I'm looking for suggestions an a shop that exceeds with complete restoration in Georgia, I have just purchased a barn find 39 Cadillac V16 convertible with 9000 miles on it, has all parts and pieces on the car, its in running condition and is solid. Any suggestions ?
Congratulations!! Is it a conv. cpe. or conv. sedan??
Please post pics. That’s a very rare beast.
This car has to be that Georgia auction we were talking about recently...
1939 Series 90 V16 Convertible Sedan...I'm glad it's going to be restored....the car is a great place to start.....Good Luck G with your project !!
Please keep us posted !!
Mike
Mike,
This is your one shot golden opportunity. See if you can get the restoration shop to copy the parts your car is missing. My sincere suggestion to you.
Bob
Wow Bob !!...I didn't think of that !! Good idea !!
I'm going to follow up on that..
Mike
Mr. Fussell,
Congratulations on your acquisition! Have you joined the club? There are a number of members who are very knowledgeable about the care and feeding of Cadillac V-16 cars, including the later (flathead engine) cars.
Send me a PM and I will give you some names.
Best regards,
Chris Cummings
Hello Mr. Fussell, My suggestion is to clean it up and drive it as is. How many owners of V-16 s actually drive them? Probably not many because they get elaborate restorations and the owners don't want to get it dirty/damaged. This one you could drive without worry. They are only original once and this one still has all the authentic details from the factory.
This is just a suggestion as I have not seen the car in person. Maybe it needs restoration.
https://straight-eight.com/
If you have the cash to spend contact these guys. Though not in georgia. I had the opportunity to tour the shop a year ago. They had amazing stuff a very capable. He often creates his own reproduction parts when he come across missing parts. Often he will have to pay for a minimum production run of 100 to 500 parts when he just needed 1 for the current car he is working on.
You can’t beat stone barn. But it will be very expensive. If you are going for a pebble beach restoration be sure to restore it back to original. I would suggest ordering a clc authenticity manual.
http://www.stonebarnclassiccars.com/
One other is mark Clayton in Colorado.
https://www.claytonrestorations.com/
You would get better feedback information with photos. Hope you have deep pockets if going for a show car verses a tour car. I dropped over $100K in mine not counting the purchase price and that was 1990 dollars.
Bob Smits #2426
According to an internet inflation calculator, $100,000 in 1990 is worth $198,866.11 today.