Cadillac by Schwartz
Maurice Schwartz

Maurice Schwartz was born in Austria in 1884 and learned the art of body building at the Armbruster Kaiser Koneg Hofwagen Fabrick, the Vienna firm that built carriages for the Kaiser. In 1910 he was recruited by the Springfield Metal body company to come to the United States to work in their plant in Springfield, Massachusetts. In the next few years, Schwartz went on to work for Willoughby in Utica, New York and for the Fisher Brothers in Detroit. In 1918 he came to Los Angeles where he joined the Earl Automobile Works (soon to become Don Lee Coach and Body Works) under the eye of the then relatively unknown Harley Earl.
In 1920 Schwartz built a custom Essex touring car for himself that featured an unusual custom radiator shell that also housed the cars headlights. He was adept in many of the old-world skills such as wood-working, pattern-making, and brass and aluminum casting. Schwartz tolerated nothing but the best in anything that he did. He wasted no time on idle talk and put in an exact day's work. Yet he was also said to be a warm and kind person who loved and told splendid jokes.
In 1924, Schwartz went to the Walter M. Murphy Co. in nearby Pasadena, where he met Christian Bohman. Bohman left Murphy in 1930 to establish his own shop, but faltered and joined forces with his friend Maurice Schwartz when Murphy closed in April, 1932. See the Bohman & Schwartz gallery for more info.
Bohman & Schwartz as a company was closed in 1947. The partnership was amicably dissolved in 1947, and Bohman formed a new partnership with his son, Lawrence Christian Bohman, called Bohman & Son which was housed in the first floor of the building. Maurice Schwartz continued in the business alone, upstairs in the same building, and continued building special bodies there until 1951, when he moved to his own building at 1901 E. Walnut St., Pasadena.
Notable Schwartz creations from the time include a series of Cadillac woodies that were built for Hollywood stars such as Gene Autry, Marie McDonald (a gift from millionaire husband Harry Karl) and Mexican president Miguel Aleman.
Between 1947 and 1949, six Cadillac woodies were purchased by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, of which one was built on Cadillac's 163" commercial chassis and featured 6 doors. He also built a handsome 3-passenger coupe on a 1949 Cadillac Series 75 chassis and a formal town car on another Cadillac commercial chassis in 1949 for Mrs. Morgan Adams.
Through the 1950s he survived through normal body shop work, modifying vehicles for invalid use, and building replica bodies for the late William F. Harrah's collection. Schwartz remained active right up until his death in 1961 at the age of 76.
- AB VOLVO
- AC CARS
- ACURA
- ADLER
- AEC
- ALFA ROMEO
- ALFA ROMEO BY CARROZZERIA TOURING
- ALFA ROMEO BY GHIA
- ALFA ROMEO BY ZAGATO
- ALPINE(SOCIETE DESAUTOMOBILES ALPINE SAS)
- ALVIS
- ALVIS BY VANDEN PLAS
- AMC(American Motor Company)
- ARMSTRONG WITHWORTH AIRPLANE COMPANY
- ASTON MARTIN
- ASTON MARTIN LAGONDA BY VIGNALE
- ASTON MARTIN LAGONDA LIMITED
- ATELIER DE CONSTRUCTION ROANNE
- ATKINSON VEHICLES LIMITED
- AUDI
- AUDI BY DARWINPRO
- AUSTIN-HEALEY
- AUSTIN MOTOR COMPANY Ltd.
- AUSTRO-DAIMLER
- AUTOBIANCHI
- AUTOMOBILI LAMBORGHINI S.p.A.
- AUTOMOBILI LAMBORGHINI BY LB WORKS
- AUTO UNION
- AVIA MOTORS S.R.O.
- AVRO
- AvtoKuban
- BAE Systems AB
- BARKAS(VEB Barkas-Werke)
- BEDFORD
- BelAZ
- BENTLEY
- BENTLEY BY PARK WARD
- BERLIET
- BERTONE
- BMW
- BMW BY ALPINA
- BMW by DarwinPRO
- BORGWARD
- BRITISH LEYLAND
- BUGATTI
- BUGATTI BY BERTELLI
- BUGATTI BY VETH & ZOON
- BÜHLER HOLDING AG
- BUICK
- BUICK BY LANCEFIELD
- CADILLAC(GENERAL MOTORS)
- Cadillac by ASC
- Cadillac by Derham.
- Cadillac by Fleetwood
- CADILLAC BY MILLER-METEOR
- CADILLAC BY PININFARINA
- Cadillac by Schwartz
- CAGIVA
- CANADIAN MILITARY PATTERN(CHEVROLET)
- CATERPILLAR
- CHEVROLET
- CHEVROLET BY DARWINPRO
- CHRYSLER
- CHRYSLER BY GHIA
- ChTZ(Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant)
- CISITALIA BY ABARTH(Carrozzeria Allemano)
- CISITALIA BY FISSORE
- CISITALIA BY PININFARINA OR VIGNALE
- Citroën
- Citroën by H.Chapron
- CIZETA-MORODOR
- CONDOR-WERKE AG
- CORD BY HAYES BODY COMPANY
- CORD BY MURPHY & Co
- DAF
- DAIMLER(D)
- DAIMLER(UK)
- DAIMLER BY WILCOX
- DATSUN
- DB PANHARD
- DE HAVILLAND
- DE HAVILLAND BY MORRIS MOTOR COMPANY
- DELAGE(SAFAD)
- DELAGE FERNANDEZ & DARRIN
- DELAGE BY LETOURNEUR & MARCHAND
- DELAHAYE
- DELAHAYE BY FIGONI & FALASCHI
- DELAHAYE BY GILLORE
- DELPHI INDY CAR
- DENZEL AUTOMOBILE COMPANY
- DESOTO(CHRYSLER)
- DE TOMASO
- DEUTSCH-BONNET(Panhard engine)
- DEUTZ-FAHR
- DEVON MOTORWORKS
- DIFFERENT CAR MODELS
- DISNEY
- DKW
- DODGE(CHRYSLER)
- DODGE BY FRUA
- DODGE BY GHIA
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- DUESENBERG
- DUESENBERG BY A.H.WALKER
- DUESENBERG BY BOHMAN & SCHWARTZ
- DUESENBERG BY D'IETEREN
- DUESENBERG BY FIGONI
- DUESENBERG BY G.NUTTING
- DUESENBERG BY GRABER
- DUESENBERG BY LAGRANDE
- DUESENBERG BY MURPHY
- DUESENBERG BY ROLLSON
- DUPLE COACHBUILDERS
- DV BUS & COACH
- DZERZHINSKY PLANT KIEV
- Eidgenössische Konstruktionswerkstätte
- EMW(Eisenacher Motorenwerk)
- ENFIELD
- EUROCOPTER GROUP
- FACEL S.A.
- FBW(Franz Brozincevic Wetzikon)
- FERRARI S.p.A.
- FERRARI BY ALLEGRETTI
- FERRARI BY BERTONE
- FERRARI BY GHIA
- FERRARI BY MICHELOTTI
- FERRARI BY PININFARINA
- FERRARI BY TOURING
- FERRARI BY VIGNALE
- FFA(Flug-und Fahrzeug Werke Altenrhein)
- FIAT
- FIAT BY ABARTH
- FIAT BY BERTONE
- FIAT BY CARROZZERIA ALFREDO VIGNALE
- FMC(Food Machinery Corporation)
- FODEN
- FORD BY COSWORTH
- FORD BY CRAYFORD
- FORD BY LOTUS
- FORD BY SHELBY
- FORD EUROPA
- FORDSON BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY
- FORD U.S.A.
- FREIGHTLINER(Daimler truck North America)
- FSO WARSZAWA
- GAZ(Gorky Automobile Plant)
- GENERAL MOTORS
- GMC
- HANOMAG
- HARLAND & WOLF
- HARLEY DAVIDSON
- HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS-NASCAR
- HEINKEL
- HENSCHEL & SON
- HHA(Hawker Hunter Aviation Ltd)
- HILLMAN MOTOR COMPANY
- HISPANO-SUIZA
- HISPANO-SUIZA BY BRANDONE
- HISPANO-SUIZA BY FERNANDEZ & DARRIN
- HISPANO-SUIZA BY VANVOOREN
- HOLDEN(GENERAL MOTORS)
- HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI
- HYMER CAMPERS
- HOMMELL
- HORCH
- HOTCHKISS ET CIE
- HUDSON MOTOR CAR COMPANY
- HUMBER LIMITED
- HUMMER
- HÜRLIMANN
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
- IAME(Industrias y Mecanicas del Estado IAME)
- IKARUS
- IMPERIAL(Chrysler)
- IMPERIAL(Chrysler)BY LE BARON
- INDUSTRIAS KAISER ARGENTINA
- INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER
- INVICTA BY TOURER
- ISO AUTOMOTOVEICOLA S.p.A.
- ISOTTA FRANCHINI & Co
- IVECO
- JAGUAR
- JAGUAR BY BERTONE
- JAGUAR BY HARTIN
- JAGUAR BY VANDEN PLAS
- JEEP(FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES)
- JENSEN MOTORS
- JLC
- JOE GIBBS RACING-NASCAR
- JUNKERS
- KAELBLE
- KAISER JEEP
- KAMAZ
- KAWASAKI
- KAZ(Kutaisi Auto Mechanical Plant)
- KENWORTH
- KhTZ(Karkivski Tractorni Zavod)
- KIEV ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION PLANT
- KIROV ZAVOD
- KMZ(Kragnorsky Mechanical Works)
- KÖPFLI
- KrAZ
- KURGANMASHZAVOD
- LADA(AvtoVAZ)
- LANCIA
- LANCIA BY ZAGATO
- LAND ROVER BY TICKFORD
- LAND ROVER(TATA MOTORS)
- LANZ
- LEA-FRANCIS
- LEXUS
- LEYLAND MOTORS
- LIAZ(Liderecké Avtomobilové Zavody)
- LINCOLN
- LOLA
- LOTUS
- LOTUS BY PBB DESIGN
- MACK
- MAGIRUS-DEUTZ
- MALAGUTI
- MALYSHEV FACTORY
- MAN
- MASERATI
- MASERATI BY BERTONE
- MASERATI BY CARROZZERIA FANTUZZI
- MASERATI BY PIETRO FRUA
- MATRA
- MATRA SIMCA
- MAVERICK MOTORS
- MAYBACH(DAIMLER-BENZ)
- MAYBACH BY WAGNER-SPOHN
- MAZ(MINSK AUTOMOBILE PLANT)
- MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
- McDonnell Douglas
- MCI(MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC.)
- McLAREN
- McLAREN HONDA F1 TEAM
- MELKUS
- MENARDS RACING-NASCAR
- MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS F1 TEAM
- MERCEDES-BENZ
- MERCEDES BY AMG
- MERCEDES BY ARMBRUSTER
- MERCEDES-BENZ BY CORSICA
- MERCEDES BY SAOUTCHIC
- MERCURY(FORD MOTOR COMPANY)
- MESSERSCHMITT
- MEYERS MANX(VW engine)
- MINI BY BMW
- MG(SIAC)
- MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION
- MORANE-SAULNIER
- MORGAN OLSEN
- MORRIS
- MOTOBECANE
- MOTO GUZI
- MV AUGUSTA
- MZMA(Moskwitch)
- NAMI(Automotive Institute)
- NEOPLAN
- NISSAN BY LIBERTY WALK
- NISSAN BY PANDEM
- NISSAN MOTORS
- NISSAN MOTORSPORT INTERNATIONAL Co.Ltd.
- NISSAN NISMO RACING TEAM
- North American Aviation (NAA)
- NSU
- OLDSMOBILE(GENERAL MOTORS)
- OM(Officine Meccaniche)
- Omohundro
- OPEL
- OSCA
- PACKARD
- PAGANI AUTOMOBILI S.p.A.
- PANHARD
- PANOZ
- PAZ(Pavlovo Bus Company)
- PEGASO
- PETERBILT
- PEUGEOT
- PIERCE ARROW
- PILATUS AIRCRAFT Ltd
- PLYMOUTH
- PLYMOUTH BY VIRGIL-EXNER
- PONTIAC(GENERAL MOTORS)
- PORSCHE
- Porsche by Gemballa
- PORSCHE BY INTERMECCANICA
- PORSCHE BY RWB
- PP SAUBER A.G.
- PRAGA
- RAMBLER
- RAMSES AUTOMOBILES(NSU)
- RANGE ROVER BY HAMANN
- RAPID HOLDING Ltd
- R/C(RADIO CONTROL MODELS)
- RED BULL RACING
- RENAULT
- RENAULT BY GORDINI
- RENAULT SAMSUNG MOTORS
- REYNARD MOTORSPORT(Chrysler engine).
- RIGA CARRIAGE WORKS
- ROLLS-ROYCE
- ROLLS-ROYCE BY BREWSTER & Co.
- ROLLS-ROYCE BY FREESTONE & WEBB
- ROLLS-ROYCE BY GHIA
- ROLLS-ROYCE BY HOOPER & Co.
- ROLLS-ROYCE BY PARK WARD
- RONDEAU
- ROSENGART
- ROYAL AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT(RAE)
- RUAG HOLDING Ltd
- RVR(Rigas Vagonbuves Rupnica)
- SAAB
- SAAB BY SIXTEN SASON
- SAURER UND BERNA
- SAVA(AUSTIN)
- SCANIA(VW AG)
- SCAMMEL LORRIES Ltd
- SCHLÜTER
- SEAGRAVE FIRE APPARATUS
- SEAT BY ABARTH
- SETRA
- SHASTA TRAILER
- SHELBY
- SIATA(FIAT ENGINE)
- SIMCA
- SPICE ENGINEERING
- SPYKER CARS
- SKODA AUTO
- SLOT CARS
- SLOT CAR FERRARI
- SMART
- SPARTAN MOTORS
- STANGUELLINI
- STEYR-DAIMLER-PUCH
- STEYR WERKE AG
- SOCIEDAD ESPAGNOLA DE AUTOMOVICES DE TURISMO(SEAT).
- STEWART HAAS RACING
- STUDEBAKER BROTHERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
- STUTZ
- STUTZ BY LANCEFIELD
- SUBARU
- SUD AVIATION
- SUNBEAM BY ALAN FRAZER RACING
- SVARZ PLANT
- TALBOT
- TALBOT-LAGO BY SAOUTCHIC
- TATRA
- TEAM PENSKE-NASCAR
- TESLA,Inc.
- THE LONDON TAXI COMPANY
- THORNYCROFT
- TOEBEHOREN
- TOYOTA BY ARCTIC TRUCK
- TOYOTA BY THE FJ COMPANY
- TOYOTA BY JMACX
- TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
- TRABANT(VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerk)
- TRIUMPH STANDART MOTOR COMPANY
- TRIDENTS CARS Ltd
- TROLZA(ZiU)
- TVR
- UAZ(YA3)
- UDI(United Defense Industries)
- UKVZ
- UNIC
- URAL AUTOMOTIVE PLANT
- VAN HOOL
- VENTURI
- VERITAS AUTOMOBILE
- VESPA/PIAGGIO & Co S.p.A.
- VEVEY
- VICKERS SUPERMARINE(AIRCRAFT)COMPANY LTD
- VOLKSWAGEN
- VOLKSWAGEN BY D'Ieteren
- VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
- VOLVO TRUCKS
- Wanderer-DKW
- WARTBURG(VEB Automobilwerk Eisenach)
- WILLYS JEEP
- WINNEBAGO TRAILER
- WM PEUGEOT
- YAMAHA MOTOR Co,.Ltd
- YaMZ(Yaroslavl Motor Plant)
- ZiL
- ZIS
- ZÜNDAPP
- ZWEEFVLIEGTUIGEN(gliders)