[ last update: 07.11.2014 ]
The (new) Cadillac Database©
Cadillac & LaSalle Toys
[ WW2 - 1950 ]
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Text in bold, red type (like this), between current image boxes relates to toys
that will be illustrated or described in a future update
[images still have to be processed]
Pick the preferred years - Choisissez vos années préférées 1902 - 1931 1930/31 Solido 1932 - 1942 1946 - 1953 1954 - 1958 1959 only 1960-1969 1970-2001 
...or pick one of the following model builders or collectors 
...ou choisissez l'un des modélistes ou collectionneurs suivantsThe author's former Cadillac toy collection The bespoke "Elegance" models of Claude Thibivilliers The rare "RD-Marmande" Cadillac models of René Daffaure Jo-Han kits and Promotionals, USA The Kits of TKM, USA The Paper and Card Cadillacs of Emmanuel de Horne The Custom Limousines of Philippe Emami The Wooden Models of Otto Vallastro 
[ photos sought ]
[ some models of Cadillac-powered US tanks to be added ]
The early fifties were a prolific period for crude Cadillac toys made of Bakelite and other early plastic compounds, as well as lithographed tinplate (usually from post-WW2 Japan). Dozens of them are to be found and it is not always easy to identify a particular year or body style. I have bundled them together on this and the next page. Perhaps an astute reader or Cadillac toy car collector can help me to identify some of them.
1946
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 Circa 1:43 scale 
 
 BAM (Bruce Arnold Models), USA 
	 
	 
 
 Circa 1:50 scale 
 
 METALCAST, USA 
 
 
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 GENERAL MOTORS - CADILLAC STUDIO (?), USA 1946-47 Cadillac Series 60 Special
    fastback [styling model] 
 
	 
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1947
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 MILESTONE MODELS, USA 
 
 
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 BROOKLIN, UK 
 
 
 
 BRUCE ARNOLD [USA] 
 
 
 
 
 
	 
	 
	 
 
 CONQUEST, HOLLAND 
 
 
	 
 
	 
	 
 
 
 ENCHANTMENT LAND COACHBUILDERS, USA 
 
 
 MILESTONE MINIATURES 
 
 
 
 PROVENCE MOULAGE, FRANCE 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 VF MODELLEN, GERMANY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 [ missing ] 4-door sedans (#s REV006 and REV006B) 
 UNKNOWN 
 
 
 MISC. COLLECTION 
 
	 
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 JADA MODELS, FAR EAST 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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1948
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 Circa 1:80 scale 
 MERCURY, ITALY 
 
 
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 Circa 1:66 scale 
 MATTEL, USA 
 
 
 RACING CHAMPIONS, UK 
 
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 ALSKOG DESIGN, SWEDEN 
 
 BIZARRE MODELS, [???] 
 [ missing ] Resin model of Cadillac-powered Le
    Monstre, entered by Briggs Cunningham in  
 
 BROOKLIN MODELS, UK 
 
 [ more images ] 
 
 BRUCE ARNOLD, USA 
 
 
 
 
	 
	 
	 
 
	 
 
 
 CHROMES, FRANCE 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
	 
 
 CONQUEST,
    HOLLAND 
 
 
 
 GREAT LIGHTNING 
	MODELS (GLM), GERMANY 
	 
 
 LIONEL, USA 
 
 MERCURY, ITALY 
 
 
 MESQUITE MODELS, Tucson (AZ) 
 [ missing ] Discontinued 1947 Cadillac flower
    car, black, hand built, resin cast 
 
 MILESTONE MINIATURES, UK 
 [ missing ] Series 62 Sedanette, hand-built, well-detailed, white metal, fitted interior 
 
 MINI MARQUE [aka ILLUSTRA MODELS], UK 
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 Circa 1:40 scale 
 TOOTSIETOY, USA 
 
 
 
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 Circa 1:25 scale 
 (CUSTOM-BUILT), USA 
 
 YONEZAWA, JAPAN 
 
 
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 FRANKLIN MINT, USA 
 
 
 
 
 MOTOR CITY, USA 
 
	 
	 
	 OTTO VALLESTRA, USA 
 
 
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 1:16 Scale DANBURY MINT, USA 
 
 
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1949
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 Circa 1:64 
 JADA, FAR EAST 
 
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 BRUCE ARNOLD, USA [no image yet ] 
 
 
   
 
   
 
 
 ELEGANCE, FRANCE 
 
 
 HALLMARK, USA 
 
 IRWIN (?), USA 
 
 MOTOR CITY, USA 
 
 
 NEO MODELS, USA 
 
 
 THIBIVILLIERS, FRANCE 
 
 
 TRIANG-MINIC, UK 
 
 [ UNIDENTIFIED ] 
 
 
 VF MODELLEN [Germany] 
 
 WESTERN MODELS, UK 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 YATMING, THAILAND 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 1:25 Scale MODELHAUS, Germany [?] 
 
 
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 1:24 Scale 
 FRANKLIN MINT, USA 
           
 
	      
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 1:18 Scale NEO, CHINA 
	 
	 
	 
 
 YATMING, THAILAND 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Early Fifties
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 Circa 1:43 Scale 
 GREAT AMERICAN DREAM MACHINES (GADM),
    USA 
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 Circa 1:40 Scale 
 
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Circa 1:70 - 1:76 Scale 
 
 Marusho, Japan, made this
    cute pocket cigarette lighter in the shape  
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 Circa 1:32 Scale 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
      
 
 
 UNIDENTIFIED 
 
 
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 Circa 1:12 scale 
 
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Click here for more toys of 1950-1953
Pick the preferred years - Choisissez vos années préférées 1902 - 1931 1930/31 Solido 1932 - 1942 1946 - 1953 1954 - 1958 1959 only 1960-1969 1970-2001 
...or pick one of the following model builders or collectors 
...ou choisissez l'un des modélistes ou collectionneurs suivantsThe author's former Cadillac toy collection The bespoke "Elegance" models of Claude Thibivilliers The rare "RD-Marmande" Cadillac models of René Daffaure Jo-Han kits and Promotionals, USA The Kits of TKM, USA The Paper and Card Cadillacs of Emmanuel de Horne The Custom Limousines of Philippe Emami The Wooden Models of Otto Vallastro 
Return to The (New)
Cadillac Database© Index Page
or pick a toy page from the table, above
© 1998, Yann Saunders  [
aka Mr. Cadillac ]
[ Background image:  misc. toys from author's former collection ]