Last week I had a marketing conference to attend in Las Vegas so since again I made it to the Quad casino.(formerly the Imperial Palace casino)
We drove up from Phoenix and I love passing through the little towns of Wikiup and Kingman. You can really feel like you are lost in time while driving. Some of the roads suck but it is still a pleasurable ride. There is a Route 66 museum in Kingman but we didn’t have time to stop. A few miles north of the Wikiup trading post we saw about 4 or 5 old Cadillacs sitting in someones front yard just baking in the sun. They need to be rescued!
My time was very limited to go see the cars and I managed to squeeze in only about an hour. It was looking like I wasn’t going to have any time but my friend Brad suggested we go over after lunch and spend some time looking at the cars. Brad has a lot of knowledge about cars, especially muscle cars and it was good to be able to talk cars with someone so knowledgable.
It seemed like they had a lot of the same Cadillacs from last time I was there which is usually the case except they had one or two that were new to me.
A gold 1963 Cadillac which is very similar to one that we see regularly and has been there for a while I think. Something that took us both by surprise was a 1931 engine and transmission. They usually don’t have just engines here and to see a 355 V-8 just sitting out in the open was a bit strange. Love it but just strange, would love to know the story.
While I love looking at the Cadillacs something caught my eye. I think it was a 1981 Chrsyler Imperial. At first I thought it was a Cadillac the way the lines run down the back. Very similar to the design Cadillac was doing at the time. I wonder if one model inspired the other. I am including pictures so maybe someone can fill us in.
Other Cadillacs were a 1975 Cadillac Eldorado convertible that looked original yellow with a white top. A white 1990 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham with only 35,000 miles.
My favorite car of the day was a 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Seville. Ever since I saw the black 57 Biarritz here a few years ago I have fallen in love with the tail fins on the 1957’s. I liked the color of this car and it has had some work to it which can be seen with the naked eye. Would still love to own this.
If you want to see more pictures of a 1957 Cadillac look at the ones Wayne sent in last year.
Still here is the bicentennial 1976 Cadillac convertible that has been here for years.
They also had a Packard with a cool hood ornament that I took some pictures of.
Loved taking a stroll through here and if you are in Las Vegas you have to go check out these cars. The Auto Collection is about $12 but they have free admission coupons on their site to print at home and bring. You could also go to the total rewards booth with your card and tell them you want free admission. If you ask nicely they give them to you.
To see all the photos head over to our Flickr account.
