Cadillac Links
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Cadillac Part Dealers & GOS Supporters
Cadillacs in the World of...
TV, Music, Celebrity Owners, Movies, Name Origins, Other

CADILLAC LINKS

• Ruben's Classic Cadillac Page - Picture Gallery, Cadillac Online Brochures, Model Specification Tables, the Cadillac Story of Origin, Cadillac Internet Links, & more.
• THE BIG 429`s Classic Cadillac Page - Pictures, a Chat Room, and more!
• Eldorado Brougham by Cadillac - Vic Brincat's WEB Site dedicated to the restoration of the 1957 and 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham.
• Cadillac Owners.com- one stop source for all things Cadillac.
• UK Motoring Search Engine - carpages.co.uk - Covering the complete lifecycle of car ownership from buying and financing, to running and maintaining your car, including finding car parts and breakdown cover. And then when the time comes advice on how to sell your car and how to buy your new car. Includes a Cadillac buyer's guide.
• CaddyInfo.com - An unbelieveable amount of Cadillac Information complete with discussion groups, clubs and forums.
• Dougs Eldorado Page Come see my "sweet" 1975 Eldorado Convertible.
• Webs-Best-Directory.com - Free categorized web directory. Submit your website today.
• the Caddy Surfer - Caddysurfers homepage (Sweden) with this red 58 Cadillac convertible and his 1960 Cadillac Coupe de Ville with pictures, tips and links.
• American Classic Cars and Parts - I find myself amongst amazing stock piles of American Classic Cars in a climate that is 95% dry 365 days of the year. This makes for extremely high quality classic vehicles. This is a far cry from the salt sprayed roads of the UK where I owned a Cadillac and could only dream of finding a replacement body part.
• Hubcaps.com - Searching for a hubcap for your Cadillac? This site is a great source for 100’s of hubcaps and center caps. They have a great online catalog and secure online ordering.
  Hot vs. Not.com - Directory organized by subject, including Autos with hundreds if not thousands of automotive links including Cadillac.
• Big Cadillac Meeting - This Forum is dedicated to the International Cadillac Meeting in Kremsmünster, Austria. Feel free to discuss any and all topics regarding the meeting, from organizing a convoy to cruise to the meeting, discussing hotels, camping, location, or other info, up to last-minute information that can be useful to anyone.
  
  
  
  

CADILLAC CLUBS

• Allanté Club of America - Enhancing the appreciation and value of the Cadillac Allanté. We are the #1 Allante club in the world and the only professional car club dedicated to the Allanté.
• 1958 Cadillac Owners Association
• Allante Appreciation Group - "To enhance the appreciation of the Cadillac Allanté automobile"
• Cadillac Club of North Jersey Inc.
• Cadillac LaSalle Club of Canada - assembling and providing information for the preservation, maintenance and restoration of "Cadillac and LaSalle" automobiles, enabling future generations the ability to enjoy these treasures of our history.

CADILLAC PART DEALERS & GOS SUPPORTERS

The following is a list of some of the dealers you will find in our Cadillac book. These are some of the most reputable AND nicest people that you're going to deal with in your search for parts. Why is that? Because they're nice enough to tell you about us which is basically like giving you a book of their competition. They do it for the good of the hobby. Don't you wish everyone was this nice?

There are literally hundreds of other companies listed in our book. We can't promise that the dealers listed below will have what you're looking for but if you can't find everything you need with our book within 30 days, we will completely refund your money.

When you contact these dealers, please let them know we sent you. We'd appreciate the plug and SOME DEALERS GIVE A DISCOUNT TO OUR CUSTOMERS!

If you would like to have your company listed on this page or other pages just do what these other companies have done. Let your customers know about the Garden of Speedin'!

The Parts Place
http://thepartsplaceinc.com
217 Paul St., Elburn, IL 60119
tel: 630-365-1800; fax: 630-365-1900
Most years. Many parts for your Cadillac. We carry from the pedal to the metal.

CADILLACS IN THE WORLD OF...

Television

• The first is in the show, Touched By an Angel, red, red interior, white top
• The second is in Martial Law, light blue, white interior, white top.

Music

• Bruce Springsteen has a song called "Cadillac Ranch" off of the 1980 album "The River." (Submitted by: tzrich@microdsi.net)
• Quiet Riot "Metal Health" album contains a song called "Slick Black Cadillac." (Submitted by: claval@soleil.acomp.usf.edu)
• The word "Eldorado" is uttered in the Beatles "song" "Revolution #9" (from the LP "The Beatles", 1968) (Submitted by GOS R.O.A. Adam Gimbel)
• Chuck Berry did a song in the fifties called "Mabaline" which was about a Cadillac and a Ford racing! (Submitted by Robert Zatkowski)
• There was a song called "Pink Cadillac" by Bruce Springstein. (Submitted by Robert Zatkowski)
• The Meatloaf song "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" contains the lyric: "I know you're looking for a ruby in a mountain of rock, but there ain't no Coupe DeVille drivin' at the bottom of a cracker jack box." (Submitted by Robert Zatkowski)
• Tim Hauser of The Manhattan Transfer has had for years a character used on stage going by the name "Eldorado Cadillac". He makes reference to his youth as "back when I was a mere Coupe DeVille". Other quotable quotes "I am the boss with the sauce, I am the cat with the jive, I will pour gasoline on your vaseline and give you a super glide". Besides appearing on stage once in a while, this character can also be seen in 2 music videos. "Vocalese" in the song "Killer Joe" and on "The Manhattan Transfer Live"(at the Sun Theater in Tokyo). (Submitted by Todd Vergiels)
• The great pop/punk band The Clash have a song called "Brand New Cadillac" from their London Calling album. The song was written by V. Taylor. (Submitted by Craig Giffen)
• From Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer": "I saw a deadhead sticker on a Cadillac..." (Submitted by Michael Bugler)

Celebrity Owners

• Elvis Presley was a pink Cadillac owner. (Submitted by Catnip)
• Jennifer Jason Leigh drives a blue 1977 or 78 Coupe DeVille. (Submitted by Tron Man)

GOS customer Kendra Fleharty and her '57 Caddy

Movies

• The films "Tin Men," "Driving Miss Daisy,"Coupe DeVille," "Pink Cadillac," "Cadillac Man," and "Goodfellows" all contain Cadillacs. (Submitted by Robert Zatkowski)
• There is a parade of beautiful Cadillacs in Martin Scorsese's "Casino." (Submitted by Camille Younan)
• Hitchcock's "Vertigo" contains a cobalt blue '57 Sedan DeVille 4 dr. That car plus about 4 other SDVs were used repeatedly. (Submitted by Todd Vergiels)
• In HUD, Paul Newman drove a 1958 Eldo convertible. (Submitted by Gary)
• A 1957 Cadillac limo was in a movie by Walt Disney called "The Gnomemobile." The car was destroyed. (Submitted by Mark Zagar)
• A white '74(?) Eldorado is featured in the Hunter S. Thompson novel and movie "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." (Submitted by Tron Man)
• There was a brown 70's Caddy dismantled by an orangutan in Clint Eastwood's old movie "Every Which Way But Loose." (Submitted by Tron Man)
• A white Eldorado is featured in the Hunter S. Thompson novel and movie "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." It's a '71...and it gets completely trashed in the movie..an awful sight to see. (Submitted by DB)

Name Origins

• Allante - A contrived name that tested well in market studies and imparted an international air.
• Biarritz - French seaside resort on the Bay of Biscay. Became fashionable in the era of Napoleon III following visits of the empress Eugenie. Applied to convertible Eldorado models in the late 1950's and early 1960's-'...rarely, and only to a supremely fortunate few, there comes an automobile the very sight of which summons forth visions of distant mountains, pounding surf and soft southern skies...this superbly crafted motor car makes every journey memorable, every arrival a special occasion'.
• Brougham - Originally a horse-drawn carriage for four persons, with a box seat for the driver, and a footman. It was built as a specific design in 1838 for Lord Henry Peter Brougham (1778-1868), Lord Chancellor of England. Used since 1969 for one of the models in the Fleetwood series.
• DeVille - French phrase meaning 'of the city or town,' Coupe de Ville translating as 'town car.' A recognized body style originally featuring a permanently closed rear compartment with an open front seat for the chauffeur. A smart style which emphasized the social difference between owner and chauffeur. A removable leather cover over the front seat for rainy weather was known as the 'De Ville extension.' Used for the sporty Cadillac convertible, the peronal Coupe de Ville, the popular hardtop sedan and the spacious Sedan de Ville.
• Eldorado - Spanish for 'the Gilded One.' A legend from the time of the Spanish conquistadores, applied to a fabulous land somewhere in South America, believed to abound in gold and precious stones. The inspiration behind many European expeditions, including one by Sir Walter Raleigh. The name was applied both to the country, and its chief or cacique, who was believed to be a South American Indian leader whose body was sprinkled with gold dust and perodically washed off in a lake. Pizarro's lieutenant, Orellana, claimed to have discovered the land between the Orinoco and the Amazon. But the actual 'city of gold' sought by the conquisadores is believed to have been Manoa, in Guiana. The term is still used today to sgnify fabulous wealth. A distinctive nameplate reserved exclusively for the most luxurious Cadillac models. It was first selected in a contest in 1953, having been suggested by a secretary in the Cadillac merchandising department.
• Fleetwood -A custom coachbuilding hose founded by Harry Uhrich in the borough of Fleetwood, Pennsylvania in the Nineteenth Century. With the advent of the automobile, the firm became specialists to Cadillac.
• Seville - Province in Spain, with capital bearing same name, the city renowned for its history and treasures of art and architecture. During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, the name was applied to a school of painting, with two of its masters, Velazquez and Murillo, natives of the province. Used during the 1956 through 1960 model years for coupe in Eldorado series. Name revived in 1975 for the new small Cadillac.

  (All of the above submitted by Jessica Wells)

Other

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