1925
Brunn (USA) Phaeton ??? for NY salon.
Daytona Wright (USA) Special sedan
Roberts-LeBaron (USA) Special sport phaeton with special
radiator, hood and fenders, 1925 NY salon;
This car is a modified version of the NY Salon car,
built on the 1926 Cadillac Series 314 chassis
Schutte, Charles, Body Co. (Lancaster, PA, USA) It is not known
whether this Pennsylvania company built, many bodies on the Cadillac chassis; in 1925-26
they did build a Special 6-passenger touring car on 150" wheel base, for Al
Woods (see also "1926", below).
[Unknown, USA] Cadillac chief engineer Earnest Seaholm rides in
this unidentified V63 open tourer
[Unknown, USA] Ambulance on 1925 Cadillac chassis.
[ Image: courtesy "Philippe", a
French enthusiast and member of ACCF ]
[Unknown, USA] Tow truck /wrecker on 1925 Cadillac chassis.
[ These images: courtesy
of "Philippe", a French enthusiast and member of the ACCF ]
1926
Brunn (USA) Special convertible coupe for
NY salon; OC p.66, CC&CC, 9/1982, p.27; McC, p.106 [Photo,
Cadillac stand at 22nd NY show, 1926 , Hotel Commodore, Grand Ballroom?] also shown on
Brunn stand were a berline landaulet for six passengers and a landau sedan for four
passengers [see below].
Brunn (USA) Special
convertible coupe, very similar to the above car but with doors hinged forward, at the
"A" pillar instead of the "suicide" door design of the previous car; McC,
p.106.
Brunn (USA) 4-passenger landau sedan, with folding roof portion
over rear seat passengers); McC, p.106
Brunn (USA)
6-passenger berline landaulet? There was an ad in Antique Automobile the magazine
of the AACA dated Sep.-Oct, 1976, listing flor sale a 1926 Cadillac touring sedan with
body by Brunn, serial #101539, described as having lots of aluminum and port-hole quarter
windows. I wonder if it was this car and if it has survived?
Fleetwood (USA) clay mock-up of 7-passenger sedan
Fleetwood (USA) special custom sedan for five
passengers. This is the precursor of a later Fleetwood style of which the
designation code ended with digits "55". Termed a "stationary
cabriolet", this appellation merely indicated that the car had a leather covered roof
and, although it sported landau bars, these were merely decorative, i.e. the roof portion
over the rear seat passengers was stationary; it did not fold back like a landau
top.
Fleetwood (USA) special custom roadster
Fleetwood (USA) special custom town landaulet; this
a design would evolve over the next few years into a regular Fleetwood town car and town
landaulet offering (styling codes ending with digits "12" and "12-C"
respectively); this was a 5-passenger car with enclosed rear quarters; McC,
p.107
Judkins (USA) 7-passenger berline, McC p.105
Judkins (USA) Sedan cabriolet
Roberts-LeBaron (USA) Same car as 1925 NY salon car [above] but
modified for Mr. Harold Russel Rider; CC&CC, 9/1982, p.27; also McC,
p.106
Roberts-LeBaron Phaeton on 1926 Cadillac Series 314
chassis
Schutte, Charles, Body Co. (Lancaster, PA, USA) This car was
advertised in a 1926 publication as having been built for a Mrs.George L. Cronkite of
Memphis, TN. Note the Rolls-Royce type grille surround, the oval quarter windows and
the (presumably false) landau bars. The car more closely resembles a McFarlan than a
Cadillac
[Unknown, USA] - possibly Brewster or Willoughby -
Formal town brougham; McC, p.108
[Unknown, USA] Custom 2-passenger coupe; poor photo in McC,
p.106
[Unknown, USA] Custom pick-up, advertised for sale on the
Internet in 2007.
[Unknown, USA] Custom boat-tail speedster, seen advertised for
sale at Christie's auction, CA, 18.8.1996 - no picture.
Van den Plas (Belgium) Town car-landaulet, built for Col. van
Strydonck of the famed "Régiment des Guides"; McC, p.108, and ZTV
collection, 1994.
1927
Brunn (USA) Special town car or "Town Cabriolet"; this
elegant landaulet featured a folding roof portion over the rear seat passengers; McC,
p.115; three other special models were shown by Brunn at that year's NY motor show
[below].
This Brunn custom creation cost $4800 at the time
Brunn (USA) built for the NY show a special style,
#1810; this was a collapsible cabriolet for four passengers [we would call it a
phaeton, today]
Brunn (USA) built for the NY show another special
style, #1836; this was a sedan for four passengers.
Brunn (USA) built this cute coupe on the La Salle
chassis
Brunn (USA) Special sedan landaulet, style #1915 (?) for four or
six passengers [opera seats]; the artist's view, below, is excerpted from the magazine
"Automotive Industries" for December 3, 1927. This and another Brunn creation
were used to advertise "Egyptian Lacquers"; unfortunately I have only this
one. If anyone has the magazine in question, I would be grateful for a photocopy of the
other page (p.4). Thanks.
This artist's drawing is from an automobile ad of the
period; note that
it closely resembles a Brunn design on the 1924 Cadillac V-63 chassis
Buhne (Germany): 2-3 seater "Luxus cabriolet"
[luxury convertible]. Appeared in the German "Motor"
for September 1931 but was built on the 1927 La Salle chassis. Features include twin,
rear-mounted spares, large, rear-opening "suicide" doors each on three large
hinges, oversized landau bars, deep dip in rear body to house convertible top when folded,
low trunk, custom hood with numerous, rear-slanting louvers.
Cadillac (USA) Although Fleetwood was acquired by the Fisher Body
Corporation, for GM, in 1925, the company continued to manufacture custom and semi-custom
bodies like this one on the Cadillac chassis:
Weinsberg (probably Germany) In the German magazine "Motor
Klassik" for 8/86 [on p.33, is reported to be a special LaSalle with a body
by Weinsberg (year unknown, manufacturer probably German)
Willoughby (USA) Special town car; McC p.115.
Could these be one and the same car (from designer's
drawing to reality?)
[Unknown, USA ?] "Hot Rod" on 1927 La
Salle base
