1963 Cadillac Series 75
Not just author Bromley's birth-year, his favorite limousine
The Series 75 was the Standard limousine for over forty years.
The Factory Limousines
The history of automobile
manufacturers is replete with concentric circles, parallel
lines, offshoots, and hyphenations, particularly in its first decades during which
thousands of companies and brands were merged, taken over, and closed. Consider
the early days as the Enlightenment period of the automobile when anything
was possible, and man, reason, and the assembly line would conquer all.
The brilliance of Locke's theories of liberty were fully demonstrated in
this compressed period of time, with innovation, wealth, and technological
advance the fruit. Hobbes, however, joined up with Darwin, and for the
lesser fit car builders life was, indeed, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
With the limousine, the philosophers were especially cruel. The few
luxuries that survived the Depression were lost to war. After it all,
Cadillac emerged as the only regular domestic producer
of limousines, alone and atop a new category:
the factory limousine.
Modern Classic, by Cadillac & Federal Coach
(Photo by Michael L. Bromley
with thanks to Moore Cadillac, Vienna, VA)
Chrysler Perfection: Crown Imperial by Ghia
This one for First Lady Jackie Kennedy
Volvo? Indeed. Volvo Limousines
Some of the best in the World. Ever.
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