1940 Cadillac Other

Convertible

322 "L"Head 8 cyl 130bhp

Manual

40-5229

Clear

Gasoline

"5-DAY ONLY AUCTION @ NO RESERVE" VERY RARE AND UNIQUE FIND: TRULY CLASSIC AND SUPER RARE: 1940 CADILLAC "LA SALLE" SERIES"5229" 4 DOOR~5 PASSENGER SEDAN CONVERTIBLE.... 1 OF ONLY 75 PRODUCED AND BELIEVED TO BE LESS THEN 10 KNOWN TO EXSIST IN THE WORLD, THAT BEING STATED BY KNOWN LA SALLE COLLECTORS AND ENTHUSIASTS..... BEING THE LAST YEAR FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE LA SALLE DIVISION OF CADILLAC, THE MODEL 5229 IS THE MOST RARE AND SOUGHT AFTER "PRE WAR" CAR... I AM POSTING OVER 125 PICS AND 2 VIDEOS, TO SHOW ALL PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS AND BUYERS THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THIS TIMELESS ANTIQUE VEHICLE, YOU WILL SEE HOW THIS CAR STARTS RIGHT UP AND DRIVES WELL FOR A CAR THIS AGE, GETS UP TO SPEED AND SHIFTS GOOD, IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS VIEWING PICS OR VIDEOS I AM PROVIDING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL SEND YOU THE DIRECT LINK TO THE PHOTOBUCKET.COM SITE TO CHECK OUT THE PICS AND VIDEOS..... I WILL DO MY BEST TO DESCRIBE THIS 1940 LA SALLE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY...I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL OR CLAIM TO BE ONE, JUST MY OWN OPINION AS TO THE CONDITION..... ORIGINAL MATCHING NUMBERS VEHICLE.... ORIGINAL 322 ci "L" HEAD 8 CYLINDER 130bhp ENGINE AND 3 SPEED ON THE COLUMN SELECTIVE SYNCHROMESH TRANMISSION.....STARTS RIGHT UP AND RUNS GOOD..PREVIOUS OWNER STATED THE ENGINE WAS REBUILT TRAVELLING LESS THEN 20k MILES SINCE AND THAT WAS 10+ YEARS AGO...ALL WORK WAS DONE PROFESSIONALLY AND DONE RIGHT.....STILL HAS ORIGINAL SINGLE PLATE DRY DISK CLUTCH....SHIFTS GOOD THRU ALL GEARS BUT SOMETIMES GRINDS A LITTLE WHEN SHIFTING TO 3RD GEAR IF ENGINE IS REVING TO HIGH....IDLES FINE AND DOES NOT MISS....STILL HAS ORIGINAL 6 VOLT CHARGING SYSTEM.....SEMI FLOATING REAR AXLE WITH HYPOID GEARS..ORIGINAL "CARTER" 2 BBL CARB.....HYDRAULIC 4 WHEEL BRAKES THAT STOP WELL...CLUTCH IS FINE....SOUNDS GOOD....HAS ORIGINAL 16" INCH WHEELS AND FULL WHEEL HUB CAPS....TIRES ARE MAFIA STYLE WHITE WALLS....TIRES IN GOOD CONDITION AND HAVE 85% TREAD LIFE LEFT.... DRIVETRAIN HAS ALWAYS BEEN KEPT TO ORIGINAL SPECS AND NEVER MODIFIED OR CHANGED, ALWAYS SERVICED PROFESSIONALLY AND ON TIME....NEVER RACED OR MISHANDLED....ALWAYS ADULT DRIVEN.....TRULY A PLEASURE TO DRIVE AND HARD TO SEE SUCH A OLD EXAMPLE ON THE ROAD TODAY RUNNING AND DRIVING, CURRENTLY REGISTERED AND ROAD READY.... BODY IS IN GOOD DRIVER QUALITY, DOES HAVE SOME MINOR SCRATCHES OR BLEMISHES ON PAINT....RESPRAY IS PROBABLY OVER 20+ YEARS OLD....CONDITION AND QUALITY OF PAINT IS PROBABLY A 6 OUT OF 10 STANDARD RATING....HAS 1 SMALL MINOR DENT ON THE RIGHT REAR FENDER 4'' INCH BY 4'' INCH IN SIZE, DOES HAVE SOME MINOR SAND PAPER SCRATCHES THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS DONE BEFORE THE RESPRAY, THEY ARE VISIBLE UPCLOSE AND LOOKS LIKE IT HAD SOME TYPE OF BODY WORK DONE.....PRIOR OWNER STATED THAT THE REAR FENDERS WERE LEAD WELDED TO BODY.....BODY HAS NO RUST ON IT, UNDERCARRIAGE IS VERY STRAIGHT AND ORIGINAL, HAS 1 SMALL AREA AROUND 7'' INCHES LONG BY 4'' INCHES WIDE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS WEAKENED BY SOME SURFACE RUST AND HAS BEEN REMOVED BY PREVIOUS OWNER AND NEVER REPAIRED.....FLOOR BOARDS ARE ALL ORIGINAL AND NEVER REPLACED OR PATCHED..FRAME RAILS ARE VERY STRAIGHT AND SOLID....ALL BODY PANELS ARE ORIGINAL AS WELL....I AM TRYING TO DISCLOSE EVERYTHING I HAVE SEEN ON THIS CAR AS BEST AS I CAN, THE BODY IS OVERALL VERY STRAIGHT FOR ITS AGE, LIKE I STATED EARLIER, IT IS IN DRIVER QUALITY, IT DOES NOT HAVE A CONCOURSE RESTORATION OR SHOW TYPE FINISH AS THE VEHICLE WAS ALWAYS DRIVEN AND USED...TRUNK AREA IS VERY CLEAN AND ORIGINAL, NO RUST OR DAMAGE.....ALL BODY PANELS FIT WELL, DOORS SHUT GOOD AND LINE UP NICE....ENGINE COMPARTMENT VERY STRAIGHT AND ORIGINAL AS WELL, KEPT UP AND LOOKS GOOD... ALL CHROME IS IN GREAT SHAPE AS WELL, STILL HAS NICE APPEAL AND LUSTER....DRIVERS SIDE TOP OF FENDER LIGHT IS STILL ORIGINAL GLASS AND IS MISSING A SMALL TRIM PIECE, AS SHOWN IN PIC I HAVE PROVIDED... INTERIOR IS ALL ORIGINAL CONDITION AS WELL, THE ONLY THING STATED BY PREVIOUS OWNERS SON WAS THAT THE FRONT SEAT WAS REDONE MANY YEARS AGO AND THAT THE REST OF THE INTERIOR WAS ORIGINAL....HAS A GREAT OLDER PATINA..BACK SEAT IS ORIGINAL....NO CUTS OR RIPS IN THE MATERIAL...DOOR PANELS ARE ORIGINAL....DRIVERS DOOR PANEL HAS A SMALL AREA THAT IS RIPPED AND THE OWNER APPLIED TAPE TO IT.....OVERALL VERY NICE AND ORIGINAL AND LOOKS GREAT.... THE REAR LIGHTS ON THE BACK OF SEAT STILL WORKS WHEN REAR DOORS ARE OPENED....CARPET SEEMS TO BE ORIGINAL, BUT IM NOT SURE, LOOKS LIKE ORIGINAL TYPE MATERIAL AND DOES HAVE SOME MINOR TARES OR RIPS AT SOME SPOTS NEAR THE DOOR SILLS....ORIGINAL HEATER BOX THATS STILL WORKS....DASH ALL ORIGINAL AS WELL AND IN GREAT SHAPE...ALL GUAGES PRESENT AND IN WORKING CONDITION....ALL LIGHTS WORK INCLUDING BLINKERS.. HEAD LAMPS WORKING AS WELL AS FOG LAMPS.....ORIGINAL STEERING WHEEL....ALL GLASS IS ORIGINAL AS WELL, FRONT WINDSHIELD HAS NO CRACKS OR PITS AND IS IN GREAT SHAPE....DOOR JAMS ARE VERY CLEAN AND ORIGINAL...UNDER THE DOORS ARE IN GREAT SHAPE AS WELL... ORIGINAL VACUUMED POWER CONVERTIBLE TOP IS IN GREAT SHAPE AND HAS NO RIPS OR TARES, NOT SURE HOW OLD IT IS, BUT IN OVERALL GREAT SHAPE AND HAS A NICE OLDER PATINA TO IT, THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CANVAS LOOKS GREAT AS WELL....ALL CONVERTIBLE INSIDE TOP RAILS ARE PRESENT AND IN NICE SHAPE, WE HAVE NOT LOWERED THE TOP, BUT IT DOES WORK.... OVERALL THIS SUPER RARE MODEL 5229 LA SALLE IS IN OVERALL GREAT CONDITION FOR BEING A 1940, THERE ARE LESS THEN 10 KNOWN TO EXIST AND WE BELIEVE WE HAVE UNCOVERED NUMBER 7...... I AM LISTING THIS CAR FOR A FRIEND AND HE CAN ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS AS BEST AS HE CAN, HE JUST ACQUIRED IT FROM THE 3RD OWNERS SON AND I HAVE BASED MY DESCRIPTION ACCORDING TO ME LOOKING OVER CAR AND THE PREVIOUS OWNERS SONS INFORMATION.... THIS VEHICLE IS BEING SOLD AS IS, WHERE IS WITH NO WARRANTY, EXPRESSED, WRITTEN OR IMPLIED. THE SELLER SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CORRECT DESCRIPTION, AUTHENTICITY, GENUINENESS, OR DEFECTS HEREIN. NO ALLOWANCE OR SET ASIDE WILL BE MADE ON ACCOUNT OF ANY INCORRECTNESS, IMPERFECTION, DEFECT OR DAMAGE. ANY DESCRIPTIONS OR REPRESENTATIONS ARE FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY AND ARE NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A WARRANTY OF ANY TYPE. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BUYER TO HAVE THOROUGHLY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE , AND TO HAVE SATIFIED HIMSELF OR HERSELF AS TO THE CONDITION AND VALUE AND TO BID BASED UPON THAT JUDGEMENT SOLELY. THE SELLER SHALL AND WILL MAKE EVERY REASONABLE EFFORT TO DISCLOSE ANY DEFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VEHICLE AT THE BUYERS REQUEST PRIOR TO THE CLOSE OF SALE. SELLER ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY REPAIRS REGARDLESSOF ANY ORAL STATEMENTS ABOUT THE VEHICLE..... IF YOUR RATING IS A 1 OR LESS OR YOU HAVE A NEW ACCOUNT, PLEASE CONTACT THE OWNER BEFORE BIDDING SO YOU AND THE OWNER CAN DISCUSS YOUR INTENTIONS...I WILL CONTACT THE HIGH BIDDER WITHIN THE FIRST 24 HOURS OF AUCTIONS END TO DISCUSS PAYMENT AND SHIPPING, I WILL REQUIRE A $1000 DEPOSIT WITHIN THE FIRST 24 HOURS AND THE BALANCE WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS OF AUCTIONS CLOSING, MEANING I WILL NEED THE ENTIRE TRANSACTION TO BE PAID IN FULL WITHIN 72 HOURS OF AUCTIONS END, NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT OUT OF STATE AND OUT OF COUNTRY BANKS TAKE LONGER TO CLEAR MONIES AND TRANSFERS, SO AS LONG AS IT DISCLOSED AND DISCUSSED AND AGREED UPON BETWEEN THE HIGH BIDDER AND THE OWNER, THESE ARE THE AUCTIONS TERMS, PLEASE BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THROUGH AT THE END FINANTIALLY AND HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE.... WE DO WELCOME ALL PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS AND BUYERS TO COME IN PERSON TO VIEW AND INSPECT THIS VEHICLE IN PERSON, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT AND IF YOU CANNOT SHOW UP, YOU CAN SEND SOMEONE TO VIEW, OF COURSE AT YOUR EXSPENCE, WHILE AUCTION IS RUNNING, WE DO RESERVE THE RIGHT TO END THE AUCTION EARLY AS IT IS FOR SALE LOCALLY.......CAR IS LOCATED IN TUCSON,ARIZONA...... PLEASE CALL 520-248-3156 WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, ASK FOR DAVID......... On Sep-19-13 at 09:06:53 PDT, seller added the following information: RobertMarco1 Store