Past Exhibits

The Cadillac & LaSalle Museum is located on the campus of the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan.

The Museum displays Cadillacs and LaSalles from 1903 to 2011 in a building that replicates a dealership building design recommended by GM in 1948. Special exhibits focus on significant Cadillac contributions to the automotive industry over more than 100 years.

Showcasing Outstanding Examples

Professional Cars

Professional cars – limousines, ambulances, funeral cars – were a special display curated by the Cadillac & LaSalle Club Museum in cooperation with the Professional Car Society that was on display from the fall of 2019 through late spring of 2020. Members of the Professional Car Society and the Cadillac-LaSalle Club contributed unique models from their collections to illustrate a decades long use of Cadillac and LaSalle chassis for the creation of a variety of special purpose vehicles.

Past Exhibits Professional Cars

1939 LaSalle Carved Panel Hearse

One of two 1939 LaSalle Carved Panel Hearses known to exist Coachwork done by Eureka and assembled on a LaSalle Commercial Chassis “Carved Panel Hearse” was the most expensive car made available in 1939 Wood carvings were done by hand […]

Past Exhibits Professional Cars

1953 Cadillac Funeral Flower Car

In the 1950’s, a “flower car” would lead the hearse in a funeral procession Built on General Motors special Series 86 commercial chassis only available to coachbuilders This vehicle features a stainless steel deck with a hydraulic system to ease […]

Past Exhibits Professional Cars

1959 Cadillac Broadmoor Skyview

Opened in 1918, The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado was intended to be one of the worlds finest luxury hotels. In 1937, the facility purchased a fleet of customized Cadillac’s to take its guests on sightseeing excursions, over the […]

Past Exhibits Professional Cars

1967 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 75 Limousine

Fleetwood Series Seventy Five Limousine models featured leather appointed front chauffer compartment and electric-operated privacy division window. The rear compartment featured cloth appointments, some of which were unique for Limousine use only. Additional unique features of the Limousine model includes […]

Past Exhibits Professional Cars

1976 Cadillac Miller-Meteor Criterion Ambulance

In 1954, Wayne Works of Richmond, Indiana – a large school bus producer – purchased Meteor Motor Car Co of Piqua, OH and in March or 1956 Wayne acquired A.J. Miller Company. The Company became Miller-Meteor and maintained production in […]

Past Exhibits Professional Cars

1987 Maloney Limousine, Cadillac Brougham

This car began as a factory production Cadillac Brougham. The car was cut in two and “stretched” by 55 inches into a custom, luxurious vehicle, by a company originally founded by Earle F. Moloney, a self-made businessman who in 1967 […]