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The d'Marchand Edition was a two-tone exterior painted car which was black with slate-grey on the hood, top, and trunk lid and a red stripe. It was equipped with an elk-grain vinyl roof in slate-grey. The interior had antique slate-grey leather seats with black leather inserts with red piping between the slate-grey and black. It also had two-tone door panels in grey with black inserts. The car also came with a grey leather-wrapped steering wheel. In August of 2001, Vadim Meter contacted me (Jim Richardson) regarding the Coupe d'Marchand. He sent me a copy of the window sticker for the d'Marchand which had a listing of a YP7BL Coupe d'Marchand with a list price of $1825 for this option. Vadim referred to this car correctly as the Coupe d'Marchand. I have been contacted by many owners of the same edition, and they refer to it as a "Chicago Edition." In fact, many of the dealers in Chicago sold the car with the same window sticker on it for the d'Marchand option, but provided a dashplaque stating that it was a Chicago Edition. The car that I purchased was sold out of Tucson, Arizona, and was referred to as a Bill Blass edition.

In May 2000, this 1979 Cadillac Coupe deVille was added to the Richardson collection. The car was sold to Donald Millstone as a Bill Blass Edition Coupe deVille. The car was purchased in October of 1979 from Paulin Motor Company in Tucson, Arizona. It was purchased by Donald Millstone for his wife, Naomi. In 1997, it was acquired by Alex Pappas of Phoenix, Arizona, who was the second owner. The Richardsons are the third owner of this low-mileage, Arizona car. This d'Marchand (Bill Blass) Coupe deVille was a low production, special order car that was produced late in the production year of 1979. Tom Clark, who is a Cadillac LaSalle member, retired from Cadillac in 1986 after 36 years of service with Cadillac. He remembers the d'Marchand Limited Edition. It was a special order that dealers could order directly from the factory. He doesn't recall any specific information about this special edition, but feels that there was probably a bulletin given to the dealers about how to order the d'Marchand Edition. Because of this, there were probably only a few hundred of the d'Marchand Cadillacs made in 1979. Most people are more familiar with the high production run of the Bill Blass Edition that was done by Lincoln.

We are still trying to gather any addition information about the 1979 d'Marchand Edition Coupe deVille (Chicago Edition, Bill Blass Edition). Should you have any information please contact Jim Richardson via the information below.

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Home Address	Phone Number	E-mail
Jim Richardson	Hm: 602-993-9015	phxjer@hotmail.com click to e-mail
225 W. Seminole Dr.	Off: 800-248-3921
Phoenix, AZ 85023-5294