Cadillac Series 72

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Series 72
Production period:	1940
Class :	Upper class
Body versions :	Limousine , Pullman limousine
Engines:	Otto engines : 5.7 liters (103 kW)
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Wheelbase :	3505 mm
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successor	Cadillac Series 67

The Cadillac Series 72 was a model sold in 1940 by the US automobile manufacturer General Motors under the Cadillac brand .

Model history

In the 1940 model year, the Cadillac model program included the Sixty Special , Series 62 , 72 and 75 (all with V8 engines and bodies from Fisher Bodies or Fleetwood ) and the Series 90 (V16, Fleetwood bodies).

A new addition to the range was the Series 72, which comprised eight different five- to nine-seat sedan models on a wheelbase of 350.5 cm: Touring Sedan with and without partition, Imperial Sedan, Formal Sedan as well as Business Touring Sedan and Business Touring Imperial Sedan . All of the bodies in this series came from Fleetwood. Like all Cadillacs of the year with the exception of the Series 90, these models were powered by a 90 ° V8 with a displacement of 5.7 liters with upright valves and 140 hp.

As early as 1941, the Series 72 was replaced by the Cadillac Series 67 with a Fisher body.

A total of 1525 copies of the Series 72 were produced in model year 1940.

Data

Data Cadillac Series 72 (1940)

Model year	Displacement (cm³)	Horsepower)	Wheelbase (cm)	Price (US $)	number of pieces
1940	5671	140	350.5	2670-3695	1525

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• Mary Sieber, Ken Buttolph: Standard Catalog of Cadillac 1903-1990 . Krause Publications, Iola 1991, ISBN 0-87341-174-9 , here: p. 215f.