<![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8 - Jalopnik Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8 - Jalopnik Comments]]> http://jalopnik.com Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:43:37 EDT Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:43:37 EDT http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1843265 @MurileeMartin: You can still get nice, big (ok, not so big) luxury sedans with a stick shift. It just so happens that they're all made in Germany...

Beautiful car, keep em comin'!

Turboner

]]> 12:276608:c1843265 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:43:37 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1842066 That's a honkin' azz Caddy! Talk about classique.

KingRoyale

]]> 12:276608:c1842066 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:33:59 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1837303 lovin' it

crimsontiger6

]]> 12:276608:c1837303 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:50:42 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1836142 @TPSreports: The side profile is gorgeous. You're insane!

dculberson

]]> 12:276608:c1836142 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:23:30 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1835129 This Caddy appeared at the time that the big-luxo-car brands either brought something mass-produceable & more affordable to market than their top-line, custom-bodied cars, or else they disappeared. This was the time of the Lincoln-Zephyr, the "junior" Packards (the 110 & 120), the LaSalle, and mass-produced Cadillacs like this one.

While the V12s & V16s were flashier--and more than a few of those survived over the years--it was these smaller V8 Cadillacs that kept the brand making money for The General. This one's a very good looking (though from a distance) survivor that's aged fairly well.

A great find, indeed.

scotte

]]> 12:276608:c1835129 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:44:25 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1835072 Amazing car. Just, wow, that's sharp.

JayP71

]]> 12:276608:c1835072 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:38:17 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1832276 @TPSreports: I'm guessing you're not an american.

Rishi

]]> 12:276608:c1832276 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:53:21 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1832228 Sorry, this does nothing for me. Looks OK from the front, but is very ugly from the side.

TPSreports

]]> 12:276608:c1832228 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:48:55 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1832119 Actually, I think this was a favored car of gangsters. It was fast (for the day), tough, big and classy enough to show off. Without doing research, I believe an early 30s Cadillac V8 was armor-plated for use by none other than Al Capone.

I could have the wrong marque, though. It could been a Packard or a Pierce Arrow.

Why not V12s and V16s for gangsters? Too flashy. Plus, the heavy coachwork and long wheelbases don't translate well to tight street chases.

brandegee

]]> 12:276608:c1832119 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:40:07 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1831997 @angrypirate06: Not a tommy gun; those .45 slugs won't penetrate engine blocks! Discerning '37 Cadillac drivers bought the BAR, which was available to the general public at fine sporting-goods stores throughout the 30s. Put on your best Edward G. Robinson sneer and you'd be ready to roll.

MurileeMartin

]]> 12:276608:c1831997 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:29:48 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1831672 fantastic.

glad to see Jalop starting to dig deep.


Pre 40's vehicles fascinate me as the technologies they used were often bizzare by current standards.

Leather components to suspensions and sleeve valve engines are my favorite.

Drive-thru

]]> 12:276608:c1831672 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:59:06 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1831619 V16 Option? Ohh yeah

Theres something about that 30s style that just looks sweet. Maybe its all the gangster movies getting to me...

Oh yeah and back then just about every car luxury or not had a derivative of a manual transmission. My grandma can drive stick cause shes from that era!

danio3834

]]> 12:276608:c1831619 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:54:55 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1831493 Not complete without a Tommy Gun.

angrypirate06

]]> 12:276608:c1831493 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:43:21 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1831419 Ooh, a Caddy that zigs!

Penguin

]]> 12:276608:c1831419 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:37:46 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1831307 Even has the nice firm running board for extra gunners.

MagnificentBastard

]]> 12:276608:c1831307 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:28:54 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1831133 I would also talk like this if I drove it (in a quick-spoken 1940s gangster voice):

"Ehhhh, it's a Cadillac, see, and you're gonna hafta promise you won't squeal on me if I give you a ride, see, or my Tommygun might have somethin to say about it, my boy."

HeeeeyJake

]]> 12:276608:c1831133 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:13:00 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1830917 I would SO put on a fedora and drive that car around.

biminitwst

]]> 12:276608:c1830917 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:54:20 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1830823 I think I could drive that Caddy

FreeMan

]]> 12:276608:c1830823 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:46:08 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1830813 Beautiful!

smoke~

]]> 12:276608:c1830813 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:44:50 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1830722 bah, it needs a rumble seat.

EdFinnerty

]]> 12:276608:c1830722 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:36:39 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1830583 You still could carry Canadian whiskey across the border if you desired. I'm just sayin'...

PeteJayhawk

]]> 12:276608:c1830583 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:21:12 EDT <![CDATA[1937 Cadillac V8]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1937-cadillac-v8-276608.php#c1830509 classy.

and they went on to make the cimarron!

pjsammy

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