Service manual

Few
automobiles
are
fortunate
enough
to
have
the
rich
heritage
that
is
Cadillace
The
name
Cadiflac
is
appropriately
that
of
Antoine
de
La
Mothe
Cadillac,
the
French
military
commander
who
founded
the
city
of
Detroit
in
1701.
What
better
name
for
the
oldest
automobile
manufacturer
in
Detroit.
Henry
M.
Leland, known as the
master of precision, initiated his pre-
cision manufacturing techniques at
the founding
of
Cadillac
in 1902. His exacting
standards prompted the
motto
by
which
Cadillac
has been guided over the
years
-
“Craftsmanship
A
Creed
-
Accuracy
A
Law.”
The introduction of
Club
of
England awarded the pres-
to Cadillac twice
. .
.
first in
1908
for achieving
perfect interchangeability
of parts and again in
1912
for introducing the elec-
tric self starter, electric
lighting and ignition
system.
Cadillac is the only
American manufacturer
the first four cylinder en- to win this honor and
the
gine in
1905
led the industry and only manufacturer in the world to win
enabled Cadillacs to travel at speeds
up to
50
mph.
For attention to quality and in-
novation, the Royal Automobile
it
twice.
As
commonplace as stan-
dardized parts are today, in
1908
parts
were still individually hand fitted
both in production and service.