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February 2020 Goddess.Pub Volume 45, Number 2 February 2020 Valley Forge Region Cadillac / LaSalle Club John Barry Editor/Publisher [email protected] February 2020 President: Mike Snson; Mi- This Issue [email protected] Vice president: John Barry; [email protected] Calendar 1 Secretary: Earl u"er; eru"[email protected] Treasurer: John Wood; [email protected] Mike’s Missives (President’s message) 2 Membership: Earl u"er; eru"[email protected] Mystery: Proposed La Salle Revival, 1972 3 Awards: Woody ohrbach; woody@be"erworkbyfar.com Grille Badge Placement: Location, Location, Dealer show coordinator : Marty Watkins 4 [email protected] Location Calendar/Sunshine: Bud Coleman; 2020 Mecum Kissimmee Auction: Cadillac [email protected] 6 Acvies Commi ee: ,ickie Baruzza; Barbara Cole- Results [contributed by Lynn Gardner] man; Mary Conway; Nancy .otz; Becky .u/; .elen Wood; Bobbie 0immermann Good News: Stolen Vintage Cadillac Re- Webmaster: Je1 .ansen ; [email protected] 9 Board of Directors turned [suggested by Lynn Gardner] Cliff Woodbury III John Wood If You’re Going to Do Anything Wrong, Do It Robert Schles 10 Mike Zimmerman Right: 1947 series 62 convertible resto-mod Michael Marchese Mike Stinson Ron Hux This is a Barn Find? 1993 de Ville Gold Key Earl Rutter 12 John Barry Edition with under 1000 Miles Past Presidents Field Guide or Eye Exam? Cadillac Society Lew Howells [1975-82] Gary Anderson [1983-7] publishes a Visual Comparison between 15 George Cavanaugh [1988-9] 2020 CT5 Trim Levels Jack Hotz [1990-1] Dollars Down the …Crankcase? A Caution- Don Miller [1992-3] 20 Bill Edmunds [1994-5] ary Commentary about Additives Jack Hotz [1996-9] Toni Rothman [2000-01] End of the CT-6 and other major upheavals 24 Rob Robison [2002-03] Mike Barruzza [2004-05] 1931 Cadillac 370-A V-12 Roadster 26 Marty Watkins [2006-09] Cliff Woodbury [2010-2011] VFR SPRING BANQUET FLYER 30 Ron Hux [2012-2017] Richard Sills Elected AACA Museum Presi- 31 dent January 2020 Meeting Minutes 32 Loose Bolts 33 Page 1 The Goddess February 2020 6-2 3ebruary Philadelphia, PA AACA Annual Convenon 7-8 3ebruary Atlanc City, NJ Atlanc City Classic Car Show. See www.acclassiccars.com for more details. 1 March .amburg, PA Ontelaunee Swap Meet / Car Corral. Email [email protected] or 610-223-4656 for more details. 14 March West 3riendship, MD AACA Chesapeake egionAs 47th Annual Collector Car Swap Meet. .oward County 3airgrounds. 3or further informaon, contact Tom Coung: 443-744-6332; [email protected] ; www.chesapeakeaaca.org 15 M$%&' P())*$+,(), ./ A))+$0 V12 3$)4+(5 67(5$80* 9()78):) 22, 28 March Oaks, PA Mid Atlanc Indoor Naonals Car E Bike Show. .eld at the Freater Philadelphia E/po Center in Oaks, PA .See www.midatlancindoornats.com 2-5 April Charlo"e, NC AACA 2020 Southeastern Spring Naonals. See h"p://www.aaca.org/Calendar/aaca_calendar.html 11 April Waretown, NJ 1st annual Car .op Gicko1. See h"ps://www.hemmings.com/events/detailHlisng_idJ56668 for more details. 26 April Greenbelt, MD Potomac Region spring show at Capitol Cadillac 2 May Downingtown, PA Cruisin’ Classics Chester County 35th Annual Car Show. Caln Village Shopping Cen- ter . See h"ps://cruisinclassicspa.net/ for more details. 13-16 May MD Eastern Shore AACA Eastern Divisional Tour - Eastern Shore egion - Eastern Shore of Maryland 16 May Lancaster, PA Central PA Region dealer show at Kelly Cadillac 11 July Merchantville, NJ Merchantville Classic Car Show. See also h"ps://www.merchantvillecarshow.com/ 23-25 July Allentown, PA AACA Annual Frand Naonal 12 September .addonLeld, NJ 33rd Annual .addonLeld Car Show, sponsored by the AACA Ankokas egion 20 September Wilmington, DE Annual .agley Car Show. See www.hagley.org for details. 20 S(95(>?(% L$'$*,$, PA V12 A))+$0 1$00 M((5 $5 P(770(%*A V800$:(. 1+%5'(% 7(5$80* 9()78): $* 5'( 7$5( $99%C$&'(*. 2EEFLA2LG 2ECF22I.E EVE.TS 3rd Tuesday, each Malvern, PA ,alley 3orge egion monthly meeng; Desmond .otel; 1 Liberty Boulevard; month Malvern PA 18355; 7: 30 PM 3rd Thursday, each South Plain- aritan egion monthly meeng; St. StephenKs Church banMuet hall; 608 month Leld, NJ Lane Ave.; 7:30 PM 3rd Thursday, each .arrisburg, PA Central PA monthly meeng; FilliganKs Bar E Frille; 827 Eisenhower Boule- month vard; 7:30 PM February 2020 The Goddess Page 2 Greetings! Happy February/ Valentine’s Day/ 2020 Primary Season/ Philly Auto Show Month … January flew by! I think the passage of time accelerates as we age. I hope everyone is enjoying the relatively mild winter we’re having (so far; fin- gers crossed!) . Scottsdale auctions wrapped up in January, and the results, reviews (and complaints) I read are pretty much the same as those in past years. Sales values declined approximately 3% as compared to last year, which makes sense from a supply- demand standpoint. I consider Mecum’s auctions a better ba- rometer of the overall market: prices seem more indicative of tures a “Tricky Tray” silent auction of Cadillac parts and memo- th the real world across all segments (the Bullitt Mustang notwith- rabilia. Their March meeting on the 19 features a scale model standing). For an interesting review of and insights from Scotts- car show. RRR will host a “dust-off” cruise-in (date TBD). The dale, see Mike Austin’s article from Hemmings Motor News: annual show at Gold Coast Cadillac will be in October. h"ps://www.hemmings.com/blog/2020/01/21/Lve-takeaways- Potomac Region’s Annual Spring Show at Capitol Cadillac will from-sco"sdale-2020/Ncomments-block be held on Sunday, April 26 th . There were a few surprises at Mecum Kissimmee. Log into Central PA Region’s annual meet at the AACA Museum will be http://www.mecum.com/infonet/search and enter Kissimmee held on Saturday, August 22 nd . They also will host their annual 2020 and Cadillac (or LaSalle, etc.) to see all the results. One show at Kelly Cadillac in Lancaster PA on Saturday, May 16 th . was a 1965 Coupe DeVille base, 429, white/white & black/ VFR’s Spring banquet is scheduled for Sunday March 15 th at the white vinyl (Lot J167) that sold for $37,400. Yes, it had only Pennsauken Country Club. Members will be receiving an invi- 11,000 original miles (presumably), one owner until 2006, and tation via snail mail in February. appeared nicely resprayed & preserved, but it did not appear so The VFR, Central PA and Upper Susquehanna Regions will highly restored to sell for that much. Another surprise was a ’61 gather on Saturday, April 18 th at 9:30am at RB Car Collection to DeVille convertible (Lot S25) that was highly restored (albeit tour their restoration shop in Allentown. We will then cross the not correctly, per CLC judging guidelines) which sold for street to take a guided tour of America on Wheels Museum, $134,750. Not an Eldorado, a DE VILLE! Anyone interested in followed by lunch at the museum’s Hubcap Café . Lunch selec- a ’68 DeVille convertible (“older, partial” restoration)? tions are currently being finalized, and a registration flyer will I’ll buy what I like (that I can afford) and enjoy my cars. As be emailed later this month. Larry Batton of Auto Appraisal Group says, “The value of a car The VFR’s monthly meeting on 19 May is canceled , as I will is what a motivated buyer is willing to pay, and a motivated be out of town. Members are welcome to meet socially at an seller is willing to accept”. Don’t sacrifice enjoyment today for alternate location, as we will cancel the room at the Desmond. a few extra dollars you might get tomorrow. The major regional Cadillac event is the 2020 Das Awkscht I will attend the national board meeting in New Orleans begin- Fescht, July 31-August 2, hosted by the Ontelaunee Region ning on 31 January. If you have any questions, issues, or ideas, AACA in Macungie, PA. The featured marques for the three- please email, call or text me ASAP. I will bring up your item(s). day festival are Cadillac and LaSalle . The AACA Museum Registration is open for the 2020 Grand National, which will be will be sponsoring the featured display. The Museum and held in Kansas City from June 9-13. CLC is encouraging online AACA are looking to CLC regions to fill the featured display! registration. Paper registration will still be accepted, but note Since all CLC members have to do is “show up” and fill the the Cynthia Rutledge’s address on the form, to whom paper reg- feature display, we will plan Club events for each day of the istrations should be mailed. festival, including a nearby hotel for overnight participants and The 2020 National Driving Tour will take place in August in the dinner venues. Details to follow soon. Contact Bob Hobaugh, Pacific Northwest, followed by the annual CLC-MRC Fall Fes- Vice President, Ontelaunee Region AACA at tival in Hickory Corners September 25-26. [email protected], 610-360-6537, or me for registra- Check out the February issue of The Self-Starter , which features tion information, and Stan Sipko, Curator, AACA Museum for an article highlighting the National Driving Tour VFR hosted in information about the Cadillac & LaSalle feature display. Gettysburg in October. Thanks again to Chuck Piel and Lynn VFR’s annual Lahaska show at Peddler’s Village will be on Gardner of the Potomac Region for the article and photos. Sunday, September 20 th . More details to follow soon. Congratulations to Richard Sills, director of the CLC Central PA Mike Marchese has assumed administration of VFR’s Facebook Region, on his recent election to President of the Board of Di- page, updating it regularly.
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