Dad has two Caddy's in the shop and was surprised they both fit! The 38 Limo is as long as the 59 Biarritz! LOL

This one is a driver the family let sit in a garage after the dad died. They finally decided to get it out and get it on the road again only to find the interior ruined by moths/rats/mice etc.

One of twenty eight Coach built 1938 Caddy's.










Dad was saying it's not often he has to use the largest board size for door panels and these are some of the biggest he's done.

Damn cars had class back then. Then again so did most people.... Thanks for the pics!

That's quite a car. What will he use for material?

Cool rigs for sure

That’s freakin gangster !!!!

I'm not quite sure what material honestly. I think these are the seats though.

Whers the dude in the clown suit?

Really cool. Would love to see one in person.

The landau top on this wasn't in the budget I guess. They had somebody repair it with silicon which would have looked fine, except they didn't smooth it out and left it looking like a booger weld!

How many stiffs could a guy get in that trunk so's he could drive them to the East River???

Very neat!

Come on, pop the hood and give us some shots of that engine! Very, very few autos were ever made with a V16.

Wow

I am guessing the material is mohair.

A man I worked for in the later 70’s had the caddy with the v-16. Only time I’ve ever seen one of those motors.

Osky

No engine pic??????

Think I heard him mention it was mohair.

Good Lord what a beautiful car! Too bad about the rats and mice.

I wanted to, but I won't typically ask dad to do stuff like that. He probably would have, but there is a certain amount of risk involved ya know?

I was thinking the dash looked familiar! LOL

Didn't catch the AAA sticker.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt.../17441148/re-a-pair-of-38-s#Post17441148

My father chauferred an older couple in a Caddy limo like that only it had a V-12 engine. Musta felt like the coolest HS kid in town, the job provided a little pocket change for him during the depression.

Thanks for posting this Higginz! The car used in the Addams Family movies was a 1931 Caddy limo with a V 16.

I've seen those engines, but not within a car.... a lot of them were sold for commercial use. I've seen them, even up thru the 80s, for powering search lights for carnivals.. IIRC, those things had a compression ratio of like 5.5 to one. yet it was only a little over 400 CI.

Very nice looking car.

beautiful car, first ever of American land yachts , as in early 50s Buick and 70 s almost everything.

norm.

I think that the V16 in 1938 was a newer version of the Cad V16 that had an L head (valve in) as compared with the earlier overhead valve V16. Since the displacement was not all that large for the number of cylinders, and they apparently were not reaching for big horsepower, the quest probably was torque distribution and excellent balance to give quiet smooth performance. I remember seeing a number of old Cad V16s as a kid on the East coast - some with two carburetors - but never got into one.

That is cool

Here's some more information, and..........one that's for sale.
https://silodrome.com/cadillac-sixteen-v16/

Ending in 4hrs on Bringatrailer if you want in on it!

V16 Cadillac Convertible

Jay Leno's garage has a piece on one in his collection. Two carbs and NO gas mileage but tractor like torque and smooth pulling power.

I worked for a Company that built displays for General Motors they wanted a Cadillac V-16 for a display in the early 90's....they asked in July and we needed the engine completed for the Detroit Auto Show in January....I looked asked and had 100's of people looking any where and every where to find one....in November I found one in Mexico got it back to Detroit and did a complete restoration on it in time for the Auto Show....
The engine is still being used by GM for Displays....

Cool!!

That sounds like a fun project - glad you go to do it. Was it the earlier OHV design or the later L head? Where did you find any needed parts/components?

Nice catch, that's pretty cool. Small world

Pretty cool.

That's what a luxury car is supposed to look like.

Auction has ended. $190K did not meet reserve. What a beautiful (expensive) car.

No wonder Higgs doesn't want to pop the hood.

Yeah, you don't touch a car in Dads shop. Even asking him to open the hood is crossing the line a bit.

Well, I was wrong. These are the seats out of a Chrysler Airflow Limo.

Also, the seats in this Caddy are wool.

Damn moths!

Stopped in to see how Dad was coming along on this Caddy today. Looks like it's all ready to go.

Your father is a true craftsman.

Beautiful workmanship

I think so too.

He worked on the two ashtrays in the back for almost two days.

I wouldn't have the patience.