1958
Derham (USA) air-conditioned,
custom "75" limousine, photographed at Gilmore Museum, June 1993 during the
"Cadillac-LaSalle Experience"
Derham (USA) custom "75"
limousine, sans fins (photo in SS 7/92, p.7). Cadillac enthusiast, Arjan Massar of
The Netherlands, wrote in August 2002: I have some pictures of a strange '58 Limo
without tailfins. I found it on the Internet. It's a specially built Limousine by Derham
Coach Company. This 1958 Cadillac 75 Sedan was ordered by the original buyer to be
delivered to the Derham Coach Company (of Packard & Duesenberg fame) for modification.
It was then used around town by its wealthy owners until 1992 the car has a special
low ratio rear end gear set).
 
  
  
[ Photos: Internet - courtesy Arjan Massar,
Holland ]
Eureka (USA) Various commercial vehicles
in the S&S series, including the selection below; the flower car shown
is one of only two known to exist; it was offered for sale by Kruse in August of 1996
The Eureka limousine
The Eureka Landau
hearse
This survivor belongs
to a funeral home in Ohio;
the owner is a member of the Professional Car Society (PCS)
 
The Eureka flower car; this lovely survivor resides in
Georgia (2014)
Here's a (cropped) factory photo of a similar model from the same
manufacturer
The Eureka ambulance
S&S (Hess & Eisenhardt)
(USA) Various commercial vehicles under the "S&S" label, including those
shown below
1958 S&S Victoria
landau; it was offered in seven different
versions, ranging in price from $10966 to $12472
Knickerbocker
combination model
Superline
Kensington
[image]
S&S Superline Parkway
Superline Park
Hill
Miller-Meteor (USA) Various
commercial vehicles including the hearse, below
Here is the Futura
combination limousine; this one carried
the writer, William Faulkner, to his final resting place
This Miller-Meteor Landau
Traditional is in need of some TLC;
in 2000, it was owned by Cadillac friend and aficionado
Brian De Ford who was kind enough to identify it as a Miller-Meteor
creation, whereas I had it listed in error as one by Hess & Eisenhardt
[ Photo: ©2000, courtesy Brian De Ford ]
 
  
Surviving Miller-Meteor
Landau Traditional combination coach
 
 
The survivor in the preceding two rows
was offered for sale on the Internet in August, 2004
 
This butchered hearse once was a regular Miller-Meteor
Landau Traditional
[ not suitable for all tastes but definitely a style that has its followers ]
Fire department ambulance
Superior (USA) Various commercial vehicles
including the selection, below
 
A selection of Superior commercial cars
(left) and the Criterion Landaulet hearse (right)
 
A Criterion
landaulet hearse survivor
 
Side-servicing coach (right)
The Beau Monde
combination hearse/limousine, in my opinion an unfortunate use of
the French beau monde, meaning "high society" or
"gentry" (unless the
manufacturer thought his vehicles good enough only for that class of deceased)
A surviving combination
coach
The Coupe de Fleur,
flower car [once again, an unfortunate misuse of French;
correct French would have required Coupé pour les fleurs or Coupé à fleurs;
in both cases the plural fleurs is appropriate since more than a single flower is
involved
 
A survivor ...barely
 
Criterion ambulance (left) and Criterion Rescuer
(right)
This surviving ambulance in need of a little TLC was
photographed
by aficionado Kim Hansen of the Cadillac Mailing List (CML)
Unknown, USA] This other
pick up on the 1958 Cadillac Series Sixty Special chassis was discovered on the
Internet, 12/2001
 
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