1935 Cadillac - GM Heritage Center

12 Cadillac 355-D, 370-D and 452-D
like wood. The finishing panels are attached to
the doors separate from the garnish mouldings.
These panels have a Meracord inlay. The garnish
mouldings for the Fleetwood bodies are made of
wood and are furnished either in natural colors or
ducoed. Finishing panels are optional on bodies
with a V front.
The garnish mouldings on the Fleetwood bodies
are invisibly fastened on all doors except at the -
front pillar. The mouldings are removed and installed
in practically the same manner as on the
"C" bodies. Visible fasteners are used to retain
the garnish mouldings in place on the Fisher
bodies. The windshield and back window mouldy
ings are fastened with visible screws at the sides
and top.
Ventilators
The new screened cowl ventilator is reversed or
open toward the windshield for better ventilation.
Two cowl ventilators are used on V-front bodies.
While these ventilators arc a part of the body, the
top hood panels are pierced for the lid of the ventilators.
An adjustment is provided in the ventilator
hinge assembly to line up the ventilator lid
with the opening in the hood.
A new feature of the I.C. V. front door ventilators
is a rain deflector installed at the top of the ventilator
opening. The purpose of this deflector is to
deflect rain or snow when the ventilator is open
for ventilating purposes.
The I.C.V. ventilator on the front part of the
door on Convertible Sedan and Convertible Coupes
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is stationary. The ventilator frame is chrome
plated and is bolted to the door. The rear part of
the door glass, however, lowers as in the regular
closed bodies.
All windshields are stationary the same as in the
"C" series cars.
Windshield Wiper
The windshield wiper on Fleetwood bodies with
a straight windshield is of a special design with the
blades and arms connected in tandem and driven
with one vacuum wiper unit. The wiper unit is
of the inverted type and is located back of the
instrument panel.
Two complete wiper assemblies are used with
V-front bodies.
These are fastened to the cowl bar back of the
instrument panel and are also of the inverted type.
Only one wiper unit is used on Fisher bodies.
This is located inside of the top header board with
the toggle ends and a housing on the outside at the
bottom of the header. This housing which fastens
to the lower part of the outside header must be
lined up properly with the gear inside of the toggle
end.
Fig. It. General arrangement of the driving
compartment
To align these parts it is necessary to run the
wiper unit a few minutes and then shut it off
leaving the gear in the toggle end in the parked
position against the header. Then the arm and
blade arc installed on the housing. The next
procedure is to install the housing against the
header with the arm and the blade in the parked
position. Next install the retaining screws. The
teeth on the gear in the housing and in the wiper
unit are fineenough to give the proper adjustment.
In order to remove the complete wiper unit for any