An American icon, the 1956 Cadillac Sedan DeVille set the design trend around the world for most of the next decade.
A full four door "pillarless" layout offering a light and airy interior, immense leg-room for rear passengers and capable of seating five in comfort. Power steering, power brakes, electric seats and windows, heaters front and rear and "HiFi" radio all came as standard.
A beautiful muscle car and ideal wedding transport for the Groom.
Featuring a 350 cubic inch V8 offering 360HP, 0-60 in 4.2 seconds. 0-100 in 7.3 seconds, Full air-conditioning, CD player, full leather seating with lumbar adjust, removable glass Targa Top for open air exhilaration without the blast. Not forgetting a thunderous exhaust note.
Delivered to Ambrose Harding Esq, of Madingley Hall, Cambridgeshire on July 17th 1934 and in his ownership until October 1942. After changing hands a couple of times she made her way to a museum in the U.S.A. in 1968, remaining there until repatriated to the U.K in 2009 and purchased by us.
She has now been resprayed back to her original colour of Burgundy and Black. She still carries her original fitted "Brookes" trunk to the rear and, unusually for the period, she was ordered with five chromium plate wire wheels instead of the usual black painted items. This, combined with her recently retrimmed ivory leather interior and whitewall tyres make her a very attractive car indeed.
Newly restored 1956 Cadillac 5 Passenger Sedan finished in Soft Pastel Lemon/Primrose with Ivory Roof. Her interior is two-tone Ivory and tan leather throughout.
Purchased by and belonging to American dignitaries in 1956, she found her way south to Pennsylvania, where in 1978 she was barn-stored by her second owner. She was not found again until a land owner bought the barn and land on which it stood, and found the car under a sheet in 2013. We bought her from said land owner, and have completed a full restoration back to her former glory. The is car is one of 5 left in Europe and 20 left in the US. She is believed to be the only known survivor "non-Deville" '56 Caddy to come with every consevable option available at the time, including: Electric Seats, Electric Windows, Electric Boot, Air-Conditioning, Automatic Dipping Headlights, and the very rare Gold Anniversary front Grill.
