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The Cadillac That Followed Me Home

Memoir of a V-16 Dream Realized

Christopher W. Cummings (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

243 Seiten

2006
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-2808-3 (ISBN)

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During the economic boom of the 1920s, Cadillac engineers sought to build a ""halo car"" that would draw interest from buyers interested in lower-end vehicles. Cadillac accomplished that with the 1930 V-16. This memoir recounts the author's relationship with the 1930 V-16, and is a story of restoration, passion, and a true luxury automobile.

During the economic boom of the 1920s, Cadillac engineers sought to build a ""halo car"" - an automobile with no hope of selling enough units to recoup production and development costs, but one that would draw interest and admiration from buyers interested in lower-end vehicles, and increase the company's prestige. Cadillac accomplished just that with the 1930 V-16, a remarkable machine often recognized as one of the finest cars ever built. This memoir, rich with photographs, recounts the author's unique relationship with the 1930 V-16, and is a story of restoration, passion, and a true luxury automobile.

Classic automobile lover Christopher W. Cummings is an attorney. He lives in Manassas, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Beginnings

2. 1941 Cadillac Series 7523 Seven-Passenger Touring Sedan

3. Please Don’t Call Them Junkyards

4. Comings and Goings

5. Some ’41 Cadillac Adventures

6. 1931 Cadillac Series 355A Fleetwood Cabriolet

7. The ’41s, Neglected and Recovered

8. Getting the Limousine Running

9. The Interconnectedness of Things

10. Getting Serious About the Fastback

11. Freeing Up the Engine

12. I Finally Got Around to...

13. A Sleepy Engine Wakes Up

14. A New Wiring Harness—and By the Way, the Dashboard

15. Windshields, Weatherstrip and Worn Gears

16. The Fastback Lives!

17. Still Smitten by the ’31s

18. A Dream Comes Within Reach

19. Acquiring the Car of My Dreams

20. Musing About the Meaning of Things

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.11.2006
Zusatzinfo	59 photographs (11 in colour)
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad
ISBN-10	0-7864-2808-2 / 0786428082
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-2808-3 / 9780786428083
Zustand	Neuware