1932 Cadillac Series 452-B Sixteen All-Weather Phaeton

This All Weather Phaeton is one of just 13 examples to have been bodied by Fisher in this design. When new, the car was listed at a high price point of $5,195.

The car was originally bodied with a Seven Passenger Sedan body and delivered to the Detroit, Michigan distribution center on May 23, 1932. Just a few days later, on July 6, the vehicle received a rush order from Kruiedenier Cadillac in Des Moines, Iowa. Before it was sent, the car was re-bodied as a Phaeton. Thus, the car was delivered to its first owner in this configuration.

In the early-to-mid-1950s the Cadillac received a light refreshing of its paint and chrome prior to being purchased by Wilmer L. Hall of Richmond, Virginia in approximately July 1959.

Approximately a decade later it passed to the current ownership. The car has a blue-grey leather interior, shop manual, operator's manual, and original identification card.

By Daniel Vaughan | Jan 2014