FS: 1930 Cadillac Series 452 V16 Roadster $748,800

[jdemerson]

https://classicpromenade.com/for-sale/1930-cadillac-series-452-v16-roadster/?mc_cid=ff0024b947&mc_eid=1a88e00a07

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Not mine, and I wish it were....

John Emerson
1952 Cadillac Sedan  6219X

[The Tassie Devil(le)]

We have seen this one before, and as I pointed out then, it originally started out as a Limousine, so I still cannot understand how it can receive such praise and plaudits knowing it is not original.

Bruce.

HISTORY of this V16

This 1930 Cadillac V16 was ordered on March 21, 1930 and built new as what is thought to be an Imperial Limousine on April 7, 1930 at the Fleetwood plant in Detroit Michigan.  It is reported that the Cadillac was originally bought new by Mr. Atwater Kent of Philadelphia, PA and arrived at the Philadelphia Cadillac dealer on June 20, 1930.  Mr. Kent was the inventor of the Self-Starter and also operated the world's largest radio manufacturer.  This helped make him become the richest man in America.

Mr. Kent enjoyed the Cadillac in Philadelphia and eventually transported it to his sprawling mansion in Bel Air, CA.  His estate in Bel Air is now the site of the famous and prestigious Bel Air Hotel.  It stayed at his estate until about 1941. In the 1960's the body had been altered to that of a Roadster and by the 1970's Art Lehner owned it in Scottsville, VA.  Jack Miller acquired it in 1979 and by 1982 it was owned by Jerry Moore in Houston, TX.  Mr. Moore enjoyed the Roadster until 1999, when it was sold to Pete Todo of Hobart, IN.  Mr. Hobart then sold it to its present owner of the last 20 years.

Many of the leading restoration specialists have been involved in the restoration and rebuilding of this Roadster.  This roadster has been painstakingly and perfectly restored to have all the authentic details of one of the most desired classics of all time: the V-16 Roadster.  Details are documented in the attached history detail available on classicpromenade.com.  This Roadster comes complete with its historical documentation, an original dealer sales brochure, Service Manuals, Information Manuals, Instruction Book, Shop Manual and more.

[Chris Cummings]

It's been for sale for some time.  The new $748,800 price represents a $150,000 drop from what was being asked.

Chris

[dinhnguyen57]

What does everyone think is a reasonable selling price, given it is a modified body but with a V16 and restored well?

[Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621]

Side note correction- the inventor of the electric starter was Charles Kettering not Atwater Kent, nor was he ever the richest man in America.

It is also more likely that bodies were swapped rather than a "conversion" of a Fleetwood Imperial Limousine body to that of a Roadster.

[Jon Riley #13576]

What does everyone think is a reasonable selling price, given it is a modified body but with a V16 and restored well?

$400k. Ie, about 1/3 of an authentic one in the same condition.


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