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Descriptions and Specifications
of Cadillac Cars


1905 - 1912

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1905

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Facts: 1905 models were introduced in December, 1904. First appearance of Cadillac script on radiator (it was sometimes added by subsequent owners to earlier models), and Cadillac coat of arms (registered 1906), all 1-cylinder models had 9HP motor (rated 8½ to 10 HP); modified support of friction bands on planetary gears; first 4-cylinder Cadillac introduced; pressed steel frame, 7-gallons gas, 3-gallons water (coolant). Consolidation in late 1904 of Leland & Faulconer with Detroit Automobile Co. as new Cadillac Motor Car Co.; Leland takes over as General Manager. Article in AU 12.31.1904, pp.756/7.

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Left: 1905 Cadillac carburetor, center: transmission, right: spark plug

 

Easy ID: Model B: (no change).  Model C carries Model B body on Model B chassis [with I-beam front axle], but features the new, Model E hood; color: Brewster green with primrose running gear. Model E with new hood featuring ten vertical side louvers, tubular, curved front axle, color: same as Model CModel D: longer hood, needed to house new, 4-cylinder engine; front of headlamps almost level with front spring shackles.

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Model C runabout (left) and touring car (right)

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Model E runabout (in color: a survivor)

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Model F touring car (a survivor, on the right)

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Model F delivery wagon


1903 Model A delivery wagon (round window glass) on u
pdated 1905-08 Cadillac chassis (hood, rear fenders)

 

Models: (1) Model B 4-passenger tourer, $900, 1450 lbs, (2) Model B 4-passenger Surrey, $900, 1450 lbs, (3) Model B rear entrance Touring car [no change from previous year]; like Model F touring car except weight approximately 1450 lbs (AU reported weight at 1350 lbs as against 1450 for Model B Surrey and 1100 lbs for Model E), over-all width 5'5" (165.1cms), over-all height 5' (152.4cms), $900 FOB Detroit; optional color: maroon; arched, tubular front axles, center strut and truss rod below; top of arch attached to flat, transverse front spring; 61" tread optional (154.94cms), dummy hood, removable tonneau, like 1904 model, $900; standard color Brewster green (maroon optional); lamps still optional. (3) Model C runabout, $750, 1330 lbs [photo in 1928 GM ad]; like last year's Model B but with pressed steel, I-beam front axle; small photo, CLCA 1978, p.12; (4) Model C tourer for 4-passengers, $850, 1450 lbs; (5) Model E runabout for 2-passengers, $750, 1100 lbs, like Model B but different dummy hood with radiator featuring zigzag tubes and closely set square fins; tread 56½" (143.51cms), wheels 28" (71.12cms) [all others are 30"), 74" wheel base (187.96cms), 3" Dunlop tires (7.62cms) (other tire makes optional ), individual seats trimmed in hand-buffed black leather, color Brewster green with primrose running gear, 10-41 gear (optionally 10-31 or 10-38), top irons $5 extra; $750, louvered hood; no tonneau option (not convertible), rubber top $30, leather top $50, optional top and lights, 74" wheel base (187,96cm), arched, tubular front axle [as above]; (6) Model E Runabout with top, as above but 10-38 gear (optionally 10-34 or 10-41), $800 with complete leather top, sides and storm apron, $780 with rubber top, sides and storm apron; B&W advertisement in book of Cadillac ads, 1902-1961, p.7.; buggy top also available. (7) Model F, 2-door, 4-passenger Touring car, $950, 1350 lbs, standard color Brewster green with primrose running gear, black hand-buffed leather trimmings, separate front bucket seats, dual 18" (45.72cms) wide rear side doors, gear 10-41 (optional gearing 10-38 or 10-45), weight approximately 1350 lbs, over-all length 9'4" (284,48cm), over-all width 5'7" (170.18 cms.), over-all height 5'4" (162,56cm), $950 FOB Detroit, optional tread 61" (154.94cms.); louvered hood, weight approximately 1350 lbs, optional cape cart-top. (8) Model F runabout, single bench seat, optional lamps and top, 76" wheel base (193,04cm), $800. (9) Model F Delivery wagon, $950, 1400 lbs, 56½" tread (143.51cms), 30" wheels (76.2cms), 76" wheel base (193,04cm), Dunlop 3½" tires standard (8.89cms), gear 9-45, inside length 42" (106.68cms), width 40" (101.6cms), height 50" (127cms), load capacity 400-600 lbs., price $950 FOB Detroit, standard colors: maroon with black trim, approximately 1400 lbs, 106" wheel base (269,24cm); advertisement in book Cadillac 1902-1961, p.7; (10) special single-cylinder Model E with fully enclosed body, custom-built for Henry Leland and nicknamed Osceola after a Seminole Indian chief; (11) Model F light-duty wagon (built for U.S. army - according to McC, p.17); (12) Model D 4-cylinder 5-passenger side-entrance Touring car, $2800, 2600 lbs; by Cadillac’s own assertions this was a car of an entirely different type ... which our friends who know say we will be marketing in France [???] within a very short time. This car was remarkable for its staunchness, simplicity, beauty of design and well-balanced lines. Motor, transmission, clutch, brakes, steering gear, commutator and mufflers all were manufactured by Leland and Falconer. Axles, differentials, wheels, bearings and frame members were furnished by outside suppliers of unquestionable integrity and reliability. Henry Leland directed the assembling of the cars with Alanson P. Brush, the designer. The planetary transmission, controlled by a single lever, enabled the Model D to be propelled quickly to speeds of 45 or 50 mph without any gear changing. Most speedy cars of this period were usually stopped by "killing" the engine; not so the Cadillac Model D which was fitted with a reliable emergency braking system. Other features were tubular axles, live rear axle, double-acting brakes, patented carburetor/mixer, specially designed Cadillac commutator, aluminum dash incorporating pressure-fed, 5-gall. gasoline "running tank" and lubricator, bevel gear drive, aluminum gear case, dust shield under motor and transmission, complete set of tools in accessory toolbox on RH side running board [another source says under rear seat???], pressed-steel hot-riveted frame, individual front seats of highest grade upholstery, 20-gallons fuel reserve tank (enough for 200 miles on good roads), jump spark ignition, mechanical lubricator, double-siphon mufflers, cellular radiator with fan, special Cadillac steering system, semi-elliptic 5-spring suspension, Cadillac planetary transmission giving 3 speeds forward and 1 reverse, Dunlop 34x4½" tires (86.36x11.43cms), 56½" (143.51cms) tread, 34" (86.36cms) artillery wheels, 100" wheel base (254cms), weight approximately 2600 lbs, optional top; base price $2800. A total of 156 units were built in 1905; all models have 61" tread option; photo (CS11, p.48). The Cadillac Model D was an expensive, finely-tooled car (Cadillac's first "prestige" machine); it had a wooden body with 20" (50.8cms) double side doors in the rear (for $250 extra, aluminum side panels could be ordered), aluminum mudguards, running boards replaced the former, smaller step-plates, divided front seat, 5-spring support for chassis frame, novel flywheel clutch and clutch-release mechanism, newly-designed floatless carburetor (unaffected by tilt of vehicle in any direction), vertical motor, 301 cubic inches displacement (4932,5 cm³), L-head, 43/8 x 5" bore and stroke (111,13 x 127mm), 30HP, speeds up to 50 mph (80kmh), water-cooled by centrifugal pump. The standard color was Brewster green with primrose running gear. A 1905 test driver rated the Model D as elegant and as the most highly organized of all automobiles.

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The new, 4-cylinder Model D    touring car   

 

Bare chassis/bodies: In 1905, various bare chassis with hood could be bought as follows: Model F $800, Model E $700, Model B $750. Bodies without hood could be bought too: Model F $150, Model E Runabout $60, Model B with rear deck $60 ($10 reduction without rear deck); tonneau or surrey seating for Model B cost $100 each; wheels with tires cost $250 for Model F (30x3½" 76.2x8.89cms), $210 for Model B (30x3" 76.2x7.62cms) and $200 for Model E (28x3" 71.12x7.62cms).

 

Trivia (1):  The First Cadillac to be used by the U.S. Military was a Model F with back-to-back seating and an open cargo body. It was purchased by the Signals Department

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Trivia (2): In The Automobile, for June 7, 1906 [excerpt supplied kindly by author and friend Michael Bromley] there is a snippet entitled [Cadillac?] Creates Thrills on the Coast. It reads:  A thirty-foot leap with an automobile across a gap at the foot of a steep incline is a performance with which Doctor Carver has recently been thrilling spectators at Agricultural Park, Los Angeles, Cal. After making a score of such sensational leaps in that city he planned a tour of California with his new "stunt". The accompanying reproduction [?] from a photograph shows the "Doctor" in the midst [middle?] of one of his wild flights. As shown, the essential equipment is a wooden incline ending at the bottom near the ground in an abrupt upward curve, forming the segment of a circle. Thirty feet distant is a sort of landing platform upon which the car alights after its leap. There is nothing but the driver's steady nerve and hand to hold the car to its course. The machine used for this feat is a second-hand Cadillac runabout of 1905 model [sic] bought from the Lee Automobile Company [later Don Lee] of Los Angeles after it had seen six months' hard usage on the road.  The leap is a very severe test of the springs, axles, and, in fact, all parts of the car, as may easily be imagined [I'll bet!].  The boys at Cadillac got a hold of that snippet and used it as the theme of one of their advertisements for the 1906 models; in fact, the photo was carefully doctored to show a 1906 Model K runabout in lieu of the original Model E used for the stunt. The ad said, inter alia: While this [performance] proves nothing to the person who wants an automobile to meet ordinary conditions of road travel, it does show that the strength of the Cadillac is never found wanting, no matter what the test.

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Left: the "reproduction" photo from The Automobile showing a 1905 Model E
Right: the "doctored" picture used in the Cadillac advertisement made to look like a 1906 Model K

 


1906

Facts: Cadillac claimed to be the largest manufacturer of automobiles in the world and when plant alterations were completed would nearly double its capacity from 30 to 50 machines a day, including an expected 400 4-cylinder cars per year, in order to keep up with demand (article in AU, 22.3.06); 1200 workers were on the force and Cadillac expected to take on another 1000. New fire precautions were taken following the disastrous fire of April 13, 1904. The first Cadillac script began to appear on radiators, all 1-cylinder had 76" wheel base (193,04cms), 10HP motor, prices $750-950, first closed bodies appeared (bought from Seavers & Erdman, Detroit); the first closed body was ordered by Leland and nicknamed Osceola after Seminole Indian chief. Facts excerpted from 1906 catalog: all 1-cylinder Cadillacs feature copper water jacket, mechanical operated vertical valves, variable inlet control, 2-speed planetary gears (3-speed on 4-cylinder models), mechanical forced-feed lubrication, interchangeable adjustable motor bearings, safety starting device, pressed steel channel frames, jump spark ignition, spark coil on dash, Brown-Lipe spur differential, balanced double-acting clutch bands, 2 double-acting brakes (external contracting and internal expanding), steel hubs, 3-spring suspension with rocker joint on front spring, adjustable ball-jointed radius rods, ratchet foot-pedal brake action, automatic elastic-stop diaphragm carburetor, rack & pinion steering gear, 7-gallons fuel, 3-gallons coolant, foot-actuated low-speed control, high gear and reverse on hand lever, concave steel dashes. All 4-cylinder models have shaft and bevel-gear drive with special planetary transmission giving three speeds forward. These cars had non-adjustable Hess-Bright ball bearings throughout. Model M bare chassis and hood, including 30x3½" (76.2x8.89cms) tires $800; Model K body without hood or dash $75; similar Model M body $175. Article in AU, 01.04.1906, pp.19-20.

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Precision gauges used to measure
cylinder bore to 1/1000th of an inch

 

Easy ID: Model K, 2-seater runabout and Model M, 4-seater Touring car both feature gracefully curved tulip body [seat sides]; curved rear fenders, lower edge level with upper part of wheel hub; Models H & L: rear fenders flatten out; 4-seater touring cars have very ornate, curved rear door; Model H coupe and Model L limousine have almost square window glass in side doors. All models have rounded side lights in horizontal, tubular casing.


From factory brochure
[ ZTV collection ]

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This all original Model K tulip-bodied runabout is owned (2003) by Dick Shappy of RI;
its original Purple Lake color appears to have faded and has turned to fudge brown

[ Photos: © 2003 and courtesy of Mr. Shappy ]

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More Model K runabout survivors

In a museum in western Australia there is a surviving  Model M with chassis #662 and engine #9400. It is the winner of three awards at the WA Tourism Awards 2006:  Winner - Motor Industry Centenary Awards 2003, Finalist - Fremantle First Business Awards 2003. This info from Graeme Cocks, Chief Executive Officer, "Speed, Style and the Automobile"

Fremantle Motor Museum
PO Box 1520
Fremantle WA 6959
Ph 9336 5222 -  Fax 9336 5522
Email gcocks@fremantlemotormuseum.net
Web site:  www.fremantlemotormuseum.net

[ no photo currently available ]

 

Models: Ten models in company catalogs; five 1-cylinder models and five 4-cylinder cars. Single-cylinder models: (1) Model K light runabout (Victoria), 2-pass., $750, 1100 lbs ($780 with rubber buggy top, sides and storm apron, $800 with leather top, sides and storm apron - lamps not included), not convertible to 4-seater; tulip seat sides (also known as the "turtle back" design), front divided seats trimmed in hand-buffed leather, standard color for upper body, seat panels and doors was purple lake1 (a deep wine color), with light carmine striping, lower body was black; frame, axles and wheels were dark carmine with light carmine and black striping; tools in sloping rear deck, 74" wheel base (193,04cm), tread 56" (142.24cms) (optional 61") (154.94cms.), wheels 28" (71.12cms.), Dunlop tires 28x3" (71.12x7.62cms), gear 10-38 (optional 10-41 or 10-34, weight approximately 1100 lbs., over-all length 9'2" (279.4cms.), over-all width 5'8" (172.72cms.), over-all height 4'6" (137.16cms), 10HP; such a model appeared in a popular advertisement of the early part of century called Leaping the gap; photo (CLCA 1984, p.31; CLCA 1990, p.29). (2) Model M, light Touring car (Victoria), with tulip body, for 4 passengers, $950 (without lamps), not convertible to Runabout for two passengers; tread 56" (142.24cms) (optional 61" 154.94cms), wheels 30" (76.2cms.), wheel base 76" (193,04cm), Dunlop tires 30x3½" (76.2x8.89cms), color same as Model K, two 18" (45.72cms) wide side doors, divided front seat, gear 10-41 (optional 10-38 or 10-45), weight approximately 1350 lbs., over-all length 9'7" (292.1cms.), over-all width 5'8" (172.72cms), over-all height 5'6" (167.64cms), 10HP, same 5x5" (127x127mm) 1-cylinder motor in use since 1902 (chain drive), color as for Model K; black upholstery and trimmings in buff or red buttoned pattern; cape cart top available for $75 extra - secured to front frame by 2 leather straps); this car is regarded as a classic in styling as it features traditional and graceful curves that are usually found in a Victoria coach; the forward sweep of both front and rear body formed an elegant pattern; it was widely copied and came to be known as a tulip or turtle back body. (3) Model M, delivery van (for those who would not entertain the idea of having to revert to a horse-drawn vehicle!) $950, approx. 1400 lbs; tread 56" (142.24cms), wheels 30" (76.2cms), wheel base 76" (193,04cms), Dunlop tires 30x3½" (76.2x8.89cms), standard color was purple lake, gear 9-45, enclosed van body is not detachable; double doors at rear; inside dimensions: over-all length 42" (106.68cms), over-all width 40" (101.6cms), over-all height 50" (127cms), capacity 500-600 lbs, 10HP, same 5x5" (127x127mm) 1-cylinder motor. Also available with single-cylinder motor were: (4) the Model M, 2-4 seater car with a folding tonneau and (5) the Model M coupe. In the 4-cylinder line on 98" wheel base 30 H.P. were (6) the Model H, 2-passenger runabout, 4-cylinder, 30HP, $2400 without lamps ($2500 with top), lamps optional, (7) the Model H, 5-passenger side-entrance Touring car, 4-cylinder, 30HP, $2500, 2,400 lbs ($2625 with top), lamps optional, (8) the Model H, 2-passenger Coupe, 4-cylinder, 30HP, $3000, 2500 lbs, beveled window glass, rear window drapes, lamps optional. On the 110" wheel base (279,4cms), 40 H.P. were (9) the Model L, 5-passenger or 7-passenger Touring car, 4-cylinder, 40HP, $3750 ($3900 with top), 7-passenger car had rear-facing auxiliary seats, lamps optional, weight 3,000 lbs [the late Phil Dumka said 2850 lbs] and (10) the Model L, open-front Limousine, 4-cylinder, 40HP, $5000, 3600 lbs, an opulent car, 5 passengers inside plus 2 outside; satin ceiling, Morocco leather upholstery, lamps standard, bell, speaking tube, lowerable French plate-glass windows. Article in AU for 05.24.1906 tells the story of an up-to-date car. Article in SCC tells of restoration of Model M  tulip tourer.

Trivia (1):  Twelve Cadillacs were used by the army for relief operations following the San Francisco earthquake that year. Initially, I thought they might have been simply requisitioned by the army.  In fact, author and friend Michael Bromley sent me a snippet from The Automobile for June 7, 1906, reading as follows: GENERAL FUNSTON'S AUTO RELIEF CORPS - Immediately following the earthquake at San Francisco, General Funston, who was in command of the United States military forces quartered there, assumed charge and purchased for relief work twelve Cadillacs [my emphasis], nine of which are shown in the photograph [below]. The picture was taken  at Fort Mason, General Funston's headquarters, after the stress of the relief work was over, and is interesting in view of the great work performed by automobiles in saving lives and personal property from the flames which followed the seismic shocks.


From factory brochure
[ ZTV collection ]

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Nine of the twelve Cadillacs the army bought for relief work in SF

 

Trivia (2)The enterprising agents of the Cadillac Motor Car Company at Richford, VT, Manual Bros., conceived the idea of mounting a horse on a chassis, and entering the float thus arranged in a recent [Fall 1906!] parade in that city. The little car handled its load of 800 ponds of horseflesh with apparent ease and the horse seemed to enjoy the novelty of the thing as much as the assembled citizens who witnessed the parade. Manuel Bros. state that the exhibit proved an excellent advertisement for the automobile [excerpt from The Automobile, September 13, 1906, provided kindly by Michael Bromley].

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Banner reads: Drive a Cadillac and let your horse rest !

 

Trivia (3):  [This text is the caption of a magazine photo published in 1924] Seeing is believing, so for the benefit of skeptics we produce a picture of a 1902 single-cylinder Cadillac which is still giving excellent service. An electrical company at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, submitted this piocture of the venerable old Cadillac "one lunger". This is a convincing proof of the durability of Cadillac cars -- twenty-six years of continuous service and still functioning perfectly.

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1  Auto buff, Harry W. Allen contacted me in September 2004 and told me the story of this color: My great-great-grandfather's  last name was Hurley;  he was a head of Fisher's paint and bodywork department (perhaps a supervisor or manager) at the time it was taken over by General Motors.  He had the Hurley's Purple Lake named after him; it was a very deep plum color. 

Related Trivia:  Mr. Hurley is believed to also have overseen the bodywork done on a Cadillac purchased by Henry Ford as a gift for his son. A Ford was not good enough for a Ford, and so Henry decided on a Cadillac instead.  The work on this car was very kept much under wraps, to avoid the obvious bad publicity. Mr. Hurley (and everyone else who worked on the car) was paid a very nice sum by Mr. Ford, personally, for his efforts and for his discretion.

Anyway, that's all I know about the gentleman. My reason for trying to locate him now is that I am in the process of rebuilding a car (a '69 Pontiac GTO), and would repaint the car in Hurley's Purple Lake, if I could get a chip or number for it.  Obviously, any additional information on my relative would be greatly appreciated, as well.


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Model M touring Victoria, with so-called "tulip" body

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Model M, touring Victoria,   survivors

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The first fully enclosed Cadillac was built in 1906, on a 1905 chassis

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Model M delivery van
New, it cost $950

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The 4-cylinder Model H touring car differed from
the Model L in having a higher rear door

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Model L limousine cost a phenomenal $5000 in 1906;
in today's dollars, that translates to around $95,000

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Delivery pickup conversion of 1906 runabout

 


1907

Facts: sales volume down 37%. Leland imported a set of Swedish Johansson gauge blocks (Jo-blocks) on the GO / NOT GO principle to facilitate the manufacture of precision parts; tires (all) 30x3" (76.2x7.62cms) Dunlop or Clincher tires. Transmission: selective sliding gear in aluminum housing. Model G was announced in December, 1906 to complement Model H line; it was designed to meet the needs of those who wanted a medium weight touring car with plenty of power, the same facilities as found in larger cars but at a lower purchase cost and moderate upkeep (these cars were first rated at 20HP then upgraded to 25HP). In a sales brochure for the 1907 models Cadillac asserts that its factory is the largest of its kind in the world. Its facilities and equipment are unequalled. The enormous plant is the most modern in existence and is replete with the latest most improved and best machinery possible to obtain. Already in 1907 Cadillac defines automobile manufacturing requisites (and claims to meet them) as (1) general efficiency, (2) accessibility, (3) simplicity, (4) durability, (5) interchangeability, (6) economy and (7) "value received". Standard tires: Hartford or Morgan & Wright Dunlop type; G & J Clincher tires available at no extra charge. Cadillac still recommended crating of cars to be shipped over long distances. This service cost $10 net for single-cylinder models and $20 for 4-cylinder cars.

Easy ID: All models have squarish side lights in a cubic casing; headlights are rounded, in a trumpet-shaped casing.   Like 1906 Models; new Model M, 4-seater touring car with straight-line molding through center of body and flat rear fender; new Model M, 2 or 4 seater with folding rear tonneau seat (body below front seat bulges outwards); Model M coupe and Model H limousine have oblong window glass in side doors; 4-seater touring cars have less ornate rear door; Model G has straight-line molding through rear body, including door; Model H does not have the molding through the door; Model G runabout has curved rear fender (front and rear fenders are joined by running board - this model available with single or double rumble seat).

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1907 Model K runabout (right, a survivor)

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Model M light touring car

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Model M light touring car, with folding tonneau

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Beautifully restored Model M  from the Cadillac Historical Collection
[ Photos taken during the 100th Anniversary CLC Grand National in Saratoga, NY ]

 

Models: (1) Model K, 2-passenger runabout, $800 ($750 for stripped model), 1100 lbs, $75 for body only, lamps optional, three optional tops, full leather Victoria top $100, full rubber Victoria top $40, leather buggy top $70; small photo, (C&D card set [2], one shown erroneously as 1905 Model C) (CLCA 1987, p.24; [see Leland Award]), (CA 2/91, p. ???), (SS 9/89, p.3 [identified as 1908 model?]). (2) Model K with Victoria top, $925, (3) Model M: Victoria light Touring car, $950, cape cart-top $100, standard color as in 1906 purple lake; nice photos in pre-war monographs, front, rear and instrument panel. (4) Model M, straight-line light Touring car, $950, 1350 lbs, top $100, standard color Brewster green with red hairline stripe and red running gear with black striping. (5) Model M, light Touring car, with folding tonneau, $1000; photo (CLCA 1978, p.30 [???]). (6) Model M, Coupe, $1200 [the late Phil Dumka said $1350], 30x3.5" (76.2x8.89cms) tires, (7) Model M, light delivery wagon, $950. (8) Model G, 4-cylinder, 2-seater runabout, $2000, 100" wheel base (254cms), 20HP, optional lamps; (9) Model G, 4-cylinder, 3-passenger roadster with dickey seat [rumble seat], 3-bow buggy top, $2000, 100" wheel base (254cms), 20HP, optional lamps, selective sliding gear in aluminum housing, available with Victoria top, standard color Brewster green with light green running gear and white hairline stripe. (10) Model G, 5-passenger Touring car, with or without top, $2000, direct shaft drive (no chains), selective sliding gear changer, 20HP, 100 wheel base (254 cms), cape cart-top $120, rear side doors, lamps optional. Model G chassis, painted and striped, available for $1900. (11) Model H: Touring car, 4-cylinder, 30HP, 102" wheel base (259,08cms), $2500. (12) Model H, 2-passenger runabout, $2400, (13) Model H, 2-door, 2-passenger coupe, $3000, (14) Model H, limousine, 30HP at $3600, the result of Henry Leland's pursuit of and passion for precision (catalog boasts this model as being for the motorist whose ideals are realized only in a car which affords the highest degree of comfort and luxury with ample power for all reasonable requirements) 102" wheel base (259,08cms), 4-leaf springs of the finest steel, best hickory artillery wheels, 34x4½" (86.36x11.43cms) tires on Midgley Universal rims, $3600, 43/8x5" bore and stroke (111,13x127mm), like Model D; rear compartment luxuriously upholstered in rich black leather over deep-coiled springs and genuine curled hair; a speaking tube provided communication with the driver, whose compartment was only partly enclosed (top and windshield); elegant side lanterns were of cut glass; ride was epitome of ease and comfort. Incomplete cars were offered in the condensed catalog for 1907, as follows: Model M chassis with dash, hood, wheels, tires ($800), similar incomplete Model K ($750). Separate bodies were priced as follows: Model K body ($75), Model M, in both Victoria or straight-line style ($175).

Trivia (1): Three 1907 Cadillacs participated in a standardization test in 1908, winning for Cadillac the coveted Dewar Trophy. On the great concrete oval of the Brooklands Motordrome near London, said Maurice Hendry of New Zealand, they looked like flies crawling around a dinner plate.

Trivia (2): AU reported 02.211907, p.305, that a Mr. F.G. Plummer of Seattle, WA, set a new record by driving a single-cylinder Cadillac non-stop for 1000 miles (previous record had been 600 miles); it took 71 hours and 32 minutes to achieve this feat in the early part of the year, driving through rain, sleet and snow.

 


1907-08

Special Model G taxi available on request [source ???]

 


1908

Facts: First fully enclosed production Cadillac, the Model T coupe; front and rear windows could be lowered; side windows could be removed; closed body was removable and could be replaced with an open 2-seater or 4-seater body; (SS 30th anniversary issue, p.38); 1-cylinder motor consisted of 2163 different component parts; Cadillac began tooling up for new, 4-cylinder Model 30, all 1-cylinder 1908 models on 76" (193,04cms) others 82" wheel base (208,28cms), Cadillac now made its own tops; this is the year that three of the 1907 Model K cars in the showroom of Cadillac's UK agent (Frederick Bennett) were entered in a competition that earned Cadillac the Dewar Trophy (effectively awarded in 1909). Each of the 1907 runabout models that were broken down, scrambled and re-assembled consisted of 721 component parts.

 


The RAC's Dewar Trophy

 

Easy ID: Front and rear fenders joined by running boards (except Model T coupe and Model M delivery van); new headlights (still extra-cost equipment on all models) feature large, rounded, tubular casing with upper, 5-holed ventilating cap and convex rear end cap (the Model M delivery van, Model H touring car and limousine, and Model G roadster are featured in the product catalog with the old style lamps). Model T touring car is like 1907 Model M straight-line model, except no molding through rear door; Model T Victoria is like 1907 Model M Victoria but has running boards and flat rear fenders. Model S runabout is available with tulip body and single rumble seat or standard body and double rumble seat with folding lazy-back; Model T coupe and Model G limousine have squarer, oblong window glass in side doors; Model H limousine is basically unchanged. Model H touring car now has straight-line molding through rear body, including door. Model G has Cadillac embossed on radiator shell.

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(Above and below): 1908 Model S runabout


Here's on old photo of a (then new?) Model T touring car

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Model S, 2-pass with rumble seat

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Model T touring car

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Model G, 4-cylinder limousine

 

Models: Featured in 1908 sales catalog; also CATJ, 3/08, p.74. (1) Model S: straight-line runabout, 10HP, $850 - incomplete car (chassis, wheels, dash and hood) cost $800, body in standard finish, including upholstery and spring seat cushions cost $95; standard color: dark blue body and side rails with light blue running gear, blue pin striping, optional lamps; good photo in CLCA 1973, p.22; small photo in CLCA 1981, p.27; the late Phil Dumka lists also (1b) same car with two-seater rumble seat for $885; (2) Model S: runabout, 10HP with Victoria body, $850. Phil Dumka lists also (2b) same car with two-seater rumble, $875; (3) Model T, 4-passenger straight-line touring car, $1000 - incomplete car (chassis, wheels, dash and hood) cost $850, body in standard finish, including upholstery and spring seat cushions cost $175, tires 30x3½ (76.2x8.89cms); photo in CLCA 1976, p.29; story and photos in CLCA 30th anniversary issue, pp.6-8). (4) Model T, coupe, $1350, dark blue and black with blue running gear, body removable in summer to convert to runabout. (5) Model T  touring Victoria, $1000 - incomplete car (chassis, wheels, dash and hood) cost $850, body in standard finish, including upholstery and spring seat cushions cost $175 - without lamps or top, standard color: Brewster green with light red striping and red running gear with dark green stripe. (6) Model M delivery van on 76" wheel base, $1000 [Phil Dumka lists it at $950], Brewster green with red running gear. (7) Model G roadster with single dickey (rumble)  seat, $2000, optional lights and top, standard color: French gray with fine red striping, red leather upholstery, 20HP, 100 wheel base (2m54) like 1907 [Phil Dumka lists also (7b) a roadster with double dickey (rumble) seat, $2025. (8) Model G touring car, $2000, optional lights and top, dark blue body and frame rails, fine primrose stripe, cream and yellow wheels and axles with dark blue stripes; optional color: Brewster green with red running; 20HP, 100 wheel base (254cms) like 1907. (9) Model G Limousine, $3000, electric dome light, speaking tube, dark blue and black with dark blue running gear and light blue striping, 102" wheel base (259,08cm), $3600, 43/8x5" bore and stroke (111,13x127mm) like Model D. (10) Model H touring car, $2500, Brewster green including running gear, optional red running gear with dark green striping. (11) Model H limousine, $3600, 30HP, 50mph (80kmh). Phil Dumka lists also (12) a Model H roadster [???], $2400. Cadillac made its own tops whose quality was in keeping with quality of the cars themselves. Bows were No. 1 ash with double steel tube bow sockets and substantially reinforced rear sockets.

Trivia (1): [see 1907, above]  Three 1907 Cadillacs participated in a standardization test in 1908, winning for Cadillac the coveted Dewar Trophy.

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Commemorative medallion celebrating
Cadillac's winning the Dewar Trophy twice

Trivia (2): In 1908, a brand new Cadillac "30", straight off the assembly line, covered more than 1,000 miles on country roads in Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky, without ever stopping or missing a beat. The engine was started in Detroit on October 17 and stopped on October 19, 1908. This may not seem much of a feat, 100 years later, but in those early days of motoring it was quite exceptional.

[ images]

 

 

1909

Facts: Cadillac is incorporated in General Motors (GM). Good write-up in CATJ, 12/08, pp.110-116. Models illustrated in CATJ, 3/09. p.104; Introduction of new, Cadillac Thirty; named after its horsepower capability. Cylinders gauged by Johannson Go / Not Go gauges and again ground to within 1,000th of an inch; ash body frames, aluminized sheet steel doors; sheet metal fenders were finished in several coats of black enamel, standard body finish Royal blue (body, hood, frame, axles and wheels) with light blue striping; black radiator; mahogany dash with brass edging, mahogany finish door trim and hood sills, seats upholstered in black leather tufted over deep coil springs and fine quality genuine curled hair; hickory artillery wheels with steel hubs, standard tires: Hartford 32x3½" (81.28cms) optional 33x4" (83.82x10.16 cms). Prices down from a high of $3600 for some limousine models to only $1400 for all 4-cylinder cars. Specifications: 4-cylinder motor, 4x4½" (101.6x114.3mm) bore and stroke, 5-bearing crankshaft, storage battery and dry cells for jump spark ignition, leather-faced cone clutch, sliding gear transmission, 3 forward, 1 reverse, special alloy steel live rear axle, tubular front axle, 1 internal and 1 external brake direct on wheels, worm and sector steering, 106" wheel base. (269.24cms), tread 56" (142.24cms) (optional 61") (154.94cms), front semi-elliptical springs, rear ¾ platform; muffler could direct exhaust gas to operate a horn or even a foot-warmer, 16" diameter steering wheel (40.64cms), speed (gear) changes by hand lever operating in "H" plate, foot throttle, top speed circa 50mph (80kph), 13-gallons fuel, 6 pints oil, side oil lamps + tail lamp included, horn and set of tools including pump and repair kit for tires. Optionally: 32x4" (81.28x101.6cms) tires ($45), Bosch high tension magneto ($117), Dow high tension type ($100), Eisenmann low tension type ($126), Splitdorf low tension type ($100), two storage batteries instead of one ($18), one 40A + one 60A instead of one 40A ($25), two 60A instead of one 40A ($32), Rushmore lamps ($23), Rushmore generator ($12), Prest-o-Lite gas tank for lamps ($25), gas-lamp brackets ($3.60 pr.) labor for fitting gas lamps ($8), Metzger folding windshield ($50), Gabriel horns (from $15-35), Stewart & Clark speedometers (from $15-40), color options: red with black molding ($40), French gray [no guarantee!] ($50). Bare chassis including hood, dash and fenders [no lamps] cost $1350; touring car body cost $250, detachable tonneau for demi-tonneau cost $115, and rumble seat with toolbox [base only] was $50. Tops: rubber cape cart for touring car or demi-tonneau cost $75, same but black mohair was $125, rubber top for roadster cost $55, full leather top was $110 and special black mohair, $100; slip covers for seats were $75 (touring car & demi-tonneau) or $45 (roadster); dust hood [top boot] for laid back tops cost $12.

Easy ID: Much longer bodies and hoods [all models]; touring car has flat rear fender and taller body than demi-tonneau and roadster; the latter two models have curved cowling between driving area and hood.

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Above two rows: period photos of the 1909 models

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1909 Model G touring car

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Left: Model G demi-tonneau.  Right: Model G roadster

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Front grille:  detail

 

Models: 1908 models still advertised in CATJ, 3/09, p.104. (1) Model T touring car ($950). (2) Model S runabout ($800), same car with artillery seat for 2 extra passengers ($850). (3) Model T coupe ($1300). All 4-cylinder models priced at $1400. (4) Model 30 2-door, 5-passenger touring car, $1400 (Danbury Mint scale-model tourer, CC&CC 6/1981, p.14, 16-17). (5) Model 30, 2-door, 4-passenger demi-tonneau, $1400, could seat two passenger in rear tonneau which was removable, leaving a plain deck which could accommodate a rumble seat. (6) Model 30, 3-passenger roadster with detachable rumble seat, $1400; photo/ill: (CLCA 1978, p.35).

Trivia: An early advertisement this year explained how Cadillac would manufacture 10,000 4-cylinder models in 1909 when, five years earlier (in 1904), all auto factories in America combined were able to build just 44 such cars in one annual season. In fact production failed to reach 2000, but nonetheless a new manufacturing pace was set. 1909 production was six times that of 1908.

 


1910

Facts: Fleetwood Body Corporation, founded [information drawn from 1929 Cadillac catalog]; adoption of Delco electric system (Dayton Engineering Laboratories Co., Dayton, Ohio) comprising only coil box, controlling relay and switch; this was a major improvement in reliability over the former magneto ignition. Specifications: general body specifications like 1909 models; motor up to 33HP, 4¼x4½" bore and stroke (107.95x114.3mm) (bore up by ¼" 6.35mm), new Delco ignition system, chrome nickel steel gears, transmission shaft and clutch shaft, gear ratio 3½ to 1 (optional 4 to 1 on touring car and demi-tonneau, 3 to 1 or 4 to 1 on roadster ), limousine 4 to 1, wheel base 110" (279.4cms) (except limousine: 120" - 304.8cms), tires 34x4" (86.36x10.16cms), (limousine 34x4½" 86.36x11.43cms), tread 56" (142.24cms) (optional 61" 154.94cms), steering wheel diameter, up by 1" (2.54cms) to 17" (43.18cms); options: tops from $60-95 (lowest price up $5), seat slip covers from $40-60, Prest-o-Lite gas tank ($25), folding windshield ($30), Jones speedometer (from $25-35), foot rail ($3.50), bare chassis on 34x4" (86.36x10.16cms) tires ($1525), Thirty touring car body ($250), detachable demi-tonneau ($115), single rumble seat and tool box base ($50), plain deck replacing rumble seat or demi-tonneau ($30). Cadillac reproduced the contents of its 1910 product bulletin in a SEP advertisement entitled The Story of the Cadillac.

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Outing of nine ladies in a spacious 1910 touring car

 

Easy ID: front fenders are hooded; touring car has more rounded rear fender with flat extremities. New limousine has flat rear fenders.

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Left: Bird's eye view of bare engine.  Right: Model Thirty touring car

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Another artist's view, from a period ad

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The Thirty roadster (a survivor, right)

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Two surviving Thirty touring cars

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1910 Model Thirty limousine

 

Models: Like 1909, all prices up $200 to $1600; Model 30 range included: (1) 2-door, 5-passenger touring car, $1600; (2) 2-door, 4-passenger demi-tonneau, $1600, (3) 2-passenger roadster, $1600, (4) 2-door, 3-passenger coupe, $2200, (5) 2-door, 7-passenger limousine, $3000, with upholstery of genuine Morocco with broadcloth trimming, mahogany ceiling over driver, 5-passenger seating in rear compartment, electric dome light, toilet case, card case and speaking tube, large gas headlights with Prest-o-Lite gas tank, windshield in Circassian walnut frame could be swung up, under roof. Royal blue finish with black trimming; frame, wheels and hood were striped; photo/illustration: good photo & story of demi-tonneau (CLCA 1987, p.2-11), touring car (CLCA 1977, p.3) >>>>> (???).

 


1911

Facts: Custom coachcraft by Fleetwood begins. Specifications: general body specifications are like 1910 models, bore and stroke 4½x4½" (114.3x114.3mm) (bore up by another ¼" - 6.35mm), 286.3 cu.in., 32.4 HP, special Schebler carburetor (air adjusted from driver's seat), 14x2½" (35.56x6.35cms) brake drums, gear ratio touring cars, demi-tonneau, torpedo and coupe 3.43-1 (optional 3.66-1), roadster 3.05-1 (optional 3.43-1), limousine 3.92-1 (optional 3.66-1), 116" wheel base (294.64cms), 56" tread (142.24cms) (option 61" 154.94cms), wheel base up 6" (15.24cms) to 116" (294.64cms), tires like 1910 34x4" (86.36x10.16cms), limousine up from 34x4½" to 36x4½ (91.44x11.43cms), tread like 1910 56" (142.24cms) (optional 61" 154.94cms), steering wheel diameter up by 1" (2.54cms) to 18" (45.72cms); Royal Arch seat cushion springs designed not to strike cushion base; linoleum covered running boards; standard wheel color: light cream with black striping (optional : blue wheels), tire-holders; Prest-o-Lite gas cylinder supplied on limousine instead of generator; standard equipment: pair of acetylene gas lamps, tail lamp, horn, tools and tire repair kit. options: tops from $65-95 (lowest price up $5), seat slip covers from $40-60, Prest-o-Lite gas tank ($25), automatic folding windshield (up $10 to $40), bare chassis on 34x4" tires (86.36x10.16cms) up $80 to $1525, Thirty touring car or demi-tonneau body (up $75 to $325), detachable demi-tonneau (up $30 to $145), roadster body including rumble seat ($230), same without rumble seat ($180), single rumble seat and tool box base ($50), 4-door touring car body ($425), torpedo body ($475), limousine body ($1350), coupe body with parts to interchange with demi-tonneau ($1000).

Easy ID: rear fenders of all models except limousine are reverse-curved, instead of flat, at their extremities; limousine retains flat extremities beyond the curved portion; base of rear doors on touring car are curved instead of having the pointed coach curve; at the front fenders are hooded; touring car has more rounded rear fender with flat extremities. Limousine has flat rear fenders. New four-door touring car. New, torpedo model has inward curving rear body and molding level with fold in hood.

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1911 Model Thirty roadster, with deck
Note upturned end of rear fenders

 

Models: Similar to 1910 cars but with cream wheels and black striping; black leather upholstery. Bare chassis cost $1605 and complete bodies ranged from $145 to $475 ($1350 for the limousine). Model 30 range includes (1) 2-passenger roadster [with deck], $1700. (2) Same car with optional rumble seat, $1700. (3) 5-passenger standard touring car, $1700. (3a) 5-passenger touring car with front and rear doors, known as the Fore-door model, $1700 [the late Phil Dumka lists at $1800]. (4) 4-passenger demi-tonneau (the last year for this model), convertible to 2-passenger runabout, $1700. (5) 5-passenger torpedo, straight-line body with center body molding running full length of car, $1850, an optional mohair top cost $95 extra, (6) closed coupe with functional rear deck, Prest-O-Lite tank instead of standard acetylene generator, $2250. (7) 7-passenger limousine with interior electric lights, speaking tube and Prest-O-Lite tank instead of acetylene generator, $3000. Photo/illustrations: rear of touring car (CLCA 1976, p.23); front view (CLCA 1976, p.26); articles: (CC&CC, 4/1975) {***}.

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1911 Model Thirty touring car (a survivor, right)

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Cadillac employees gathered outside the plant in 1911

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Coaching Day in Liberty, NY, August 23, 1911
Banner reads: Everybody works, but Pa; he drives a Cadillac
With six kids in the rear, plus a baby on Mom's knee...
...methinks Pa does more than just drive a Cadillac!

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This perfectly restored demi-tonneau is in the collection of Dick Shappy, RI
[ Photos: © 2003 and courtesy of the owner ]

Trivia: a trimmed down 1911 roadster with no fenders was driven by a Mr. Beaudet into second place at the Los Angeles race track.  It came in first among the American-built cars that ran in the race, covering 1,448 miles in 24 hours, being an average speed of 60.33 MPH, the best performance ever done on a 30 HP automobile.


1912

Facts: The Cadillac that has no crank, new electric lighting and electric starting and improved ignition, credited to Cadillac engineer Charles F. Kettering [Boss Ket] but actually a Cadillac-engineered feature adapted by Kettering, won Cadillac the Dewar Trophy for 2nd time (awarded in 1913) after successfully starting and stopping the motor 1000 times; 1912 brochure mentions 50,000 Cadillac cars scattered all over the globe. Cadillac company was prepared to replace any part of any car it ever built.; it described 1912 cars as the most sturdy, the most dependable and the car of most enduring service; in building the Cadillac limousine, instructions were to overlook nothing the absence of which could cause the possessor to envy the owner of any other car, no matter what its price nor the name it bore; start of production of 7th Cadillac body style Phaeton (CLCA 1973, p.12); new body fabrication methods: Cadillac bodies were now first modeled by hand in wax then a plaster cast was made from which dies were then made for stamping different body parts from sheet steel. Bodies were mounted over hard wood frames; specifications: bore and stroke unchanged (4½x4½") (114.3x114.3mm), six-bearing cam shaft, ignition by dynamo furnishing current for ignition, electric starting device and electric lights, Delco distributor system with dry cell current, brake drums up from 14x2½" (35.56x6.35cms) to 17x2½" (43.18x6.35cms), gear ratio touring cars, coupe and limousine 3.92-1 (optional 3.66-1), phaeton and  torpedo 3.66-1 (optional 3.43-1), roadster 3.43-1 (optional 3.05-1), 116" wheel base (294.64cms), 56" tread (142.24cms) (option 61" 154.94cms), wheel base 116" 294.64cms), tires 36x4" (91.44x10.16cms), steering wheel diameter unchanged at 18" (45.72cms); gasoline capacity: 20-gallons (touring car, torpedo and limousine), 14-gallons (phaeton, roadster and coupe), linoleum-covered running boards with metal bindings, all bodies with 4 doors, aluminum bodies on limousine and coupe (others steel), standard body color: Cadillac blue with fine, light (blue?) striping (excellent torpedo battleship gray with fine black striping, optional Cadillac blue), limousine and coupe had Cadillac blue lower panels and doors with black upper panels and moldings, all wheels Cadillac blue; walnut dash and door trimming, all other trimmings nickel-plated; dynamo with 80 a/h battery, Gray & Davis electric lamps with adjustable focusing (special design for Cadillac finished in black enamel with nickel trimmings - 2 headlamps with adjustable bulbs for high-low beams, 2 side (cowl) lamps, 1 tail lamp) and a speedometer light; Hans gasoline gauge on dash, horn, foot-rail in tonneau, half rail in front, robe rail, tire-irons, tool box with tools including pump and tire repair kit, cocoa mat in all tonneaus (except closed cars), Standard speedometer with 4" face and lighting; options: top prices down, now ranging from $60-90, seat slip cover prices also down, now ranging from $32-50, folding windshield for touring car and phaeton ($40), for torpedo and roadster ($35), 36x4½" (91.44x11.43cms) wheels and tires instead of 36x4" 91.44x10.16cms) ($50), 37x4½" (93.98x11.43cms) ($50), Cox front bumper of black enamel with nickel ends ($18), Kamfee auto trunk ($30), trunk rack ($10), Baker demountable rims with one extra rim ($25), Boston Model "C" clock ($15), Tuto electric horn ($25), Kellogg 4-cylinder power tire inflator ($35), inspection lamp with 8-ft cord ($2). Interchangeable body prices not listed, Hartford or Morgan & Wright tires (36 x 4").

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Electric starting and lighting
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Easy ID: All models now have doors to the front compartment as well as the reverse-curve rear fenders; no crank; electric starting and lighting. Coupe roof projects over hood; rear roof has upper reverse curve. Limousine is fully enclosed car.

Models: "1912" (slight price increase over last year) Models (1) 4-door 5-passenger touring car, flat dash, (no more open door area in driver's compartment) ($1800), mohair cape top was $90 extra, (2) new, 4-passenger phaeton, similar to 4-door touring car but shorter body ($1800), (3) 4-passenger torpedo, recognizable by side molding running entire length of body level with fold on engine hood, optional windshield and top ($1900), (4) roadster, fully enclosed, pressed steel cowl and side doors, 2-piece folding windshield, luggage compartment in rear, folding top cost $60 extra, (5) fully enclosed aluminum limousine with fixed partition, termed berline, no more open chauffeur compartment, described as the Berline type with vestibule front compartment; unbeveled, 3/16" thick crystal plate glass in windows and doors (sliding open), plain (untufted) hand-buffed black leather in front, top cloth and floor covering in gray linoleum with aluminum binding, American black walnut sashes, heel boards dash, hood shelves and finish moldings, rear upholstered and trimmed in best imported blue broadcloth, two folding seats, accommodation for 5-pass., best quality silk curtains on rollers, two pillar lamps outside, two 3½" (8.89cms) dome lamps, sliding arm rests, speaking tube, hat racks, toilet case, time-piece (clock), lever lock handles (Yale locks), short robe rail with goat skin cover on inside of doors, 2 slip pockets on center partition and 1 on each side, heavy nickel plating on exterior trimmings. Cadillac bodies could interchange on same chassis so that a wealthy customer could buy a bare touring car body and exchange it for the limousine body when desired ($3250). (6) coupe, less angular lines), interior upholstered in best imported blue broadcloth with broad and narrow lace trimmings, windows in door and rear quarters drop down; silk curtains, sashes, windshield frames dash, etc. finished like the limousine in black American walnut; removable rear-facing auxiliary seat increasing passenger capacity to 4 persons, folding driver's seat allowing exit from both sides of car; coupe also had two side lamps; toilet case contained time piece, mirror and two toilet bottles, ash tray and card case (all silver mounted), Yale locks on doors, horn, hinged foot rail, sliding arm rests, hat rack and pillar handles ($2250). Bodies of the coupe and limousine (the two enclosed styles) were made of (much lighter) aluminum in lieu of steel.  Photo/ill: chassis propelled by self-starter CCI, 28:3, CLC 10/92 pp.4-5

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Above two rows: the new touring car

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Above two rows: 1912 touring car from Cadillac's own Historical collection

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(Above two rows) Surviving touring cars from 1912

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Two survivors.  Left, the roadster, right the phaeton

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Model Thirty limousine

 

 

 

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[ 1-cylinder Cadillac engine production and specifications ]

Specs for the 1904-1905 Cadillacs

 

In 1905, Cadillac introduced the 4 cylinder engine, the model D. Models B, C, E, and F were one cylinder cars.

Production      3712 of which 156 were model D's.

Models           B, C, D, E, F

Engines           1 & 4 cylinder

Horsepower    1 cylinder;  10 bhp  @ 900 rpm
                       4 cylinder:  30 bhp  @ 1000 rpm

Wheelbase      Models B, C, E, F     76 in
                       Model D                 100 in

Prices:

Then               $750 - $2800 (for the model D)
80's-90's        $25,000

 

 

 

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[ 1-cylinder Cadillac engine production and specifications ]

Specs for the 1906-1907 Cadillacs

 

Models G, H, L and M carry the four cylinder engine. Model K now carries the one cylinder engine. And it was this very model K which won Cadillac the famous Dewar trophy in 1908 for parts interchangeability and standardization.

Production     1907-1908  5000

Models          G, H, K, L, M

Engines          1 and 4 cylinder

Horsepower   1 cylinder  10.5 bhp @ 900 rpm
                      4 cylinder  30 bhp @ 1000 rpm

Wheelbase      Model K      76 in
                      Others,       100 in

Prices       
Then              $750 - $2800
80's-90's        $25,000

 


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