1930 LaSalle All Weather Phaeton Fleetwood 'Fleetway' [340]

1930 LaSalle All Weather Phaeton [340] in The Public Enemy, Movie, 1931

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
chicomarx ◊ 2009-07-20 23:54
nzcarnerd ◊ 2009-07-21 09:18	1930 LaSalle Series 340 Fleetwood Fleetway All Weather Phaeton is what Cadillac called this model - actually a convertible sedan. I think the big car in the background is a circa 1923 Hudson.
up2knowgood ◊ 2014-10-05 03:34	gears grinding HEY STOOP! THAT'S GOT GEARS! IT AIN'T NO FORD!
futhark ◊ 2025-11-04 01:36	In the 1968 Star Trek episode "A Piece of the Action", Kirk and Spock are riding in a car very similar to this one, especially having a heron or other long-necked bird with wings extended vertically, identical to the one on this car. The Internet claims this is a 1931 Cadillac V-12. Ironically, the Enterprise crew are attempting to get several rival criminal gangs, modeling their behavior on a book about gangs in Chicago in the 1930s that was left behind by a previous Federation starship, to cooperate.