[last update: 02.06.2012]

The (new) Cadillac Database©

Dream Cars

on the
Cadillac V-16 Chassis
with bodies by Fisher


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Fisher V16 job #2901LX, special 7-passenger Sedan [1 only].   In my opinion, this car and the one below were very similar in appearance to Fisher job #30-X, also described further below.  In these two instances, the styling code did not indicate any basic styling features.  The initial digits "29" suggest the cars were built (or commissioned) in 1929.  The second two digits presumably indicate the sequence in which Fisher built or recorded these special jobs.  Although suffix "L" might mean "leather" (for the roof covering), in my opinion, in this case, it stands for "livery", that is a car in livery service at the Cadillac factory. The suffix "X" indicates that the job was an "ex"ceptional one. 

Fisher V16 job #2951LX, special 7-passenger Sedan (same explanation as above)[1 only]

Fisher V16 job #30X, special 7-passenger Sedan [test car] [1 only].  There is a photo in McC, p.138, top, right, showing a car with a regular, short 1930 Fisher hood (with vertical louvers) that is identified as style "30-X".  The car that is identified in the Cadillac Master Parts List (MPL) as "30-X" was indeed a 1930 model [initial digits "30"] but it had some "ex"ceptional styling features [indicated by the suffix = "X"].   The McC photo shows a regular Fisher 7-pass. sedan on what appears to be the standard V8 chassis for 1930, in my opinion style 162, which stands on a 134-inch wheel base. If you compare this 7-pass. car with the 7-pass. "Sixteen"   on p.149, center, right, you will notice that the latter car has a greater expanse of hood ahead of the fender-mounted spare;  that car stands on the 148-inch wheel base chassis of  the V16.  In my opinion, Fisher would not have gone to the trouble of tooling up to make just 30-odd special hoods for the 30-odd bodies it installed on the new, V16 chassis; this would have meant stretching these hoods some 14 inches to accommodate the larger engine. In my opinion, the Fisher-bodied sixteens probably all were fitted with the regular V16 hood of the "Madame X" cars, featuring six vertical ventilator doors and a straight belt molding.  Regrettably, none of the Fisher-bodied sixteens appear to have survived, so we may never know for sure.


In the absence of factory photos or drawings of the Fisher-bodied
sixteens, one can't be sure if they had the standard Fisher-styled
hood, with vertical louvers, or if they got the new Fleetwood hood
with the six vertical vent doors, such as I have drawn here.

Fisher V16 style 30-152, 5-passenger Town sedan [3 units]


Once again, I am guessing that the Fisher-bodied "Sixteens" of the first generation
all received the Fleetwood engine hood featuring six, vertical vent doors

 

Fisher V16 style 30-158, 2-passenger Coupe [3 units]


With a single, rear-mounted spare wheel, the Fisher-bodied
V-16 coupe drawn here must have been one racy machine!

 

Fisher V16 style 30-159, 5-passenger Sedan [5 units]

 

Fisher V16 style 30-172, 5-passenger Coupe [2 units]

 

Fisher job #LX-2905, Special 5-passenger Town Sedan with "Madame X" type windshield [1 only]


There are no known factory photos or drawings of this job; the
above drawing was made up by me from parts of other drawings.

It is only my personal guess what the car might have looked like

 

Fisher V16 job #LX-2913, Special 5-passenger Coupe with "Madame X" type windshield [1 only]


Once again, with no factory photos or drawings to go on, I made up the above
drawing merely to give a general idea what this unique car may have looked like

 

1933

Fisher (USA), style 33-168 2-passenger Convertible coupe on 143" wheel base V16 chassis [1 only]

 

 

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1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940 1941 1942

WW2 years

1946 1947 1948 1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999-up

 

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[Background image: 1930-31 V-16 grille badge and Fisher coach logo]