1936 CADILLAC SERIES 36-85 V12 FLEETWOOD TOWN SEDAN

Registration No.

Not UK Registered

Engine No.

4110616

Blue with beige fabric interior

Engine: V-12, overhead valve, 368 cu.

ins., 150 bph at 3,600 rpm; Gearbox: three speed manual with reverse; Suspension: front and rear, semi-elliptic leaf springs; Brakes: four wheel hydraulic drums; Left hand drive.

In a successful attempt to establish itself as one of America's leading luxury cars, Cadillac surprised the world in January 1930 with the introduction of its superb V-16 engine.

As beautifully finished as it was soundly engineered, the sixteen cylinder powerplant and chassis provided the platform for numerous custom coachbuilders of the time to apply their craft, not the least of which was Cadillac's own in-house Fleetwood Body Company.

Filling the price gap between the V-16s and the V-8s in the Cadillac model line was a relatively simple process of removing four cylinders from the sixteen and offering a V-12 series.

In late ...