From the late 1930s through the mid-1980s, it was truly the Cadillac of Cadillacsmdash;the car of choice for the titans of American business, government and the entertainment industry. The stately long-wheelbase Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Eight-Passenger Sedan and Imperial Limousine occupied an exalted niche at the very pinnacle of the automotive pecking order in the U.S. and abroad. Whatever the destinationmdash;embassy, corporate head office, hotel, airport or Hollywood red carpetmdash;when one arrived in a Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five, one had truly arrived Introduced in 1937, Cadillacrsquo;s new Series 75 included 11 Fleetwood body styles ranging from coupes and convertibles to a seven-passenger touring sedan. In 1938, the restyled Series 75 got what was destined to become its signature body style mdash;a severely formal long-wheelbase sedan and companion limousine. Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five business sedans and limousines quickly won favor with commercial livery operators and funeral directors, challenging rival Packardrsquo;s long domination of this small but prestigious market. By 1941 the Fleetwood Seventy-Five name was reserved exclusively for General Motors Corporationrsquo;s flagship carmdash;the long-wheelbase formal sedan and companion limousine with glass division.