1926 Cadillac 314 $6000 (Tulare CA) There must be more to this car's story

[m-mman]

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/cto/d/boerne-1926-cadillac-314/7507683979.html 

 

Cadillac 314 with a 6cyl.  (just quoting the ad, folks) 
Car is a project ready for restoration

 

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Not mine - I have no personal interest in the sale of this 1926 Cadillac. 

 

Ok, this is an unrestorable "parts car" but it must have a interesting back story.  Right hand drive with non-USA plates (British?)  

Limousine, but it has a curved glass divider. You don't see that everyday. 

 

 

Edited July 13, 2022 by m-mman (see edit history)

[Sal Hepatica]

I like the translucent green roof... oh, that's the tarp!

Anybody know where the plates are from?

[Ozstatman]

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2 hours ago, Sal Hepatica said:

Anybody know where the plates are from?

If not UK could be Aussie.

[hidden_hunter]

50 minutes ago, Ozstatman said:

3 hours ago, Sal Hepatica said:

 

If not UK could be Aussie.

I don’t think we ever used those double stack plates - would have been enamels here in Victoria 

[Peter S]

Is it really unrestorable? If there’s a will…

[Ozstatman]

2 hours ago, hidden_hunter said:

I don’t think we ever used those double stack plates - would have been enamels here in Victoria 

I think you're right.🤔

[m-mman]

4 hours ago, Peter S said:

Is it really unrestorable? If there’s a will…

Physically restorable certainly, but hard to imagine someone spending $100,000 to 150,000 to restore something that might be worth $30,000 to $50,000.  (Closed car - divided limousine). 

[George Cole]

Plates most likely are late 1960s or early 1970s New Zealand.  Also would account for the right-hand-drive.

[Leif in Calif]

That curved glass divider is a very interesting touch! Not nearly as difficult to source in period (think of the windows in a Victorian Queen Ann's turret) than it would be today.   

[58L-Y8]

Source: 80 Years of Cadillac-LaSalle by Walter M.P. McCall:

" A new slanted "VV" windshield with a small triangular windows positioned just ahead of the A pillar introduced on closed Custom Series 314 Cadillac in January 1926.  This is the imposing Series 314 Custom Seven-Passenger Suburban equipped with this new Fisher windshield design.  The Custom Suburban, on 138-inch wheelbase chassis, was priced at $4,285.  The most expensive car in the line was the Series 314 Custom Seven-Passenger Imperial, at $4,485."

[m-mman]

That was a heck of a car to be shipped to NZ when new (or near new?) and now rotting away in California . . . .  😢

[Peter S]

totally agree about the economics of a correct restoration. But wouldn't it be cool to make it basically functional and somewhat presentable? Uniqueness c an be as interesting as beauty.

 

Peter S.

[Buick35]

I like the dual tool boxes instead of the side mount tyres.