226ci Inline 4-Cylinder Engine Single Updraft Carburetor 30bhp at 2,300rpm 3-Speed Sliding-Gear Transmission 2-Wheel Mechanical Brakes *The quintessential brass-era automobile *Believed to have formerly been part of the Indianapolis Museum of Speed Collection *A nicely patinated example *Potential to make a usable tour car THE CADILLAC MODEL 30 The Model 30 was not the first four-cylinder Cadillac, but it was arguably the perfected four-cylinder Cadillac, setting a standard for quality, luxury, performance and price which positioned Cadillac for the century of leadership that followed.

As any contemporary observer will quickly recognize, the re-invention of Cadillac which the Model 30 represented was not the last time Cadillac would endure that wrenching metamorphosis.

In 1909, Cadillac was only in its sixth year.

It was still under the guidance of its founder, Henry Martyn Leland, and his son Wilfred, and had only five years before merged with Leland & Faulconer.

It was in only it...