Advertisements This is the story of a car obsession. The family asks that the actual names not be published, but otherwise the story is true in every particular. In the late 50s, Roy was a typical “1960s father” who cared… Read More ›
Cadillac
Why I believe the Cadillac Escalade will be a future collectible – Jeff Koch @Hemmings
Advertisements Throughout swirling decades of industry change, with divisions created and dropped, bought and sold, and forgotten, remembered, then forgotten again, Cadillac has remained GM’s luxury-car pinnacle. It has done so despite front-wheel-drive platforms and the industry’s increasing tilt toward… Read More ›
A 1978 Cadillac Seville could make a good basis for a phantom Seventies V-series. Here’s how I’d build it – David Conwill @Hemmings
Advertisements The Cadillac V-series, like Mercedes-Benz’s AMG models, M-badged BMWs, Audi’s RS models, and Lexus F models, is a high-performance riff on a luxury car. While the Vs are relatively new, arriving only in 2003, the idea goes way back… Read More ›
The depression nearly killed Cadillac. Nick Dreystadt saved it by wielding uncommon compassion – Michael Lamm @Hemmings
Advertisements This is not my story. I read a lot of it in Peter Drucker’s book, Adventures of a Bystander. It’s the story of Nicholas Dreystadt, and I consider Dreystadt’s life interesting and inspiring enough to pass along. But I’ll do it… Read More ›
Which one of these four cars from the start of the “downsized era” would you choose for your dream garage? – Matt Litwin @Hemmings
Advertisements The dawn of Detroit’s downsized era in the late Seventies was probably long overdue. The bigger-is-better attitude had cost consumers a ton (pardon the pun) thanks to a series of circumstances that included, but were not limited to, a… Read More ›
Were Cadillac’s first tailfins originally destined for a Vauxhall? – Daniel Strohl @Hemmings
Advertisements Pretty much every history of automotive tailfins establishes the Harley Earl-led field trip of GM designers in 1940 to see the then-secret P-38, then jumps right on ahead to 1948, when the newly restyled Cadillac debuted, tailfins and all…. Read More ›
Early Overhead Valve Cadillac V8 Engines – Hot Rod Engines 101 – @Irontrap Garage
Advertisements Another excellent engine 101 video from Matt at Irontrap One of the most popular engine swaps for early hot rodding has to be the early Cadillac OHV engines. The 331 was first released in 1949 and was used in… Read More ›
Which of these 1960s luxury coupes deserves to be restored, preserved, or modified? – Jeff Koch @Hemmings
Advertisements No wonder America’s luxury car companies did so well (and offered so much choice) in the ’60s. Far from the Sturm und Drang of the muscle car scene playing out on America’s streets, the complexity of a war being fought… Read More ›
400 Cadillacs Deep!! The Dan Morehouse Cadillac Collection – Irontrap Garage
Advertisements Dan bought his first few 1959 Cadillacs back in college and he hasnt really stopped since! Dan has owned well over 400 Cadillacs and currently owns 30. Dan has allowed us to come take a look at this collection… Read More ›
The 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz was GM’s best when GM was building the best – Terry Shea @Hemmings
Advertisements There was a period from the mid-1950s through the late 1960s when, it could be argued, General Motors was almost certainly building the best cars in the American market. Not only was the company the largest automaker in the… Read More ›