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 Making Rolls-Royce Panic: Driving the 1934 Cadillac "Standard of the World" | Jay Leno's Garage The exhaust on the engine looks like it's coated with porcelain and the engine bay is a work of art. |
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Originally Posted By Boognish: This has been on my list of dream cars for years now. The Cadillac Sixteen (not the concept car from the early 2000s, but that one was cool too). My son has already told me that if he is ever filthy rich he is buying me one.  Tell him he needs to hire four garbage trucks loaded with cement to bodyguard the car as you drive it. 
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Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QBqE_avRcYThe exhaust on the engine looks like it's coated with porcelain and the engine bay is a work of art. Just watched that. Buddy and I did a bit of work on a 1933 (IIRC) cadillac lasalle V12 Chauffer (limo) optioned car. Had a factory radio and a roll up divider and a working intercom. The engine was the same principal, Essentially two separate engines arranged in a steep v. Very cool car, and smooth as glass. |
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Originally Posted By TomMcC: I wonder if they rolled off the original line looking like that? No doubt they were clean, being a very high end car for the depression era, but these cars are really high end concours restorations today. I believe the concours judges look for production reproduction when scoring. Simple things like bolt heads and wire insulation are checked. Cars like that were often sold as a running chassis, like the body-off pics. Then the rich client hired a coach builder to finish it with sheetmetal and interior. |
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Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k: Here's what the engine in that model looks like: https://www.supercars.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/526763.jpg More: https://www.supercars.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/526764.jpg Two door https://www.supercars.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/645450.jpg https://www.supercars.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/526762.jpg Two coils in front of the massive distributor? It’s just two straight 8s joined by casting and a timing chain. |
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I love those '20s and '30's high-end classics, especially with the custom bodies. 1925 Rolls Royce "Phantom." Attached File |
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Originally Posted By BoneB1B: I believe the concours judges look for production reproduction when scoring. Simple things like bolt heads and wire insulation are checked. Cars like that were often sold as a running chassis, like the body-off pics. Then the rich client hired a coach builder to finish it with sheetmetal and interior. Originally Posted By BoneB1B: Originally Posted By TomMcC: I wonder if they rolled off the original line looking like that? No doubt they were clean, being a very high end car for the depression era, but these cars are really high end concours restorations today. I believe the concours judges look for production reproduction when scoring. Simple things like bolt heads and wire insulation are checked. Cars like that were often sold as a running chassis, like the body-off pics. Then the rich client hired a coach builder to finish it with sheetmetal and interior. Yep--these were all hand-built. Not really like factory builds of today. I imagine the ones that you see today are probably very similar to how they rolled off the line. Some of the materials used might be better now, like paint, but in general I would imagine that they were fitted and finished very similar to how you see them today. Truly works of art. |
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Beautiful. These type of cars always remind me of my grandmother. She and her sister were in a bad accident in a Cadillac in the 1930’s. Which is why she had dentures since she was a kid from her face hitting the partition between her and the driver. Uncertain of the model or year but apparently my great grandfather loved to be driven around in Lincoln’s and Caddy’s in the day. He also kept some kind of Colt auto litterally under his pillow. I really wish I could have known him. What an interesting era of cool cars, architecture and style. |