One Piece At A Time Vehicle
Johnny cash married his long time duet star june carter in 1968.
One piece at a time vehicle. Other recent reviews first time visit 07 26 2020. Cash s one piece at a time cadillac which he drove in parades and for personal business is frequently on display at his museum in tennessee and a film of the car is shown at every tour performance. A hard to find treasure of historical auto attractions historical auto attractions see all 178 reviews.
The story of the song was about a man who left his home in kentucky in 1949 to pursue work at general motors in detroit michigan. Before he was a singer cash worked on the assembly line at a car factory in detroit. This car was made at the behest of bill patch of welch oklahoma and constructed by leland mayfield harley malone eldon mccoy and don.
His job was to install wheels on cadillacs watching each one roll by day by day on the assembly line knowing that he will never be able to afford one of his own. This is about a guy who works at a car factory and builds his own cadillac by sneaking out one piece at a time. In the movie walk the line portraying the life of johnny and june it has been insinuated that she is driving the one piece at a time cadillac.
More songs from johnny cash more songs inspired by cars. One piece at a time car. The psychobilly cadillac from the one piece at a time video is at the storytellers museum in bon aqua tennessee.
However there is no actual footage of carter photographed with the car. 13825 metric rd roscoe il 61073 7607. Country music performer wayne kemp wrote the novelty song one piece at a time for johnny cash who recorded it in 1976.