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This week, we dive deep into the 120 plus year history of Americas most luxurious heritage car brand: Cadillac. What did Ford and Oldsmobile have to do with the start of Cadillac? Why did they start drawing inspiration from planes? And how did they become synonymous with luxury? Find out this week on Past Gas: Cadillac Pt. 1.

00:00 Intro
00:28 Cadillac Pt 1
01:59 Host intros / Joes baby
06:07 Our histories with Cadillacs
07:45 Leland and Faulconer
18:17 The first Cadillacs
21:31 Ambergris tangent
26:32 General Motors
36:25 Depression and bounceback
43:35 Tailfin era
51:55 Cliffhanger
53:51 Listener mail / Outro

Visual credits:
Orion Pictures
Bring a Trailer
Classic.com
Dilomski/Shutterstock
Cadillac
Michipedian/Wikipedia
Motoring NZ
Jefferson Graham/USA Today
Bonhams Cars
National Geographic
Supercars.net
Federal Publishing Company
Encyclopedia Britannica
Getty Images
Classic Auto Mall
Rex Gray/Wikipedia
O Explorador
Augusta Chronicle
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
Fighting Tigers
Filipe Sousa/Wikipedia
Beverly Hills Car Club

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