My Dad was the 3rd owner of this one-of-a-kind car. He bought it in San Diego in approximately 1974, and when he moved back to Connecticut in 1982, he took the car with him. Unfortunately he never restored it as planned. He sold the car in 2012.

When I was fourteen and at my aunt's wedding celebration at my grandparents place in Casa Blanca, California a black 49 Cadillac Fleetwood pulled up. In it was doña Luz Corral Fierro, General Pancho Villas widow, and my gramp's first cousin, who'd been chauffered by a good friend of hers from Mexican revolutionary days. I hadn't seen her arrive, but the lovely beast was parked in the spacious back yard and I devoured the it with my eyes never having seen one up close. It's one of my favorites.

I'm pleased to see that you don't view it as too precious to drive. Enjoy!

A real Cadillac. Love that purple color. Take me for a ride!

I'll always remember that my fathers friend bought a red 53 Cadillac Eldorado convertible, magical to be surrounded by tons of chromed interior and powered everything. They sure don't make them like they use to.

Thank you for an amazing and interesting story. I have seen a lot of cars in 65 years, but never one like that. What a beauty!

When I was a little boy in the 1960s once in a while I would see a Cadillac like that on the road and many people consider it still modern.

What a car! And I do not find the music distracting. When Steve is talking the music is decreased so that every word is heard; and when he stops the music comes up. Some people can't seem to use 2 senses at once, I guess.

The most elegant time in American history!

A very special car indeed...congratulations on your excellent restore...

Thank You for saving it and posting.

So glad it survived and is now loved. WOW gorgeous

Amazing car. It's one of those vehicles that is so unique and rare that many regular people never would know about it without great videos like this . Thanks

A true beauty,,put it in a vault...

this joins cadzilla at the top of my caddy list

unique and worth learning about for the history

THIS CADZILLA IS SUPER DUPER GORGEOUS. I WOULD CRUISE THIS CAR ALL DAY 🌞🌌🏞🏜 EVERY DAY. LOVE THE COLORS & CHROME ON THIS BABY

Loved and appreciated this offering, Steve. I can recall attending the GM Motoramas in the 50's.

Love the old Caddies. My Dad had a 1953 and 1955 Coupe Devilles, and a 1960 and 1962. also.

That line over the side windows and down under the rear window came back in the 1957 Buick coupes.

Man .. .. where did that color come from ??? It's obviously not in the 1949 Cadillac paint charts. I love it.

Another innovative feature in '49. Cadillac I believe was the first to have plastic taillight lenses whereby all the competitors were using ruby glass taillights. Plastic didn't go industry wide until '53

Speechless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wonderfull..............................

i truly appreciate that they left the interior as it was designed.

The Cadillac is Beautiful, I really like this

I love Cadillac old & new.On chasing classic cars w/ Wayne Caring he had a31 cabriolt that was as nice as any.The 49 model on Kindigit design another one.I have a 2019 XT5 ,a beautiful red that I've clay barred & ceramic coated myself.I've got the 20" rims that I want to get chrome ones.Its so gorgeous I have people give me thumbs up @ red lights..in an SUV mind you.

Fleetwood AND coupe Deville??? That is RARE!!!!

OMG......I can't believe it. What a Georges Caddie. I am a Caddi fan but never knew there was ever a Coupe Deville Fleetwood. Most of these one offs get crushed. What a beautiful specimen of American automotive art. When is the Amelia Island Auto show?

En 1960 , le directeur du conservatoire de musique de Tours avait une Cadillac . Je crois qu'elle avait 4 portes. En tout cas, elle était décapotable .C'était une pure beauté .

A few of these post-WWII Cadillac videos popped up here on YT recently, but this is certainly the most unique and the only one I've seen from Canada. I'd like to know more about his huge collection of other cars. This one is pretty amazing and the interior especially looks ahead of its time for 1949.

Gorgeous car! Love a ride

Terrific car, restoration, and story. Thanks, Steve!

A wonderful work of art! Not just the car itself, but the whole story surrounding it. Fascinating, that GM still has the documentation on the car, drawings and plans for the custom parts, and their willingness to support you in your fine effort in bringing it back to its original brilliance. It’s easy to understand, that cars are ‚referred’ to you - a wise decision. Any more anecdotes and details on the car would be most welcome to know. Now I know the interior color I will chose on my next restoration. Thanks for sharing.

That is truly one very nice car .

Como um automóvel manufaturado, pode representar tão bem, a elegância, o bom gosto e o requinte, presentes em uma fase de ouro, da indústria automobilística americana ?????? É demais da conta !!!!! Uma jóia, feita pra poucos, mas de inegável beleza, potência, e design caprichado !!!!! Coisa de loko !!!!!!

I was there!! My close friend had his 1961 Cadillac Convertible on display, alongside it. Stunning Automobile 😎👍🏆❤️

I looooooove the color of this car. It reminds me of a late '60's Chevrolet color they called "royal plum". Sort of a cross between mauve and a lighter shade of lavender. Man, I thought I appreciated old Caddy's but this guy is a FREAK, and I mean that in a nice way.Great car overall, probably better than new in many ways.

really great " one of ". Love the style, thanks for sending these videos Steve.

What a gorgeous automobile!

Nice! Thanks for Sharing!

It’s magnificent

WOW, never knew. its not a car its art. Sold my 49 to buy a 50 Coupe devil. Though 50 was the shit this is special

My great-uncle always had either Cadillacs or Lincolns. They were beautifully built solid cars that smelled great! Cadillacs had the nicest ride, but his '62 Continental was the most spectacular of them all. My new Mercedes is great, but. . .

wow what a beautiful Cadillac....

all around class act, thanks

That is a Super designed car,NICE....even the colour.

The Cadillac name @ 6:45 in the video is not straight, just past the second "a" the line goes up. I have to wonder why, especially with the amount of money, time and effort that went into this restoration. I know, I'm a nit picker. It is a beautiful car though. Thanks for showing us.

Can you discuss the "Telephone control" I have never seen or heard of it.

Confusing. You say this car is built off the convertible, which had a 126" WB, yet you say it has the limousine chassis, which has a 136" WB, how can it be both?

I think that Cadillac Fleetwood was also a popular choice among many Capo dei capi's in the mob. They certainly were a car all in their own. Ciao.

The wheel covers are the best design ever.

New cars are so cheaply made this 1949 Cadillac makes them look even worse. What detail built solid, with a amazing paint job.

This car was built on a Fleetwood 60 Special chassis, not a limousine chassis.

Gorgeous car...but the '49 ragtop has my heart.

Awesome

My grandmother had a new '64 Coupe De Ville, then they ordered a new '72 Gold/White top, they went to Detroit? and grandpa paid for it with the silver he had saved for years.

Music is mixed in to high. Great music. It needs to be more in the background. Imho. Cadillacs are the best. A brother owns a 1949 sedanette. My favorite car was a 1966 Coupe. Love these old cars. Thanks.

Godzilla,shes a show stopper.Absolutely Gorgeous.!!!

THAT'S A CAR! Not like today's Cadillac. BE-U-TEE-FUL!!!

I believe the driver side rear tail lamp is hinged. So as to reveal the gas cap! This is an old memory, so I could be wrong...

Harley damn he was a great man he could have started his own car company and wrecked

The cars of the 40's and 50's had such nice proportions compared to the land yachts that followed.

Lilac Cadillac!

Did I notice power vent windows (as well as the side windows) on this car?

Notice it has the smaller rear window from the limousine. Truly a 75 Series Coupe DeVille one-of-one! Sure would love to have seen it before restoration.

il étair également ancien "Prix de Rome", compositeur et organiste.

Must be nice to have that kind of money to have a car collection that big. I live paycheck to paycheck.

the hood ornament, looks like the robot from iRobot

If it were built in 49, it would have the cool green tinted windows would it not? I've seen 49 cads with tinted glass which should surely mark the advent of tinted glass on american cars.

EL CADILLAC CONVERTIBLE. DEL AÑO 1949

WOW

Non c'était une 2 portes. Un modèle Eldorado des années 1955. J'adorais les ailes à l'arrière.

That rear window setup is really cool looking. Do any of the glass sections open? Great video!

Lucky man!

Who did the music for this?

it started its life as a convertible.. also, it's built on a limo chassis so it's longer than all the others. Does this mean that convertibles in general were longer than other coupes?

Great car and video!

Hard to believe it's on a Series 75 Limo frame. I'm very familiar with proportions on these cars and I don't even see it. WOW is right!

It came with seat belts and it is all stock???

beautiful car!, but the finest Was the fast back...... cheers 🐒🍾🍾🍾🏳️‍🌈

Must be nice to have money to buy these cars. Grew up with these cars. Dad had many of them.my oldest a 53 chev first car 57 Buick special. I am 7o an had over 7o cars.

The original FinTail !!!!

The background music on this vid is TOO LOUD. It should be WAY quieter to not compete with the speaking.

Nice to know these cars survive and with someone with the means to do correct restorations. The dual-quad engine however looks suspiciously like a late 1950's setup.

he's started looking like his car :)

DeLuxe!

a treasure...

how did that telephone work?

Great show. My family owned a 1949 Caddy convertible. What I don't understand though is that I'm almost certain the one-piece windshield was not introduced by Cadillac until 1950. Could it be that you have a 1950 rather than a 1949?

This was never a Fleetwood sub-series. It was Series 62 CdV.

Such an awesome & amazing guy, very cool and articulate though....... maybe one of his friends could help him out with how to pronounce the word restoration???

1 outa 4 or 5 ? Of this same car? Or just motorama?

It's pronounced "rest ration" not "reest orration"

How do you Re- stir- rate a car???

See! This guy would love to have an autographed by the Devil (God) Presidential Kings car, he had one! Boss Hog of the Whitehouse

They used to auction off my boss hog Whitehouse car, I heard.... The God Father

$ 1,000,000.00 ?

it not a coup... it is a coupe... as in coupay...

Ahhh, to be rich.

🙂🇺🇲 #Aztec73