1957 Cadillac Coupe de Ville has a story and a home in Jay
1957 Cadillac Coupe de Ville has a story and a home in Jay

Jay Leno has had enough Money and connections allowed him to buy any car he wanted. But when it came to this 1957 Cadillac Coupe de Ville, it seemed he had no choice. Decades earlier, a World War II veteran wanted to give it to Leno, and he wouldn't take "no" for an answer. He did wait three weeks for an official response, but in the end Leno accepted his generous, yet rudely insistent offer. Leno pulled the Cadillac into his massive garage with the intent of giving it a quick restoration. But things didn't go as planned. Instead, Leno and his team got into trouble, updating one thing, then replacing another... then another... and by the time they were done, the free Cadillac had new paint, a new interior, a rebuilt engine, a better cooling system, and a more modern transmission. When the overhaul began, the body was a drab beige. Rather than paint the Coupe de Ville in…