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Cadillac & LaSalle Toys
The wood replicas of Ren� Daffaure, France



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Pick the preferred years  - Choisissez vos ann�es pr�f�r�es
1902 - 1931 1930/31 Solido 1932 - 1942 1946 - 1953
1954 - 1958 1959 only 1960-1969 1970-2001

 

...or pick one of the following model builders or collectors
...ou choisissez l'un des mod�listes ou collectionneurs suivants
The author's former Cadillac toy collection
The bespoke "Elegance" models of Claude Thibivilliers
The rare "RD-Marmande" Cadillac models of Ren� Daffaure
Jo-Han kits and Promotionals, USA
The Kits of TKM, USA
The Paper and Card Cadillacs of Emmanuel de Horne
The Custom Limousines of Philippe Emami
The Wooden Models of Otto Vallastro

 

Post-WW2
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1946

 

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Ref. #3:  Series 62 sedan, style #6269; this replica was modeled from the car of a Swiss collector friend

 

 

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Ref. #10: The regular Series 62, style #6207 fastback coupe

 

 

1947

 

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Ref. #00:  Custom Series 75, 6-door station wagon designed and built on the 1947 commercial chassis  for actor
Gene Autrey,  by Maurice Schwartz; it was modeled from a photo in Roy Schneider's excellent Cars of the Forties

 

 

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Ref. #1: Custom 4-door convertible on Series 75 chassis by Derham;
once again, the replica was modeled after a photo in Roy's book

 

 

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Ref. #2:  Custom formal sedan by Derham on Series 75 chassis;
it was modeled after another photo in Roy Schneider's book

 

 

1948

 

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Ref. #1:  Custom convertible coupe by Paris' Jacques Saoutchik;
this one was modeled after photos in the author's private collection

 

 

1949

 


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Ref. #00:  Custom coupe on shortened Series 75 chassis by Maurice Schwartz; the photo from which
the replica was modeled appeared in the excellent book Cadillacs of the Forties by Roy A. Schneider

 

 

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Ref. #00: Custom station wagon, again on Series 75 chassis; this one too was designed and built by
Maurice Schwartz for singer-comedienne Marie McDonald, wife of shoe millionaire, Harry Karl:
it is based also on a photo taken from Roy Schneider's excellent book

 

 

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This is the car as it looks today; it is painted blood red

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Ref. #2: Custom coupe by Coachcraft of Hollywood for Mrs. Morgan Adams; the car has survived [top photo]
in somewhat modified form; photos from Roy Schneider's book Cadillacs of the Forties were used for the replica

 

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Ref. #3:  Custom town car on the long, commercial chassis commissioned from Coachcraft Ltd. of Hollywood, by
Ms. Morgan Adams; the car finally was completed by Maurice Schwartz, in Pasadena, following a disagreement
on the price of the conversion; this was
the last formal body style completed by the Pasadena coach builder); the
replica, modeled from a picture in Cars of the Forties, does not do justice to the original, angular rear roof lines

 

 

1950

 

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Ref. #10: Series 61, style #6137 coupe; an almost stock version of this popular model was entered
in the 1950 edition of the acclaimed  24-hour Le Mans road race; it came in 10th over-all;
the replica (left) was modeled from photos in the author's private collection;
on the right, a second one from the private collection of Emmanuel de Horne

 

 

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Ref. #17:  Briggs Cunningham of US auto racing fame is reported to have built a number of
these sporty models of which one or more may have been powered by the 1950 Cadillac V-8 motor;
Photos from the author's own collection were used to produce this replica

 

 

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Ref #18:  Briggs Cunningham entered also this racing barquette, nicknamed Le Monstre, in the 1950
Le Mans road race; powered by a modified Cadillac engine, it finished in 11th place, behind the Series 61 coupe;
the replica was built by Ren� Daffaure from his own collection of photos

 

 

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Ref. #82: Allard J2X roadster powered by the 1949 Cadillac V-8 motor; entered in the 1950
edition of the famed Le Mans race, this car got a most honorable third place over-all; the
replica is one of a hundred or so individually built by Ren� Daffaure, based on photos in his collection

 

 

1953

 

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Ref. #1: Special custom Le Mans roadster by Cadillac, built for the 1953 GM Motorama;
following the show, a reported four additional units were built to special order;
the replica was modeled from photos in the author's own collection

 

 

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Ref. #1:  Custom roadster on Series 62 Cadillac chassis by Pinin Farina for NY Ferrari importer and race car driver,
Luigi Chinetti; only the dash and wheel covers are recognizable as having come from a 1953 Cadillac:
the replica was modeled from photos [top] published in the Swiss Automobil Revue annual catalog edition

 

 

1954

 

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Ref. #1: Special custom La Espada roadster by Cadillac for the 1954 GM Motorama
the replica was modeled from photos in the author's own collection

 

 

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Ref. #2: Special custom El Camino roadster coupe by Cadillac for the 1954 GM Motorama
once again,
the replica was modeled from photos in the author's own collection

 

 

1955

 

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Ref. #... [none]:  Prototype of the Eldorado Brougham sedan, as exhibited during the 1955 GM Motorama tour
the replica was modeled from photos in the author's own collection

 

 

1956

 

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Ref. #1:  Custom station wagon on Series 62 chassis:
the replica was modeled from photos supplied by the late Gene Babow

 

 

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Ref. #1: Custom White House security car by Hess & Eisenhardt; the replica was modeled from photos supplied
by my friend Jack Tallman, a Cadillac dealer in Decatur, IL; later I got to visit Jack and to drive this car;
it was in the motorcade in which former US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated

 

 

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Ref. #4:  Standard Series 60 Special sedan

 

 

1957

 


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Ref. #9:  Standard Sedan de Ville

 

 

1958

 

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Ref. #... [erased]:  Series 62 Coupe de Ville with Swiss license tag #ZH227968 [Zurich];
this is one of only two RD Marmande replicas I found on the open market

 

 

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Ref. #1:  Standard Series 60 Special sedan
this is the second and only other RD Marmande replicas I found on the open market

 

 

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Ref. #6: Standard Series 62 Eldorado Seville

 

 

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Ref. #7:  Standard Series 75 limousine

 

 

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Ref, #13: Standard Series 62 convertible coupe

 

 

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Ref. #14: Standard Series 62, style 6267SX Eldorado Biarritz

 

 

1959

 

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Ref. #1: XP 74 Cyclone, special order #90450, bubble top roadster:
the replica was modeled from photos in my personal collection

 

 

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Ref. #1: Custom show car Starlight  coupe by Pinin Farina;
the replica modeled after photos obtained from the Pininfarina archives

 

 

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Ref, #2: Special custom Skylight convertible by Pininfarina, Italy; it may have been just an engineless
styling exercise although it was reported built on the Series 60 Special chassis
the replica was modeled from photos [top] published in the Swiss Automobil Revue annual catalog edition

 

 

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Ref. #3: Special custom Starlight coupe by Pininfarina, Italy; this too have been just an engineless styling exercise
although it was reported built on the Eldorado Brougham chassis;
the replica modeled after photos obtained from the Pininfarina archives

 

 

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Ref. #4: Of the 4-5 Le Mans roadsters built; this one got restyled fins in 1954 as well as a 1959
motor four years later; it was for many years the property of Jack Goodman of CA:
the replica was modeled after photos in my own collection

 

 

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Ref. #9: Custom coupe by U.S. designer, Raymond Loewy, built by France's Pichon Parat;
the scale replica was modeled after photos in my own archives

 

 

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Ref. #9: Standard Series 75 limousine

 

 

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Ref. #10: Standard Series 64, style 6467 Eldorado Biarritz

 

 

1960

 

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Ref. #7: Standard  Series 75, style 7533 limousine

 

 

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Ref. #8: Standard  Series 64, style #6467 Eldorado Biarritz

 

 

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Ref. #10: Standard  Series 64, style #6437 Eldorado Seville [author's former car]

 

 

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Ref. #11: Standard  Series 69, style #6969 Eldorado Brougham [former car of the Emir of Qatar]

 

 

1961

 

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Ref. #3: Special custom Jacqueline coupe, engineless styling exercise
by Pininfarina, Italy, inspired by the 1959-60 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham;
the replica was modeled after photos and slides obtained from the Pininfarina archives;
this car has recently (2001) given rise to a lot of controversy; click here to read all about it

 

 

1967

 

  
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Ref. #1: Special custom coupe by Italy's  Zagato for the son of  North American racing Team [NART]
owner Luigi Chinetti; the replica was modeled from photos in my personal collection

 

 

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Ref. #10: Standard front-wheel-drive Eldorado coupe

 

 

1968

 

  
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Ref. #14: Standard front-wheel-drive Eldorado coupe [dark blue]

 

 

1972

 

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Ref. #6: Custom-built station wagon on Cadillac chassis for stunt man, Evel Knievel
the replica was modeled on photos supplied by my friend the late Gene
Babow

 

    

Skip back to Pre-WW2

 

Pick the preferred years  - Choisissez vos ann�es pr�f�r�es
1902 - 1931 1930/31 Solido 1932 - 1942 1946 - 1953
1954 - 1958 1959 only 1960-1969 1970-2001

 

...or pick one of the following model builders or collectors
...ou choisissez l'un des mod�listes ou collectionneurs suivants
The author's former Cadillac toy collection
The bespoke "Elegance" models of Claude Thibivilliers
The rare "RD-Marmande" Cadillac models of Ren� Daffaure
Jo-Han kits and Promotionals, USA
The Kits of TKM, USA
The Paper and Card Cadillacs of Emmanuel de Horne
The Custom Limousines of Philippe Emami
The Wooden Models of Otto Vallastro

 

Return to The (New) Cadillac Database� Index Page
or pick a toy page from the table, above

© 1996-2012, Yann Saunders [aka MrCadillac]
[Background image:  misc. toys from author's former collection]