1914 CADILLAC FOUR 50HP TOURERRegistration Number: DS 8446Chassis Number: A2238Engine Number: A22

1914 CADILLAC FOUR 50HP TOURER

Registration Number: DS 8446

Chassis Number: A2238

Engine Number: A2238

Marketed as `The Standard of the World`, the Cadillac Four, a powerful 6 litre, four cylinder Tourer, was possibly the most sophisticated American motor car of 1914. The company produced the model with such modern innovations as electric starting and lighting, and a unique electric two-speed rear axle, which effectively produced six forward speeds, together with automatic ignition advance and retard, an electrically heated carburettor and a practical fold-away steering wheel.

This example was part of the well-known Clive Unsworth collection. The Cadillac is finished in black with matching buttoned upholstery and is equipped with its original brass headlamps, nickel electric side lamps and detachable wheel rims with varnished wooden spokes.

The file includes correspondence, invoices, old MOT test certificates, a copy manual of care and operation, an original manual and the V5C registration certificate.

Careful recommissioning may be appropriate following museum storage. See illustration (FP)