Vehicle Description
THE WORLD AS WE WOULD HAVE KNOWN IT .....1931....
06/09/31.. THE VERY FIRST SHOWING OF A DONALD DUCK CARTOON...
09/19/31.. LEFTY GROVE WINS HIS 30TH GAME OF THE SEASON AGAINST THE
WHITE SOX..
05/01/31.. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING OPENS ITS DOORS IN NEW YORK
CITY..
05/22/31 ..CANNED RATTLESNAKE MEAT HITS THE MARKET IN FLORIDA..
10/17/31 AL CAPONE IS CONVICTED OF TAX EVASION IN CHICAGO..
LEGEND OF TWO CADDIES..
FULL OF HALF TRUTHS AND SUPPOSITIONS:
SOME TIME IN 1931 , JUST PRIOR TO HIS CONVICTION , MR CAPONE WALKED
INTO THE CADILLAC DEALER IN CHICAGO AND PURCHASED A 1931 355A V8
CADILLAC, GREEN WITH BLACK FENDERS... (SIMILAR IN COLORATION TO
CHICAGO P.D. AT THE TIME). PURELY COINCIDENCE!!
ABOUT THE SAME TIME A WELL RESPECTED AND HONORABLE PRIEST WALKED
INTO THAT SAME CADILLAC DEALERSHIP AND ORDERED HIS OWN BRAND NEW
1931 CADILLAC 355 A V8. THE COLOR OF A FINE GLASS OF MERLOT WITH
BLACK FENDERS. HE BELIEVED THAT THIS CAR WOULD BE THE LAST ONE HE
WOULD EVER OWN...... HE WAS RIGHT. IT ACCOMPANIED HIM ON HIS LIFE
JOURNEY FROM PRIESTHOOD ALL THE WAY TO MONSIGNOR. HE DROVE IT EVERY
DAY FROM 1931 UNTIL 1956... HE PUT A WHOPPING 63.000 MILES ON THIS
MAGNIFICENT CADILLAC AND ENJOYED A VERY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
HIS CAR.... FATHER MONSIGNOR COGGIN PASSED ON IN 1966. HIS CADDY
WAS SOLD TO ANOTHER LOVING FAMILY AND THEN ENTERED A PRIVATE
COLLECTION IN 2011, WE PURCHASED IT IN 2016.....
HERE YOU SEE THIS CADILLAC IN ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL BEAUTY....
...LOOKING AT THIS CAR IS LIKE GAZING UPON SOPHIA LOREN OR RAQUEL
WELCH..... THEY HAVE AGED BEAUTIFULLY AND WILL BE AS BREATHTAKING
AT 85........AS THIS ICONIC CADILLAC IS AT 85 YEARS OLD......
OH YEAH THIS WAS THE TALE OF TWO CADILLACS ,WELL YOU CAN GUESS THE
OUTCOME OF THE FIRST CADDY,.... IT WAS CONVERTED INTO AN ARMORED
CAR FOR CAPONE , THEN CONFISCATED BY THE IRS. NEVER LOVED , NEVER
CARED FOR , SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT FDR USED THIS CAR THE DAY HE
ANNOUNCED THAT PEARL HARBOR HAD BEEN ATTACKED...... IN FACT THAT
CAR WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AUCTIONED OFF IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH A
$300,000 PRICE TAG ....WHICH ONE WOULD YOU PREFER???
