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…read on about this one-of-a kind vehicle.

“AMONG the roughly 2,500 vintage vehicles offered at the collector-car auctions that began last week in Arizona were one-off design studies by automakers, racecars that soldiered through international events and vehicles once owned by celebrities.
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From the outside, it looks like any other well-preserved show car. More Photos »

But it’s safe to say there was nothing else like the Maharani Special.

Built by General Motors for its 1956 Motorama show, a traveling exhibition of extravagant dream cars and the latest in automotive technology, this Cadillac was loaded with conveniences intended to serve an on-the-go potentate with a hearty appetite. ” Source: Collecting – V-8, Power Steering, Even a Kitchen Sink – NYTimes.com

I wonder if they ever took this camping?

“ELVIS fans will be all shook up to discover his white Cadillac is sitting on a Tyneside street.

One of his former cars has been transported to the North East so a team of specialist restorers can help bring it back to its former glory.” Source: ChronicleLive – News – Today’s Chronicle – Elvis Presley’s Cadillac to be restored by Tyneside experts

You can bet it will require “A Little Bit of Green”.

…and looks stunning as a woody station wagon.

“Vern Moeller grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where as a teenager he rebuilt junkyard vehicles. “I knew how to cut things apart and weld them back together,” said Mr. Moeller, who retired three years ago after more than three decades selling industrial water treatment equipment in the Texas Panhandle and bordering states.

A few years ago, Mr. Moeller and a buddy turned a Ford Model A into a boat-tail speedster. The friend had a decrepit, 1947 Cadillac hearse he was either going to hot-rod or sell (someone had offered him $600). But Mr. Moeller had another idea, so the friend gave him the car, which Mr. Moeller turned into a stunning woody station wagon.” Source: Among Celebrity Cars, a Custom Cadillac Stands Out – Wheels Blog – NYTimes.com