Cadillac 1967 VVI Data Book page 120

1902/1966 Cadillac milestones
Model
Year
19021
1903/
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
Total
Production
2,500
2,318
4,182
4,307
2,696
2,012
5,902
8,006
10,018
13,994
15,017
14,002
13,001
18,003
18,002
20,285
20,678
19,628
5,250
26,296
14,707
18,827
16,673
20,419
47,420
Type of Cars
Produced
1 cyl. "A"
1 cyl. " B "
/ 1 cyl. " F "
\ 4 cyl. " D "
/ 1 cyl. " M "
\ 4 cyl. " H "
f l cyl. " M "
4 cyl. " G "
14 cyl. " H "
/ 1 cyl. "T"
\ 4 cyl. " H "
4 cyl. " 3 0 "
4 cyl. " 3 0 "
4 cyl. " 3 0 "
4 cyl. "1912"
4 cyl. "1913"
4 cyl. "1914"
V-8 " 5 1 "
V-8 " 5 3 "
V-8 " 5 5 "
V-8 " 5 7 "
V-8 " 5 7 "
V-8 " 5 9 "
V-8 " 5 9 "
V - 8 " 6 1 "
V-8 " 6 1 "
V-8 " 6 3 "
V-8 " 6 3 "
V-8 " 3 1 4 "
V-8 " 3 0 3 "
V-8 "314"
List Price
(Typical Car)
$ 850
950
950
2,800
950
2,500
950
\ , 2,000
2,500
1,000
2,500
1,400
1,600
1,800
3,250
3,250
2,800
2,800
2,950
3,110
3,535
4,090
4,750
4,950
4,100
4,150
3,835
3,195
3,250
2,685
3,250
Wheelbase
76"
76"
76"
100"
76"
102"
76"
100"
102"
82"
102"
106"
106"
116"
116"
120»
120"
120"
122"
125"
125"
125"
125"
132"
132"
138"
132"
132"
132"
125"
132"
Milestones
Detroit Automobile Co., established 1899, reorganized as
"Cadillac Automobile Co."
Cadillac Automobile Co. and Leland & Faulconer consolidate
as "Cadillac Motor Car Company" with Henry M. Leland, grand
old man of the industry, as General Manager.
First four-cylinder establishes Cadillac as the pioneer of multi-
cylinder motor cars.
Famous Johansson gauges, First imported into United States
by Cadillac, enable Cadillac to become the following year the—
First American car to be awarded the Dewar Trophy by Royal
Automobile Club of London for being First to achieve inter-
changeability through standardization of parts.
Cadillac purchased by General Motors Corporation. Four-cylinder
production increases six times over 1908 production.
First to offer Closed Bodies as standard equipment. Less than
10% of cars then produced had closed bodies.
Custom Coachcraft by Fleetwood Body Company begins.
First to equip cars with Electric Starting, Lighting, Ignition, for
which Cadillac again was awarded the Dewar Trophy. First and
only car in the world to win this award twice.
October—First in this country to offer a production car (1915
Cadillac) with a V-type, water cooled, eight-cylinder engine, the
prototype of engines later used throughout the industry. First to
use thermostatic control of cooling system.
First to use Tilt-Beam Headlights for night driving safety.
Cadillac becomes "Division of General Motors."
Cadillac adopted as Standard Officers' car by U. S. Army after
grueling tests at Marfa, Texas.
Cadillac supplied 2,350 cars and 1,157 V-8 artillery tractor
engines to U. S. Army.
Cadillac completes new Clark Ave., Detroit, plant, most modern
in the industry.
First to use Thermostatic Carburetor Control.
First to build the inherently balanced 90° V-type eight-cylinder
engine. First to use the Compensated Crankshaft. Four-wheel
brakes featured.
First to provide wide choice of Duco Exterior Finishes as standard
equipment.
First to use Crankcase Ventilation. $5,000,000 expansion
program started. Cadillac contracts for entire output of Fleet-
wood Custom Body Co.
First to develop a comprehensive Service Policy and place it on
a nationwide basis.
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