Object Details
- 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
