trimacar Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Trying to find out what is missing on this early 20's Cadillac hood, and find one if it's an original part.Car belongs to a friend, trying to help him out.Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbenseignant@gmail.com Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Your friend might consider joining earlyV8Cadillac on Yahoo. There is a community of owners of similar aged cars. Regards, Michael Barnes, Vancouver, EarlyV8Cadillac list owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Saxton Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Date of manufacture is ba little bit out, David. It is a model 314, probably C series from what I can see. If it was A or B you should be able to see some of the generator mounted up front in the middle of the V. Take no notice of the statement in Maurice Hendry's book that there were just two. Just after it was published he was across here and I met him at a friend's place. For somone whose research was usually very thorough, I was surprised he slipped on this, and I think he was ,too. They are the last model with fork and blade conrods, and I reckon mine went very well at the time in the early 1960s. It commanded respect from modern cars in daily use in our state capital, Melbourne; and I seldom needed to change gear, even for stoplights, such was the light density of traffic then.Your photo does not really make clear what you think may be missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 There are three holes at the front corner of the hood, circled in the dust in the picture....that indicates a missing piece, or?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 My guess is someone mounted then removed a makeshift hood prop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Saxton Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I checked the bonnet off mine, David. There are no holes there. You might have to put it down to someone's eccentricity. This bonnet appears to be aluminium sheet, but all I have seen before are steel. They mixed materials sometimes. The four door skins of my 314B 4 passenger phaton were aluminium, and all other sheet was steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 Ok thanks....think I agree at this point that the holes aren't factory... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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