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| | CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE: A Caddy in a class by itself |
 | | The Murphy, as McMullen calls it, shares space with another 1930 Cadillac V16, this one a so-called (by the manufacturer) Madame X transformable town cabriolet, which meant the chauffeur's cockpit had a retractable soft top. |
 | | The V16 Cadillacs, created to give GM's premier division a prestige edge over rivals like Packard and Pierce Arrow, were offered in 11 body styles, with prices ranging up from about $7,000, a lot of money in 1930. |
 | | The 1930 and '31 V16 Cadillacs rode a 148-inch wheelbase, eight inches longer than the V8 and V12 versions, and their curb weights straddled the 6,000-pound frontier. |
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