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1937 Cadillac Lasalle Restoration Pictures

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Last week I shared a story from Tony in South Africa who was restoring a 1937 Cadillac LaSalle. I got a lot of comments from members asking for pictures of the final restore but Tony didn’t have any yet. Well today Tony sent me an email full of pictures and I decided to make a post on the main site with them.

It may take a few seconds to load the page but the wait is well worth it.  Check out Tony’s 1937 Cadillac and tell me you are not impressed. Then come back here and leave a comment letting Tony know what a great job that was done. On the bottom of the page I will link back to this post so you can just click on that and be back on this page to leave a comment.

Do You Use a Kindle?

I have been getting questions on one of my other websites about putting together a kindle book and was wondering if any of our members and readers use a Kindle and would be interested in a Kindle book if I made it.  If you know me I will probably make one anyway since I love doing new things like that.  I have thousands of pictures of Cadillacs that have never made it on to the site and the new Kindle Fire lets users see pictures in color now so I am thinking about that.

 

 

1970 Cadillac Eldorado in Germany

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Volker Poblete Castillo sent us in a picture and a video of his 1970 Cadillac Eldorado in Germany.

Hi, my name is Volker, I am from germany and since I was a little kid i´m impressed off old and big US Classic cars. I have owned other US cars(79 Camaro, 02 Chrysler 300m) before but this is my first Cadillac. It is not in showroom condition but it runs and the powerfull engine makes me smile each time I pump the gas…the sound off the 500ci…..Most off the time I drive it slow and carefull. The Cadillac will be restored step by step.
Got a contact in Phönix to get parts for my old Lady.

You can also see a video on YouTube

Pauls 1959 Cadillac Restoration Update

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It has been a few weeks since I gave you an update on Paul’s progress as he restores his 1959 Cadillac. Last time we did an update we saw Paul removing the body from the frame. Here is some more pictures as well as a link to the parts place for the brakes.

Cadillac Frame next to the 1959 body
Cadillac Frame Getting stripped

Click here to see more pictures on Pauls 1959 Cadillac. It really has come a long way and I promise to keep you updated more often.

New Member From Zimbabwe

As you know I get emails from all over the world thanking me for the site but this one is one that makes me love doing the site. I thought I would share it with you all.

Howdy Vinny!

You may be surprised to learn that I’m writing to you from Zimbabwe, out here in what some folks still think of as darkest Africa. Oh, yes, and I DO have a Caddy! Mine is a 1956 Coupe de Ville, and she’s dusty rose (a.k.a *Pink*) There are a couple of ’56s’ in Harare, but I live in a one horse town some 80 miles away, and the locals think they’re seeing something from science fiction when they behold this chrome & pink be-finned monster!

Thank you for including me in your club., I’d like to be in some sort of touch with other Caddy enthusiasts and am looking forward to seeing what goes on in the Forum. There’s not all that much I can contribute, really, but she has an interesting history aside from that which she has since I bought her for restoration back in 1982. That’s some 29 ears ago and rather reveals my own age….63 come next December! We,re kinda growing old together!

Very briefly, I’m her 12th owner and have met several of her past families.The man I bought her from had actually been a keen motor racer, and had used her in local drag races and even tried to rally her! Apparently she was very good at the drags, she just dug in and flew while the competition (hotted up Ford Anglias -!!- big V8 Galaxies etc) lost out because they were too light and spent valuable seconds wheel-spinning. She wasn’t even dressed for competition and beat the lot with not even her gorgeous hubcaps or rear wheel spats removed! Well, I saved her from further indignity and she has lived a far more civilized existence since those days of athletic achievement.

HOWEVER…I’ve not been able to use her for several years as we in this country have suffered fuel shortages and the local dollar went down the drain, making the running of a heavy classic difficult for one such as I; a humble schoolmaster! Then she developed a horrendous oil leak and would disgrace herself in public, particularly at the front door of churches when taking a bride to a wedding. Even so, she would inevitably try to “upstage” the bride with the sheer glamor with which old Cadillacs are blessed!

Well, we have her engine out at the moment while we await the fulfilment of an order for various parts, including A NEW REAR OIL SEAL!!! Question: The rope type oil seal has given me trouble for ages, and I wonder if other owners have experienced this?

And so, with greetings to you all from Zimbabwe, I shall end off. Thank you again for letting me join..

Sincerely yours,
BRIAN

How cool is that to know that our site has such a global reach. Just in today’s newsletter alone we have 3 continents covered. If anyone can help Brian with his seal issue it would be much appreciated, Leave a comment of send me an email and I will forward it to him. Go Cadillac!