[ last update: 11.24.2014]

The (new) Cadillac Database©


Cadillac & LaSalle Toys
The V-16 Van (& other) Series by  Solido, France



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Pick the preferred years  - Choisissez vos années préférées
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 modélistes ou collectionneurs suivants
The author's former Cadillac toy collection
The bespoke "Elegance" models of Claude Thibivilliers
The rare "RD-Marmande" Cadillac models of René 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

 

 


For years, Solido (France) have flooded the market with their cute 1:43 scale diecast toys;
their numerous Cadillac offerings in the latter scale all are based on three models: two from
pre-WW2 days (i.e. the 1930 Fleetwood style #4108C imperial landaulet and an imaginary
estate wagon, both on the V-16 chassis), and one from the fifties (the 1957 Eldorado convertible)

 

 

Tsolador.jpg (9401 bytes)    Tso3008c.JPG (8745 bytes)
Left: this set from Solido, Ref. #7032, was issued twice under the Age d'Or [Golden Age] label (the second time to
celebrate the 100th anniversary of the automobile); the upper car (left) is alleged to be gold-plated (24kt); it depicts an
unlikely V-16 van model of 1930-31; the car on the lower level is Solido's much bandied 1957 Cadillac Eldorado model.
Right: the interesting fact about this car is that it was the fist V-16 ready for the New York salon in January, 1930; this toy

depicts special Fleetwood, Madame X style #4108C mounted on the sixteen-cylinder chassis; only 4 of them were built

tphil14.jpg (9654 bytes)
This one, complete with French cop, is from
the growing collection of my son, Philip

 

[ missing images ]

Ref. #85A, 85B (beige & black), #85C (two-tone Blue, UK market), #85D off-white/black, #4085A (1980) 2nd issue
2-tone green, #4085B, 2nd issue beige, #4085C (1981) 3rd issue green, #4085D (1981) (id), #4085E  (1987) red and black

 

[ missing images ]

This one came also in two different gift sets, one was Ref. #4601A Prestige de Solido
(3 cars); the other had 4 cars (1983 issue); a 1989 issue vaunted Coca Cola and had a Coke bottle on roof !

 

  tso57sv2.jpg (5082 bytes)    tso57svf.jpg (6667 bytes)
Two versions of Solido's 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
Ref.   #4061 (C), 1986, unnumbered base
Ref. #4061(B), 19...,  same but numbered edition

    
Here are two typical conversions on Solido's  1:43 scale 1930 Fleetwood style #4108C imperial landaulet;
only four 1:1 scale units of this prestigious 16-cylinder Cadillac were built by Fleetwood in 1930,
yet thousands of the 1:43 scale version have flooded the toy markets of the world since the 70s

These are from the collection of Willem Janson, NL,
who graciously supplied the photos in 2014

   

 

On account of the sheer number and variety of these imaginary Cadillac V16 "advertising vans"
from Solido, France, I decided to devote a special page to them; there can be no doubt but
that the molds used for this particular series have paid for themselves many times over
...and may still be in use today.  If you have a product to advertise, this is how to do it!
Unfortunately, I did not keep a full photographic record of my Cadillac toy collection and so
many vans are missing, here.  If any of you have one, please send me a digital image:

yalestaid@gmail.com

 

 

Tsotour1.jpg (2123 bytes)

Tsotours.jpg (6063 bytes)
Ref.  #4061F, 19...
Promotional for  Auto Minia Tours (1977-1987)
(toy retailer in France's Loire valley)

 

 

Tsonant1.jpg (1984 bytes)

Tsonante.jpg (6568 bytes) 
Ref. #4061D, 1986
Promotional for Auto Retro Nantes Ocean
(another toy retailer in NW France)

 

[ missing image ]

Boston Fire Department, 1989
[ Argus de la Miniature, #115, p.16 ]

 

 

Tso30gld.JPG (7487 bytes)
"Gold"-toned panel-sided version in the
Age d'Or series

 

 

tSolidBud.jpg (5290 bytes)

tv630BudTruck.jpg (5752 bytes)
Annheuser Busch beer wagon (Unknown ref.)

 

 

TSOVANBL.JPG (8874 bytes)    TSOVANB2.JPG (4974 bytes)
Possibly the same van as above, right

 

tsogold.jpg (6890 bytes)
Unlikely "golden" limousine, could pass for
Fleetwood style #4375, minus raised-panel hood
 

tsodvram.jpg (7202 bytes)
Ref. #4042 The Denver Ambulance
with distinctive red cross

#4042 (1A) had white interior and thick lettering
#4042 (1B) was similar but had tan interior and fine lettering

 


Tso16hrs.jpg (8531 bytes)    tsohrswh.jpg (8519 bytes)
Ornate funeral wagon, typical of the far-East (e.g. Thailand)
#4042 (2A) was issued in 1988, with white interior, ex-Verem #306
#4042 (2B), same,  ex-Verem #307 Oriental hearse (white)

 

 

Tso16bee.jpg (8140 bytes)
Ref.: #..... , 19...,
Promotional for Budweiser beer

 

 


Ref.: #..... , 

Promotional for Axe Communication Service
[ Argus de la Miniature, #119, p.26 ]
Willem Janson collection (NL)

 

 

tsobana.jpg (7520 bytes)
Ref.: #4061A , 1986,
Banania chocolate drink, panel truck

 

tv6_solido.jpg (5388 bytes)
No ref. for this one, seen on Ebay in Dec., 2007;
looks like a couple of Mafia bad guys standing beside a getaway car!
 

t30socad.jpg (8760 bytes)     tsocadb.jpg (6868 bytes)
Ref. #4060A, 1985
Two versions of a promotional for Cadbury's chocolate

 

 

tsobour2.JPG (2532 bytes)  tsobours.jpg (7260 bytes)
Ref. #4065C, 19...
Promotional for the Cadillac Eldorado Club (200 units only)

The club was formed in the eighties by my friend,
Philippe Berson; it was disbanded in the early nineties

 

 

Tsoxxxx.jpg (6508 bytes)
Ref. #4061E, 1986
This panel truck advertising Australia's Castlemaine beer
was made, as you can guess, for the Australian market's Castlemaine Perkins group


tsochamp.jpg (8336 bytes)   
Ref. # ...., 19...
Promotional for Christian Dravigny Champagnes

 

 

[ image missing ]

Ref. # ...., 19...
Promotional for Chaudfontaine (???)

 

 
 

Tso30cok.JPG (7145 bytes)
Ref. #4061O, 19...
Promotional for Coca Cola

cocacola.jpg (14277 bytes)


Ref. # ....,
Willem Janson collection (NL)
Another promotional item for Coca Cola

 

 

tsococa2.jpg (7004 bytes)
Ref. # ...., 19...
A similar V-16 panel truck advertising Coca Cola
was issued in 1988 under the Glamour label
(Argus de la Miniature, #110, pp.21 and 29)

 

tsococac.jpg (6176 bytes)
Ref. # ...., 19...
Another version of the V-16 panel truck
advertising Coca Cola
 


Ref. # ....,
Willem Janson collection (NL)
advertising for  Kodak film

 

 

Tsoemin2.jpg (1982 bytes)

tsoemin.jpg (6696 bytes)
[ Unique - no reference ]
Promotional for Eminence gents' underwear,
custom-built by me for me

 

fanatiny.jpg (10783 bytes)
Ref. #4065B and 4061 (F), 1987
Promotional for NY-based toy auto retailer
 

tsofeg.jpg (6720 bytes)
Ref. #4061 (B), 1986
Promotional for FEG Bendix brake parts (limited ed.)

 

 


Ref. # ....,
Willem Janson collection (NL)
advertising for  SAA

 

 

tsogazur.jpg (6787 bytes)
Ref. # ...., 19...
Promotional for Groupe Azur
(French insurance company), 200 units built
( Argus de la Miniature, #110, p.90 )

 

tsoguidj.jpg (7029 bytes)
Ref. #4061 (J or H), 19...
Promotional for Goudkuipje, a Dutch group 
 

tsohp.jpg (6965 bytes)
Ref. #4061H, 19...
Promotional for Hewlett Packard group

 


 

tsoqueru.jpg (7422 bytes)
Ref. #4061 (G or I), 19...
Promotional for Queru, a Dutch group 

 

 

tsolore2.JPG (2478 bytes)

tsoloren.jpg (6953 bytes)
Ref. #4065 (D), 19...
Promotional for the Lorenzo Modellismo
toy retailers in Lombardy, Italy [limited ed.)

 

tsonikon.jpg (6822 bytes)
Ref. #....., 19...
Promotional for Nikon camera equipment
 

tsomcdo.jpg (6639 bytes)
Ref. #....., 19...
Promotional for McDonald's fast food chain

 

tsomanha.jpg (8038 bytes)
Ref. #4038, 19..., Manhattan Fire Brigade,
Ref. #4038 (A) is the same, but with yellow letters
Ref.  #4038 (B) is the same, but with gray letters

 
 

Tsomuse1.jpg (2373 bytes)

Tsomuseu.jpg (6936 bytes) 
Ref. #4061(G), 19...
Promotional for the National Auto Museum,
Brussels, Belgium [Mahy auto collection]

 


Tsofirz2.jpg (1977 bytes)

Tsofirz.jpg (6679 bytes)  
Ref. #....., 1989
Promotional for Casa Editrice G. Nerbini,
a publishing company in Florence, Italy
[ Photo:  Argus de la Miniature, #111, pp.65-67]

 

 

tsopol1.jpg (6488 bytes)    Tso30pol.JPG (7240 bytes)
Ref. #4043, two versions of the unlikely
Police  paddy wagon on Cadillac V-16 chassis
Right: Ref.#4057 (A)  County Police No. 3, tan interior (???)

Tso16pol.jpg (6454 bytes)
Ref. #4043, 19...
Another police van

 

 

Tso16sch.jpg (7542 bytes)    Tsoschw.jpg (6572 bytes)
Ref. #4061 (N), 19... (two versions)
Promotional for Schweppes tonic water

 

 

Tso16fir.JPG (8826 bytes)
Ref. #4057, 19...
One version of the fire truck

Tso30sel.JPG (7479 bytes)    tsosellr.jpg (6348 bytes)
The other version of that truck (Seller's)

 

 

[ missing image ]

Ref. #....., 19...
Promotional for Sirop de Liege

a French beverage (???) maker

 

somajou.jpg (12743 bytes)
#4060 (B), 1986
Promotional for Somajou

the Paris-based toy auto retailer

 

 

[ missing image ]

Ref. #....., 19...
Promotional for Stella Artois

a French beer brewer
(Argus de la Miniature, #120, p.16)

 

 

tv6solhrs_elc.jpg (3854 bytes)     tv6solhrs_elc2.jpg (3721 bytes)
Conversion by ELC
Imaginary funeral coach on the Cadillac V16 chassis

 

 

tsosorin.jpg (7113 bytes)
[ Unique - no reference ]
Promotional for Sorini outboard motors
Custom-built by me for me

 

 

tsowtrmn.jpg (6854 bytes)
Ref. #4065A, 19...
Promotional for Waterman pens

 

 

t30sokha.jpg (6427 bytes)    t30sokh2.jpg (4649 bytes)    t30sokh3.jpg (3975 bytes)    T30V6SolidoArmy.jpg (11949 bytes)
A highly unlikely U.S. army staff car on Cadillac V-16 chassis

 

 

tsov16.jpg (7116 bytes)
[ Unique - no reference ]
Promotional for the Cadillac V-16
Custom-built by me for me

 

[ missing image ]

 

Ref. #....., 19...
Promotional for Vote d'Or (???)

 

tjofunr2.jpg (6876 bytes)    tjofunrl.jpg (7817 bytes)

tjofunr3.jpg (7604 bytes)
[ Unique - no reference ]
Custom-built hearse, for Daly Funeral Homes, complete with military-honors casket;

features include U.S. flag covering casket, laid on red, fabric-like floor covering,
funeral flag on fender, wreath on rear door, funeral home logo on doors,
[ Photos:  Internet, 2002 ]

 

 

Tso16zel.jpg (8815 bytes)
Ref. #....., 19...
Promotional for Zellers (???)

Zellers is Canada's second-largest chain of large department stores

 

t31solidohrs.jpg (5258 bytes)
Here's another limited-edition custom job
for use as a model rairoad prop
[ this "East Side" hearse was sold on Ebay, Dec., 2007]

 


Ref. # ....,
Willem Janson collection (NL)
Toy ambulance

 


Ref. # ....,
Willem Janson collection (NL)
Promotional item for Paris (?) ambulance

 


Ref. # ....,
Willem Janson collection (NL)
Promotional item for HEINEKEN beer

 


Ref. # ....,
Willem Janson collection (NL)
Promotional item for TRIM LINE

 


Ref. # ....,
Willem Janson collection (NL)
Promotional item for CHRIST, NL

 


Ref. # ....,
Willem Janson collection (NL)
Promotional item for OVIVO, NL

 


Ref. # ....,
Willem Janson collection (NL)
Promotional item for CALBERSON, NL

 


Ref. # ....,
Willem Janson collection (NL)
Promotional item for decorative hearse

 


Ref. # ....,
Willem Janson collection (NL)
Promotional item for (French) GAULOISES Cigarettes

 


Ref. # ....,
Willem Janson collection (NL)
Promotional item for JACK DANIELS Bourbon

 

    
The Universal Exposition of Seville (Expo '92) took place from Monday, April 20 to Monday, October 12, 1992 on Cartuja Island,
 Seville, Spain. The theme for the Expo was The Age of Discovery; over 100 countries were represented.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pick the preferred years  - Choisissez vos années préférées
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 modélistes ou collectionneurs suivants
The author's former Cadillac toy collection
The bespoke "Elegance" models of Claude Thibivilliers
The rare "RD-Marmande" Cadillac models of René 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

© 1998, Yann Saunders [aka Mr. Cadillac]
[Background image:  misc. toys from author's former collection]