Cadillac Le Mans

The Cadillac Le Mans was a low, two seat, fiberglass bodied roadster concept designed by Harley Earl and developed by Cadillac. It took its name from the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, which Cadillac entered in 1950, and it was displayed at the 1953 General Motors Motorama in New York City. It stood about 51 inches to the windshield frame and showed the first Cadillac wrap around windshield. A version of the 331 cubic inch V8 gave it 250 horsepower, an output production Cadillacs did not reach until 1955. Four cars were built and none went into production. One was customized by George Barris and later destroyed in a fire in 1985, one is shown at the Cadillac Historical Collection, one is held by the GM Heritage Center, and the fourth vanished in Oklahoma City in November 1953 and has never been found.