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The long wheel base Series 75 Fleetwood was Cadillac’s most expensive, luxurious and largest cars offered by the marque and the flagship model from 1936 onwards. These bodies were unique and not shared with the other GM divisions.
These models continued to be the top-of-the-line models with limited sales and unique applications. By 1949 they had the new modern overhead valve V8 engine that boasted much improved performance with this albeit lighter and smaller displacement engine for smoother performance along with a revised interior and with the rainbow cluster dashboard being replaced by a more conventional layout with a horizontal speedometer. The most expensive and top-of-the-line model in the Cadillac line up was the Series 75 Imperial Limousine which sold for an astronomical $5,170 in 1949 with only 626 units built.
Features styling by noted designers Frank Hershey and Harley Earl and with this particular model having custom body by the renown coachbuilders Derham modified to include amongst several unique appointments the soft top and small rear window. The Derham Body Company was founded in Pennsylvania in 1887, and it remained active until 1971. Their bodies became famous for their beauty, but their prices were only palatable to the rich and famous. Fit to a wide assortment of chassis from many different makes, Derham bodies routinely cost in excess of $15K, (in their day!) and they were constructed for such notables as Joseph Stalin, Pope Pius XII, King Farouk, President Eisenhower, Gary Cooper, and Raymond Loewy. In addition, Derham limousines were used in 15 coronations around the world. They were also the longest-lived American body builder and the only Classic Era coachbuilder that survived the Depression. Indeed, Derham survived long enough to restore some of the Classics that it had bodied four decades earlier.
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