Caroll Spelke had every intention of selling the old car she inherited when her dad died last year. But then she tried to park it in Manhattan. Cruising around the narrow streets of the financial district, looking in vain for a spot that could accomodate the 19-foot 1975 Cadillac Eldorado convertible, she suddenly noticed folks were staring — in a good way. People shouted out to her; they wanted to know more about the car. Some even said they would pay her for a ride in it.
That was all it took to change her mind about selling the car. Not only did she keep it, she decided to build a business around it: My Daddy’s Caddy. Between May and October, Spelke will offer special-event transport and tours around Vermont in the classic car.
“This is probably one in 10 left in the world inthis condition,” says Spelke. There are only 17,000 miles on the Cadillac.
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