1953 Cadillac Eldorado - *movie Car* - Body 529 on 2040-cars
Poolesville, Maryland, United States
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1953 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible - Used in the movie My One and Only Almost as much of a star as its fellow cast, including Ren?e Zellweger and Logan Lerman, this vehicle played the family's get-away from a troubled life in New York in the 2009 movie My One and Only. Since filming, it has been starred in several magazines including Cadillac Self Starter and Old Cars Weekly. Originally from California, the car was purchased in Hollywood by me as a 95% rust-free white car with a black interior. It is one of the last 1953 Eldorados produced.
Two 1953 Cadillac Eldorado Convertibles were used for the movie. This is 1 out of the 2 used to play the main car. Two were used in order to have back-ups, as there were many scenes where the cars were required to drive very fast. The other car is currently overseas. The shooting for the movie took place over the summer of 2008 in Baltimore, MD and New Mexico. This Eldorado was redone for the movie, but has not been cleaned thoroughly since filming. The movie company had actually sprayed the car with dirt for effects, and that dirt has not been cleaned off since. For some scenes, the car was not driven but rather pulled on a trailer with Ren?e driving and filmed that way. For this, the windshield was sometimes removed. It has since been put back in. Wire wheels will be supplied with this car. Full wheel covers were used in the movie due to the wire wheels making the car appear to be moving backwards on film. Modifications done to the car for the movie include:
It has been stored in Maryland since filming. Contact Marc at (301) 672-1000 for any inquiries. View my About Me page for more information. |
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"Either you have to bring your volume aspirations into alignment with reality and accept that you will sell fewer cars... Or you have to drop the price and continue to transact at the prices where you were historically... I think the logical conclusion is that it's better to build off a very solid base in terms of [product] credibility, charge a fair price for the car and realize you have to wait until the volume comes."
In other words, sales will fall before they rise, and the brand has to be okay with that. Notice, too, that de Nysschen speaks of "a fair price" for Cadillac cars and utility vehicles. In this case, "fair" means more than many of the brand's traditional buyers are accustomed to, and roughly in line with the brands and machines Cadillac believes it is competing against. For instance, the newly enlarged 2014 CTS carries a suggested retail price that is over $6,000 higher than it was in 2013, and some trim levels boast an even higher price premium over the models they replace.
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