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This is the car the elite drove before World War II. It was modified version of the 193-1938 models. I snapped this one walking home from work in 2001 right outside of the UPS terminal in San Francisco. It could use a good paint job but seems to be in great shape.
Briggs The Series 60 was replaced by the 126-inch-wheelbase Series 61, offering the same body types and many of the Sixty-Special’s appearance features. Common to all 1939 Cadillacs were a:
* redesigned dashboard,
* newly optional vacuum-operated radio antenna,
* rubber rear fender protectors,
* and something called “Controlled-Action Ride,” a reference to a higher rear axle rotation center claimed to enhance ride comfor
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Cadillac would produce cars through late 1941 before switching to tank production until 1948.
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