The 1941 Series 62 line included Cadillac’s final convertible sedan, a handsome design hand-built using modified sedan body panels, with the result that each was essentially a “semi-custom” body. Perhaps unsurprisingly, just 400 examples were produced.

The car offered here was acquired by the current owners in 2007 from its longtime owner in Texas, who completed a frame-off restoration in 2000 and won an AACA Senior First Prize. Equipped with Hydra-Matic transmission, AM radio, and clock, the car shines beautifully in metallic burgundy with a tan leather interior and matching cloth top and boot. While it is in wonderful condition throughout, this is no mere showpiece; its owners have installed a 12-volt electrical system, power steering, a custom supplemental radiator and electric fan, and radial tires, and rebuilt the brakes. The owner reports that the engine had 100-plus pounds of compression, starts easily, runs quietly, is powerful, and does not consume oil.

The result has been a very durable touring automobile and a veteran of several tours and weekend road trips, including the 2010 Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) Autumn in the Adirondacks CARavan, and a 475-mile trip between Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Copake Falls, New York, in 2015. The owner is proudly fussy and particular, noting that the car is accompanied by all of its maintenance and repair invoices, and that everything works, including the dashboard clock.

It is easy to find a restored showpiece or a handsomely sorted tour car, but few available 1941 Cadillacs so beautifully cover both worlds as this convertible sedan. Simply put, it is one of the finest CARavan automobiles available today, offered from one wonderful, caring home to another with considerable pride.