Classic American

The DEATH VALLEY Caddy

1955 Cadillac Coupe de Ville

Mark Lamude, the owner of this uber-cool ’55 Coupe de Ville, is no stranger to the pages of Classic American with a string of very desirable high performance American cars to his name, some of which he not only built but still owns. If we tell you that includes a well-known ’55 Chevy that’s been on the scene since the Seventies, a ’69 Camaro that already had a race pedigree in the USA well before it arrived on these shores, plus a GTO Judge, and a ’64 Mercury Comet, (which we featured most recently in CA back in June 2020), you’ll see what we mean.

While all the above cars are firm favourites of muscle car fans, a slammed and patina’d ’55 Cadillac Coupe de Ville might seem a slightly odd choice for this recently retired builder

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