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1904 CADILLAC MODEL A 6½HP REAR-ENTRANCE TONNEAU For Sale by Auction

Bonhams are delighted to offer at our forthcoming Veteran Motor Car Auction on Friday 2nd November 2018 at Bonhams New Bond Street, London 13 select motor cars and over 200 lots of associated memorabilia. The full online catalogue can be viewed at - details above. For further images and information on this lot, please follow the link.

1904 CADILLAC MODEL A 6½HP REAR-ENTRANCE TONNEAU
REGISTRATION NO. BS 8152
CHASSIS NO. 3987
* Imported into the UK in 1991
* Restored by Nigel Parrott in 1992
* Regular London-Brighton Veteran Car Run participant
* Entered in the 2018 London-Brighton Run

£65, 000 - 75, 000
€74, 000 - 86, 000

Founded by Henry Leland and Robert Faulconer, the Cadillac Automobile Company, of Detroit, Michigan completed its first car in October 1902, the firm's superior manufacturing technology - precision gear cutting was Leland and Faulconer's first speciality - soon establishing it as the foremost builder of quality cars in the USA. In 1901, Olds Motor Works contracted for the supply of Leland-built engines and, when unforeseen circumstances frustrated the plan, Leland and Faulconer formed their own company using funds supplied by two of Henry Ford's ex-backers. The company took its name from the great French 17th century explorer who had founded Detriot in 1701.

The first Cadillac automobile was completed and test driven in October 1902, and the following January made a triumphal debut at the New York Automobile Show where sales manager William E Metzger took orders for no fewer than 2, 286 cars, famously declaring mid-week that the Cadillac was 'sold out'. An exemplary performer by the standards of the day, the Cadillac's 98ci (1. 6-litre) 10hp single-cylinder engine - known as 'Little Hercules' - was mounted horizontally on the left beneath the front seat and drove via a conventional two-speeds-plus-reverse planetary transmission, with centre chain drive to the rear axle. Keenly priced at only $750, the Model A was available with either two- or four-seat coachwork and had a maximum speed of around 30-35mph.

F S Bennett's Anglo-American Motor Company promoted the Cadillac in the UK, where outstanding performances on Sunrising Hill and in the 1, 000 Miles Trial of 1903 ensured that there were customers queuing to place orders. That first 1903 curved-dash Cadillac was re-designated as the Model A after the Model B's introduction for 1904, the 'B' being a more expensive version with box-shaped 'bonnet', pressed-steel frame, 'I'-beam front axle and single transverse front spring. At first Leland & Faulconer supplied only engines, transmissions and steering mechanisms for the Cadillac before taking responsibility for its entire construction in 1905.

Numbered '3987', this outstanding early Cadillac was imported into the UK in 1991 by one D E Jackson and restored for its then owner by Nigel Parrott Veteran Engineering Ltd. Since 1992, this car has been a regular participant in the London-Brighton Run, and it has continued to participate following its acquisition by the current vendor in 2010. In 2003, '3987' took part in the Centenary of Cadillac celebrations during which it was driven by Sir Stirling Moss (see photograph on file). Betty Hill, widow of twice Formula 1 World Champion Graham Hill, was a passenger for the 2004 London-Brighton Run, and in 2006 this Cadillac featured in the New York Times. It has an entry in the 2018 London-Brighton Veteran Car Run. Starting easily and running well, this capable American Veteran is offered with sundry restoration bills; a VCC Certificate of Date; and a V5C Registration Certificate.

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