1940 Cadillac Fleetwood

Sedan

8 - Cyl.

Manual

Other

Gasoline

For your Consideration is a Rare 1940 Cadillac Fleetwood 60 Series Touring Sedan With An EXTREMELY RARE Sunshine Turret Top. Cadillac introduced the first sunroofs in America: The Sunshine Turret Top This is 1 of only 230 Produced in 1940. Serial # 2 Off The Assembly Line One Of The First American Automobiles Ever To Offer a Sunroof . How Many 1940 Fleetwood 60 Series Cadillacs With a Sunshine Turret Top Exist Today ? (if anyone can find one. Please let me know) Quite Possibly The Only 1940 Cadillac 60 Series Fleetwood Sunshine Turret Roof Remaining ? Some of Cadillac's Most Important Engineering Developments, And Some Of Its Most Beautiful Cars, Appeared In The Late 30’s And Early 40s Thanks To The Young William “Bill” Mitchell. New Design Features For 1940 Cadillac Eliminated the Running Boards Widened The Body And Lowered The Vehicle 3 Inches To Give it a Longer Sleeker Look. Another New Design Feature And a First For This Year Was The Hinged Doors And The Fleetwood Built Sixty Special Bodies. Here Are The Specific Details On This Touring Sedan Original Factory 346-cid monobloc V-8 With Push Button Start Ignition And 3 Speed Column Shift Manual Transmission. Original Stromberg Carburetor and Air Cleaner Assembly All There But Has Been Sitting Idle Since 2009. She’s Not Running At The Present. Would Require a Weekend Of Tinkering To Fire It Up. Currently Would Require Brake Work As Well. Still Has The 6 Volt System. New Battery Was Installed When it Was Parked in 2009. Incredibly Solid and Straight Body With Barely a Rust Spot On It ! Some Rust Beginning On The Trunk Lip. Solid Floors and Trunk. Still Has The Original Wheel Covers, Cigarette Lighter, Factory Radio and Clock. Everything There. Amazing After 71 Years. Interior Has Been restored at Some point in Time. Overall Very Presentable Condition. Glass is In Great Shape. Small Chip On One Of The Front Vent Windows. Chrome Front And Rear Bumpers Have Held Up Nicely. Throughout This Caddy’s Existence It’s Seen Ownership in Both Florida and Georgia And Has Obviously Remained Under Roof And In The South. Which Explains It’s Solid Body. What a Find ! A RARE Pre War Touring Sedan With One Of The Rarest Options Ever Offered By Cadillac In That Era. Notable Movie Role For the 1940 Cadillac Sedan. “The Godfather” Among Other Hollywood Features. Many Famous Stars and Some Infamous Characters Such as Al Capone Were Said To Have Owned a 1940 Cadillac Sedan. Immense Investment Potential. Well Worth The Attention. I'm open to offers. Please email with questions. Thanks for looking ! On Mar-18-12 at 08:25:13 PDT, seller added the following information: ???? NOTE ! Just had an Inquire from a picture car coordinator asking if this 1940 Cadillac was available right away for a Motion Picture shoot In Georgia.