Cadillac’s imposing Model V63 was the culmination of a series of cars which shared the same basic engine design as the 1914 Type 51, that company’s first eight-cylinder car. Such was the excellence of design of that early unit that the engine responded to development over the ensuing ten year period, whilst chassis design proceeded apace, reflecting the need to accommodate later and heavier coachwork to meet the dictates of fashion. This special model was Custom-built by Fisher on a 138 inch wheelbase, on one of just four chassis of this length built in 1924. Colour and trim were to owner’s specification and finish generally was to a significantly higher standard than the shorter chassised standard production models. The technically highly advanced side-valve engine featured the first ever inherently balanced two plane crankshaft ever fitted to a production motor car. This car, powered by the lusty 5,153cc engine, driving through a three-speed gearbox and developing 85hp, was owned by just one American family before leaving for England in the 1980’s. Acquired then by a Cadillac aficionado, who has owned it ever since, the car was found to be in exceptionally original condition and is believed to retain some of its original grey and black livery. It is upholstered in correct brown moquette cloth and is equipped with twin rear-mounted spare wheels, luggage trunk and silk window blinds and the special ‘Vision and Ventilation’ winding windscreen offers climate control adjustment. External accessories include matching rear-view mirrors, windscreen sun visor, radiator calormeter and twin blade bumpers front and rear and a generous profusion of rear lamps. Sophisticated technical innovations and gadgetry incorporated in this car include automatic reversing lamp, green stop lamp, four-wheel brakes, self-cancelling indicators in fog lamps, cigar lighter, under-bonnet inspection lamp, mechanical dipping headlights and town and country horns. This highly imposing and high specification Cadillac, surely a contemporary challenger to Rolls-Royce, comes from the finest of homes and is described by the vendor as being a particular favourite. Minimal recent use will necessitate the usual fine tuning and recommissioning. It is offered with a good history file together with a Swansea V5 registration document, current MoT certificate, original handbook, some wartime petrol coupons, period photographs, its original Kellogg compressor tyre inflator and a number of original tools. There are few cars of this vintage which can hold station so ably amongst modern traffic, the legal speed limit being comfortably within range.
Cadillac’s imposing Model V63 was the culmination of a series of cars which shared the same basic engine design as the 1914 Type 51, that company’s first eight-cylinder car. Such was the excellence of design of that early unit that the engine responded to development over the ensuing ten year period, whilst chassis design proceeded apace, reflecting the need to accommodate later and heavier coachwork to meet the dictates of fashion. This special model was Custom-built by Fisher on a 138 inch wheelbase, on one of just four chassis of this length built in 1924. Colour and trim were to owner’s specification and finish generally was to a significantly higher standard than the shorter chassised standard production models. The technically highly advanced side-valve engine featured the first ever inherently balanced two plane crankshaft ever fitted to a production motor car. This car, powered by the lusty 5,153cc engine, driving through a three-speed gearbox and developing 85hp, was owned by just one American family before leaving for England in the 1980’s. Acquired then by a Cadillac aficionado, who has owned it ever since, the car was found to be in exceptionally original condition and is believed to retain some of its original grey and black livery. It is upholstered in correct brown moquette cloth and is equipped with twin rear-mounted spare wheels, luggage trunk and silk window blinds and the special ‘Vision and Ventilation’ winding windscreen offers climate control adjustment. External accessories include matching rear-view mirrors, windscreen sun visor, radiator calormeter and twin blade bumpers front and rear and a generous profusion of rear lamps. Sophisticated technical innovations and gadgetry incorporated in this car include automatic reversing lamp, green stop lamp, four-wheel brakes, self-cancelling indicators in fog lamps, cigar lighter, under-bonnet inspection lamp, mechanical dipping headlights and town and country horns. This highly imposing and high specification Cadillac, surely a contemporary challenger to Rolls-Royce, comes from the finest of homes and is described by the vendor as being a particular favourite. Minimal recent use will necessitate the usual fine tuning and recommissioning. It is offered with a good history file together with a Swansea V5 registration document, current MoT certificate, original handbook, some wartime petrol coupons, period photographs, its original Kellogg compressor tyre inflator and a number of original tools. There are few cars of this vintage which can hold station so ably amongst modern traffic, the legal speed limit being comfortably within range.
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