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1930 Cadillac Series 452A V16 1930 Cadillac Series 452A V16
Tourer by Saoutchik
Coachwork: Saoutchik
Chassis Num: 700979
Engine Num: 700979
 
This 1930 Cadillac 452 V16 has coachwork by Saoutchik and was originally built as a promotional tour of major European cities in June of 1930. After its tour was over, it lay abandoned in a Paris garage for a number of years. It was later purchased by French automobile dealer Johnny Thuysbaert and repair work was carried out in 1964 by the Francis Workshops near Paris. It was later purchased by Serge Pozzoli, former editor of France's Fanatique de l'Automobile, who put the car into storage. The car was later purchased by Hubert LeGallais who showed it at various meets in and around Paris in the late 1960s and 1970s.

In the 1980s the car returned to the United States where a restoration was performed by Fran Roxas for Fred Weber in St. Louis, Missouri. During the restoration, the body was removed from the European tour-car chassis and put on chassis 700979.

During the 1990s the car was owned by Bernie Glieberman and shown at various events. Highlights include a Class Award at pebble Beach in 1991 and at Meadowbrook in 1995 where it won Best in Class and the Engineering in Excellence Trophy. The current owner purchased the car in January of 2001.

This car has won awards at the Pebble Beach Concours, Amelia Island Concours, Palos Verdes, and Newport Beach Concours.

This car is finished in silver and blue paintwork, has classic limousine-style seating, a custom sliding sunroof that opens to the entire passenger compartment, rear-seat cabinetry, rear speedometer and running lights.

In 2007 this Jacques Saoutchik V16 Cadillac was brought to the Gooding & Company auction held in Pebble Beach, CA where it was estimated to sell for $300,000-$400,000. As the gavel fell for the third and final time, this former Pebble Beach winner had been sold for the sum of $462,000 including buyer's premium.

AuctionGooding & Company
Estimated Value:$300,000-$400,000 
Sale Price$462,000

EventGroup 
Gooding & Company1930-1936