[{"id": 2583221, "authorName": "scscarborough", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/scscarborough/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Oh, my. The original cross-over circa 1947? Awesome!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1538777537, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2583244, "authorName": "scscarborough", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/scscarborough/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Oh, and nice touch with the chauffeur's cap on the front seat. ;-)", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1538777778, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2583312, "authorName": "F_Again", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/f_again/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.", "likes": 9, "timestamp": 1538778494, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2583349, "authorName": "David_P", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/david_p/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Fifteen years earlier it would have been leather in front and cloth in back!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1538778989, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2583410, "authorName": "MobileHomey", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mobilehomey/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "One cannot begin to calculate the number of extra planets we would have needed to sustain the resources feeding into this had this basic definition remained in place thru to today.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1538780367, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2583513, "authorName": "Clipper47", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/clipper47/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I bought a one owner 1947 like this Series 75 but with a division window in 1966 for $350.I think it had about 35000miles on the odometer. I sold it for $100 in 1969 because I lost storage and had no money to restore what was needed . I saw it in the early 2000's at the dealer where I had sold it and it was in the exact same condition as when I had sold it! The dealer now wanted $10000.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1538783529, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2583944, "authorName": "Thaddeus_P", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/thaddeus_p/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Approved by Don Corleone.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1538802354, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2583989, "authorName": "MarkS", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/marks/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Oddly enough, the photographer Ansel Adams used one of these in the late '50s as his location vehicle. In his autobiography, he tells of carrying a spare rear axle- in case one broke while traversing the terrible dirt roads in the empty parts of the West. There's a video made in about 1957 that shows him loading it up (he took *everything* btw) and heading out from his home in Carmel. The Caddy had replaced a succession of Pontiac woodie wagons and was eventually replaced by an I-H Travelall. Being a location and landscape photographer myself, I kinda want this car... even though I know my pictures won't match his.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1538805988, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2584056, "authorName": "austin_alfa", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/austin_alfa/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "136 inch wheelbase? I'm in.....well actually I can't get the darned thing in the garage", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1538823996, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2584087, "authorName": "bondgraham", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bondgraham/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Being a total sucker for the 'Jump Seat' anything, I love this. The colour as well is truly captivating. In light of the revelations re Ansel Adams, How about a PBS documentary profiling Adams and pairing it with an \"on the road\" piece driving this from Spokane to either Carmel, or New York City?\r\nJust askin'", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1538827715, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2584363, "authorName": "azgc2154", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/azgc2154/", "bidAmount": 1000, "content": "$1,000 bid placed by azgc2154", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1538837123, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2584434, "authorName": "blindenlaub", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/blindenlaub/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Quote from the description: \"The exterior is finished in Cavern Green . . .\"\r\n\r\nThe interior could be described as cavernous as well. Love these old Caddys.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1538839649, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2584470, "authorName": "ferrous8", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ferrous8/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Great old cruizer . A bit of confusion on my part . i restored a 1941 Sedanette years ago and it had the same front end . Did they carry this over to 47 on the 75 model? Most 47's I've seen have the sweeping fenders that carry into the doors . Having asked this , this would be a great Titanic to float around in . [ Too big to classify as merely a boat ]", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1538841235, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2584728, "authorName": "Daryll", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daryll/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What year were power seats and windows first available? This has to be pretty early car for those options. Very cool Cadillac! GLWTA", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1538850749, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2584860, "authorName": "Mastergtr6", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mastergtr6/", "bidAmount": 2500, "content": "$2,500 bid placed by Mastergtr6", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1538856992, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2584874, "authorName": "rseifer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rseifer/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I just turned 85, and I can recall when these magnificent cars saw regular use, many times I think they carried top level biz execs, and sometimes even a President or two. Of course, that was in the years when we actually had a President.", "likes": 11, "timestamp": 1538857572, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2584947, "authorName": "binzofna", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/binzofna/", "bidAmount": 3500, "content": "$3,500 bid placed by binzofna", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1538861843, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2585104, "authorName": "IdahoGreg54", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/idahogreg54/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I believe the power windows were hydraulic?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1538869886, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2585140, "authorName": "anatolyarutunoff", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/anatolyarutunoff/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "we had one of these--great way to go to a football game outta town for a bunch of college guys", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1538872349, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2585281, "authorName": "cushman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cushman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The lines of this are fantastic. Not one thing out of place. Who designed this art piece?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1538881532, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2585657, "authorName": "Paul_Dietzel", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/paul_dietzel/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "ferrous8: Yes, Cadillac retained this design for the Model 75 thru '49 while the rest of the line had been upgraded. And to be little nit-picky and anal, the '41 you restored was probably a \"5-Passenger Coupe\"; Sedanet ( no \"te\") was Buick-only nomenclature for that body style. Daryll; yes I'm guessing this was \"amongst\" the earliest years for for PW & PS, the '48 brochure (IdahoGreg) does say \"hydraulic window lifts\" and '46 and pre-war books don't mention them at all and the illustrations clearly show the old \"wind-up\" handles.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1538925788, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2585869, "authorName": "Clipper47", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/clipper47/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I recall that I needed a rear axle for my 1947 75 Limo. I bought one from a 1939 LaSalle ambulance as a lower end Cadillac axle would not fit the differential. The 75 Series used a prewar chassis right up until 1949 as mentioned", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1538935042, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2587168, "authorName": "ConstantReader", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/constantreader/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Pretty sure Winnebago modeled their motorhomes after these!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539019411, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2587171, "authorName": "Pbernstein2", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pbernstein2/", "bidAmount": 3666, "content": "$3,666 bid placed by Pbernstein2", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539019529, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2587347, "authorName": "Bimmerphile", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bimmerphile/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I know absolutely nothing about these, but can anyone comment on the transmission? Was a 4 speed auto factory equipment in 1947? The auto part I can see, but 4 speeds seems like a lot for that era... hell, GM still used a 4 speed auto in my 2000 S10 Blazer!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1539022280, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2587504, "authorName": "binzofna", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/binzofna/", "bidAmount": 3900, "content": "$3,900 bid placed by binzofna", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539023266, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2587679, "authorName": "Fordcarguy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fordcarguy/", "bidAmount": 4000, "content": "$4,000 bid placed by Fordcarguy", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539025200, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2588611, "authorName": "Clipper47", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/clipper47/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Bimmerphile, My 1947 Series 75 had a Hydramatic automatic transmission from the factory and they were a 4 speed.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539032899, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2588732, "authorName": "Bimmerphile", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bimmerphile/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@clipper47 - Thank you. That is interesting to me. Did not know 4 speed automatics were a thing this early.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1539033544, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2589945, "authorName": "Pbernstein2", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pbernstein2/", "bidAmount": 4444, "content": "$4,444 bid placed by Pbernstein2", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539057822, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2590784, "authorName": "binzofna", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/binzofna/", "bidAmount": 4675, "content": "$4,675 bid placed by binzofna", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539103982, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2591659, "authorName": "David_P", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/david_p/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Bimmerphile, GM's first Hydramatic, which came out in 1940, used three planetary gearsets (they used the third gearset for reverse) instead of two, which was what allowed four practically usable forward speeds. (You can get it with only two, but not all gear combinations possible are ones you actually want to use.) I think this was the only four-speed automatic for many, many years. An excellent history can be found here: https://ateupwithmotor.com/terms-technology-definitions/hydramatic-history-part-1/\r\nUntil about the early 1980s, GM's divisions had complete or substantial autonomy in powertrains, and until the late 60s or so just about every division used a unique automatic transmission. Overview here: https://ateupwithmotor.com/terms-technology-definitions/hydramatic-history-part-2/7/", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1539113980, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2593598, "authorName": "MiketheBarbarian", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikethebarbarian/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "So much... MORE!\r\n\r\nGLWTA!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1539141140, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2593620, "authorName": "JohnR", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Might the seller know if the original owner lived in Seattle?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1539141757, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2593774, "authorName": "ArseniRus", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/arsenirus/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Kizitiz is interior reupholstered? Headliner new? Any idea? Thank you.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1539153647, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2594394, "authorName": "Kizitiz (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kizitiz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "To ArseniRus The car has not been reupholstered. The headliner, door panels, carpet and seats are all original. The rear grab-straps that hang down near the rear seat windows are nearly new and show little signs of use. The car came from an estate in the midwest, but I wasn't told anything else.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1539185612, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2594429, "authorName": "Hasalone", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hasalone/", "bidAmount": 4850, "content": "$4,850 bid placed by Hasalone", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539186271, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2595264, "authorName": "binzofna", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/binzofna/", "bidAmount": 5000, "content": "$5,000 bid placed by binzofna", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539197975, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2595269, "authorName": "Hasalone", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hasalone/", "bidAmount": 5100, "content": "$5,100 bid placed by Hasalone", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539198046, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2597389, "authorName": "Pbernstein2", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pbernstein2/", "bidAmount": 5222, "content": "$5,222 bid placed by Pbernstein2", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539223531, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2597423, "authorName": "Hasalone", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hasalone/", "bidAmount": 5500, "content": "$5,500 bid placed by Hasalone", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539224464, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2597460, "authorName": "JohnR", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I can't help loving this. Very much like my grandfather's Cadi. He retired in Seattle, passed in early 50s. Grandmother used to take it out of the garage to wash it in the fresh rain [the days before Acid Rain]. If contemporary garages were larger I suspect there would be a lot more bidders. Lovely car.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1539225768, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2598338, "authorName": "binzofna", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/binzofna/", "bidAmount": 5600, "content": "$5,600 bid placed by binzofna", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539271280, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2599295, "authorName": "Jcomer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jcomer/", "bidAmount": 5700, "content": "$5,700 bid placed by Jcomer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539284641, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2599547, "authorName": "J.P._Dashpot", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/j.p._dashpot/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I can see going out to the garage \r\nClimbing into the back seat\r\nSlamming the huge door shut\r\nReading a book in complete, luxurious, silence", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1539286217, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2601234, "authorName": "Pbernstein2", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pbernstein2/", "bidAmount": 5888, "content": "$5,888 bid placed by Pbernstein2", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539302396, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2601385, "authorName": "Metalartist", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/metalartist/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My father bought one of these in the early 50's to haul our family of 5 kids and 2 adults. Talk about memory lane here. Ours was dark blue.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1539306980, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2601487, "authorName": "Tomharper", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tomharper/", "bidAmount": 7385, "content": "$7,385 bid placed by Tomharper", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539310295, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2602214, "authorName": "Hasalone", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hasalone/", "bidAmount": 7717, "content": "$7,717 bid placed by Hasalone", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539356282, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2602904, "authorName": "binzofna", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/binzofna/", "bidAmount": 7900, "content": "$7,900 bid placed by binzofna", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539368346, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2603066, "authorName": "Hasalone", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hasalone/", "bidAmount": 8400, "content": "$8,400 bid placed by Hasalone", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539369532, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2603152, "authorName": "ClanGunn", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/clangunn/", "bidAmount": 10500, "content": "$10,500 bid placed by ClanGunn", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539370598, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2603408, "authorName": "Hasalone", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hasalone/", "bidAmount": 11000, "content": "$11,000 bid placed by Hasalone", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539373008, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2603624, "authorName": "binzofna", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/binzofna/", "bidAmount": 11250, "content": "$11,250 bid placed by binzofna", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539375566, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2603630, "authorName": "Hasalone", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hasalone/", "bidAmount": 11500, "content": "$11,500 bid placed by Hasalone", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539375615, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2603700, "authorName": "gh356", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gh356/", "bidAmount": 12356, "content": "$12,356 bid placed by gh356", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539376664, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2603708, "authorName": "Hasalone", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hasalone/", "bidAmount": 13000, "content": "$13,000 bid placed by Hasalone", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539376710, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2603784, "authorName": "ClanGunn", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/clangunn/", "bidAmount": 13500, "content": "$13,500 bid placed by ClanGunn", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539377457, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2603801, "authorName": "cmodha", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cmodha/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Grab the popcorn, this one is a nail biter!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1539377594, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2603813, "authorName": "lokiufgator", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lokiufgator/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@F_Again Bring the bids. Leave the cannoli.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1539377723, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2603833, "authorName": "ArseniRus", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/arsenirus/", "bidAmount": 14013, "content": "$14,013 bid placed by ArseniRus", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539377863, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2603848, "authorName": "spanky59", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/spanky59/", "bidAmount": 14263, "content": "$14,263 bid placed by spanky59", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539377995, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2603852, "authorName": "Hasalone", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hasalone/", "bidAmount": 15000, "content": "$15,000 bid placed by Hasalone", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539378080, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2603869, "authorName": "Anonymous", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Reserve not met on 10/12/18 at $15,000", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539378201, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 2603908, "authorName": "MTVRentals", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mtvrentals/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Glad it was RNM here. Too nice to let go for that price! Great classic caddy.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1539378539, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2604047, "authorName": "Clipper47", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/clipper47/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Maybe this is the wrong venue for true CCCA Classic cars not the ubiquitous \"classic\" cars of the 1950-1980's. You have to be of a certain vintage to remember seeing these when they were simply used cars.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539379817, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2604179, "authorName": "cmodha", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cmodha/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ Seller\r\n\r\nDo you mind sharing the reserve? Or ballpark range for what you were hoping to get?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1539381047, "type": "comment"}]