1941 Caddy "60 Special

[Laughing Coyote]

Not mine, but just saw this on CL.

https://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/d/1941-cadillac-60-special/6568575466.html

[1939_Buick]

How did the owner manage to loose a barn?

How much extra for the "barn find" dust?

Some will get sucked in

 

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1941 Cadillac "60 - Special" - Classic Barn Find - $5000 (El Paso)

This vintage 41 "60 Special" model is located in El Paso, Texas. The car has been parked in a covered shed for about 40 years along with several other antique cars (including 3 other antique Cadillacs) that will be up for sale and if not sold will probably be auctioned in mid to late May. The car is about 90% complete and original and shows little rust, but lots of dust. Asking $5000 obo.

Other cars available include Model-A Fords, 1918 Buick, Corvair, 57 &58 Plymouth Station Wagons, 65 Olds 88 4-door, 65 Pontiac Bonniville 4-door. Please send me your email if you would like a more complete list. I have photos of some of the cars that I can send to serious parties

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Edited April 23, 2018 by 1939_Buick (see edit history)

[TerryB]

That’s some serious dust!  Must be a Texas thing, dust is always bigger in Texas.

[auburnseeker]

Everything is bigger in Texas. 

They did mention a 1918 Buick.  Maybe that one is the one under the cover? probably the one next to the one under the cover though. 

[Matt Harwood]

Or you could end up with a good car. Here are the last two 1941 Cadillac 60 Specials I bought, the first of which was AACA HPOF Car of the Year in 2012. Both were excellent cars that I regretted selling. The Antoinette Blue one on top was the HPOF car that was a mess when I got it, but it cleaned up well and with about $5000 worth of work, was bulletproof reliable. It had been in that barn for 15 years, put there by the brother of the mechanic who maintained it from new. When the original owner died, he willed it to that mechanic. Cool story.

 

The black one on the bottom was in a body shop since 1996, covered, but otherwise unattended. Guy sent it to be painted and never came back for it. Eventually they got a mechanic's lien and I bought it from the body shop. Fresh 20 year old paint that had never seen daylight. I connected a battery, dumped some fuel down the carburetor throat, and it fired up instantly and ran almost silently. Another excellent car that I drove daily for two years.

 

 

 

Don't discount the dust!

[Bleach]

Looking at the other photos in the OP, unfortunately that car is not going to clean up anywhere as nice as Matt's cars.

[Laughing Coyote]

 

 

23 minutes ago, Dave Fields said:

I am interested in looking and buying these cars. PM me as I am in El Paso. 

Dave, just text the guy selling the cars. His info is in the CL link.

(512) 797-3000

[auburnseeker]

That Caddy has surface rust on all the top surfaces and lots of side surfaces where it might have been stripped off.  Definitely not one that's going to clean up with out some sort of respraying. 

[Laughing Coyote]

42 minutes ago, Dave Fields said:

Thanks; I did some digging and found his number, but great you have my back.

You will have to let us know what the out come is.

[K8096]

It’s interesting the subject car was ordered with the optional hydramatic transmission, but has the cheap standard steering wheel you almost never see (especially on a Sixty Special) and no radio.  

[Bleach]

That's not the original steering wheel. It should have been a 2-spoke wheel. There was an optional "Special" steering wheel but it was only available as an upgrade on 61 and 62 series models.

[K8096]

Here's the standard 1941 Cadillac steering wheel.  You almost never see it.   When you do, it's usually on a 61 series coupe or sedan, a 62 series sedan, or on a commercial chassis. This is the same wheel as is on the subject car.  The subject car is missing the horn button.   It's unusual to see this steering wheel on a Sixty Special as that model was Cadillac's snazzy sedan and they were often more highly optioned.   4100 were produced that year  

 

And here's the deluxe wheel you see 99% of the time.   Usually when someone buys a car with the standard steering wheel, one of the fist things they do it switch it out with the better looking deluxe one.

  

Edited April 24, 2018 by K8096 (see edit history)

[Bleach]

Usually those nice ivory colored wheels were cracked by the time they were 20 years old or less especially in hot climates and when exposed to the sun. Those plain brown wheels probably held up better and a previous owner had one swapped in.

I had documentation for the 51 Cadillac I used to own that by the time it was around 20, the ivory steering wheel was badly cracked. It was one of the items listed that was in serious need of replacement. It ended up just getting a wrap job.