As of Nov. 21, 2024, this is the information we have about this car:
[Feb.01.2017] Car #2 is the one used in President Eisenhower's inaugural parade. The engine number was listed as #5362-08900. Matt Larson mentions three sheets in the factory records for this car. The first one shows it as Cars in Company Use and says“Condition for Inaugural parade”; the car was shipped to Capitol Cadillac Olds Co., Washington, DC. The second sheet is a factory Return For Credit notice; the block labeled “Reason for return” says “Show Car” The third sheet is the amended record to fill a New York order, shipping the car to New York City on 8/26/53. This car was reportedly sold for$103,000 at a BJ auction in 1988 [lot #963]. Color was white. Late extra [5/2008]: There exits a short, home movie of Ike's inaugural parade. I heard about it from Cadillac aficionado, Frank Schmidt; he wrote: Roderick Cox of Bethesda, MD,took the home movie. He was a school teacher at the Friends School, a private school in Wash. DC(still operating). He is since deceased. By the way, he grew up near Detroit and his dad worked for a bearing company there. Salesman to the auto companies. Rod went to the University of Michigan and was on a football team with Gerald Ford, later president of the U.S. Rod was on the track team too and won the National Hammer throw championship in the early '30s. Hopefully, Frank or his brother will upload a digital version of that home movie on You Tube and I will put a link to that site here in due course.
[Feb.01.2017] Car #2 is the one used in President Eisenhower's inaugural parade. The engine number was listed as #5362-08900. Matt Larson mentions three sheets in the factory records for this car. The first one shows it as Cars in Company Use and says“Condition for Inaugural parade”; the car was shipped to Capitol Cadillac Olds Co., Washington, DC. The second sheet is a factory Return For Credit notice; the block labeled “Reason for return” says “Show Car” The third sheet is the amended record to fill a New York order, shipping the car to New York City on 8/26/53. This car was reportedly sold for$103,000 at a BJ auction in 1988 [lot #963]. Color was white. Late extra [5/2008]: There exits a short, home movie of Ike's inaugural parade. I heard about it from Cadillac aficionado, Frank Schmidt; he wrote: Roderick Cox of Bethesda, MD,took the home movie. He was a school teacher at the Friends School, a private school in Wash. DC(still operating). He is since deceased. By the way, he grew up near Detroit and his dad worked for a bearing company there. Salesman to the auto companies. Rod went to the University of Michigan and was on a football team with Gerald Ford, later president of the U.S. Rod was on the track team too and won the National Hammer throw championship in the early '30s. Hopefully, Frank or his brother will upload a digital version of that home movie on You Tube and I will put a link to that site here in due course.