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Introduction off the all-new Cadillac Model "Thirty" in august, 1908 market the beginning of an important chapter in Cadillac Motor Car Company history. The meticulously engineered, moderately priced Model "Thirty" would be Cadillac's bread and butter car for the next six years, bridging the technological gap between the comparatively primitve single-cylinder Cadillac and the industry's first mass produced V-8.
This was also the year that Cadillac became a division of General Motors.
Also that year, on April 1, Harry C. Urich founded the Fleetwood Metal Body Company in Fleetwood, Pa. Successor to the former Reading Metal Body Company wich had be formed in 1905, Fleetwood would specialize in building high quality automobile bodies.
This company was destined to later form a close association with Cadillac.
The Cadillac Model "Thirty" was a moderately-priced car, based on the 20 horsepower, four-cylinder Model "G" of 1908. It was initially offered in only three body styles: a sporty roadster, a "convertible" four passenger demi-tonneau and the standard five passenger touring car.
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