For 1940 , Cadillac replace the Series Sixty - One with the longer 129 - column inch - wheelbase Series Sixty - Two . Though the Sixty - Two was n’t really intended for custom coachwork , a relatively fresh business firm – Bohman & Schwartz – find it an extremely likeable base on which to create a dashing 1940 Cadillac Custom convertible .
Classic Cars Image Gallery
The 1940 Cadillac Custom sofa bed was broad , lower , and libertine , and its chief claim to fame was its modern , sonsie " torpedo " styling . It gambol a diecast grille with bolder horizontal bar and less prominent " catwalk " lattice . Twin vents graced each side of the hood , and Cadillac script deck the bumpers . Larger taillights rode up back .
Bohman & Schwartz worked their magic on two Cadillac Series Sixty - Two coupe – notconvertibles– by mildly sectioning the body and construct a lower cast bronze windscreen frame of reference . The tops of the doors dunk graciously downwardly before rejoining the beltline .
A chrome strip ran from the headlights , paralleling the drop , down to the rear fender , while the top of the crushed rock carapace and extra fender skirts completed the arc . The sweep line divided two very subtly dissimilar shades of maroon .
Bucket seats were a forward - look feature . The dash was chiefly line , and so was the 135 - horsepower , 346 - three-dimensional - inch V-8 .
The other B&S Cadillac Custom Convertible degenerate out of mountain in the early 1950s , but the 1940 Cadillac Custom Convertible featured in this article is now owned by Terry Radey of Toronto , Ontario . It received a ground - up restoration in 1990 and gain a best in class award at the honored Meadowbrook Concours in 1991 . It ’s loose to see why !
For more entropy on cars , see :
