1937 Cadillac Fleetwood 7539 Series 75 Town Sedan

[Dave Wells]

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/cadillac/fleetwood/2733267.html

 

 

DESCRIPTION

1937 Cadillac Fleetwood 7539 Town Sedan. Call Pete or Andy 419-668-1884 Very Rare, Possibly 1 of 1. Restored. Cadillac LaSalle Club Senior Winner. Stately. CCCA Full Classic. Proven CCCA Caravan tour car. Completed a 1,400 mile European Tour in 2008. With many miles driven in the Alps. Featured in "Collectible Automobile" October 2012 issue. 346 Cubic Inch V-8. Dual side mount spare tires. Radial Wide White Wall Tires. Turn signals. This Full Classic has excellent road manners. Ready Drive, Show and Enjoy. Call Pete or Andy 419-668-1884

VEHICLE LOCATION

Norwalk, Ohio 44857

MILEAGE

11,029

ASKING PRICE

$70,000

[suchan]

Pricey for an eight, but what a beautiful car!

[AdamInNH]

Been for sale in Hemmings for +YEARS+. Five years, at least. I inquired about it maybe four years ago. At $70K, he’ll need to use it as a burial vault. 

[kingrudy]

Very nice looking car, restored all the way. So, it may be possible that he has 70K invested in this car, but IMO most people will look at this as a very large Black four door sedan and ignore the comment of how rare it is.  I still do not understand why many of these cars are painted black, unless that was the original color. Summer would be rough in this large black car. 

Edited May 15 by kingrudy (see edit history)

[m-mman]

24 minutes ago, kingrudy said:

  I still do not understand why many of these cars are painted black, unless that was the original color. Sunner would be rough in this large black car. 

It was the 1930s.  They were a somber time.  Flashy colors belonged to the 1920s, they were inappropriate for the 30s.  

Probably 50% of all cars in the 30s were factory black.  A dark blue or maybe green would have been acceptable but even the light grays didn’t happen until 39 and into the 40s. Any bright-light color on this car would look strange. 

Also in the 1930s cars like this cost the annual salary of a working class person and maybe as much as their house!

 

Think about the economic disparity of today that produces anger and social unrest. It was worse in the depression and it was unsafe for moneyed people to display their wealth.  
A luxury car? Sure for the quality and maybe additional room, but not to show off.  
 

The flashy bright colors wouldn’t return until the middle 50s. 
 

Heat in the summer? It’s the 1930s, A/C existed in theaters and some department stores but even mansions were not equipped. Not even a fantasy for an automobile. 

To escape the heat of summer, you traveled.   You went to the seashore.  

If you had money you might travel by train and PERHAPS the train car was cooled by ice blocks. 
 

Back then it was understood that if it was hot, you sweated.