The 1950 LeMans Cadillacs

[Charles D. Barnette]

I enjoyed very much the article on these Cadillacs appearing in the February 2008 issue of The Self-Starter. I like the never before seen pictures of these two cars especially of Le Monstre-it is so unique that it is one of my favorite Cadillacs. The Grumman Aircraft styling of Le Monstre with the wind tunnel proven aluminun body is fascinating. My question is where are these historic Cadillacs now? What happened to them after the 1950 Le Mans race? Charles D. Barnette

[veesixteen]

I believe both cars ended up in the Cunningham Museum. When Briggs Cunningham died in 2003, the museum closed down and I believe the cars were sold to another car museum in Florida (I have no other details).  The "Monstre" showed up at a Pebble Beach concours a few years back so it is probably still around.  "Where are they now?" is a very good question.
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I enjoyed very much the article on these Cadillacs appearing in the February 2008 issue of The Self-Starter. I like the never before seen pictures of these two cars especially of Le Monstre-it is so unique that it is one of my favorite Cadillacs. The Grumman Aircraft styling of Le Monstre with the wind tunnel proven aluminun body is fascinating. My question is where are these historic Cadillacs now? What happened to them after the 1950 Le Mans race? Charles D. Barnette

[Jeff Hansen]

If memory serves, the museum in Florida was the Collier brothers museum.

Jeff