price was
not met. The vendor described the car as custom built by Wolfington of Philadelphia
for former Secretary of the Treasury, Henry P. Morganthau. It has been completely restored
and is all original. The engine, transmission and clutch have been rebuilt and it is quite
a beautiful close-coupled touring sedan. Mr. Morganthau specified several unique
alterations in this 1919 Cadilac including a nickel-plated radiator shell, plated
drum-style headlights, port and starboard top-mounted cowl lights (red and green) and his
initials (HMP - last name in the middle) in silver on the radiator shell. Interesting
equipment includes Cadillac engine-driven air pump for tire inflation (original hose
included), dual rear-mounted spare tires, side-mounted cowl lights, driver's side
spotlight, "fat man" steering wheel and oversize motor-driven Klaxon-type horn.
The colors are deep green body, black fenders, cream moldings and maroon insert.
