A red Cadillac Eldorado, model year 1973, owned and driven by Chuck Berry. The car is part of Berry’s personal fleet of Cadillacs and was driven during the filming of "Hail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll," a 1987 documentary that chronicles two 1986 concerts.
Red Cadillac Eldorado owned by Chuck Berry
- Caption
- The car is part of Berry’s personal fleet of Cadillacs and was driven during the filming of Hail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll, a 1987 documentary that chronicles two 1986 concerts.
- Description
- A red Cadillac Eldorado, model year 1973, owned and driven by Chuck Berry.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Created by
- General Motors Corporation, founded 1908
- Owned by
- Chuck Berry, American, 1926 - 2017
- Date
- 1973
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donation of Charles E. Berry
- Medium
- steel, chrome, glass, rubber, plastic
- Dimensions
- Overall with Weight: 53 x 83 x 236 in., 5400 lb. (134.6 x 210.8 x 599.4 cm, 2449.4 kg)
- Type
- convertibles
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