Coys Auction - The Nürburgring
Germany
Saturday 14 August 2010
Motor Cars at 16:00
Admission by catalogue only - admits two.
Registration Number: EU Registered Chassis Number: TBA
In 1949 Cadillac was entering its post-war boom. Unlike any other marque, dealers found themselves selling to ‘pools‘ where groups of people would get together to buy one Cadillac! The company had a tough reputation to maintain, and so in 1948 chief stylist Harley Earl introduced the tail fin, inspired by the Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighters that had used Cadillac-built engines. The tail fin lasted for well over ten years and was perhaps the most recognised styling exercise ever, also serving to bring back the car‘s centre of aerodynamic pressure, thus increasing high speed stability.
Cadillac became a name synonymous with luxury and style, not just in the United States but all over the World, however its these fine and grandious Fleetwood saloons that became the hallmark of presidents and statesm