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...Prechter, will make and install about 38,000 roofs and have sales of more than $7,000,000. A millionaire at 32, Prechter owns two other companies that specialize in auto-customizing work. He counts among his clients Folk Singer Glen Campbell, for whom he transformed a Cadillac Eldorado into a station wagon, and many Saudi Arabians, to whom he has so far shipped 100 luxurious Prechterized Cadillacs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EYECATCHERS: The Sunroof King | 9/2/1974 | See Source »

...September, all of General Motors' divisions will bring out new small cars. Next year, a long-awaited small Cadillac will be introduced. It will be two feet shorter than a full-size Caddy, but will carry the same $10,000 price tag as an Eldorado coupe. In 1975, Chevrolet will also roll out a rotary-powered Vega with a claim that it has overcome many of the fuel-economy problems suffered by Mazda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Battle of the Little Big Cars | 8/5/1974 | See Source »

...impoverished Memphis teenager, Singer-Composer Isaac (Hot Buttered Soul, the theme from Shaft) Hayes lived one summer in a junked car. Should the necessity arise again, Hayes, 31, has ensured that he will have all the comforts of-er-home. While seven cars, including his gold-plated 1972 Cadillac Eldorado, rest in his Memphis garages, Hayes tools around the country in his latest acquisition: a 30-ft. silver-gray Cadillac limousine that can be started by remote control in cold weather. Included in the $36,000 price tag: a red velvet love seat, bar, refrigerator, color TV and stereo. Plus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 17, 1973 | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

...silence that surrounded her strangely sequestered marriage with the multimillionaire singer. For four years of their seven-year courtship, Priscilla lived with Elvis' father and stepmother in Memphis, apparently being groomed for marriage. Elvis bought cars for her -"A little red Corvair, then a Chevrolet, a Toronado, an Eldorado and then the Mercedes"-and chauffeured her in a Lincoln Continental with its own bar (soft drinks only). But marriage was never mentioned, or so Priscilla says in the August Ladies' Home Journal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 30, 1973 | 7/30/1973 | See Source »

Brezhnev's principal relaxations are hunting and cars. He is occasionally seen driving his Citroën-Maserati sports car (a gift from Pompidou) or his Cadillac Eldorado (given him by Nixon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST-WEST: And Now, Moscow's Dollar Diplomat | 6/25/1973 | See Source »

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