Cadillac

1903. Cadillac. Two-seater. Single-cylinder 8 hp. Photo at the 2011 LBVCR. Reg No:

c1903. Cadillac. Single-cylinder 10 h.p. Reg No: 8 BNI. Photo at the 2013 LBVCR.

1904. Cadillac. Tonneau, Single-cylinder, 8.25 h.p. Photo at the 2009 LBVCR.

1904. Cadillac. Tonneau, Single-cylinder, 8.25 h.p. Photo at the 2010 LBVCR.

1904. Cadillac. Tonneau, Single-cylinder, 8.25 h.p. Photo at the 2010 LBVCR.

1904. Tonneau, Single-cylinder, 8.25 h.p. Photo at the 2009 LBVCR.

1904. Rear-entrance tonneau, Single-cylinder, 10 h.p. Photo at the 2009 LBVCR.

1904. Rear-entrance tonneau, Single-cylinder, 10 h.p. Photo at the 2010 LBVCR.

February 1905. 8.5 h.p.

September 1905.

September 1905.

June 1905.

November 1905.

March 1906.

March 1906.

1906. Chassis.

1906. Lubricator.

1906 Q4.

December 1906. 26-30 h.p. chassis.

December 1906.

November 1906. Advert for 26-30 h.p.

November 1906. 30 h.p. chassis.

November 1907. 30 h.p.

November 1907. 20 h.p.

November 1909.

March 1916.

April 1921.

1923.

1923.

1925. Exhibit at National Motor Museum, Australia.

Exhibit at Portland Motor Museum.

1929 Cadillac 452a. Exhibit at Haynes Motor Museum.

1938. Fleetwood Limousine. Exhibit at Lakeland Motor Museum.

Reg No: EO 2966.

Reg No: DS 7594.

1937. Cadillac Series 60 V8 Sedan.

1938 Cadillac De Salle 37/50. Reg No: DXP 556.

1955.

1959.

UK importers were Anglo-American Motor Car Co

General

1902 Founded as the Cadillac Automobile Company

1909 Purchased by General Motors and over the next thirty years established itself as America's premier luxury car. Cadillac pioneered many accessories in automobiles, including full electrical systems, the clashless manual transmission, and the steel roof. The brand developed three engines, one of which (the V8) set the standard for the American automotive industry.

Cadillac was formed from the remnants of the Henry Ford Company when Henry Ford departed along with several of his key partners and the company was dissolved. With the intent of liquidating the firm's assets, Ford's financial backers, William Murphy and Lemuel Bowen called in engineer Henry M. Leland of Leland and Faulconer Manufacturing Company to appraise the plant and equipment prior to selling them. Instead, Leland persuaded them to continue the automobile business using Leland's proven single-cylinder engine. Henry Ford's departure required a new name, and on August 22, 1902, the company reformed as the Cadillac Automobile Company. Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing and the Cadillac Automobile Company merged in 1905.

The Cadillac automobile was named after the 17th-century French explorer Antoine Laumet de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac, who founded Detroit in 1701.

1906 Introducing 30 and 40 h.p. four-cylinder live-axle cars with three-speed epicyclic gear-box. Previously the standard model was a single-cylinder horizontal motor car.

Early Registrations

6.5 hp

• 1903 BS 8098 6.5 hp
• 1903 BS 8420 6.5 hp
• 1903 D 1192 6.5 hp
• 1903 E 7 6.5 hp
• 1903 LE 7469 6.5 hp

• 1904 1 TEN 6.5 hp
• 1904 BS 8464 6.5 hp
• 1904 BS 8152 6.5 hp

8.25 hp

• 1904 A 18 8.25 hp
• 1904 AD 475 8.25 hp
• 1904 AP 957 8.25 hp.
• 1904 AN 07 130 8.25 hp
• 1904 BS 5208 8.25 hp
• 1904 BS 7928 8.25 hp
• 1904 BS 8102 8.25 hp
• 1904 BS 8155 8.25 hp
• 1904 BS 8160 8.25 hp
• 1904 BS 8354 8.25 hp
• 1904 PP 7962 8.25 hp
• 1904 UU OO 07 8.25 hp
• 1904 1 HOG 8.25 hp
• 1904 5 GMO 8.25 hp

9 hp

• 1904 LC 4407 9 hp

10 hp

• 1904 BS 8433 10 hp
• 1904 BS 8495 10 hp
• 1904 EL 52 10 hp
• 1904 OCH 696 10 hp
• 1904 PP 7962 10 hp

List of Models

• Cadillac: 1906 10 h.p.
• Cadillac: Coupe De Ville

See Also

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Sources of Information

• [1] Wikipedia