Armor All supplied me with two car care kits for me to give away to CadillacCountryClub readers to promote their “Off Track with Tony” series. I decided to have a free contest since I know all of you like to take care of your Cadillac and keep it nice and clean. That’s right two people will win an Armor All Gift Pack. If you haven’t heard about the “Off track with Tony” series it is all about watching Tony Stewart like you have never seen him. Here is a preview.
To celebrate his genuine love of cars and “do it yourself” roll up your sleeves entrepreneurial spirit, Tony and Armor All have teamed up to give fans a unique insiders look at a side of Tony’s life they don’t often get to see.
Here is how to enter the contest:
In the comment section on this post enter your favorite car care tip, and your favorite Cadillac and year. That’s it. Our contest is pretty simple and two winners will be chosen at random. The contest ends Saturday June 21th at 5 pm EST. You can enter the contest with up to 3 entries so have fun. Each comment counts as one entry.
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1957 Cadillac Eldorado
If you are having problems finding a car care tip visit Armor All and look one up. Told you this was an easy contest!
I just got back from Las Vegas and of course I had to stop by the Auto Collection at the Imperial Palace. This time they had a restored 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertible. This thing was painted a nice glossy black and had a red interior and it took my breath away. If you ever get a chance to go there sign up for a total rewards card and ask for a free admission voucher. It will save you some money.
I made 5 pages on the the main site 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz. You can also see a little slide show on the right but I think you will find the pictures much better.
I get a lot of emails as you can imagine but this one sent to me from Tom from Texas was great and he is allowing me to share his story and pictures from his restore project a 1951 series 61 Cadillac. Here is his email.
Vinnie,
Glad I found your site, and I plan to use it as time goes on here. I have worked for a railroad for about 21 years now, and decided I needed a hobby to get my mind off the job and have another passion. I found my first Caddy in 2001 which was a 1992 Sedan DeVille and fell in love with it. I then decided to get real brave and buy a 1951 Model 62 near Corsicana that had been in storage(inside, thank God), but did not run and the engine was stuck. Well it was a good buy at $1,850 and five years later, alot of lessons learned and about $35,000 I have my baby, which I named after the first and last owners of the car before me. It was sold new in San Salvador, Elsalvador and I am still trying to trace the history on how it got here. It ended its last career in Greenville, TX in the late 60’s and then went into storage about 1980, which was the last registration.
Thanks for letting me share a bit, and I have enclosed a few pictures of Vera-Jose.
Take care, Tom D. Fort Worth, TX
Now for the after pictures which I am sure you will look at a few times because Tom really did a great job with this restoration project.
I need your help - I am putting together a list of all the best resources when it comes to Cadillac’s and I want to know your favorite sites and forums. Just send me an email and tell me what sites you browse and go to for reliable information. Thanks Vinny
I finally made it to the New York auto show and got a chance to see all the new Cadillac’s that were there. Although I am not a fan of the latest SRX style cars that are coming out I was amazed at one car at the show and that was the Cadillac Converj.
This car has some of the sleekest lines I have ever saw on a car and the features that were shown to us were amazing to say the least. I was over taking pictures of the Escalade hybrid when the spokesperson started the presentation near the Converj and it was crazy to say the least. It was like a tidal wave of people making there way over to the car.
You can see many more pictures over on the site. I made a dedicated page just for the Converj.
For the vintage fans of Cadillac I need a little help finding a part. I have an email from Bill Gross who is looking to find a rear center windshield for his 1950 series 61 4 dr sedan. If you can be of any help send me an email or post it in the comments section below and I will send Bill the information it is much appreciated.
I know it has been awhile since I sent out a newsletter, I have been busy but enough about that. I am looking forward to this week.
This week I am attending the New York Auto Show and will have a lot of pictures and videos of the new Cadillac Converg. I hate the name but love the idea of a practical Cadillac. If you can call it that, to me it’s a Chevy Volt in disguise - we will just have to wait and see if it ever goes into mass production. By the end of the week I promise I will have pictures and video.
UPDATES ABOUT THE 1959
There has been some facts about my last post about the 1959 Cadillac with the tv. It seems that this Cadillac is not what it was made out to be. As you can see from the responses on the post about the 1959 Cadillac. It seems to me that the nice folks over at the Imperial Palace got wrong information also. I have been corrected about this Cadillac from a few places. One Car-nection.com Cadillac database and the Cadillac Lasalle forum also had a post about MY wrong info. I can only post what I saw on the sign. This car seems to be something else then what that sign says.
A few months back I received an email from a guy named Earle who was going to a pro car show down in New Jersey. Since it was only a few hours away I figured I would just on a train and head on down but I guess I had the dates wrong as the show came and went without me being there.
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I didn’t realize I missed the show until I got an email from Earle with pictures included. I was so bummed that I missed it,but thanks to Earle he made sure he took some pictures for us.
That is Earle standing next to his fine looking Cadillac. I really owe Earle for sending in all the pictures of his ride which can be seen on Earles page by clicking on the picture.
It is not often that we get such detailed pictures and a great story on how he became the owner. Thanks again Earle.
Now for the new Cadillac fans I have to say I am quite excited over the new Cadillac concept car he Converj. Although I am not a fan of the name the look and feel of the car is amazing. It has sleek lines and looks really fast although that is not what it is meant to be. It is an electric car that is similiar to what Chevy has planned with the Chevy Volt except this one is in a much sleeker body style. I am hoping it moves from being a concept car to an actual production car. You can see more on Cadillac Converj.
As we are really in the need to break away from our oil dependancy in the USA this car could help us in a big way. Although the 40 mile range is not that big of a deal, think about the amount of times you just drive to the store and back. This could save a lot of gas that you purchase. Little step yes but a much needed one.
There are a few things that I have to tell you about what is going on here. First off the next time you get this newsletter it may look a little different then in past. I am making it much wider to be able to get more pics and even more video on the site.
I have been holding off for too long on doing this because I have read that the newsletter service I use will send out many emails at once. I don’t want my loyal readers to think I am spamming them. If it does happen just know that it is a one time thing and please have some patience. They are old newsletters and maybe you will enjoy them.
Ok now on to some good stuff. Last week I sent out a newsletter with a video with a red 1959 Cadillac. You guys were not fooled at all. I received over 100 emails telling me that I was wrong about the year. For you people that emailed me I appreciate your enthusiasm that you actually took the time to write me and tell me. I really enjoy those emails. Anyway here is pictures to that famous 1959 Cadillac.
Speaking of pictures I got some cool pictures from Brian McKee who owns a 1993 Fleetwood “Limited Edition” You can see his ride on the 1993 Cadillac page. Thanks Brian for sending them in.
Once again I apologize if you receive multiple emails it is an upgrade that I probably cannot avoid. It will improve the newsletter 100% so its well worth deleting a few emails (if it even does happen)
President Barack Obama walking down the Parade Route with his wife Michelle.
A side view of the new Cadillac. At first glance it looks like all three Cadillacs are new but telling by the led headlights that flash. The other Cadillacs don’t have that feature as far as I can tell.
Just came back from Las Vegas and had quite a surprise when I went to the auto collections show at the Imperial Palace Casino. Sitting there just waiting for its picture to be taken was a red 1959 Cadillac that was custom built and even included what is considered the first to have a built in TV.
I will have some pictures up on the site asap but I just had to show you guys and gals what I have seen. There were 4 or 5 Cadillac’s there some have been there for a while but I took better quality pictures and even videos of each car.
First off I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year. It has been a while since I sent out a newsletter. That will change in the new year as I have a bunch of stuff being planned. One of the big changes is the newsletter system itself. We will have a new look and feel around here in a few weeks. Lots of stuff behind the scenes going on right now.
Over the weekend I was able to see the movie “Cadillac Records” and besides being a good movie I was amazed at the amount of Cadillac’s in the movie. It was fun trying to identify the years as they drove the cars around. There had to be about 50 different ones used in the movie. Lots of Cadillac’s from the mid 1950’s were used, it was fun watching the tailfins get bigger as the movie went on. I suggest you try to see the movie.
Now on to the new stuff, I just found this video on the new 2010 Cadillac SRX which looks like a combination of the old SRX and the concept Provoc.
I have been making some changes over on www.Caddychat.com also. There is a new blog/newsletter being installed. I am getting a lot of questions over there and the site is screaming for some interaction. I have added a new gallery on the site that needs some tweaks but you can go there and see some classic Cadillacs. I will be going out to Las Vegas next week on vacation and I am looking forward to visiting the Imperial Palace car show and see what new Cadillac’s are there. Maybe they will even have a pro car there like the ones that our friend Earle sent us Cadillac Pro cars. Big thanks to Earle for sending these in. Speaking of car shows if you know of any good shows that have a bunch of Cadillacs send me an email vinny(at)cadillaccountryclub.com
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