The Cadillac Ranch consists of ten Cadillacs ranging from
a 1949
Club Coupe to a 1963 Sedan. Most of the Cadillacs were bought
from junkyards around Amarillo for about $200 each. The Cadillacs,
intact,some running, were buried nose down facing West at the
same angle corresponding to the Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt.
The Cadillac Ranch was completed in 1974. Over time vandals and
souvenir seekers stripped the cars of their chrome, radios, speakers,
and even doors.
In 1997 the Caddies were dug up and moved two miles to the
West
to a cow pasture along I-40 to distance itself from an expanding
Amarillo.
The Cadillac Ranch is West of Amarillo on the South side of I-40,
between exits # 60 and # 62. You can see it from I-40.
