BUY THIS CAR!!! Seventy-second in a series of classic vehicles, captured 9/21/08, at the beautiful Palos Verdes Concours d'Elegance, held annually at the beautiful Trump National Golf Club on the beautiful Palos Verdes Peninsula in overpopulated Southern California. For more information on this event, see my posting for 9/28/08. A zoom view will be to your absolute benefit. By 1933, the boxy look of the Twenties began to give way to the streamlined look of the Thirties. Featured were fully skirted, flowing fenders and a graceful 'wind split' veed grille, which boasted a painted shell that blended in smoothly with the bodywork. Despite the ongoing depression in 1933, Cadillac announced that it would build a series of 400 V16 cars. In actuality, only 125 were produced. Each V16 had a name plate mounted on the dash honoring the owner. This Convertible Victoria, bodied by Fleetwood, was one of only two produced at a cost of $7,500 each. It rides on a 146-inch wheelbase. The engine displaces 452 cubic-inches, with sixteen cylinders. Interior details include burled walnut panels and pigskin leather upholstery. In addition to a longer 149-inch wheelbase, the V-16's received a unique grille, a larger - and more elegant - 'Goddess' hood ornament, and massive 'four-bar' bumpers. Also, the three rectangular ventilated doors seen on the sides of the hood of the V-8's and V-12's yielded to three functional 'spears' on the V-16, a theme repeated on the lower front fenders. Prices ranged from $5,540 for an Imperial Cabriolet to $8,000 for the All-Weather Phaeton. These prices exceeded Packard's priciest V-12s, and had to be staggering in the depths of the Depression, when a Chevy started at $445. Source: conceptcarz.com I took the liberty of cloning out the sign in the top photo which you see sitting on the lawn in front of the vehicle in the middle shot. I was going to do the same thing to the middle one but was overwhelmed by an onset of laziness. Thankx for coming by, and have a frolicky frenetic Friday.