CROWNING Achievement
The 1956 Cadillac Sedan de Ville has always been Gary Cremer’s favourite car of all time. He’s previously owned some classic Fords and also had a 1957 Chevrolet, but the icing on the cake for him has been the acquisition of this ’56 Caddy. “I knew the guy who imported the car into the UK and I purchased it pretty much straight after in April 2014,” he recalls. “It looked rather like a police car; being finished in black and white paintwork. It was usable and half-tidy, but I just decided that I’m only ever going to own one Cadillac, so I had to get this one looking as good as I possibly could. Nothing less than taking it apart, restoring and refurbishing and then putting it all back together again would suffice. ‘Let’s really go to town on this one!’ I thought to myself.”
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