1939 V16 convertible

[G.Fussell]

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 ?

[Bob Hoffmann CLC#96]

Congratulations!! Is it a conv. cpe. or conv. sedan??

[Quentin Hall]

Please post pics. That’s a very rare beast.

[Mike Baillargeon #15848]

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

[Bob Hoffmann CLC#96]

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

[Mike Baillargeon #15848]

Wow Bob !!...I didn't think of that !!  Good idea !!

I'm going to follow up on that..

Mike

[Chris Cummings]

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

[Tom Boehm]

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.

[Clewisiii]

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.

[Jon Riley #13576]

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.

[Jon Riley #13576]

https://www.claytonrestorations.com/

[robert G. smits]

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

[chrisntam]

According to an internet inflation calculator, $100,000 in 1990 is worth $198,866.11 today.