This 1947 Cadillac was fitted out with everything needed for those long journeys. With a built in shisha pipe, telephone, grill, television and toilet, the maker “Louie Mattar’s” used it setting the world endurance record across the United States in 1952.

Shisha pipe fitted in Cadillac

While modifying the Cadillac Louie didn’t only add the shisha pipe to the interior dash of the car (as shown in the picture above) but also had an under seat compartment that was used to refrigerate shisha tobacco, water and other supplies.

Back then in 1952 the only shisha tobacco that was available in the USA was the non flavoured shisha molasses, but that didn’t stop Louie or the other drivers enjoying the shisha on their 6,320 mile journey from New York to San Diego.

Today the Cadillac, shisha pipe and all can be seen at the San Diego Auto Museum in California. Its well worth a visit to check out the shisha pipe, no amount of money could buy such a shisha pipe, with its history and the length of journey this shisha pipe has travelled. Believe it or not the quality also seemed amazingly good for such an old shisha pipe, with only the shisha hose been replaced since been on display at the Museum.