1938 LaSalle Production - GM Heritage Center

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DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS ENGINE LaSalle No. of cylinders 8 Valve arrangement L-head Bore and stroke 3%"x4^' Engine mounted on: Front Vulcanized rubber Rear Bolt through rubber Rubber mounting used at All points Number of points of suspension 3 Engine make Own Engine model 38-50 Cylinder arrangement 90° V-8 Cylinder head material Cast iron Piston displacement 322 Taxable horsepower 36.45 Maximum brake horsepower at R.P.M 125 at 3400 Standard compression ratio 6.25 to 1 Standard compression pressure (lbs.) 155# at 1000 R.P.M. PISTONS AND RINGS Piston make Lynite & Bohn Piston material Lo-Ex aluminum alloy Piston features Piston weight, oz. (without rings, pin or locking rings) 16.88 Piston weight, oz. (with rings, pin and locking rings) 25.13 Piston length 4¾' Piston clearance 0019" No. of oil rings used per piston 2 No. of compression rings used per piston 2 RODS AND PINS Wrist pin length 2%' Wrist pin diameter %" Cadillac Sixty Cadillac V-8 8 L-head Vulcanized rubber Bolt through rubber All points 3 Own 38-60, 38-65 90° V-8 Cast iron 346 39.20 135 at 3400 6.25 to 1 155# at 1000 R.P.M. Lynite & Bohn Lynite & Bohn Lynite & Bohn Lo-Ex aluminum Lo-Ex aluminum Lo-Ex aluminum alloy alloy alloy T-slot, anodized finish T-slot, anodized finish T-slot, anodized finish T-slot, anodized finish 18.30 25.13 .0021" 2 2 3½" W Cadillac Fleetwood 8 L-head 3^x4^* Vulcanized rubber Bolt through rubber All points 3 Own 38-75 90° V-8 Cast iron 346 39.20 140 at 3400 6.7 to 1 170# at 1000 R.P.M. 18.30 25.13 .0021" 2 9 Cadillac Sixteen 16 L-head Vulcanized rubber Bolt through rubber All points 5 Own 38-90 135° V-16 Cast iron 431 67.60 185 at 3600 6.8 to 1 180# at 1000 R.P.M. 15.280 21.136 .0017" 1 2 2*½'
RODS AND PINS—Cont'd LaSalle Is wrist pin locked in piston or floating? Floating Wrist pin clearance DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS-Confd 0004 press at one end .0000 clearance other end Wrist pin hole finish Diamond bore Connecting rod length, center to center 8¾" Connecting rod material #1035 steel Connecting rod weight, ounces 37.472 Crankpin journal diameter and length 2.460* x 2½" Connecting rod bearing material #1010 steel backed babbitt Connecting rod bearing clearance 0015" Connecting rod bearing end play 003-.006" Connecting rod bearing poured, spun or separate Separate Rods and pistons removed from Above CRANKSHAFT Vibration dampener used No Crankshaft counterweights used, No. of 6 Torsional vibration dampener type None Bending vibration dampener type None Which main bearing takes thrust? Center (#2) Crankshaft end play 001-.005" Main bearing material Br. or st. backed bab. Main bearing clearance 0015" Main bearing type Slip-in No. 1 main bearing journal, diameter & length.. 2½" x 1½" No. 2 main bearing journal, diameter & length.. 2½* x 1½" No. 3 main bearing journal, diameter & length.. 2½" x %" No. 4 main bearing journal, diameter & length.. No. 5 main bearing journal, diameter & length.. No. 6 main bearing journal, diameter & length.. No. 7 main bearing journal, diameter & length.. No. 8 main bearing journal, diameter & length.. No. 9 main bearing journal, diameter & length.. Cadillac Sixty Cadillac V-8 Floating .0004 press fit one end .0000 clearance other end Diamond bore m* #1035 steel 37.472 2.460" x 2½" #1010 steel backed babbitt .0015" .003-.006" Separate Above Yes 6 Laminated springs Flywheel Center (#2) .001-.005" Br. or st. backed bab. .0015" Slip-in 2½" x 1½" 2½" x 1½" Cadillac Fleetwood Floating .0004 press fit one end .0000 clearance other end Diamond bore 8¾" #1035 steel 37.472 2.460" x 2½" #1010 steel backed babbitt .0015" .003-.006" Separate Above Yes 6 Laminated springs Flywheel Center (#2) .001-.005" Br. or st. backed bab. .0015" Slip-in Cadillac Sixteen Locked in rod .00035" clearance Diamond bore #1340 steel 24,528 2"x 1M" #1010 steel backed babbitt .0015" .0045-.0075" Separate Above Yes 8 Rubber None Center (#5) Steel backed babbitt .0015" Slip-in 2^"xH< 6 " 2Wx\%' 2V2"xlW 2½" x 1½" 2½"* 2½'
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S P E C I F I C A T I O N S ENGINE
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6 Pelham Gray 020155 Desert Sand 94
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The standard configuration for each
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Three 5019 sedan chassis, 2272637,
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Code No. Trim No. 30 Tan Pattern Cl
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assembled in Canada. 8. As with oth
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Your L AS A L L E An Owner's Manual
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You will want to know— As THE OWN
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Right Gasoline The LaSalle V-8 engi
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Cooling Liquid Level The radiator f
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nstruments and Controls Comfort and
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Temperature Indicator The temperatu
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Lighting Controls Two types of ligh
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Locks and Keys Maximum protection i
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Starting the Engine Automatic featu
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Cadillac-LaSalle Service As a purch
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Authorized Service Stations We want
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Suggestions for Safer Driving Every
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Starting the Car Skillful driving i
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Night Driving The first requirement
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Mountain Driving In going up a stee
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High Speed Driving Your LaSalle aut
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Gasoline Economy The number of actu
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ubrication In order that your LaSal
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the owner must estimate the lowest
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Under normal driving conditions, dr
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Lubrication Schedule Lubrication Nu
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aintenance Suggestions Body The bod
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new plugs if the old plugs are badl
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Cooling System The attention requir
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Whenever anti-freeze is to be insta
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Wheels and Tires Use of Jack—The
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Electrical Storage Battery—The St
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License Data Engine Number: 2270001
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Right Gasoline The LaSalle V-8 engi
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Instruments and Controls Comfort an
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Lighting Controls the hand control
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Starting the Engine Automatic featu
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Authorized Service Stations Tire an
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Starting the Car Stopping the Car S
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Mountain Driving Touring In going u
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Gasoline Economy Tire Life The numb
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the owner must estimate the lowest
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Lubrication Schedule Every 1000 mil
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new plugs if the old plugs are badl
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Whenever anti-freeze is to be insta
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Electrical box, the battery must be
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Air Cleaner Remove air cleaner filt
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CADILLAC- LA DATA SALLE BOOK SEPTEM
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INDEX TO CONTENTS—Continued Safet
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A N D L A SALLES FOR 1938 the Great
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V- EIGHT Cadillac Built The front c
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T H E N E W SIXTY SPECIAL First to
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V-EIGHT Roomier and More Luxurious
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FLEETWOOD New* Proof That The Fine
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SIXTEEN Standard of the World The r
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Pistons are likewise graded into 30
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GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION Bulwark
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The unsurpassed degree of Cadillac'
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and three large bearings of the V-8
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much shorter and more compact. Give
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about half the corresponding distan
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lubrication is assured, regardless
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ••ill The La Sall
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and LaSalle, provide their exceedin
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and a rebound cushion. The compress
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which increases its power output to
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is essential to prevent piston-to-b
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automobile. For further Cadillac re
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Zero Clearance • — S 0 -HJ»?==
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F U E L SYSTEM Fuel Pump Fuel is fe
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simple and positive in operation an
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order, and the other supplies those
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expansion chamber in the exhaust pi
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keeps the battery at its peak load
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power Parking Lights. Headlamp beam
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Thermostatically controlled radiato
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Additional piping, common in other
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LUBRICATION Engine Lubrication SYST
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portant Cadillac feature is not fou
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The clutch throwout bearing has a s
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New, More Durable Transmission Engi
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The New LaSalle Chassis
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Front X-members are riveted to the
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drop back to its point of attachmen
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standpoint and in view of the resul
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equal length steering cross rods mo
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sorbers have more power to control
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esistor to body movements that it i
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day practically all car owners reco
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ake support plate, hence only one s
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Because' of longer wheelbases and g
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Hotchkiss Drive The Cadillac-LaSail
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L A S A L L E A P P E A R A N C E I
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A front opening hood is used. Since
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INTERIOR L U X U R Y Greater Comfor
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may easily enter the car from eithe
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In front of the driver is the instr
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UNISTEEL T U R R E T T O P B O D Y
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Weatherproofing and Sealing Every p
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Convertible Sedan 5 Passenger Touri
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CADILLAC SIXTY America's Fastest an
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Front View: One of the new Sixty's
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door supporting arm 01 even stronge
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From the side the dynamic quality o
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suggests racing car speed, and conc
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one-half times as much outward visi
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CADILLAC CUSTOM V-EIGHT Cadillac's
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grille from the fender fronts. Ther
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inches. The new Cadillac Custom V-8
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The Cadillac V-8 5-Passenger Sedan
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CADILLAC Most Magnificent FLEETWOOD
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door and trunk lid frames. Every st
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The windshield is higher, wider, ou
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inches more tonneau length and leg
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added to the luxurious Fleetwood eq
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FRONT SEAT MOVES 4-" FROM REAR POSI
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FRONT SEAT MOVES 4" FROM REAR POSIT
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CADILLAC FLEETWOOD 7-PASSENGER SEDA
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CADILLAC FLEETWOOD 5-PASSENGER FORM
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CADILLAC FLEETWOOD 7-PASSENGER FORM
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CADILLAC FLEETWOOD 2-PASSENGER COUP
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CADILLAC FLEETWOOD 5-PASSENGER COUP
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OPERA SEATS OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT EXTR
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CADILLAC FLEETWOOD TOWN CAR STYLE N
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For the first time the revered pres
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modern design blend into the upperm
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Additional features of the new auxi
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FRONT SEAT MOVES 4" FROM REAR POSIT
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CADILLAC SIXTEEN 5-PASSENGER SEDAN-
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CADILLAC SIXTEEN 7-PASSENGER IMPERI
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CADILLAC SLXTEEN 7-PASSENGER FORMAL
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CADILLAC SIXTEEN 2-PASSENGER COUPE
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Page 329 and 330: LUBRICATION AGREEMENT The value of
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Page 333 and 334: CADILLAC MASTER RADIO The new Cadil
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Page 337 and 338: HEATER-DEFROSTER The new Cadillac H
Page 339 and 340: LUGGAGE EQUIPMENT Luggage equipment
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Page 347 and 348: DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS-Confd VALVE
Page 349 and 350: IGNITION—Cont'd LaSalle Amperage
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Page 353 and 354: DETAILED SPRINGS—Cont'd LaSalle F
Page 355 and 356: FRAME-Cont'd Width, maximum DETAILE
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Page 363 and 364: Bulletin No. 25 October I, 1038 CAD
Page 365 and 366: Bulletin M». 26 October I, L938 i
Page 367 and 368: Bulletin No. 27 October 1, 1983 MOT
Page 369 and 370: AUTOMATIC BATTERY FILLER FOR ALL SE
Page 371 and 372: Bulletin No. 33 October 1. 193» GL
Page 373 and 374: Bulletin No. M October I. 19)18 SEA
Page 375 and 376: Bulletin No. 35 October 1, 1938 CAD
Page 377 and 378: Bulletin No. 36A. October 1. 1938 V
Page 379 and 380: CADILLAC An Owner's Manual covering
Page 381 and 382: You will want to know— RIGHT AWAY
Page 383 and 384: Cooling Liquid Level Tire Pressure
Page 385 and 386: Temperature Indicator The temperatu
Page 387 and 388: Locks and Keys Maximum protection i
Page 389 and 390: Cadillac-LaSalle Service Owner Serv
Page 391 and 392: Suggestions for Safer Driving Carbo
Page 393 and 394: Night Driving The first requirement
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High Speed Driving Your Cadillac au
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ubrication In order that your Cadil
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Under normal driving conditions, dr
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aintenance Suggestions Body The bod
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Cooling System The attention requir
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Wheels and Tires Use of Jack—The
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License Data Engine Numbers: Series
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CADILLAC^LASALLE PRELIMINARY SERVIC
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Contents Page Body 5 Body Styles 5
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Cadillac-LaSaile Preliminary Servic
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Cadillac-LaSalle Preliminary Servic
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Colors for 1938 Model Cadillac and
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The Instructions, Illustrationa, Al
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UPHOLSTERY c . Carpets, Seats, Cush
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Series CONVERTIBLE TOPS-ROOF COVERI
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UPHOLSTERY Carpets, Seats, Cushions
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'.Serie* l : -CONVERTIBLE TOPS-ROOF
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