Ref. #3:  Series 62 sedan, style #6269; this replica was modeled from the car of a Swiss collector friend

   
Ref. #10: The regular Series 62, style #6207 fastback coupe

   
Ref. #00:  Custom Series 75, 6-door station wagon designed and built on the 1947 commercial chassis  for actor
Gene Autrey,  by Maurice Schwartz; it was modeled from a photo in Roy Schneider's excellent Cars of the Forties

   
Ref. #1: Custom 4-door convertible on Series 75 chassis by Derham;
once again, the replica was modeled after a photo in Roy's book

   
Ref. #2:  Custom formal sedan by Derham on Series 75 chassis;
it was modeled after another photo in Roy Schneider's book

   
Ref. #1:  Custom convertible coupe by Paris' Jacques Saoutchik;
this one was modeled after photos in the author's private collection

   
Ref. #00:  Custom coupe on shortened Series 75 chassis by Maurice Schwartz; the photo from which
the replica was modeled appeared in the excellent book Cadillacs of the Forties by Roy A. Schneider

   
Ref. #00: Custom station wagon, again on Series 75 chassis; this one too was designed and built by
Maurice Schwartz for singer-comedienne Marie McDonald, wife of shoe millionaire, Harry Karl:
it is based also on a photo taken from Roy Schneider's excellent book

This is the car as it looks today; it is painted blood red

   
Ref. #2: Custom coupe by Coachcraft of Hollywood for Mrs. Morgan Adams; the car has survived [top photo]
in somewhat modified form; photos from Roy Schneider's book Cadillacs of the Forties were used for the replica

   
Ref. #3:  Custom town car on the long, commercial chassis commissioned from Coachcraft Ltd. of Hollywood, by
Ms. Morgan Adams; the car finally was completed by Maurice Schwartz, in Pasadena, following a disagreement
on the price of the conversion; this was the last formal body style completed by the Pasadena coach builder); the
replica, modeled from a picture in Cars of the Forties, does not do justice to the original, angular rear roof lines

[ missing rear view image ]

   
Ref. #10: Series 61, style #6137 coupe; an almost stock version of this popular model was entered
in the 1950 edition of the acclaimed  24-hour Le Mans road race; it came in 10th over-all;
the replica (left) was modeled from photos in the author's private collection;
on the right, a second one from the private collection of Emmanuel de Horne

   
Ref. #17:  Briggs Cunningham of US auto racing fame is reported to have built a number of
these sporty models of which one or more may have been powered by the 1950 Cadillac V-8 motor;
Photos from the author's own collection were used to produce this replica

   
Ref #18:  Briggs Cunningham entered also this racing barquette, nicknamed Le Monstre, in the 1950
Le Mans road race; powered by a modified Cadillac engine, it finished in 11th place, behind the Series 61 coupe;
the replica was built by René Daffaure from his own collection of photos

   
Ref. #82: Allard J2X roadster powered by the 1949 Cadillac V-8 motor; entered in the 1950
edition of the famed Le Mans race, this car got a most honorable third place over-all; the
replica is one of a hundred or so individually built by René Daffaure, based on photos in his collection

   
Ref. #1: Special custom Le Mans roadster by Cadillac, built for the 1953 GM Motorama;
following the show, a reported four additional units were built to special order;
the replica was modeled from photos in the author's own collection

   
Ref. #1:  Custom roadster on Series 62 Cadillac chassis by Pinin Farina for NY Ferrari importer and race car driver,
Luigi Chinetti; only the dash and wheel covers are recognizable as having come from a 1953 Cadillac:
the replica was modeled from photos [top] published in the Swiss Automobil Revue annual catalog edition

   
Ref. #1: Special custom La Espada roadster by Cadillac for the 1954 GM Motorama
the replica was modeled from photos in the author's own collection

   
Ref. #2: Special custom El Camino roadster coupe by Cadillac for the 1954 GM Motorama
once again, the replica was modeled from photos in the author's own collection

   
Ref. #... [none]:  Prototype of the Eldorado Brougham sedan, as exhibited during the 1955 GM Motorama tour
the replica was modeled from photos in the author's own collection

   
Ref. #1:  Custom station wagon on Series 62 chassis:
the replica was modeled from photos supplied by the late Gene Babow

   
Ref. #1: Custom White House security car by Hess & Eisenhardt; the replica was modeled from photos supplied
by my friend Jack Tallman, a Cadillac dealer in Decatur, IL; later I got to visit Jack and to drive this car;
it was in the motorcade in which former US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated

   
Ref. #4:  Standard Series 60 Special sedan

   
Ref. #9:  Standard Sedan de Ville

   
Ref. #... [erased]:  Series 62 Coupe de Ville with Swiss license tag #ZH227968 [Zurich];
this is one of only two RD Marmande replicas I found on the open market

   
Ref. #1:  Standard Series 60 Special sedan
this is the second and only other RD Marmande replicas I found on the open market

[ front view image missing ]

Ref. #6: Standard Series 62 Eldorado Seville

   
Ref. #7:  Standard Series 75 limousine

   
Ref, #13: Standard Series 62 convertible coupe

   
Ref. #14: Standard Series 62, style 6267SX Eldorado Biarritz

      
Ref. #1: XP 74 Cyclone, special order #90450, bubble top roadster:
the replica was modeled from photos in my personal collection

   
Ref. #1: Custom show car Starlight  coupe by Pinin Farina;
the replica modeled after photos obtained from the Pininfarina archives

   
Ref, #2: Special custom Skylight convertible by Pininfarina, Italy; it may have been just an engineless
styling exercise although it was reported built on the Series 60 Special chassis
the replica was modeled from photos [top] published in the Swiss Automobil Revue annual catalog edition

   
Ref. #3: Special custom Starlight coupe by Pininfarina, Italy; this too have been just an engineless styling exercise
although it was reported built on the Eldorado Brougham chassis;
the replica modeled after photos obtained from the Pininfarina archives

   
Ref. #4: Of the 4-5 Le Mans roadsters built; this one got restyled fins in 1954 as well as a 1959
motor four years later; it was for many years the property of Jack Goodman of CA:
the replica was modeled after photos in my own collection

   
Ref. #9: Custom coupe by U.S. designer, Raymond Loewy, built by France's Pichon Parat;
the scale replica was modeled after photos in my own archives

   
Ref. #9: Standard Series 75 limousine

     
Ref. #10: Standard Series 64, style 6467 Eldorado Biarritz

   
Ref. #7: Standard  Series 75, style 7533 limousine

   
Ref. #8: Standard  Series 64, style #6467 Eldorado Biarritz

   
Ref. #10: Standard  Series 64, style #6437 Eldorado Seville [author's former car]

   
Ref. #11: Standard  Series 69, style #6969 Eldorado Brougham [former car of the Emir of Qatar]

   
Ref. #3: Special custom Jacqueline coupe, engineless styling exercise
by Pininfarina, Italy, inspired by the 1959-60 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham;
the replica was modeled after photos and slides obtained from the Pininfarina archives;
this car has recently (2001) given rise to a lot of controversy; click here to read all about it

   
Ref. #1: Special custom coupe by Italy's  Zagato for the son of  North American racing Team [NART]
owner Luigi Chinetti; the replica was modeled from photos in my personal collection

   
Ref. #10: Standard front-wheel-drive Eldorado coupe

  
   
Ref. #14: Standard front-wheel-drive Eldorado coupe [dark blue]

   
Ref. #6: Custom-built station wagon on Cadillac chassis for stunt man, Evel Knievel
the replica was modeled on photos supplied by my friend the late Gene Babow