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The Cadillac

1914/1915 Custom Built Cadillac V8 Special

Ordered in 1914 and referred to often as such, but titled as a 1915 it is the first 8 cylinder model that the Cadillac Motor Company built.  The special 144-wheel base chassis has mounted on it a special body designed by W.J Moore and built by the C.P. Kimball Company of Chicago. It was often described as "a cozy living room on wheels." The car is a seven passenger touring sedan with a stationary rear seat, with the other four seats having the ability to slide back and forth and rotate in any direction.  The rear seat and 2 center seats can even be arranged to form a bed.  Behind the rear seat is a refrigerator with two electrical fans, of which take conditioned air from the refrigerator. A telephone was also mounted in the rear of the car.  If at any time during his travels he was in need of making a phone call, the car was stopped near a telephone pole.  From here he used an extendable pole to tap into to the phone line to connect.  A car phone in the 1920's.... Ingenious.

Louwman Museum ~ Netherlands 

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