Topic: Puzzle #788 - Solved! Un-named Cadillac Protoype

[Otto Puzzell]

Know what it is?

Please, respond below and let us know the make and model designation of the car posted here.

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[Ray B.]

Is there a Corvette under it ?

[Otto Puzzell]

To the best of my knowledge, there are no Corvette components in this car.

[Tifosi]

It kinda looks like what Virgil Exner would have come up with if he'd been asked to design the 1971 AMC Javelin...is it a custom or a prototype?


Dan

[Ray B.]

It is a 1958 Cadillac (I had noticed the V and crest in the grille). Well, a special one. Youy might call it a Cadillac Gran Turismo. I paste below what they say in the website where I believe you found it.

[Unknown, USA?]  Currently owned by a Norwegian collector, the owner  heard it was a 1958 prototype, built in 1958, and that it toured with GM in 1959-62 as the Caddy Sports car of the future. It was titled, registered, and street driven in 1963 in PA, USA. It is titled as a "Special Construction" vehicle under Pennsylvania state Law, owing to the fact that it never went into factory production. It has an all-Fiberglass body built on a 1958 Cadillac chassis shortened by 25" and narrowed by 8". It is powered by a 1958 Cadillac engine bored out and modified to 450 ci. It features roller rockers and a ¾ street cam, with a  4 "Quadrajet" carburetor and manual choke. The car has power steering and power brakes and a manually operated, roll-down rear window. Originally white, the car features magnesium Keystone Classic Rims, a Hurst Dualgate shifter with lock-out. It currently has non-original tail-light lenses and radio.

[Otto Puzzell]

Nicely played. 

[Tifosi]

Any other photos or a website?



Dan

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A Norwegian collector? Interesting. Never heard of it.