COMFORT AND GLAMOUR: Meet the 1941 Cadillac Sequence 62
Written via Nicole Ellan James
LOT #1331 – 1941 CADILLAC SERIES 62 CUSTOM CONVERTIBLE – NO RESERVE
On the onset of 1941, International Struggle II used to be in complete swing. In spite of the worldwide chaos, American tendencies within the Nineteen Forties serious about convenience and glamour. Nowhere used to be this extra glaring than with the styling of the 1941 Cadillac Sequence 62.
The Sequence 62 served because the successor to Cadillac’s Sequence 61 and got here in 4 other frame kinds, two of that have been produced for the only 12 months simplest: the two-door convertible Coupe Deluxe and the convertible Sedan Deluxe. Fisher Frame in Detroit, Michigan, bodied each and every convertible. When the Sequence 62 made its debut, uncooked fabrics reminiscent of metal, rubber, nylon, silk and oil confronted provide shortages, which modified how issues have been designed. Constructions turned into more effective and extra environment friendly, whilst furnishings turned into much less elaborate and extra practical. The Large 3 had progressively stopped generating cars and applied their factories to construct airplanes, tanks and different army cars.
Invoice Mitchell used to be head of the Cadillac studio then and labored with GM Design Leader Harley Earl to create the 1941 Cadillac, some of the marque’s fantastically achieved prewar designs. The automobile’s oblong grille, credited to stylist Artwork Ross, used to be an intensive departure from the pointy vertical grilles of previous fashions. The brand new grille, that includes an “egg-crate” texture, would grow to be an crucial a part of the Cadillac DNA transferring ahead.
The 1941 fashions additionally noticed Cadillac steadiness shape and serve as in new techniques. As an example, the sculpted “flying goddess” hood decoration lifted to supply get right of entry to to the hood latch, whilst a taillight housing hid the gas filler cap. The bumpers at the Sequence 62 additionally turned into extra built-in into the total design, and the internal used to be simply as opulent as ever, with a lavishly detailed wood-grain software panel.
In 1941, Cadillacs have been some of the best-equipped and most current vehicles at the highway. They got here same old with options that integrated sealed-beam headlamps, 15-inch wheels and switch indicators.
To many drivers’ satisfaction, Cadillac’s 346ci L-head V8 engine, able to 150 horsepower, delivered easy acceleration, quiet operation and robust torque. The 1941 fashion 12 months additionally represented the primary time Cadillac introduced its consumers a selection of transmissions: the usual 3-speed handbook or the brand new totally computerized GM 4-speed Hydra-Matic, a $125 non-compulsory improve.
Whilst the Sequence 62 introduced with No Reserve right through the 2023 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Public sale keeps all its vintage prewar stylings, the Cadillac has gained important upgrades right through its complete recovery, which used to be finished in November 2021.
The guts of the customized Cadillac has been swapped for a brand new GM 6.2-liter V8 LT4 supercharged crate engine able to generating 640 horsepower. An 8L90E 8-speed computerized transmission backs the ability plant, together with a Force Junky accent belt force machine and a customized aluminum radiator.
To carry this prewar vintage into the twenty first century, the unique chassis used to be swapped in choose of an Artwork Morrison chassis entire with energy rack & pinion steerage. Odd adjustable coilovers, a 9-inch Odd rear finish with 31-spline axles, a game IFS entrance suspension and triangulated 4-bar rear suspension give the Sequence 62 trendy dealing with efficiency, which makes it extra comfy to force via lately’s requirements. Preventing energy is courtesy of a collection of Wilwood Professional Spindle 13-inch rotors, together with an SL6 brake package within the entrance and an SL4 brake package within the rear.
Matching the extent of convenience is a degree of glamour completed with the auto’s Bentley Hallmark external paint, complemented via a black Stayfast energy most sensible. The inner options Vintage Tools gauges and sumptuous creature comforts like a Antique Air machine, heated entrance seats, energy home windows, cruise keep watch over and an Ididit tilt steerage column with a customized Nardi steerage wheel. In step with the consignor, the radio used to be custom designed via R&B Antique Auto Radio and contains Bluetooth with voice command functions, a hidden auxiliary enter and a USB force.
This 1941 Cadillac Sequence 62 exemplifies trendy convenience and vintage glamour with each element. Sign in to bid lately to your probability to take it house from the 2023 Scottsdale Public sale, January 21-29 at WestWorld.
