Nearly all of Saoutchik's custom bodies were on French and other European platforms. An exception is today's featured design: two bodies based on 1948 Cadillac convertibles (some background here.)
As the Sotheby's link states, one car was built for publicity purposes, being displayed at the 1948 Paris Salon de l'Automobile in October of that year. The car shown in most of the images below was commissioned by a man who wanted a duplicate of the show car. Both cars survive and are in the United States.
Cadillacs and Oldsmobile 98s received General Motors' first post- World War 2 redesigned bodies for model year 1948.
The famous Cadillac tail fins appeared for the first time.
Saoutchik's version is totally changed. Note the covered front wheels and the lack of tail fins.
Paint colors on both Saoutchik Cadillacs varied from restoration to restoration, though the basic scheme remained the same.
This is the featured version. Stock '48 Cadillacs had a two-piece curved windshield; here is a one-piece windshield that's flat or virtually so..
Aside from the V shape at the top of the grille and what seems to be a crest, there is no visual clue that the basic car is a Cadillac.
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