Muhammad Ali's legacy carries on Posted Jul 22, 2017 The hearse was a Cadillac, black and long and shiny, which figured because Muhammad Ali always was a Cadillac man. The first money he ever spent as a professional boxer went to West Broadway Motors in downtown Louisville to buy his mother a pink Eldorado. The second money went to buy an Eldorado for himself. He roared through a string of Cadillacs in his early life. (Sports Illustrated)