Got a few stories this week from members that wanted to tell their story so here they are.
Bruce from Victoria British Columbia sent is a sweet picture of his 1968 Cadillac Coupe De Ville.
In the fall of 1968 my Grandfather purchased a new 68 Coupe De Ville trading in his 61. He had always driven Cadillacs as far back as I can remember. The car unfortunately was too long for the garage. However the family rallied together and the situation was rectified by building a nose cone for the garage. Around the late 70s when my grandfather could no longer drive he signed it over to my mother to get him and my grandmother around town.
After his passing in 1980 the car saw very limited use and upon my grandmother’s passing a few years later the car was virtually put into hibernation. Fast forward to the year 2009 when my mother decided to let the car go. A buyer was found, a deal struck but at the last minute she backed out saying the car was meant to stay in the family. The perpected buyer understood this and he just asked that we keep in touch. That Christmas Mom surprised me by handing me the keys and asking me to take it home. I was thrilled over the prospects of owning such a car but bewildered as to where I would put it. I already had a garage full of classic Mopars.
A 1965 Valiant convertible and a 1965 Barracuda. Well it was decided That I would have to enlarge my stable. That following spring I set to work and all was done by the end of May. On July 2nd 2010 a friend of mine and I journeyed over to the mainland with the intent of driving the Caddy home. With a new battery and a few anticipated spare parts we arrived mid morning. The car started up with no problem and after a few safety checks /trip around the block we were on the road. Considering the car had not seen the light of day since the mid 80s and was running on all its original equipment including the bias ply tires it drove flawlessly.
I have spent most over 1010-11 going over it mechanically and giving it a cosmetic face lift.. Repainting it and replating any deteriorated chrome work. the interior remains untouched with its factory installed power bucket seats.
This fall after all work was completed I journeyed back to see Mom with the car. The visit was a total surprise to her and a few tears were shed as she looked over my handy-work a reminisced the day her Dad brought it home. The icing on the cake was when she spotted the metal Dealer Script on the trunk. the original one had gone missing years back and through the Internet I was able to locate a pristine replacement. Mileage to date on the car is just over 33k. The last 2 thousand I put on it since bringing it home.
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Another cool story we got this week was from Sylvester Collins from Alabama who owns a 1999 Cadillac Deville Concourse. Here is his story.
Well in 2009 I was living in Phoenix,Arizona I went to buy a Chrysler 300 but the sale person told me that he thought I would look good in a Cadillac so I bought a Cadillac instead. Man what a choice I then drove my Cadillac across country 1800 plus miles all alone to Alabama where I later became the president & founder of the first legal and register Cadillac club in the state of Alabama. Visit my web-site at Alabama Cadillac Club we are a non-profit charitable organization.
As usual…. Mom was right!
Now thats a sharp looking Cadillac. 1968 I love the Grille work, it seems like the ’68 Cadillac had a smile traveling from place to place. My great Uncle drove Cadillac’s, his first one was a 1929 Coupe, I beleive it was beining of the V-16’s, I remember as a kid ,ridding around in several of his Cadillac’s he owned, and he had a Gold and black ’68 Fleetwood Sedan, that was an impresiove car just like this Coupe DeVille that Bruce owns in B.C. Canada.
This Cadillac Coupe deVille would look rear sharp, hand painted on a T-shirt. I hand draw and ahand paint Cadillac’s and LaSalle’s on T-shirts. If Bruce or anyone one else that has a ’68 Cadillac, would like their
Cadillac hand drawn and hand painted on a T-shirt, they can see several pieces of art of Cadillac’s and La Salle’s I have down in the Cadillac Country Club automotive Art Forum under daves cadillac Art. If Bruce or any other club member is interested in getting a hand drawn and hand painted t-shirt of the ’68 cadillac, I can be reached at:
carslovei@hotmail.com, I would like to do this and other ’68 Cadillac’s on T-shirts.
Bruce, are you a member of The Cadillac-LaSalle Club of Canada? Its located in B.C. and the membership is only $10.00 annually. If your interested in joining this Club too, please do email me, I will give you the address of this club and you can contact them.
Nice cadillac, Bruce, take good care of it,
Dave Beveridge, Burlington, Ontario.
I forgot to ad that the licence plate displayed on the front is the original issued plate for the car. Also there is still an outstanding recall notice targetting a possible problem with the carburator linkage. I still have the letter addressed to my Grandfather from the dealership. He never did persue the issue. We have never experienced any problems but I have sure had fun going to the local Cadillac dealerships and placing the recall notice on the counter.
BB
I can just imagine the dealers face when you show them the recall notice.