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Issuetailfin 25 • February 2015 www.peachstateclc.com LETTERS FROM CUBA

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FIND YOUR ’S DATA BOOK! BILL YOUNG’S 1971 ELDORADO DREAM CAR

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THE TAILFIN is a publication of Peach State CLC, a region of the Cadillac and LaSalle Club, Inc., and is distributed to its members. Prerequisite for membership in Peach State CLC is current or pending membership in the national club. Member costs are $25 a year for Peach State CLC. The CLC, Inc. dues categories may be found at: http;//www.cadillaclasalleclub.org/ P e a c h S t a t e C a d i l l a c & L a S a l l e C l u b F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 5 Contents

We’re excited that our Peach State web- Valentine’s Day at Château Élan site has been honored with a regional 4 Merit Award! Check out our site at: Grab your sweetheart and join us as we http://peachstateclc.com/ Cruise-on-over to Braselton, GA and enjoy a fabulous lunch! You may even choose to stick around and tour the Château’s President famous winery. Doug Bailey 770-992-8394 H [email protected] 7 CLC Winter Board Meeting [email protected] Martina reports on a busy agenda Vice President in Scottsdale. Read all about ideas Kevin Garrison and upcoming national-sanctioned 706-207-1550 events coming up this year and [email protected] several years into the future. Corresponding Secretary Sandy Barth A ‘54 Eldorado in the UK 770-663-8327 H 14 770-630-2417 C Leigh Spivey weaves an amazing story [email protected] about the great times of his UK-famous Membership Director “KKK” Eldo that’s been featured in Cecil “Buster” Miller commercials, films, parades and 706-517-0601 H even advertising for Kit-Kats! 706-264-9558 W [email protected] Data Books and Historic Treasurer 23 Michelle Anderson Cadillac Literature 706-270-8976 H Wondering where to get a [email protected] Cadillac Build Sheet for your Activities Directors favorite ride? We’ve got the Tom and Linda Di Nucci source link and details. PLUS, 678-880-4345 H other links to retrieve your 770-479-9328 C [email protected] Cadillac’s Data Book (by year) -- for FREE! Communications Director Annette Benneche [email protected] National Board Director Martina Butler [email protected] TAILFIN Editor Sandy Barth [email protected] Webmaster Lewis Schwartz [email protected]

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November 10, 1938. Fulgencio Batista, the Cuban Army Sergeant who has risen to the heights of Caribbean Dictator, arrived in Washington today. This is the first time the Cuban Dictator has set foot outside his native land in 37 years. Gen. Malin Craig, the Army Chief of Staff, is shown with him as they pass the Capitol in a Cadillac.

Calendar Membership in the national club is required. The Cadillac & LaSalle Club pays Upcoming Calendar MARK THESE DATES then stay tuned for the specifics! for insurance to cover regions like ours February 14 Valentine’s Day lunch at Château Élan with during sanctioned events. CLC also offers tour of winery and visit to Panoz Heritage Center one of the best glossy monthly March 21 Georgia Old Federal Highway - 1 Day Tour: Trail of Tears collector auto magazines anywhere, Gainesville to Chatsworth The Self Starter. March 29 Cadillac Clinic at Winchell’s Shop April 5 Avondale Estates Easter Parade CLC provides an online forum for parts April 18 50th Annual Atlanta Steeplechase (Kingston, GA) searches and technical support. And April 18-19 ATL Motorama at Atlanta Motor Speedway membership is required if you ever want to April 25 Steam Day Brass Car & Collection (Canton) join us for a Grand National in various parts May 1-2 BOPC hosted by the Dixie Club (Marietta) of the U.S. Dues for the national club are May 22-24 Spring Driving Tour - Columbus, GA (3 days/2 nites) $55.00 per year through December 2015 for June 24 - 27 Grand Nationals (Racine, WA) first class mailings of The Self Starter. June - TBD Streetside Classics (Lithia Springs) June - TBD Cofer Collection? (Tucker) This first-class fee also gets you immediate June - TBD Josh Mills Shop? (Marietta) access to the online version of the magazine July 4 Roswell Manor on the Squre Cruise-in Cookout if you live within the U.S. (You can receive TBD Truett Cathy’s Collection (Atlanta) the second class mailing of The Self Starter Aug -TBD Josh Mills Shop? (Marietta) for $40.00 per year, but without internet access; it will arrive a few days later. This is a August 11-15 FALL CLC NATIONAL DRIVING TOUR: Southeast Michigan popular option, unless you need immediate Oct - 4 4th Oakland Cemetery access to those parts and auto sale listings!) TBD Marist Homecoming Nov 7 Corinth Baptist Show Please visit http://store.cadillaclasalleclub. org/category_s/1819.htm for an Nov - TBD Members Appreciation Picnic immediate on-line application using VISA, Nov - TBD Cadillac Clinic MC, Discover or PayPal. Or, you can print Dec - TBD Christmas Banquet and send a paper application to: Dec - TBD Fayetteville Christmas Parade Cadillac-LaSalle Club, Inc. P.O. Box 360835 CRUISE-INS: Don’t miss these cruise-ins, because we will be there and Columbus, Ohio 43236-0835 we need YOUR presence as a show of force! Please advise Buster Miller, Peach State Downtown Canton 1st Friday Canton Riverstone 3rd Sat PM CLC Membership Director, as soon as you Piedmont Church 1st Saturday Cartersville 4th Saturday Galaxy Diner 1st Saturday Woodstock 4th Saturday receive your new CLC member number! Tucker 2nd Saturday Acworth 5th Saturday Cumming 2nd Saturday 3 P e a c h S t a t e C a d i l l a c & L a S a l l e C l u b F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 5 PSCLC Valentine’s Day Luncheon SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2015 11:30 am to ?

Versailles at Château Élan

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PSCLC Valentine’s Day Luncheon - Château Élan (continued)

Bring your Valentine and drive your Classic Cadillac for a fine Valentine’s Day Buffet Lunch and optional Guided Winery Tour & Tasting*

From the moment you drive through the gates of Château Élan until the moment you leave, you will experience warm hospitality combined with the beauty of the French countryside.

Within the sweeping panorama of the North Georgia foothills, just 40 minutes away from Atlanta.

Address: Reservations required on or before 100 Rue Charlemagne Dr. Braselton, Georgia 30517. February 7, 2015.

Menu & Directions: Contact: http://www.chateauelan.com Tom or Linda Di Nucci (678) 880-4345 or *Buffet Lunch is $22.95 per person. [email protected] Guided Winery Tour & Tasting (includes 5 samples of wine, plus a souvenir wine glass) is $12 per person You may also wish to experience the romantic after lunch. atmosphere of Château Élan with one or two overnight packages at the Inn or Spa

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An Added Bonus for Our VALENTINE’S DAY LUNCHEON

After our Chateau Elan wine tour, come with us to the PANOZ HERITAGE CENTER to see America’s most exclusive custom sports and racing cars.

Located beside the Panoz manufacturing facility, the Panoz Heritage Center offers an intimate look at the race cars that helped put America back into international sports car racing. On display are such renowned Panoz race cars as the LMP 900 Nurburgring winner, winner, Indy 500 winner, first ever electric/ gasoline hybrid race winner and several other key Panoz race cars. The Heritage Center is attached to the showroom, where visitors can also view the many street cars that have borne the Panoz marque over the years.

We will depart the winery after the tour at about 3:00 PM. Follow our guide Tom to Panoz, which is very close by the winery. Parking will be abundant for our . Admission charge: Panoz asks for a small donation, which they will pass along to a local boy’s home charity.

www.panoz.com

6 P e a c h S t a t e C a d i l l a c & L a S a l l e C l u b F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 5 2015 CLC Winter Board Meeting SCOTTSDALE, AZ

Martina Butler – National Director

This is my 7th winter board meeting representing our Peach State Region. I started in 2009 with a trip to an extremely cold Chicago, followed by Oakland, CA, Boston, Galveston, TX, Denver, Scottsdale in 2014 and Scottsdale again this year. I also attended all summer board meetings in conjunction with the GN meets. This year we had 53 board members in attendance and several spouses came as well. For the first time I invited Frank to join me. After last year’s trip I simply couldn’t stop talking about all the great cars I saw.

Members arrive at different dates but a large group of us was able to attend some of the pre-board meeting events hosted by the Sonoran Desert Region and our leader Phil Terry and his wife Sandi. Many thanks to everyone who helped and made it all so extra special for us. Two years in a row is quite a task!

Optional tours included a trip to the Barrett Jackson, RM and Russo-Steele Auctions as well as the Pueblo Grande Museum and the Hall of Flame Fire Engine Museum. Since I arrived early, I attended all events including a much earlier Biltmore Concours at the famous Arizona Biltmore. There were 88 splendid cars on the show field. We were treated to many ex- ceptional vehicles and particularly enjoyed the 1931 LaSalle 7 Self Starter Copy Editor, Stephen E. “Steve” passenger touring car, 1929 Cadillac Dual-Cowl Phaeton, 1947 Stewart, at the Arizona Biltmore RM Auction. Cadillac Model 6267 convertible, 1941 Cadillac Series 60 Special and a 1953 Cadillac Series 62!

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Martina Butler – National Director

After Friday’s Museum Board Meeting we all got together for the Director’s Dinner. Front row black jacket: CLC president Dave Ritchie.

Saturday morning at 7 am we started our meeting with a breakfast and went straight to work. Our new CLC president Dave Ritchie called the meeting to order. Jack McClow, our former Peach State Treasurer and National Board Director, followed with his financial report. Unfortunately, our membership is down and so is our revenue. A decline in advertising revenue from the Self Starter is the cause of some of the problems. We hope it is just a temporary issue.

Our office managers reported a total membership of 6,951 to date, which is down 62 members from January 2014. Our highest membership was in January 2011 when we had a total membership of 7,256. We had encouraging news from Cadillac that they will continue to fund some of the CLC expenses, i.e. awards and the welcome reception at the GN.

All regional VPs reported on the status of their regions and once again the Peach State Region was in full compliance. Since we pay dues at a different time to the CLC and the region, it is quite difficult to keep track who has paid and who has not. Some mention was made to have one membership vs. paying to two groups. Due to the complexity of this task at this time the issue was shelved.

I made a request to use the CLC logo in conjunction with the Peach State logo to strike a new coin/key chain. The request was granted and Tim Coy will provide us with the proper CLC design.

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Toni Nabholz-Huse, our International Affiliates VP as well as the CLC Secretary finally found a replacement for her International Affiliates position: Ron Zahn from Oregon and a great friend of our Peach State Region accepted the challenge after several overseas trips to attend European and Australian GN events. He had his introduction at our board meeting. Welcome aboard Ron!

Martina Butler – National Director

From Right to Left: Jack McClow (Treasurer), Ron Zahn (International Affiliates VP), Martina Butler (National Director – Peach State Region and Co-Chair Awards Committee), Gary Fisher (Central Region VP and Co-Chair Awards Committee), Lars Kneller (Past CLC President),Cynthia Rutledge (Rocky Mountain Region Secretary) and Tim Coy (Southwestern Region VP and Self Starter Art Director)

Our new Chief Judge, Bill Anderson, presented a very lengthy written board report and verbal presentation suggesting some changes to judging, starting with enhanced training for the judges. Some of these recommendations became part of the long-range plan for further evaluation.

Marsha Redman, our VP for National Activities was not present and Glenn Brown (past CLC president) made the presentation on her behalf. We have the following events you don’t want to miss. (See calendar next page)

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Mark Your Calendars...

June 23 – 27, 2015 GRAND NATIONAL in Brookfield, Wisconsin (Milwaukee) Early Registration must be postmarked by 5/28, Late Registration 5/29 – 6/12

June 26, 2015 Summer Board Meeting (Sheraton Milwaukee in Brookfield, WI)

August 11 – 16, 2015 Motor City Region Driving Tour Martina Butler – National This tour Director is during the week of the WOODWARD DREAM CRUISE, the largest one-day automobile event in the world. Make your room reservations ASAP if you plan to attend.

January 2016 Winter Board Meeting – no location at this time

April 12 – 16, 2016 GRAND NATIONAL in Las Vegas; Host Hotel: Suncoast

July 6 – 9, 2016 Lower Hudson Valley Driving Tour through Connecticut and Southern New York

Jan 2017 Winter Board Meeting in Albuquerque, NM

June 2017 West of the Lake Driving Tour starting in Joliette, IL (Chicago) and finishing in St. Louis – a Route 66 trip. Exact details are still outstanding. Glenn Brown made a fabulous PowerPoint Presentation and I know I must GO (tentatively scheduled during the last two weeks in June). Every day was filled with amazing sights.

August 2017 GRAND NATIONAL hosted by the Valley Forge and Potomac Regions Exact dates are pending and the hotels have been narrowed down to two fabulous properties.

2018 Southern California has proposed a driving tour. Details to follow after formal presentation

2018 GRAND NATIONAL – We need host for this great event!

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Gary Fisher made an Awards presentation and funding request for a CLC WALL OF FAME at the Cadillac Museum at Gilmore. After much discussion a photo etched portrait plaque will be used for future inductees.

If you plan to attend the GN this summer please help the museum and bring an item or two for the auction held in conjunction with the CLC Welcome Reception. Richard Dormois will once again function as our auctioneer and if you are not able to attend, perhaps you can mail a check to the museum. They still have a small debt but are looking at an expansion project and an endowment fund. Every little bit helps. Please remember, your donations to the museum are a tax deduction.

Alan Haas, our Cadillac Liaison, reported that there is an overwhelming response from GM and Cadillac, especially now that the museum has officially opened. Alan has proposed that the museum can be of an added valueMartina for GM. GM Butler has instructed – National their dealers Director to have better relations for the car clubs. It certainly could be a big plus for our area. There is a possibility that a new Cadillac will be on display at the museum and will rotate quarterly. At this time Cadillac is still having quite a turnover in management personnel.

Also, I want to mention that the board meetings are open to all CLC club members if you would like to find out how the club operates. Let me know if you are interested in attending our summer or winter board meeting.

It has been my pleasure representing the growing Peach State Region.

Happy Motoring, Martina Butler CLC National Director

11 P e a c h S t a t e C a d i l l a c & L a S a l l e C l u b F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 5 The “NEW” 1972 Eldorado Convertible Dream Car I guess that good stories start with “Once upon a time…” So — Once upon a time, when I was just 18 years old, the new Cadillacs for 1972 were announced. It was Cadillac’s 70th anniversary. The catalogue photo showed the 1972 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado in Coronation Red with white leather seats and Oxblood dash and carpet. I believe the correct term is “LOVE at first sight!”

In 1973 my mother bought a 1971 Eldorado Convertible, black-on-black with red leather. A beautiful car. But I never lost my desire for that ’72 catalogue car. Recently Patti and I were lamenting at not having a convertible any more. We had decided to sell my 2011 Challenger, and to use the lion’s share of the money to pay down her 2014 Dodge Challenger. I had been following an eBay auction of a 1972 Eldorado Convertible from Utah… that one just happened to be red with a white top, white seats, red dash and carpet. Hmn. I contacted the Eldorado’s owner, who turned out to be a very nice, older gentleman. We struck a deal at $5k and I had the car shipped via open carrier for $1,200. That seemed to me to be a great price.

The car of my dreams arrived here in Gainesville on November 8th (see photo on next page). The car has Climate Control, dual comfort six-way split seats, Cruise Control, tilt and telescoping steering wheel, door locks with seat back releases, auto dimming, and Twilight Sentinel. It has an AM-FM stereo, the automatic trunk opener, and lamp monitors. In short, it’s loaded.

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1971 Eldorado Dream Car (Continued)

I have already purchased a new top from Hydro-E-Lectric in Florida. I bet you didn’t know we can find such a deal (at Hydro-E-Lectric!) for as little as $165.00. I contracted with a company called Pro/Fit Auto Interiors (256) 358-6499 to duplicate my front and back seat covers in white leather and vinyl bolsters. This was an amazingly good deal at $1,295. I will let the members know how that turns out (as I have to install the covers myself).

Tomorrow my new baby gets a radio with SiriusXM and four new speakers. Online, I purchased a $25 kit of ding-and-dent hammers with dollies to remove a few minor dents in my garage. I will prep the body with an electric dual action grinder and will have MAACO shoot her with primer and a new shimmering coat of Coronation Red paint. This will become my new daily driver. Patti and I are looking forward to having even more fun with all of our friends in the Peach State chapter of our favorite club. My new daily driver is under restoration! Photos and a progress report will come in a few months!

Sincerely, Bill Young

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LETTERS FROM CUBA

Doug, Happy Holidays! Hope all is well with you. Hey, Lynn,

I wonder: What will the longer term effects be of the It’s really good to hear from you! I’ve been watching US government opening up relations with Cuba? that news footage, too. The media outlets LOVE to You will recall that Linda and I spent some time show those old Forties and Fifties cars on the streets down there a couple of years ago, and so we perked of Havana, don’t they? I saw a pair of ‘50 Cadillacs up our ears when we saw the news yesterday. side by side this morning, driving along behind a Chevy and a Buick. I am guessing those streets FULL It should be an easy-to-get-to destination, and at of old American cars were staged for the cameras... least for the near future, a very inexpensive loca- As for the alternative health care options, I guess I’ll tion for a getaway. One would expect a huge bloom leave my old joints to the local surgeons. But I would in the US tourist trade with the island nation. One love to spend a week down there in sunny Havana, thing we were intrigued with while visiting Cuba maybe smoke me a hand-rolled see-gar. But I think was the cheap but ultra-high quality medical services I will wait til they settle this relationship out a little available there, such as dental, bypass surgery, face better. Would hate to get crosswise between Misters lifts and orthopedic surgeries. It reminded us of Castro and Obama. what some firms in India and South America are offering to Americans looking for health care. One Doug would expect Cuba to offer a booming business alternative for Americans there too. PS, Check out this article I found while looking for a photo of downtown Havana (see next page). Now, about our main concern: Old cars! To people’s surprise, and contrary to what you see in the foot- age of Havana’s city streets, I think the Cubans have fairly well worn out – exhausted – the supply of Fifties cars and parts. What we see on their streets is the best that remains. There will be some gems for the American on a serious search, but for the most part what they have left over after five decades of embargos are DOGS!

What do you think? Lynn Newport

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Before 1959 Cuba was the hottest spot in the Caribbean, notorious for its glittering casinos, smooth rum, fabulous beaches, beautiful women, and a caliente nightlife compared to which all others seemed fainthearted efforts. Everything that made this marvelous island, 90 miles off the Florida coast, America’s dream playground 40 years ago is still intact, albeit threadbare in places. The erstwhile sultry seductress of the Caribbean is a stage set, once glamorous, now pained by age, recalling the days when Havana was, in Somerset Maugham’s piquant phrase, “a sunny place for shady people.”

The visitors’ first reaction is of being caught in an eerie 1950s time warp. Fading signs advertising Hotpoint, Singer and Coca Cola conjure up the decadent decades when Cuba was a virtual colony of America. High-finned, voluptuous dowagers from the heyday of Detroit are everywhere: chrome-laden DeSotos, corpulent , stylish Furies and other relics of ‘50s ostentation, when American cars reflected the Hollywood Zeitgeist for excessive wealth, fantasy, gaudiness and sex with which Havana was at that time synony- mous. The tail fins of chrome-polished ‘57 glint beneath the floodlit mango trees of nightclubs such as the Tropicana, the open-air extravaganza - Girls! Girls! Girls! - now in its sixth decade of stiletto-heeled paganism. Nearby, perhaps, sits a 1958 Silver Hawk, ‘57 Bel Air convertible, or an 88 Golden Rocket from the same year inviting foreigners to admire the dashboard or run their fingers along a tail fin. Even the humble station wagons are there: the Chevy Nomads and Safaris, and the woodie wagons. “Was this a movie set or a real city?” wrote Tom Miller, in his book Trading With The Enemy, “Cars missing from American highways for decades lined every block.”

American cars had flooded Cuba for fifty years culminating in the Batista era, when no other country in the world imported as many and and DeSotos. Then Castro & Co. made a beautiful revolution but spun off into Soviet orbit, evoking the U.S. trade embargo that in terms of American automobiles has cast a time-warp spell over Cuba. There is no more singularly Cuban image than a voluptuous Yank-Tank of yesteryear basking in the tropical sunlight, shaded perhaps by a tall and tousled Royal palm.

Cuba is by far the largest American car museum in the world. And what settings these cacharros enjoy! Diamond-dust beaches and bath- tub-warm seas the colors of peacock feathers; bottle-green mountains and jade valleys full of dramatic formations; and ancient cities containing perhaps the finest collection of Spanish colonial buildings in all the Americas. Their names may have been changed, but balmy city streets with walls in faded tropical pastels still smolder gold in the waxing sun. Sunlight still filters through stained-glass mediopuntos to dance on cool marble floors. And baroque churches, convents, and castles that could have been transposed from Madrid or Cadiz still reign majestically over squares embraced by the former palaces of Cuba’s ruling gentry and over cobbled streets still haunted by Ernest Hemingway’s ghost. 15 P e a c h S t a t e C a d i l l a c & L a S a l l e C l u b F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 5 LETTERS FROM CUBA (CONTINUED)

A more inspirational stage set could hardly be conceived... not least because the beguiling, caught-in-the-fifties setting is made more poignant by Cuba’s own lamentable decay. Silently eloquent, the Detroit dowagers are a metaphor for the island’s pain. Much of Ha- vana, the sultry seductress of prerevolutionary days, is corroded and crumbling. It needs a million gallons of paint. Political humorist P.J. O’Rourke thought: “Half an hour in Havana is enough to cure you of a taste for that distressed look so popular in Crate & Barrel stores.” Like the battered American relics - kept running by all manner of impromp- tu support - many timeworn edifices are saved from the ignominy of total collapse only by makeshift wooden braces. Habaneros cling tenaciously to family life behind crumbling facades that look ready at any moment to collapse onto the rusting ’55 Ford Crown Victoria or derelict wreck of a ’50 Monterey sure to be parked outside.

Today, Cuba possesses about 250,000 cars, of which about one-third are pre-revolutionary American autos dating back to the ’20s and ’30s. Almost all of them are still on the road. In certain areas, one rarely sees a vehicle that is not a venerable, usually decrepit, cacharro. Most are Fifties yanqui classics evoking nostalgia like Elvis Presley songs of the same era. In Driving Through Cuba, author Carlo Gabler drives around the island in quest of a ‘57 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham; a super-deluxe pillar- less sedan with a brushed aluminum roof, two front-end protuberances known as “Dagmar” bumpers (which Cadillac unashamedly advertised as “bosoms”), and “a rear end that would’ve received an X-rating had it been a movie.” Alas, the most sumptuous American car ever made proved elusive. Not surprisingly, for only 704 Broughams were produced. But you can bet there’s at least one to be found on the island. After all, in the mid-50s, Havana bought more Cadillacs than any other city in the world. Reason enough to visit.

Chris’ award-winning coffee-table book, ‘Cuba Classics: A Celebration of Vintage American Automobiles’ is available by direct order from Christopher Baker as an autographed hardback.” [email protected] • http://www.christopherbaker.com

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A Letter from Leigh Spivey’s ’54 Eldorado, “14 KKK”

of haggling he bought me for about £200 and a clapped-out Austin Sheerline limousine. My job was to replace a 1950 Cadillac four-door Hi there! saloon (which you Yanks call a sedan). That ’50 Cadillac had in turn I am a 1954 Cadillac Eldorado, number replaced a 1935 Auburn four-door convertible. Now that was quite an American car! The old classics have always been popular over here. For 623 of 2150 built. I was originally painted in black with example, Leigh can remember riding in the dickie (rumble) seat of an a black top and an all-red interior. I was sent across the Atlantic when . American cars have been in his family for a very long time! new, and sold by Lendrum and Hartman in London to Denis Zianni de Ferranti - who I believe was head of Ferranti When I was Electronics, which is eventually now (I think) part of cleaned up I British Aerospace. That turned out to be company specializes in radar and other still in very good despite electronics applica- condition, the straw, the kids and the tions. sheep… but my original black paint was badly After scratched. My new owner passing always wanted a white through the Cadillac convertible, so he re-sprayed me in Old hands of a English White - just a quick couple of car re-spray - not a bare metal, dealers, I was everything-off job. He just bought in 1959 by a masked up the trims. This farmer/horse trader in re-spray was finished just in a village near where I time for Leigh’s and Nancy’s live now. This guy was a wedding in 1969. So, you true eccentric: Some- see, I have been with the one told him he ought to have a Cadillac like the one Diana Dors owned. Spiveys for quite some time. She was a ’50’s British sex symbol; many older Brits fondly remember Diana Dors. My farmer and I rarely drove out of the village. We would just go to the livestock market once a week. He would carry bales of Leigh and Nancy originally bought me to

straw in my boot, and was known to take village children to the local trailer their 1902 Gladiator to car rallies. The Gladiator had a flat out top speed of 18 mph, so it needed to be fish and chips shop. He would often carry a baby lamb on the back seat trailered to most shows, like the London-to-Brighton veteran car rally. for the children to feed. (A guy came up to me and my current owner at Usually Leigh would drive the Glad and Nancy would drive me, drawing a car show last year and confirmed all this for us.) the empty trailer. I know there are a lot of ladies who own and drive American cars over here in England now. But back in the Sixties and After a few years of this treatment I was early Seventies, a woman driving forty feet of American car and trailer covered in chicken muck and mud. But I was still was a rare sight indeed. Needless to say I got many as admiring looks as running regularly. Eventually, in May 1967 at the age of 13 I was sold the veteran cars in those car shows. to local garage owner, who was also a cinema proprietor. After weeks 17 P e a c h S t a t e C a d i l l a c & L a S a l l e C l u b F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 5

A Letter from Leigh Spivey’s ’54 Eldorado, “14 KKK”(continued)

based in nearby Coventry. The only chrome that has been re-done are The Gladiator was nicknamed “K-K-K- two new rear bumper ends and one of the front trims on the wing Katie” and the Spiveys’ business was called (fender). The Spiveys replaced the front – casting it in brass, because in “The Three Kays Garage.” Naturally, I was given the the days before the internet they didn’t know where to buy a new one. registration number 14 KKK. Now, a word of clarification: My name has Two of my wire wheels are reasonably new, but the others are original nothing to do with any US organization, although this is repeatedly ones re-chromed by my owners. brought up at my car shows. Instead, it helps to know that Leigh`s grandfather was a music hall entertainer whose “theme song” was K-K- K-Katie. Now that makes more sense, right? One of the first celebrities I carried was the golfer Tony Jacklin after he won the After the Spiveys closed the cinema, they British and US golf championships in opened the building as a car museum. For 1969 and ’70. He was given the freedom and the “keys” to several years Katie and about 30 other cars were kept on display there his hometown of Scunthorpe, when he rode in my driver’s seat during when not being driven. I am still garaged with one of these, a 1927 his parade through the town. Five years ago Mr. Jacklin returned to Austin Seven we call “Chummy.” This particular Chummy was driven by Scunthorpe (which is my hometown now as well). It had been 50 years the late Simon Ward when he played the vet James Herriott in the first since he’d won the Lincolnshire Senior Open at the age of 14 - he was movie named All Creatures Great and Small. that good! We toured the three Scunthorpe golf clubs where he was presenting awards, and then we drove around the town and neigh- boring villages to show his wife and son where he used to live and go Since my re-spray the only paintwork to school. The Jacklins are lovely people. It was a real pleasure to drive I have had was three touchups: them round. • On the top of one rear wing (what Americans call a “quarter panel”) when a fire extinguisher fell off the wall onto it; • One door sill when I ran over a tree stump; and In the 1970’s I was used in a national • The boot lid when a horse reared up during a procession and came advertising campaign for Ziebart Rust down onto the lid with its hooves. Yes, I know — that’s 300 horses in Proofing. That stuff must work, as I am still covered in the stuff front and one horse power at the rear. and I haven`t gone rotten yet. In 1981 someone asked my owner if he would bring me to an American Car Show he was organizing at a As for the rest of my body, only the front seat squabs local Power Station. That started a nearly 35-year relationship with the and cushions have been replaced (I must say with the correct emboss- YANCS (Yorkshire AmeriCaN car club). Leigh is also a very early member ing of the Cadillac crest and V). When Leigh and Nancy imported the of the Cadillac Owners Club of Great Britain (member no. 38). So, you leather kit for these replacements, someone from our Customs Office can see that I have been out and about going to car shows in my own rang up and asked if these cows were dead. Nancy replied “I hope so; right for fully 35 years. they are dyed red.” My photo was on dozens of billboards I’m still wearing the original Orlon hood throughout the country when it was used to (top) and carpets, although the hood does need re-stitching around advertise Kit Kat chocolates. The top was folded down the edges. Some of the stitches have rotted and I have recently had a out of the way and a new one was made with the Kit Kat logo to resem- new rear window installed. I am the only Eldorado we have seen that ble the chocolate wrapper. They made me a new front seat in the shape still has its original Dinoc finish on the dashboard and door cappings, of the fingers, so that a male model could sit here and be photographed although there is some rust now showing underneath. Replacement from above. The stage was set to appear as if he had just pulled up in “transfers” are now available, but they are just not the same as my the desert: “Have a break, Have a Kit Kat!” Of course that’s their slogan. original features. Mechanically, all the main components are original, About 20 years ago I spent a week in Scotland filming a BBC Arena although the brake servo (booster) is from a Hillman Hunter. “What’s production starring Robbie Coltrane - now very well known as Hagrid that?” you say. It’s a British manufacturer of cars dating to the Sixties, in the Harry Potter films. Robbie drove me throughout the filming and

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A Letter from Leigh Spivey’s ’54 Eldorado, “14 KKK”(continued)

not long after that he did that great series called “Coltrane in a Cadillac,” Over the years I have won many trophies, but where he bought a Cadillac and drove it across America. I would like those days are now rare. Leigh and Nancy are big believers in originality. to think that driving me might have given him the idea, but he had al- Unless something really needs re-doing they prefer to let the “patina” ready been an American car fan. I think he was driving a Dodge Coronet develop. It all adds to the history. I have to say though, that it was nice at the time. In ’03 I appeared in “Heartbeat” as a “lead car.” I was driven to win a “Peoples’ Choice” award last year. by the guest ‘baddy.’ He was meant to be a gangster from Manchester and a relation of Geoffrey Hughes’ character Vernon. I was called to “make up” at 7:30 am, and was made up to look like an old rust bucket. That thankfully all washed off. It must have been water- based paint. Unlike Leigh, who is going downhill fast, I Those narrow roads around Goathland and the Yorkshire moors certainly think I am maturing well with age… I know he weren’t built for Cadillacs! still gets a buzz just walking in the garage and polishing me — even after 47 years. Someone came up to Leigh at the Show at Goosedale. I heard him say that I was the most awe-inspiring car on for the last series, which We were asked to film again the field that day. Since the place was full of Astons, Bentleys, Ferraris, was shown a couple of years ago. In the episode I was driven by a stunt Lambos, and so forth, I considered that as quite a compliment. Some driver. He had to swerve out of the way of David’s lorry as he was on the cars have been with their owners longer than 47 years. I can only hope wrong side of the road. (He was meant to be an American, so we can they have had the fun and enjoyment I have had with the Spiveys. We understand his confusion about which side to drive on…) I was also three have had some wonderful times together. And I am proud to say driven by Peter Bensons’ character, Bernie Scripps - a lovely gentleman. that I have been on the road, taxed and tested, all of that time. He said he used to go to school with our club’s chairman, Peter Griffiths. Over the years I have been in demand for various other functions. For example, I carried the pantomime characters “Snow White and the I guess the novelty of owning and driving Seven Dwarves” to the Scunthorpe Christmas light switch on. I’ve been me hasn’t worn off yet for the Spiveys. used twice by Radio Humberside: once carrying two DJs on a parade Leigh never tires of talking about me. Hopefully he will never sell while doing a live broadcast, and once for an Elvis tribute concert. I me on — at least not while Nancy and he are still able to drive. They carried the Elvis tribute artist on tour around Bridlington before his have promised to take me back home to the US on a driving tour, so I show, and took part in his live radio show on the spa. Nancy and Leigh can drive on the side of the road I was designed for. I’m anxious for that were interviewed live on air, and they explained me and my history. I trip, and I hope to see all you other Fifties Cadillacs when that happens have carried “personalities” to nightclub and supermarket openings and in Georgia! ferried them around show fields. I’ve done Page 3-type photo shoots (Leigh quite liked that one). I’ve carried show queens, Father Christmas -Sincerely yours, 14 KKK and umpteen brides to church. Leigh and I recently conducted a third wedding for the offspring of friends who themselves were married in my embrace many years ago.

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PEACH STATE CLC MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS

Peach State Membership Dues are up for renewal the end of February for a large number of long-time members. (Feb- Announcement about ruary used to be the renewal date for everyone.) So, if you Membership Renewal: KNOW you’ve been with the club since 2007 you might as well go ahead and send Buster a check – saving him the trou- ble of reminding you. Remember, it’s $25 for one year, $65 We said one of our goals for 2015 was to for three years. Make it out to “Peach State CLC.” An option automate the club’s banking. Our new for paying via PayPal is outlined on the club’s web site. Treasurer, Michelle Anderson, has made major progress already this year. For example, This is for your REGIONAL dues, not your NATIONAL dues Michelle has worked out with Membership to the CLC (which costs either $40 or $55 per year depend- Director, Buster Miller, a new way to remind ing on options). everyone when our memberships are up for renewal. Converting to QuickBooksOnline Mail it to: for our bookkeeping showed us we could Buster Miller, Membership Director automate these reminders. That will make it 1464 Tibbs Bridge Road MUCH easier for us to keep up with Chatsworth, GA 30705 approaching anniversary dates, and that M: (706) 712-5422 will make it more predictable for all of us. [email protected]

SOON you will be asked to send your renewal ALSO, below is a list of members whose dues were up for checks (or PayPal payments) directly to renewal sometime in 2014. We had some glitches in getting Michelle. That will allow Buster to stay on top everyone notified, and we sent out reminders last week. But of recruitment. You won’t see this reminder in case you missed our emails, here is a list of folks we believe until your membership renewal is up, but are past due and that we have not yet heard back from: when you do see it you will know! Henry Dabrowsky Russ Pena

Frank Gonzalez Larry Reece We are trying to make these dues reminders Jack Hurley Jim Sebastian read like a warm note, but they might resem- Al Johnson Rick Spitzmiller ble an invoice because QuickBooks limits our John Landstrom Josie Starnes formatting. Please receive them in the spirit Paul Oddo Guy Van Ort that’s intended: It’s a friendly reminder that Richard Parker Bill Young should make it easier for you to renew.

If this change sounds good to you, let us If you are wondering what’s up, or if you think we’re off know. If you have a question or a comment, on our dates, please send Buster a note or give him a call. let us know that too! Thanks!

Comm unic ation s Dir ector Recap on: the involvement with the BOP

Still mailing the Tailfin to members who don’t have access to a computer. Corresponding

with members via email, cards and letters. N C event. Very involved in recruiting new members. EW B USIN ESS: — Your Peach State CLC Board President:

Welcomed the new board members: Michelle and is looking forward to a great New Year.

Looking for an operating budget for 2015 and will transition to QuickBooks. Looking for quarterly

reports and plans to have an integrated PayPal account. Anderson (Treasurer) and Sandy Barth (Secretary) Increase the visibility of the club through Twitter, Facebook, blogs and an improved websites with links to all. Looking for a charitable cause. Jeff Nedblake made a nice presentation for his cause: Cancer Co-­‐Activities Directors: Boar PLAC S. A committeed Me will look into options. E: aturd etin TIM ay, D g Min E: ecem utes PRE Atlanta Country Club, Marietta, GA ber 1 SENT 10:00 a.m. Presented the 2015 Activities Schedule.3, 20 A minimum of two events is already on : 14 Doug Bailey, Kevinthe list. Garrison, Looking Michelle for input Anderson, from the Sandy membership Barth, Buster for Miller, additional activities. Besides the upcoming

CommunicationsTom and Directors: Lindachili DiNucci, cook Ron and Annette Benneche, Sandy Partridge, Martina Butler Quo -­‐off on 1/31 a new event is on the list: Valentine’s drive and luncheon. Curing Kids rum Guest: Jeff Nedblake pres e nt: YES Pr eside Wants to assume a greater role in communicating with the members. Will continue to mail the nt’s R ema Tailfin until everyone is converted to getting the newsletter electronically. Will activel rks: recruitment of new members. AD Once again the club has grown and it was our 2 JOUR before.NME Martina Butler did a fine job summarizing NT: Meeting adjourned at 11:02 a.m. Thanked members for their work newsletter. nd The club is a non-­‐profit organization and is in great best financial year. We shape. have had Thanked Martina more and activities Sandy than for and gave Sandy Barth his sincere appreciation for the wonderful M their years of service to the club. emb y work on ershi p Dir ector December’s PSCLC Board meeting. Repo 19 new membersrt: in 2014 Respectfully Submitted,

109 total membership Martina Butler

12 supporters , Secretary Treas urer’ s Rep ort:

If you’d like copy to peruse, just click here. Cash on hand in checking account effective 11/30/2014: $19,675.48 no money market funds due to low interest. Total expenses: $13,057.63 and total income $14,883.45. Anet gain of $1,825.78. Expenses for Christmas party subsidies, awards, printing, mailing of invitations, etc. are not included.

C Taxation filing is not required. o-­‐Ac tiviti es Di recto rs: Participation in club events has been excellent. New events

events per month. Excellent participation in driving tours. Secre tary’ s Rep ort/N ation Notes fromal theDi National Board Meetings are posted on the web. recto Elections: 28 ballotsr were returned: were added for 2014. Usually two

President – Doug Bailey

VP – Kevin Garrison

Treasurer – Michelle Anderson

Membership Director – Cecil “Buster” Miller

Secretary – Sandy Barth

Communications Director – Annette Benneche 20

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Dateline DETROIT: This just in... Peach State CLC inherits treasure trove of original Cadillac documents from Sandy Barth, eldest daughter of Cadillac executive, Wally Barth.

You know Sandy as our newest board member, and as our editor extraordinaire of the TAILFIN. Her graphics design expertise speaks for itself. You also know about the annual holiday celebration we host each year at Atlanta Country Club, and the very popular auction conducted as part of the entertainment. This win- ter Sandy was struggling to find just the right piece of memorabilia to offer the club for the auction. She hit upon a most interesting idea… she would bring us a prized keepsake from her dad’s days at Cadillac Motor Company: a complete set of promotional materials celebrating its 60th anniversary from 1962! Mr. Barth’s personal copy of the anniversary packet is pictured in the photo at right. The TAILFIN will be publishing excerpts from this packet in this and future editions, in order to share this important set of doc- uments before we offer them to the Cadillac Museum.

Sandy knew from an early age that she was privileged to live in the executive suburbs of Bloomfield Hills in the early ‘Sixties. You know the place: Head north out of Detroit on the boulevard they call Woodward Avenue. Pass through Birmingham, but do not go as far as the GM Proving Ground at Milford... It’s Bloomfield Hills. Where the best and brightest of “the General” lived in the glory days of the American automobile. Stomping grounds of Chuck Jordan, Dave Holls, Bob Templin… and the Barth family.

Ms. Barth would no doubt protest the sobriquet “child of privilege,” but who could argue that the daughter of engineering exec Wally Barth was living the American Dream in ’62? Picture if you will the Camelot years of Jack and Jackie, an assassin’s bullet in Dallas still over a year away. That winter, the president banned all trade with Cuba on the heels of the Bay of Pigs debacle; the anxiety of the Cuban Missile Crisis was months in the future. That year NASA fired a Ranger 3 rocket at the moon… missing by 22,000 miles! Apollo 11’s Aldrin and Armstrong would not step on the lunar surface for seven more years. Out west, the US was testing nuclear weapons in the desert air of the Nevada Test Range. Almost monthly. The Beatles cut “Love Me Do” and THEN replaced drummer Pete Best with Ringo Starr. The “Beverly Hillbillies” debuted on CBS, where Walter Cronkite, who would become the voice of a nation, took his seat at the news desk for the first time. Think back. Gas was a quarter a gallon, a trip to the movies cost you $.50, and the Four Seasons squealed out “Big Girls Don’t Cry!” In Detroit it was the 50th anniversary of Chevrolet. But Cadillac was where the action was, celebrating its 60th year. Cadillac Motors continued to seal its reputation as the Standard of the World, this time by introducing a dual-reservoir brake master cylinder five years ahead of Federal requirements. Its new cornering lights made their appearance for the first time in ’62, under development by the focus of our story.

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Dateline DETROIT: (continued) In May 1962 Wally Barth received a letter signed by Cadillac’s General Manager, H. G. Warner, attached to a folder of 60th anniversary materials. The letter noted in part, “Excellence of product more than any single factor is responsible for the success we are enjoying. I congratulate you for the fine performance of the past, and encourage your continued diligence to the same factors which made 60 years of success possible.” Barth, we imagine, beamed with pride.

Mr. Barth had grown up in the depression-era home of a photographic artist in Detroit. He started work early as a delivery boy. By his tenth birthday (in ’36) Barth’s pop had built him a motorized go-cart from plans published in “Popular Mechanics” magazine, leading to a lifelong love of automobiles. He was driving a ’39 Olds the day he heard the news from Pearl Harbor. When he graduated in ’44 he was drafted. Despite qualifying as a marksman Barth did a tour of duty with the Army Signal Corps in the Pacific theater, mostly in India. In ’46 he headed to the University of Michigan on the GI Bill, earning his EE degree in 1950. Turned down by Pontiac (!), the newly minted engineer landed softly at Cadillac, which was opening a new tank plant in Cleveland to support the Korean War effort. He commuted in his green $1700 Plymouth. As a project engineer working on control boxes and switches he was courted by , but at the urging of his boss, Bob Templin, he stayed with Cadillac. His march up the ranks to senior Project Engineer put him on the “A roll” in ’53, yielding a 25% discount on his Cadillacs. His first? A light blue Coupe DeVille. In ’54 Mr. Barth’s new Cadillac was an Iris convertible with a red leather interior and a dark blue top --- can you say “traffic stopper?” In ’55 he developed a cold weather starting kit for the M41 and M42 tanks, a valuable contribution given where those tanks were thought to be heading during the Cold War. Mr. Barth returned to Detroit in November 1958 as Senior Project Engineer in charge of clocks, turn signal and neutral safety switches, the new Twilight Sentinel, radio noise sup- pression – and the new cornering lamps. By the time of Warner’s letter our Mr. Barth had reached the executive level as Assistant Staff Engineer. A new home. Club memberships and amenities. Upward mobility! The Barth family had arrived. Sandy grew up in this household, playing in the yard, watching as her dad’s friends and associates tooled around their neighborhood in brand new Cadillacs and Corvettes…

So, let’s take a glance into that packet. Besides H.G. Warner’s letter, Sandy’s dad’s packet contained: • Cadillac – 60 Years of Progress, 1902 – 1962, • Famous GM Cars, • Cadillac Milestones (which is a year-by-year recap of major developments that continues to this day in Cadillac literature), and • A blue laminated pocket card containing names and phone numbers of the Engineering section.

In this edition of your TAILFIN we will share ten images from just one of the brochures in the 60th anniversary packet, Cadillac – 60 Years of Progress. Look for the full color, 20-page Famous GM Cars, as well as Sandy’s stories of growing up in a Cadillac household, in future editions of the TAILFIN.

-- Doug Bailey

Click HERE to view a PDF of the Anniversary letter and brochure.

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GM Heritage Center’s Build Sheets and FREE Year-specific Literature

Cadillac Owners, you can obtain the Build Sheets for your Cadillac at the GM Heritage Center web site: http://www.gmmediaarchive.com/?page=2 There are exceptions: GM doesn’t have sheets for 1968, some 1973s, or 1974-79. For 1980 and newer Cadillacs it appears you can buy the window sticker itself. If you don’t have your original sales brochure, owner’s manual, sales literature, color code charts and cowl tag coding, you should order the build sheet for $50 per car. The accompanying literature is a free download that matches your car. It’s readily accessible at the links listed at the end of this article.

Here’s what you get for your $50 when you order the Cadillac Build Sheet for your car: 1. A copy of the actual sheet listing your car’s features on the week it was built: a. Year, Series, engine and body numbers. VIN is not the same as the engine number. For example, the Turk’s VIN is 58-8N087725. My engine number is 6 88125. My body number is different as well: 14571. You might get the VIN by adding the Year and Series number to the engine number. It worked for Winchell’s 1960 Seville. b. Outlet code - which is the destination it was shipped to. For older cars this gives you the distributor for the car (not the dealership). I have an original Cadillac listing of distributorships, with street addresses, if you want that on your mocked-up window sticker. c. Order number, Tires: (The Turk’s were U: Uniroyal. F=Firestone and G=Goodyear.) d. Body and top color codes - which help with your mock-up. e. Trim and upholstery, accessory groups. f. Original key numbers (mostly these are blanked out) g. List of options: This will be a big deal on our mock-up sales sticker. Once you know what it shipped with we have a web site that lists the prices charged for those dealer options. For example, the E-Z Eye tinted glass on my car cost $45.55. What we cannot cost out is the charges for dealer-installed options, but we can estimate those and add them to the sticker, just for effect, if you know what they were. (They would not be listed on the original dealer stickers, but we are making a “show-and-tell” piece here, and we are entitled to some artistic license. For example, I faked the destination charges and delivery and handling charges, but you KNOW they had them built in…) 2. You car’s data book and pdf copies of other pertinent literature from your car’s year. This packet includes such items as: a. The Cadillac salesman’s data flipbook pages, with options and specifications. For example, the ’60 Eldo Seville shows a wheelbase of 130” and overall length of 225”, a minimum road clearance of 6.6” (compared with 5.9” for others in the ’60 fleet). Horsepower was rated at 345 for the 10.5:1 compression, 390 engine with three dual barrel carbs and dual exhaust. Rear axle ratio was 3.21:1 (compared with the 2.94:1 for the other Cadillacs in the ’60 lineup, except the Series 75). b. The Options booklet. The ’60 Eldo Seville lists the following as options: AC, Cruise Control, Power Headlight Control, tinted glass. Standard on this car were center armrests (except bucket seat cars), air suspension, vacuum-operated door locks, fog lamps, remote control side mirror, five 8.20x 15 whitewall tires, 3-way EZ-Eye review mirror, etc. c. Supplement to Specifications (e.g., bulb numbers, fuse numbers, gear ratios, interior and exterior dimensions, weights, etc.). d. Optional Specifications Manual (e.g., color combinations). Directions to sales staff for how to help a customer pick the right combinations of interior and exterior colors and fabrics, with ordering forms. e. Owner’s Manual (for the glove box). It’s preferable for you to find and buy an original, but this is a decent substitute until you can find one on eBay or through Winch. 3. Here’s the link to get you the downloadable ordering form from the Heritage Center: http://www.gmmediaarchive.com/?page=2# What we learn on this web page is that: a. Years available are 1903 to 1954, 1957 and 1960 will receive the build sheet on the left; the one on the right is for years 1954-1956, 1961-1973. b. There are no build sheets for 1974 through 1979 (a fire might have destroyed those years’ records). c. The third attachment is the ordering form for your car’s build sheet. You should fill it out and send it in with a check for $50 to order your sheet if they have your years. An alternative is to pay with a credit card online through this address: http://www.gmmediaarchive.com/?page=4 23 P e a c h S t a t e C a d i l l a c & L a S a l l e C l u b F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 5

GM Heritage Center’s Build Sheets and FREE Year-specific Literature (continued)

4. Here are the links to download FREE Cadillac literature from the Heritage Center for your year: • For the 1941: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Cadillac/1941_Cadillac_VVI.pdf

• 1951: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Cadillac/1951_Cadillac_VVI.pdf

• 1954: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Cadillac/1954_Cadillac_VVI.pdf

• 1955: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Cadillac/1955_Cadillac_VVI.pdf

• 1956: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Cadillac/1956_Cadillac_VVI.pdf

• 1957s: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Cadillac/1957_Cadillac_Eldorado_Brougham_VVI.pdf

• 1958: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Cadillac/1958_Cadillac_VVI.pdf

• 1959: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Cadillac/1959_Cadillac_VVI.pdf

• 1960: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Cadillac/1960_Cadillac_VVI.pdf

• 1961: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Cadillac/1961_Cadillac_VVI.pdf

• 1962: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Cadillac/1962_Cadillac_VVI.pdf

• 1963: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Cadillac/1963_Cadillac_VVI.pdf —

• 1964: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Cadillac/1964_Cadillac_VVI.pdf

• 1965: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Cadillac/1965_Cadillac_VVI.pdf

• 1966: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Cadillac/1966_Cadillac_VVI.pdf

• 1967: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Cadillac/1967_Cadillac_VVI.pdf

• 1974: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Cadillac/1974_Cadillac_VVI.pdf

Let me know if you run into issues, problems, or questions!

— Doug

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Buying/Selling

Links to some great old car movies FOR SALE: 1971 Coupe DeVille. Member Charles I recently found this link to The Villages Region of the AACA, Solomon’s brother Nathaniel is selling his where someone has compiled a priceless set of links to our ‘71 CDV. Forest Green with recent vinyl favorite old movies featuring the cars we love to love: top that is lighter green. Owner has had it http://www.tvraaca.org/oldmovies.htm#movie for three years. Motivated to sell because of some health issues. All calls should go My favorites so far have been the 13-minute “Body by Fisher” from 1950, “Joey Chitwood’s Thrill Show,” from 1956 to Nathaniel Solomon at (404) 771-6711. (featuring ’56 Chevies), “Baby Cadillac – A Silent Film” from Here’s what Nathaniel tells me: 1913, “Driving in NYC in 1928,” only 4 minutes. • In good shape mechanically There are nicely done documentaries on the Larz Anderson Museum, which we visited during the Boston Grand National Recent work includes: meet a couple of years ago, the Lane Motor Museum, - New Vogue tires which we visited in Nashville a while back, and the - New shocks LeMay Museum as well. - Recent brake shoes/pads But my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE is without parallel! It is a - Transmission was rebuilt two years ago 22-minute visit to the Auburn-- Museum - Was repainted recently, but needs at in Auburn Indiana – where several of us visited last least a buffing September. This little movie is like walking back into time a few months. I HIGHLY recommend a viewing! • Showing 161,000 miles on odometer. Enjoy! Needs: - Heating and AC work. Thinks it needs — Doug a vacuum switch, but might just be vacuum leaks - Dash has a crack, driver’s side armrest is worn, but otherwise the interior is in good shape - Exterior paint needs finishing work. Nathaniel was thinking of getting it redone.

Nathaniel is asking $15,000, but will entertain all reasonable offers.

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