UPDATE: 11/30/2009 The facts behind this car may not be as they seem. I have been contacted by a few people that have denied owning this car and have called it a hoax.
Original post is below
Just came back from Las Vegas and had quite a surprise when I went to the auto collections show at the Imperial Palace Casino. Sitting there just waiting for its picture to be taken was a red 1959 Cadillac that was custom built and even included what is considered the first to have a built in TV.
I will have some pictures up on the site asap but I just had to show you guys and gals what I have seen. There were 4 or 5 Cadillac’s there some have been there for a while but I took better quality pictures and even videos of each car.
You can see an updated picture page of this Cadillac. I received over 100 comments in emails about this car. Some people were really annoyed that I called this a 1959. I can only report what the sign tells me 🙂
https://www.cadillaccountryclub.com/1959-cadillac-special.htm
Check out my “Cadillac Database” for the REAL facts about this “hoax car”: http://www.car-nection.com/yann/Dbas_txt/Drm59.htm.
Presenting this car on the home page, you said: “The following statement was made by the former owner, Lars Schenk and cannot be documented or proven…” Please note that Lars Schenk never owned this car; Lars is a German enthusiast who, at one time, moderated a forum on the Internet relating to Cadillacs. That car was offered to a friend of mine in Australia; the vendor wanted $1,000,000 !!!
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I checked out your site and it is a real eye opener. I was standing right in front of this car and read the sign myself. The info you provided is very interesting. It seems this car has made the rounds.
Just wanted to say that Yann is right: I never owned this “hoax car”. Regards, Lars Schenk
Hi Lars
Thanks for setting the record straight, Have you tried to contact the people at the Imperial Palace casino and have them take down this information. I read it with my own two eyes and if I didn’t see it for myself I would have never thought the sign was in fact wrong. I bet if I look I have a picture of the actual sign. I also have a dedicated page to this car that I will delete the pages. Here is the page where you will see a sign with your name on it. https://www.cadillaccountryclub.com/1959-cadillac-special.htm
Lars
Just wanted to let you know I was at the Imperial Palace collection yesterday and this car is still there but all the information about it has changed. They no longer mention your name or most of what it had previously said. It now says that the car was restored in 2005 but they don’t know where.
I saw the Cadillac in question at a Barrett Jackson auction in Scottsdale, 5-6 years ago or so.
As far as I am conserned it is not only a “hoax” Cadillac, the “restoration” was very crude, it was a very poor quality amatur restoration.
Both the body work, interior, paint etc are done to a very low standard. To make it into a good car it would have to be treated to a total restoration and since it probably is a made up car it would never be worth the cost of a real restoration.