OFFICIAL NEWS: Cadillac bringing pair of Depression-era cars that went unsold to Pebble Beach.

In the 1930s, if you had the means, you could have custom coachbuilder Fleetwood fabricate a one-of-a-kindCadillac just the way you like it. Well-heeled customers would peruse a build book to pick and choose the accoutrements they most liked. About 15 months later, their custom-bodied Cadillac would be delivered for their enjoyment.

In Fleetwood's 1934 build book were drawings for a stunningly classy dual-cowl Phaeton and a supremely gorgeous rumble-seat roadster. Both were to be built on Cadillac's V-16 chassis but neither were ever ordered. Even during the Great Depression it's hard to imagine how these two cars could have been passed over.

But in 1984, classic car restorer Fran Roxas took a 1930s Cadillac chassis with the 185-horsepower 452-cubic-inch overhead-valve V-16 and created the Phaeton and then the roadster a few years later. In February of this year, the Phaeton sold at auction for $962,500, the roadster for $1,001,000.

Both will be on display at Pebble Beach this weekend sitting next to the Ciel Convertible the two cars inspired.