Cadillac & LaSalle Club Northwest Ohio Region News

September 2014 Volume 7, Number 9

NORTHWEST OHIO REGION

In this issue… Officers, Board Members...... 2 A tribute to Detroit cannot deny history...... 2 President’s message ...... 3 Tribute to Detroit, GM overdue ...... 4–6 Less familiar but plentiful faces of Cadillac ...... 7 Activities Report and Trivia—by George!...... 8 To Show or To Go...... 9 CLC/NWO monthly meeting Minutes and treasurer’s report ...... 10 Saturday, September 13 e Editor’s Inbox ...... 11 Taylor Classic Cadillac Show Inbox continues—with help from the USPS ...... 12 9:30 to 3:30 irteenth Annual Taylor Cadillac Show flyer.....13 6100 West Central Avenue CLCMRC Fall Festival flyer...... 14 Toledo Partial list of shows from K-100.com ...... 15 Registration form on page thirteen Classified and NFS!...... 16 CLC/NWO Region A tribute to Detroit cannot deny history 2014 Officers and Board Members by Elden Smith President/Director N THE 1950 CENSUS, Detroit hit its peak Bill Shepherd population of 1,849,568. It was the fifth 2623 Drummond Road Toledo OH 43606 largest city in the USA. New York, Chicago, 419-534-3055 I Philadelphia, and Los Angeles were larger. [email protected] V.P./Activities Director Among the numerous US cities that shrank since 1950, George Louthan Detroit’s decline was 61.4%—second to St. Louis that 1321 East Beverly Hills Drive shrank at the rate of 62.7%. Detroit’s most dramatic Toledo OH 43614 downturn occurred between 2000 and 2010 with a 25% 419-754-4454 decline during that decade. e current city population [email protected] is 713,777. In 2013, Detroit filed the largest municipal Secretary Philip Vrzal bankruptcy case in US history. 3401 Swan Ridge Lane e population of 285,000 in 1900 made Detroit the Maumee OH 43537 419-867-2110 thirteenth largest US city. e auto industry along with [email protected] associated parts makers dominated the manufacturing Treasurer scene. One million new residents came to Andrew Shepherd Detroit in just twenty years to fill jobs 5980 Bucher Road created by carmakers. Ford’s River Whitehouse OH 43571 Rouge plant opened in 1927. By itself it 419-349-5692 [email protected] employed 90,000 workers! Membership Chair New workers arrived from many Steve Kasprzak places. Canada was important, but 2510 Randall large portions were ethnic Italians, Oregon OH 43616 419-693-8098 Hungarians, and Poles. A significant News Editor attraction for many immigrants was Elden Smith that assembly line technology required 4541 Gilhouse Road little training or education to get a job as an Toledo OH 43623 autoworker. In 1981, General Motors opened its 419-754-3923 Hamtramck assembly plant in the ethnic neighborhood [email protected] known as Poletown. is plant is home to many Members at Large Robert W. Stahl Cadillacs that our members own and drive. 8991 East Mulberry Road Cover: Statue of Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac Blissfield MI 49228 at Hart Plaza. 517-486-4818 [email protected] Tom Tapp 2550 Eastmoreland Oregon OH 43616 419-346-3573 [email protected]

Visit the CLC/NWOhio Facebook page at www.facebook.com/CLCNWO

CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 2 SEPTEMBER 2014 CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 3 SEPTEMBER 2014 President’s Message by William Shepherd ID YOU SURVIVE THE WATER SCARE the better part of a day’s time. in northwest Ohio/southeast Michigan? Mother Nature might deliver at Saturday morning saw people loads of rain, or loads of sun- D burning rays. e surrounding scrambling from store to store, seeking that community might have lots commodity essential for life. Anxieties increased, of dirt, noise, or stench from and tempers flared. Lines formed, and the lucky local industry, traffic, or individuals got that golden elixir. And then to construction activities. Apart learn later that it might all have been a “false from any awards received, positive,” as Toledo’s mayor put it. We made we might get a free lunch— typically not particularly national news, and not in a positive way. healthy nor award winning cuisine either—plus a bunch While Northwest Ohio has never been known for of compliments for our car or truck. aeronautics or space exploration, we are now certainly I personally will greatly limit the number of shows I known for algae. Maybe Toledo’s favorite hometown attend in one car season. Top on my list to attend would teams should be known as e University of Toledo be shows sponsored by marque car clubs to which I Algae. We can only hope that some changes are made in belong—nothing like hanging out with people who how the government administers the water department, cherish the same car make, and even the same year and in the water plant’s routine procedures, and how model as I do. Next would be car shows that sponsor a the surrounding communities that are the majority worthy cause that I also support or at least view favorably. customers of the water plant output are treated. If you Lastly would be car shows sponsored by organizations have well water, this was only high drama for you, not or businesses where I, a family member, or a close friend a “life-threatening” experience. Otherwise you better are employees/members. I also like events where the stock up on bottled water (courtesy of a neighbor who destination is something of interest to me. I’m not real was down in Columbus that Saturday, my son now has keen on general public cruise-ins or events sponsored 25 cases of bottled water in his garage), and tell the city by government organizations or most businesses. If I fathers to go buy some copper sulfate to treat the algae. want the car to be seen, it will garner more spectators So what does all that have to do with old cars? just driving it around the community, rather than Old cars are to many events as water is to the human tucked away in an out of the way parking lot. So I will body. A good number of summertime events will feature: sometimes get behind the wheel, or more often I will let (1) food, and (2) an old car show. Many event organizers our current club treasurer be my chauffer. Simply riding must feel that old car owners have egos that need to be around with family members can often be more enjoyable stroked and that their event is just the medicine we seek. than the hours spent at most shows. e fact is participating in an old car or truck show is a I’ll see you on the Cadillac road. lot of work, both in the preparation and in the execution. e vehicle must be proven to be road worthy, with time spent on warm up driving sessions. e fluids must be checked and confirmed to be not leaking. e car or truck must be gassed up in preparation for the show.

e vehicle must be washed, vacuumed, and polished. NORTHWEST OHIO REGION Once the vehicle is at the event, the crowd must be CLC/NWO monthly meeting checked out for potential damage to the vehicle; kids on Saturday, September 13 bicycles, families with strollers, yahoos driving through Taylor Classic Cadillac Show 9:30 to 3:30 the show field, and the general public not versed in 6100 West Central Avenue car show etiquette all present problems. We, and any Toledo accompanying family members or friends, must invest Registration form on page thirteen

CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 2 SEPTEMBER 2014 CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 3 SEPTEMBER 2014 Tribute to Detroit, GM overdue by Elden Smith A little history NTOINE LAUMET DE LA MOTHE, SIEUR Here is a little history for all who DE CADILLAC swore they hated history. May this be and his party landed at a painless but informative for you. May site chosen because a narrow riverbank it also serve to remind you of long- A strait seemed ideal for protecting French fur forgotten memories. Cadillac, Detroit, Fleetwood, Fisher Body, and some of traders. is was in July 1701. ey called the structures associated with them river d’Etroit, a French word meaning “strait.” are interwoven in this account. Cadillac and his workers built Fort Pontchartrain on the site, As a child before television dominated named after the Comte de Pontchartrain. Soon a riverfront village living rooms, radio entertained my family and many other families. developed nearby. Cadillac named the settlement “ville d’etroit,” or Powerful AM stations in the 1940s city of the strait. Eventually, the name changed to Detroit. formed what was (and is) the Clear Channel service. One such station In recent times, Detroit has withstood some of the worst insults and ridicule announced its presence with the that could be heaped on a city. Sadly, some of these have been accurate and words, “WJR Detroit, from the Golden deserved. In 2012, the FBI identified Detroit as America’s most dangerous Tower of the Fisher Building” and “The city. In fourteen years, the Motor City lost 25% of its population. e Great Voice of the Great Lakes.” On December 16, 1928, WJR moved from three-county metropolitan area currently numbers 5.2 million people. Each the Detroit Free Press offices to its morning, I watch Toledo news on TV, and I reflect that greater Toledo is current location in the Fisher Building. not far behind with violent crimes occurring almost daily. This was my earliest awareness of the For most North Americans, cars and trucks produced under the influence Fisher Building and of Detroit. of America’s Motor City represent the chief source of familiarity with our All photographs are available online nation’s eighteenth largest city. Henry M. Leland and his first associates from Auto Trader Classics and GM named the Cadillac automobile to honor Detroit’s founder. Media Archives (© General Motors). II. e General Motors Board of Directors pressured GM co-founder William C. Durant to construct a permanent headquarters for the company. e corporation purchased the Detroit city block between Cass and Second on West Grand Boulevard and removed forty-eight structures from the site to begin work. After breaking ground on June 2, 1919, the Cass Avenue wing was ready for occupancy in November 1920. e structure received the name “General Motors Building” though the original name was to be the “Durant Building.” is change resulted from an internal power struggle that led to Durant’s ouster in 1921. However, the initial “D” had already been carved above the main entrance and in several other places on the building where they remain today. is ornate office building at 3044 West Grand Boulevard, constructed of steel, limestone, granite, and marble (1919–1923), made its appearance on the list of National Historic Landmarks in 1985. A 2002 renovation of this building presently houses many Michigan state offices. After completion of the renovation, its name became “Cadillac Place.” e

Top left: William C. Durant Bottom: GM Building at 3044 West Grand Boulevard

CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 4 SEPTEMBER 2014 CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 5 SEPTEMBER 2014 Tribute to Detroit, GM continued

structure served as General Motors world headquarters from 1923 until 2001 when it moved the last of its employees to the Renaissance Center on the Detroit River. III. Fleetwood Metal Body, an automobile coachbuilder derived its name from Fleetwood PA, original home of the company. e name lived on for decades in the form of the Cadillac Fleetwood and various Fleetwood trim lines on Cadillac cars. Formed April 1, 1909, it was a top producer of metal and wood automobile bodies. Fleetwood produced bodies for Bentley, Cadillac, Chadwick, Daniels, Duesenberg, Fiat, Isotta Fraschini, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Packard, Pierce-Arrow, Reading, Rolls Royce, SGV, and Stutz. Fisher Body bought Fleetwood in 1925, moved it to Detroit, and integrated it into General Motors in 1931. Fleetwood continued to build custom-made bodies for several years, mostly for Cadillac. After 1934 and before Fleetwood became a Cadillac model name, it was responsible for elaborate detailing on expensive Cadillacs with standard bodies. IV. At the same time, Cadillac built the Clark Street Assembly Plant. e following account is a condensation from Auto Trader Classics: Old Factories: Cadillac’s Clark Street Assembly Plant. It bears the title, “e rise and fall of a modern marvel” by Joe Babiasz. Above: GM World Headquarters in the Renaissance Center. Early Cadillac assembly operations took place at a factory in the New Bottom: Clark Street Assembly Plant Amsterdam district of Detroit. With the burgeoning growth of the automobile business, it became clear that a new and larger facility was in order. Forty-seven acres of land, on the corner of Clark and Scotten Street was the site chosen due to its proximity to major rail lines. Construction began in 1919 and finished in 1927. e four-story building encompassed 2.5 million square feet and included an administration building, a manufacturing facility, and an assembly building—the most modern automotive factory in the world. e Clark Street plant was typical of the 1920s. Vehicle bodies came from the Fleetwood body plant, later to become Fisher Body plant #18. Located about three miles from the Clark street plant, a rail line transferred the bodies to their assembly location at Clark Street. Clark Street was an assembly plant, but by 1923 GM added a foundry to cast engine blocks and other components. When Clark Street opened, domestic auto production was at full speed. Cadillac grabbed as much of the

CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 4 SEPTEMBER 2014 CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 5 SEPTEMBER 2014 Tribute to Detroit, GM continued

luxury car market as possible. Within two years, the depression hit and sales plummeted. After several rough years, sales began to increase and Clark Street worked two shifts to keep up with demand. By 1936, the plant produced nearly 50 percent of all luxury vehicles in America. America’s first overhead valve V-8 engine came out of the Cadillac Clark Street plant with 331 cubic inches and an incredible 160 horsepower. e public was in love with Cadillac. General Motors celebrated Cadillac’s Golden Anniversary in 1952, and set more sales records. By 1958, Cadillac produced Above: Henry M. Leland, Cadillac founder their two-millionth car. In the 1960s Clark Street grew again, with a fifth- Middle: Cadillac Place. On the left is the floor paint shop added to the facility. In November 1963, a second assembly former GM Building and on the line increased production. It now encompassed four million square feet. right is the Fisher Building. Bottom: Statue of Antoine Laumet de La By the early 1980s, Cadillac’s Clark Street plant became a bigger part of Mothe, sieur de Cadillac at Detroit GM. It wasn’t strictly a Cadillac assembly plant, but a Cadillac, Oldsmobile, City Hall and Chevrolet plant. It also built police cars and taxicabs. For years, more than fifty times each weekday, a tractor-trailer carrying seven new Cadillac bodies exited the Fisher Body factory for a short trip to Clark Street. On December 18, 1987, the trucks stopped rolling. Cadillac production moved to the new “Poletown” (Hamtramck) assembly plant several miles away. After vehicle production moved, the engineering offices and a chrome-plating department continued at Clark Street. e plating operation ceased March 1993 and the engineering building followed, closing March 1994. e Clark Street plant was home to many innovations. e V-12 and V-16 engines, all-weather, closed-body cars, the first high-compression, overhead valve V-8 engines, the first car to offer a tilt and telescopic steering wheel, and the first domestic car to have an electronic fuel injection system resulted from Cadillac engineering. Today, those forty- seven acres are a weed-filled memory of historic Detroit. Another view of the Clark Street Plant, c. 1955

CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 6 SEPTEMBER 2014 CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 7 SEPTEMBER 2014 Some less familiar but plentiful faces of Cadillac via the Internet

BUNDANT INFORMATION ABOUT CADILLAC (the car and the person for whom the car received its name) A appears on the Internet. Among the more interesting is the story of the Cadillac crest. Did Antoine Laumet, whom we know as Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, design it himself? And if he did design it, did he “borrow heavily on the authentic coat of arms of an old neighbor of his, Baron Sylvester of Esparbes de Lussan, lord of Lamothe-Bardigues, a small township near Toulouse, France.” is tidbit comes from the Cadillac Database. [The Cadillac Database© is a non-commercial, non-profit, 100% ad-free Internet resource for the old-car hobby. It is a holding of the Museum & Research Center of the Cadillac & LaSalle Club, Inc.] From the Cadillac Database we also learn the following. Merlettes: Mythical birds in the coat of arms designed by Antoine Laumet, self-styled Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, founder of Detroit in 1701. Martlet in English, the latter bird belongs to the martin family. Webster says it is probably a deformation/alteration of martinet, being a diminutive of the martin. Not a duck, for sure, but certainly a bird that lives close to water. e following biographical material is from Wikipedia (a free-access, free content Internet encyclopedia). Antoine Laumet de La Mothe Cadillac, (born March 5, 1658, Les Laumets, France, died October 15, 1730, Castelsarrasin), French soldier, explorer, and administrator in French North America, founder of the city of Detroit (1701), and governor of Louisiana (1710 to 1716 or 1717). Going to Canada in 1683, he fought against the Iroquois Indians, lived for a time in Maine, and first served in present-day Michigan as commandant of the important frontier post of Mackinac (1694–97).

Top: a bust of Antoine Laumet de La Mothe Cadillac Middle: Interior of Cadillac Place Bottom: left, 1905 Cadillac Crest and wreath that uses the made-up de La Mothe/Cadillac family crest Bottom: right, the crest design from which Antoine Laumet de La Mothe/Cadillac might have borrowed.

CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 6 SEPTEMBER 2014 CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 7 SEPTEMBER 2014 Activities Report by George Louthan, Vice-president, Activities Director ELL, THE LAST OF THE ADVERTISED Trivia—by George CRUISES IS OVER, and I can report without August Trivia Wreservation the club members responded with Question: what directive was a loud “I don’t care.” Four people went with me to four given to dealers to correct an cruises and only three were members. Not sure if I will early oil burning problem with try that next year but it won’t stop me from going as I the new 1955 Chevrolet 265 love out of town cruises. anks to Bob Stahl, Tom Tapp, small block engine. Mike McAllister, and my friend Fred Collins for going Answer: run the engine speed with me. A cruise is not always great but the experience at about 1500 RPM and pour is what you make of it. For example, the Wauseon Super Bon Ami scouring powder Cruise did not happen. As we left Toledo and headed west down the carburetor throat thus scoring the cylinder walls on SR 2, the clouds started to change from silver to dark in hopes that the oil rings might seat. No record of this gray. As we arrived in Swanton, the decision was made to can be found or documentation as to its results. I am sure stop and put the top up. Upon entering Delta, a monsoon no GM executive from that period would fess up to it. erupted and a quick decision was made to retreat to Swanton and stop for dinner. e evening ended with a September Trivia nice dinner at Shuckers restaurant with good friends Fred What model Cadillac introduced in 1938 set a styling and Linda Collins, by far not a lost adventure. It only cost trend never used before? What was that styling trend me a few gallons of fuel and a wash job. To hear my true and who was the junior designer responsible for its feelings on this see “To Show or To Go” on page nine. design. (Hint; Cord introduced the same element of design in 1936). e next big thing is the Taylor Classic Cadillac Show on September 13. If you have not yet registered, please do If you know the answer, call or e-mail me or Elden. so as a courtesy to me as it helps the Taylor people and me in the planning stages. (Flyer on page 13.) See you at the show. Regarding the October Fall Crank Down Tour, I will be out of town in that period of October. If anyone has an idea and would like to chair an event, please step forward. Call or e-mail me.

Coming Events For CLC/NWO September 13: Taylor Classic Cadillac Show NORTHWEST OHIO REGION September 23–27: CLC National Driving Tour October 18 or 25: CLC/NWO crank down tour? CLC/NWO monthly meeting Saturday, September 13 Taylor Classic Cadillac Show 9:30 to 3:30 6100 West Central Avenue Toledo Registration form on page thirteen

CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 8 SEPTEMBER 2014 CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 9 SEPTEMBER 2014 To Show or To Go by George Louthan, Vice-president, Activities Director OT OFTEN DO I FEEL THE NEED to an interview. As one Michigan Highway Patrol officer Naddress individual preference, but this is a put it “I love your car but if you ever come to Michigan question you all need to answer for yourselves. again with those mufflers I will throw the book at you.” In spite of all this we loved our cars and did not miss any I chose this title because it reflects on my hot rod days of opportunity to drive our pride and joy, as it was our way the ’50s and ’60s when as young backyard mechanics we of being seen and say to others, “we have arrived.” were faced with this same question. Did you customize By now you are saying, what does this have to do with your car as a showpiece with your individual styling the collector car hobby? If you think on it, there are taste or did you modify your ride for quick trips down many parallels as choice of usage is one of them. As the quarter mile drag strip? In either case you were you all know by now I am a fan of touring and cruising seen. I chose to dabble in both. My first attempt was the old collectable car as they were made to be driven, the 1950 Chevrolet Fleetline that my dad sold to me regardless of the year they were manufactured. Preserving for $200. I felt an immediate need to restyle the car an old car is a matter of keeping on top of mechanical and first in order was to lower its road clearance by four issues as you would with any used car—preserving inches. en came the restyling with frenched ’53 Ford appearance by taking good care of paint and interior or headlights, ’55 Plymouth grill, ’52 Dodge taillights, replacing or refinishing with original products and color. and custom-made skirts. Not to mention shaved door is is not really rocket science. handles and trunk latch with entry gained by electronic buttons concealed in the trim. e go was not ignored as is past summer I invited you all to join me on four the little six was upgraded with header exhaust and duel designated cruises. Four people have joined me and one carbs. My father just stood back and shook his head. I was not a club member. Obviously, many of you don’t was happy with the results but learned quickly the daily agree with me on the experience of driving the old car. For driver, drag racer, and show car did not mix well. e me when I drive the ’76 Eldorado with the top down, I lowered car did not do well in snow. e drag racing am in a different time zone of 1976. at is verified by the only collected numerous traffic tickets and prompted comments and thumbs up as I drive down the highway. several mechanical failures. Keep in mind that in this ank God, I am married, as I would have more women timeframe there were very few sanctioned drag strips than I would care to deal with. (Mary Ann agrees.) and they were far and few between. is left certain By now, I am sure you can see the parallels of my opening designated local streets as our playground prompting the story. It’s a matter of choice when you own a collectable mechanical failures. However, the police loved this car car. You can drive it and enjoy the experience of being in and missed few opportunities to have me stopped for a different time zone along with sharing it with others or park it in the garage to admire it on occasion. e expense of owning the car is the same regardless of your choice. If you choose the latter, I have a suggestion for you on saving a lot of money. Choose your most favorite collectable car, buy a good portrait of it ($5–$100), hang it on the wall of your residence, and admire it every day. is will save you a ton of money as you will not have the initial cost, you will not have to insure it, put gas into it, pay storage on it, or maintain it, and you will have additional room in your garage for your daily driver. Me, I choose to drive. I will go and I will show, and any of you are welcome to join me.

CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 8 SEPTEMBER 2014 CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 9 SEPTEMBER 2014 Minutes of August 13 meeting by Phil Vrzal Call to Order/Adjournment/Attendance George Louthan also noted • “Car talk” and fellowship polluted the atmosphere of that the summer touring this meeting at the Taylor Cadillac showroom. is activities have been lightly session was called to order at 7:38 by our president attended. Look for more Bill Shepherd and adjourned at 8:59. irteen information re: crank down members and one associate attended. Seven Cadillacs tours in the fall and a crank driven by attending members embellished the front up tour next spring. area of the dealership. Jeff Jones was introduced as • Elden Smith sent flyers the thirty-ninth active member of CLC/NWO. to other CLC Regions to Approval of Minutes from Previous Meeting promote the Taylor Cadillac • Meeting minutes are published in the monthly Show on September 13. newsletter. No previous minutes required approval. • Alan Haas provided an update of the CLCMRC Spring/Summer Meeting Dates and Venues construction at Gilmore. e Lincoln structure • Summer meetings are typically at 7:30 on the second at Gilmore was dedicated and is very nice. While Wednesday of the month at Taylor Cadillac. e next different it should complement the Cadillac display scheduled meeting date is Saturday, September 13, building. e certificate of occupancy is expected this during the thirteenth annual Taylor Cadillac Show. week. CLC is about to begin moving large display Bill Shepherd previously suggested a possible dinner and other heavy items from three locations in the meeting in October or November. Dates and venue Detroit area to Gilmore. Help to move these items is are to be determined. needed. Not much time remains before the dedication Open Issues/Old Business on September 28. Contact Alan Haas to volunteer. • e Treasurer’s summary was provided by Bill for Items that spotlight the Cadillac contribution during Andrew Shepherd. e current balance today after the war years are also wanted. deducting newsletter costs is $885.87. New Business • Steve Kasprzak reported that the club membership • President Bill Shepherd reported July 24–26, 2016 has increased to thirty-nine active members. have been approved on the CLC schedule for the • Phil Compton added personal commentary to the 2016 CLC/NWO Interregional Show. Grand National visit to Lake George NY with his • George Louthan sponsored a few auction items that family. e three days of the event were rain-free added $20 to the club treasury. bracketed by storms and downpours on the journey Minutes respectfully submitted by Phil Vrzal. there and home. While the venue was beautiful and the banquet bountiful, the car show was spread out Treasurer’s Report requiring extensive walking to both view and judge by Andrew Shepherd vehicles. Importantly, Phil serves as the honorary chaplain for CLC events. See additional comments Balance July 1...... $930.77 Newsletter expenses ...... -$44.90 in the August newsletter. Balance July 31 ...... $885.87 • George Louthan acknowledged Elden Smith’s Newsletter Excellence Award from the CLC at the Grand National event. Alan Haas received the award for Elden and presented it to him at our meeting. • e Fourth Annual All Vintage Car Show (held on July 12) will be scheduled on a different date in 2015. Attendance dropped significantly this year from previous years due to conflicts with several other car shows/festivals in the local area. e Shepherd family attained bragging rights status at the show, with first place votes for both the ’56 Seville and ’74 Eldorado. CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 10 SEPTEMBER 2014 CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 11 SEPTEMBER 2014 The Editor’s Inbox Every “gear head” should know about this Silly response from Elden Smith Saturdays, Tuesdays, and ursdays. During August, to Al Haas’ August submission “Logophile.” TruTV viewers witnessed a new kind of competition that Perhaps a weather forecaster who has packed on some did not involve cooking, dancing, or singing. TruTV extra poundage might be called a “meatier-ologist” appears in the menu of many cable and dish services. rather than a meteorologist. Here is what this network says about this offering. e Browsing the Internet— program is Motor City Masters. Cadillac’s roots go back to Henry Leland, known as “Hosted by Brooke Burns, Motor City Masters the master of precision manufacturing, whose obsession pits ten talented designers from different parts of with prestige and quality led to the brand and its the automotive industry against each other each products becoming synonymous with “e Standard of week in the ambitious task of creating new, fully- the World.” Its record of innovation, performance, and functional concept cars based around a theme. luxury is one of the auto industry’s most colorful sagas. One by one, designers who fall short will be sent —GM Heritage Center home by the judges until only a single Motor City Editor: Clearly, Henry Leland’s obsession with precision Masters remains. Industry judges Jean Jennings and inspired the tag, “e Standard of the World.” Harald Belker are joined by celebrity guest judges including actress Melissa Joan Hart, actor Jesse Metcalfe, Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz, baseball great David Justice and former NASCAR driver Robby Gordon.” GM design chief Ed Wellburn appears to voice his opinion of the work. I would be glad if this were not a “summer replacement.” I hope that it finds its way into regular programming.

e AAA Car Show on August 10 found this pair of “two-seaters” parked together. Ford and Phyllis Cauffiel, Dave Treuhaft, Steve Kasprzak and I (Elden) represented the CLC/NWO. Others might have escaped the watchful eye of the editor. ere were 285 cars on the show field.

Borrowed from August 2014 Dagmar, Rocky Mountain Region, CLC, Wayne Shmitka, editor. Reprinted by permission.

CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 10 SEPTEMBER 2014 CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 11 SEPTEMBER 2014 Humor from the Editor’s Inbox continues—with help from the USPS

Funny history from Wikipedia AVE MACY SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING [sic] humor by snail “John F. Kennedy’s June 1963 Dmail inspired by Al Haas’s contribution “Logophile,” which appeared West Berlin speech in the…Federal in our August issue. Many local readers know Dave. Please forgive him—he Republic of Germany—two years drives Chryslers and collects AMCs. after the Berlin Wall was erected—is Punography considered an inspiring speech for • I tried to catch some fog. I mist. the people of West Berlin who hoped • When chemists die, they barium. for a united Germany. However, • Jokes about German sausage are the wurst. Kennedy is often misattributed as • A soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray having made an unintentional pun is now a seasoned veteran. that underscored the somber tone of • I know a guy who is addicted to brake fluid. the speech with the phrase: He says he can stop any time. ‘Ich bin ein Berliner.’ • How does Moses make tea? Hebrews it. e intent of phrase was to mean, ‘I • I stayed up all night to see where the sun went down. am a citizen of Berlin’ but instead is en it dawned on me. often humorously mistranslated as ‘I • is girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, am a jam doughnut.’ ‘Berliner’ was but I never met herbivore. the name of a common breakfast • I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. I can’t put it down. item in Berlin at the time.” • I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words. • ey told me I had type A blood, but that was a typ-o. • is dyslexic man walks into a bra. • I didn’t like my beard at first. en it grew on me. • A cross-eyed teacher lost her job because she couldn’t control her pupils. • When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble. • What does a clock do when it’s hungry? It goes back four seconds. • I wondered why the ball was getting bigger. en it hit me. • Broken pencils are pointless. • What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus. • England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool. • I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest. • I dropped out of Communism class because of lousy Marx. An e-mail cartoon from Google • All the toilets in London police stations have been stolen and the police say they have nothing to go on. • I took the job at a bakery because I kneaded dough, • Velcro! What a rip off! • Cartoonist found dead in home. Details are sketchy. e final blow came when I asked Microsoft Word to check the grammar and spelling. Word informed me that this is on grade level 3.1! NORTHWEST OHIO REGION CLC/NWO monthly meeting ough Dave is a friend and a regular and faithful reader of our newsletter, Saturday, September 13 I might have to remove him from our e-mailing list after this submission. Taylor Classic Cadillac Show 9:30 to 3:30 Classic auto humor, a final blow from the Internet 6100 West Central Avenue What do you call car owners who miss three or four car payments? Toledo Pedestrians. Registration form on page thirteen

CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 12 SEPTEMBER 2014 The tradition continues… Thirteenth Annual NORTHWEST OHIO REGION Taylor Classic Cadillac Show This show is limited to Cadillacs and LaSalles, 1902–1999.

Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in this exclusive show at this superb dealership.

Sponsored by Taylor Cadillac, Inc. Northwest Ohio Region/Cadillac LaSalle Club Saturday, September 13 9:30 to 3:30 Place: Taylor Cadillac Showroom 6100 West Central Avenue, Toledo (One block East of US 23, I-475)

The dealership will furnish lunch for all participants and guests, participant awards to all registered cars, and best of show awards. Space is limited to 50 cars.

Make your reservation early to assure your space and confirm your luncheon participation. Contact: George Louthan at 419-754-4454 or [email protected]

Mail registration form to: George Louthan, 2754 Bradford Drive, Toledo OH 43614

Name

Phone E-Mail

Street address City

Year Make Model

Club Number attending lunch CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 12 SEPTEMBER 2014 CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 15 SEPTEMBER 2014 Partial list of shows from K-100.com for September–October Saturday, September 6 Saturday, September 20 Rod & Custom Park & Shine at the American Legion Genoa Street Fair Car Show on Main Street in Post #553 at 206 South Byrne Road, next to NBC downtown Genoa. Free registration 4–6, show 6–8. Station WNWO. Registration $6 10–12, Show 12–2. Saturday, September 20 Saturday, September 6 Mercy College of Ohio, 2200 Jefferson Ave, Toledo, Car Napoleon Fall Festival at the Henry County & Craft Show, 11–4:30 Registration begins at 10. Fairgrounds. Show runs 9–5. Cars, trucks, swap meet, Saturday, September 20 and craft show. Info: 419-265-0314. Hollywood Casino’s Car Show. Registration 11–1, show Sunday, September 7 until 3. Must be at least 25 years old. No exceptions. GM Powertrain Park & Shine car show & swap meet. Saturday, September 27 Drive in time is 9–12, show until 3. Oscar Bunch Luckey Fall Festival antique & classic car show. Powertrain/UAW Family Park on Jackman Road, Registration $6 starts at 10. Participant judging. between Alexis and Laskey. Sunday, September 28 Sunday, September 7 Cars for Critters Car Show, Ottawa National Wildlife ird annual Reynolds Corners Cruize-In event on Refuge, 14000 SR 2, Oak Harbor. Registration 9–12, September 7 from 12–4. Rain date is September 14 at the same times. show 12–3. Saturday, September 13 Check www.k100country.com Ronald McDonald House charity car show, Home for late listings and changes. Depot on Secor, just north of Central. Registration $10 starts at 9, show hours are 10–2. Below: 1937 Cadillac V-16 Hartmann Cabriolet Sunday, September 14 This Cadillac is probably the most extreme cabriolet ever built. Veteran’s Memorial Park in Genoa. Registration $10 Phillipe Barraud commissioned this car through a Swiss dealer. from 9-12, show until 4. Read more at http://www.supercars.net

CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 15 SEPTEMBER 2014 Classified Member items for sale Show your CLC/NWO colors

Left: • 1955 Coupe DeVille, 35,000 miles on odometer, one Large CLC/NWO logo embroidered onto your jacket re-paint in 1988, California car, original hydramatic, $125 plus tax: total $133.44 original 331 cubic inch engine. $38,000 firm. Right: Contact Steve Kasprzak, 419-693-8098 (picture above) Small CLC/NWO logo embroidered onto your jacket, shirt, hat, or whatever you like • 1953–55 Eldorado wire wheel rims —need $35 plus tax: total $37.36 restoration. First $100 takes them home. Contact Editor’s note: George Louthan, 419-754-4454 or [email protected] To order these logos, e-mail [email protected] or telephone 419-882-6258. Advance payment required. Below: In November 1907, Cadillac introduced the Model T, which was a variant of their 10HP single-cylinder car. The Model T was a 4-seat runabout body on the 82-inch wheelbase chassis. Read more at http://www.supercars.net/

NFS!

CLC/NWOHIO REGION NEWS 16 SEPTEMBER 2014