Posted on 4/20/2017
General Motors was formed from the remnants of the Henry Ford Company. After a dispute between Henry Ford and his investors, Ford left the company along with several of his key partners in March 1902. Ford's financial backer William Murphy and Lemuel Bowen, called in engineer Henry M. Leland of Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Company to appraise the plant and equipment in preparation for a liquidation of the company's assets. Instead of offering an appraisal, Leland persuaded Murphy and Bowen to continue manufacturing automobiles using Leland's proven single-cylinder engine. A new company called the Cadillac Automobile Company was established on 22 August 1902. The company was named after French explorer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, who founded Detroit in 1701. General Motors purchased the company in 1909. Cadillac had laid the foundation for the modern mass production of automobiles by demonstrating the complete interchangeability of its precision pa ... read more
Posted on 4/20/2017
This is part two of a deep look inside the Petersen Automotive vault. Today, some of the coolest celebrity cars of all time! Cars featured in this episode: 1939 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante owned by the Prince of Persia/Shah of Iran - 1:26 1941 Cadillac Series 62 Custome owned by Clark Gable - 5:08 1952 Chrysler Imperial Parade Phaeton owned by Dwight D. Eisenhower - 6:57 1972 Ferrari Daytona from the movie "The Gumball Rally" - 10:25 1982 Ferrari 308 drive by Tom Selleck in "Magnum P.I. - 12:44 1953 Cadillac Series 62 owned by Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan - 14:57 1966 Mongrel T driven by Elvis Presley and the Joker from the "Batman" TV series - 17:39 1965 Ford Mustang driven by Frank and Nancy Sinatra - 19:40 1956 Jaguar XK-SS owned by Steve McQueen - 20:51 1978 Mercedes 600 Landaulet owned by Saddam Hussein - 23:20 1960 Mercedes 300SL owned Robert Stack