1934 Cadillac La Salle Boat Tail Speedster project

[R Holden]

1934 Cadillac La Salle Boat Tail Speedster project

The 1934 Cadillac La Salle was the poster car of the Art Deco height of automobile styling revolution. It introduced sleek grills, clamshell guards, Bi Plane bumpers and long “speed in motion” styling. The long port holed bonnet hid a large 240ci straight 8 motor that, whist copied from the Oldsmobile raw casting, was total engineered by Cadillac. In their stock state, the 1934 La Salle was capable of over 100mph and was chosen as the pace car at the 1934 Indianapolis 500. Created by legendary GM Stylist Harley Earl, the ’34 La Salle was one of his all-time master pieces.

It appears that the older I get the older the cars get and this La Salle project has been on the back burner for too long while I've worked on other earlier Cadillac & veteran's  and now should go to another owner with renewed vigour. Whilst GM never produced a factory Boattail a few were produced by independent coach builders, this car is styled on those creations.

This right hand drive model is one of the few export models produced for the Australian market. The  frame is sandblasted and painted in GM Black, the front end is assembled, wheels painted (deep maroon) with correct new Firestone 650 x 16” White Wall tyres. Lots of the custom boattail wood work is completed with single “dicky seat”. The block & crank have been stripped & blasted & coated to protect it ready for re-build. The very hard to find Bi Plane bumpers are present and in good condition, including the bumper with the rear step plates for the dicky seat passengers. Front & rear guards are sandblasted and primed as is the bonnet & cowl all are rust free.

As well as quite a few NOS parts, there are plenty of spares including a sedan and a very rare set of 6 wheel equipped guards (Harley Earl pleaded with GM not to permit the use of 6 wheel equipment as he fell it ruined the lines of the styling, however customers demanded them!). Also included is the rare and unique to 1934 luggage rack to mount around the Bi Plane bumper & a period correct heater. Complete with extensive literature, this stunning project awaits completion.

More details & photos upon request. Car located in Mudgee Au.

$US25,500 delivered to Long Beach Ca.

[bdc]

That's a beautiful design, I love it!