Yeah buddy congratulations you got it.. I chose this song because these engines are considered whisper quiet. And anybody that could afford one of these cars would be careless on how much they spent
Thanks for showing a very interesting and rare car! Styling-wise the Packard 12 is far more attractive to me as the V-16 Caddie is just a bit too busy in design. The V-16 looks very presidential though. Anything from the 1930s is attractive to me, however. I wonder what it must have been to steer and drive a car with a half ton engine in front… it must have required a well muscled gorilla for a chauffeur to parallel park the beast without power steering!
@@timothysotelo3868 That and punitive taxation. New 90+% top tax rate caused the deep recession of '38, which was largely why so few later V16s were sold.
@@timothysotelo3868Sadly, it was WW2 that finally pulled us out of the depression. Some say it can never happen again, but I'm not so sure of that one😢.
Mallard and many other engines are at our rather magnificent national rail museum here in York, England. It also has the flying Scotsman (1st 100mph train) and the only bullet train outside of Japan and, added bonus, it’s free to visit 😊 few years ago they had all the remaining A4 pacific class together in the great hall: Mallard, Bittern, Sir Nigel Gresley, Union of South Africa, Dominion of Canada and The Dwight D Eisenhower (which is back in your national railroad museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin)
The '37 models were much sleeker and more elegant looking, in my opinion... But all of the 16 cylinder Cadillacs were the utmost in luxury for their time!
Totally agree The second generation Cadillac V 16 in a lot of ways was very understated for what it was in my opinion you either knew what it was or you did it it was much like a packard twin six
Finally found a V-16 from the 38-40 eras my favorite ones. Had to get the CLC Authenticity manual for the 38 40 V-16. According to the book, the left indicator light under the speedometer is the driving (country) beam, middle, passing beam, right city (low) beam. The headlight knob selects park, city, country, the dimmer switch works as normal, in city beam. In country beam the dimmer switch dims the left light only for passing beam. The dash diagram in my book shows 3 knobs on the left of the key is the radio on-off-volume-tone the middle button is a added on later for something? next to the key is the station selector, but this car has a Motorola instead of the Cadillac radio, so they may be dummy knobs, and the clock has been removed when they installed the Motorola, the plastic on top is broken from the radio being too tall, but the car is beautiful just like it is. First choice, any 38-40 Cadillac series 90, second 38 Pierce-Arrow.
This is a car that if I got the opportunity to drive one I don’t know if I would know Packard on the other hand.. These have gone astronomically expensive not saying that Packards aren’t on the same level it’s just these have gotten really expensive
Jay, nice posting well done! This looked like an unrestored survivor we kept. I had mentioned way back in a correspondence that the Nethercutt Collection in Sylmar California, has several examples of Cadillac's series 90 in amazing, restored condition. Thanks.
I've been to the Nethercutt collection, and it is amazing! Not only do they have a lot of immaculate old classics (which they say are all ready to drive at a moments notice), but they have a Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ. If you have never heard one, you owe it to yourself to put it on your bucket list!.
Hi Jay!: What a cool ride that V-16 Caddy is! You would think that with that INTERESTING engine mounted so low in the chassis, that the V-16 might have had pretty good handling for a car of its type in those days! The 1937 is a better looking car in my opinion, but the 1938-40 had that COOL engine!! WYR#1 (Can't believe I'm going to diss that BEAUTIFUL Packard!) 1938 Cadillac V-16. #2 1938 Cadillac again! (That Pierce is SO SWEET though!)
I’m going to take the Packard. I was disappointed with this car….it seemed, clunky. Maybe if is was fully restored it would stand out. But as is….not impressed.
13:51 Wow! My '69, '71 and '73 Cadillacs had little trash cans like that one. I had no idea the idea went back to the 1930s, assuming that was original equipment. Ironically, even though I eat in my cars, I've never used those trash cans, or the add-on ones they used to sell (with the drink holders) for the transmission hump. It's easier to throw out whatever trash I have whenever I get out of the car.
Cool car. Excellent video. The glass in the partition could have been used for privacy, but, remember, this is a convertible, so the window was most probably used as a wind deflector for the passengers in the rear. Just as with the side windows, the partition glass can be left in the most useful position.
In 1975 my friend and I went inside parked 1938 Cadillac 2 door business coupe, which belonged to a night club called 'Starvin Marvin'. This Cadillac was not in running order as it had rear end damage. About a year later the car was repaired and restored.
Gas was cheap so going downmarket to flat heads probably may not have affected performance too much, bit of a shame though, guess it was because of the depression years.
His name is Archie he is a King Charles.. I want to do some more random stuff with my kids maybe my wife my dog Archie is a trip.. he has crazy eyes have to do a random bit with that Great choice glad you dig the channel =)
That looks like a very well preserved original, but it would benefit from a complete sorting. It also looks like it would probably pass the glovebox test. @@What.its.like.
Glad to see you back in Canton! for WYR#1, I'd go with the Packard. Those cathedral hoods always get me. For #2, I'd take the Caddy. the Pierce Arrow and Lincoln are just kinda ugly to me. Pierce Arrow had patented the whole headlights in the fenders in 1914, and the patent expired some 15 years later- though other American companies didn't really start to copy it until around 1938, when P/A went out of business.
Great choices =) Yeah I went out there last Wednesday I did 3 cars going to go back in January and do a few more 1941 packard 110 And the Holmes are the others I did Thank you so much for sharing that trivia, that I didn’t know
Nice video on a super interesting car. This would be so neat to drive and hear run. My favorite year for the Cadillac V16 is the 1932. To me the styling on this 1938 is a bit plain for what the car is. In the WYR I would take the 1939 Packard 12 and the 1938 Pierce Arrow.
Awesome choices glad you dig this video maybe this spring/summer we could find one that is running definitely want to try to do more drives this spring/summer well technically next spring lol
Thank you for the look at the 1938 Cadillac. I have a 1969 that has become a parts car. I also like a lot of the older ones such as the 1956 Fleetwood 60 special, the 1935 model particularly the top of the line. Most all of them are so luxurious. I have also seen some others that you have highlighted such as the 1949 Mercury (stock), and others. I will subscribe.
What a huge vehicle! Just head shaking that such a massive engine puts out so little power, but for the day, I guess it would be considered high output! Interesting with the dual coils and distributors, almost like they welded two straight 8's together and said "there"... As with other luxury brands of the day, I can't imagine tooling around in this as a daily driver. Talk about a workout! WYR: 1) & 2) Actually, none of them blow me skirt up... LOL Maybe a '38 Pontiac...
The multi-cylinders were more for quiet, smoothness, & torque than power. You needed that to get these big heavy beasts moving. Once they were rollin' you stayed rollin'!
Im a Cadillac guy through and through, and from birth, but I would only ever stray for one of the 3 Ps. So, the 38 Packard, but Ill stay with the 38 Cadillac coupe.
Oh that we could see cars like these on the roads once again. Sometimes I feel like i was born in wrong era, but I can dream. If you could afford to buy & operate a luxury car like these, you didn't worry about what some folks might think of you😊.
This is a very nice unrestored car...I'd love to see it once somebody gets it and does the job. For WYR, it's going to be either the Packard or the Cadillac for the first scenario, and the Lincoln for the second (I love the front end).
While I appreciate the 2nd gen 16 for what it was, by this time they have mostly become huge formal cars, and were somethign of a Leviathan - not just proportions but the ultra dignified styling. A bit too 'Godfather' for me. Some have questioned the 2nd gen production decision, why bother with the expense. But yes, they did make an exclamation point against Packard, which, with the Lincoln K, were the only rivals left. I was surpirsed the K actually outsold the 16 in 38, though priced just slightly less. WYR: 1) the Packard 2) the V16
I may be one of the few that just isn’t that impressed by the 38 Cadillac in rather have the Packard and the Lincoln both just look elegant and refined
Hi Jay. One thing you didn't notice was that this Cadillac has a column gearshift, a year before the rest of the industry went that way. On the V16, it will have been developed at the same time as Cadillac's famous flathead V8 (introduced in 1936), which powered lots of WWII military vehicles. Thus I'd expect there to be design similarities and some commonality of parts. This car is ready for a full restoration, which will of course be expensive, but thesedays 3D printing will be able to replicate all the deteriorated plastic parts. Cheers.
Awesome observation thank you so much for pointing that out Yeah if you had one of these cars and you needed something you would probably have to get it 3-D printed from somewhere
I know a guy who has a 38 Cadillac and the 3 idiot lights are for your headlamps and parking lights one is for normal headlamps, another for high beam, and another for the parking lights. Another great video!
Thank you so much for watching I respected the backseat and did not get in the rear of the car because the seats looked delicate.. There was so much to see with this car the hood was hard to open and it was really heavy I could not believe how far that engine sits down inside there there was so much to see with this car the hood was hard to open and it was really heavy I could not believe how far that engine sits down inside there Glad you dig =)
