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New Member and His 1973 Cadillac Sedan Deville

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My name is Hersch
I ‘m new to the CCC and look forward to your newsletter and Cadillac info.  I have attached a couple of pics of my “new” 1973 Sedan deVille which I purchased from the original family owners about a month ago.

As you can tell from these not so great photos (I need to take a photo class or something) the car is in really nice shape for being stored 12 years.  As a kid my mom worked for Cadillac, Pontiac, and Chevy
dealerships and I was fortunate enough to get the car bug from mom driving all the new units in the ’50’s and ’60’s.  I have attached a couple of other photos of previous cars/trucks I have owned and recently
sold.  I traditionally have been a GM guy but have owned my fair share of other makes including 2, ’65 Mustang convertible K Cars.

So anyways I just wanted to introduce myself and look forward to your info newsletter.

There are a couple of parts I will be looking for but need to get a shop manual so that I can get exact names and part numbers.

1973 Cadillac drivers side

1973 Cadillac

1973 Cadillac back seat

1973 Cadillac doors open

1973 Cadillac Sedan Deville

1956 Pontiac Wagon

1956 pontiac wagon
1964 Chevy Truck
1964 chevy truck

Thanks Hersh for sending in these pictures and welcome to the club.

Cadillac Wins an Award

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Before I tell you about the award I want to tell you that I am switching up the newsletter a little bit. Since 2002 I have been sending newsletters out with one topic. The classic Cadillac fans didn’t like it when I sent an article out on new Cadillacs and vice versa. It is tiring trying to please two groups of people. From now on our newsletters will contain a mixture of both classic,vintage and new Cadillacs.

David Checks in with his 1958 Cadillac restoration project

HEY GUYS ,,sorry long time no response,,My 1958 Cadillac restoration coming along great,hope to be driving it soon. Sorry I have limited pics of it. I am an over the road trucker, don’t get home much. Have a problem thoough I need the taillight bessels for it. The ones I have need expensive re-chroming if i cant find better ones. Not going off frame, but pretty close. Any help would be great Vinny. Thanks everyone.

White 1958 Cadillac in driveway

If anyone can help out David with his Cadillac it would be much appreciated. Just leave a comment below and I will make sure it gets to David.

Cadillac Auctions

I received an email telling me about an auction out in California. If you are looking for a restoration project you may want to check them out. Starting on Thursday there will be an auction for some Cadillacs if you are out in Oroville California area you may want to check them out. They have a 1962 Chevrolet Cadillac Fleetwood Limousine and a 1959 Chevrolet Cadillac Sedan  You can find more information at http://www.northstateauctions.com/.

Cadillac ATS Named Car of the Year by Esquire

Red Cadillac ATSNEW YORK – The all-new Cadillac ATS is the 2012 Esquire Car of the Year, editors of the men’s fashion and culture magazine announced today. The award is featured at Esquire.com and in the October print and digital editions to be released September 18.

“The new ATS is Cadillac’s spirited challenger, built to take on the world,” says Don Butler, vice president of Cadillac Marketing. “Having its design and performance validated in this fashion is a meaningful step in our journey.”

Cadillac’s new sport sedan, arriving in U.S. dealerships now, was chosen by Esquire from a field of the world’s finest new cars.

“It’s been heartening to watch the American auto industry re-assert itself over the last couple of years,” says David Granger, editor-in-chief of Esquire. “The ATS is an exciting new chapter in that process—a balls to the wall effort at reinvention. It’s fantastic.”

In addition to the Car of the Year award, Esquire’s October issue contains a long-form feature documenting the making of the ATS, from design to manufacturing, which began recently in Lansing, Mich.

A compact sport sedan, smaller than Cadillac’s centerpiece CTS product line, the new ATS is the lightest car in its class with a unique architecture designed for nimble driving performance. The new ATS is offered in rear- and all-wheel drive versions, with a choice of powerful and efficient four and six-cylinder engines.

The new ATS debuted to millions of television and online viewers during the recent Summer Olympics. The unique campaign, called “ATS vs. The World” resumes in September, demonstrating the car’s performance in a series of cinematic challenges.

Cadillac ATS Vs The World Video

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The other day I showed you a 1955 Cadillac commercial and I am amazed at how different these two commercials almost 57 years apart from each other are.

DETROIT – Cadillac will introduce the all-new 2013 ATS via a series of dynamic films in which the new luxury sport sedan confronts some of the world’s extreme roads and treacherous driving conditions.

“Cadillac ATS vs. the World,” debuts online this week and includes 60- and 30-second television spots airing during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games on July 27.

The cinematic adventure takes the ATS from the deserts of Morocco, to the streets of Monaco, to the Guoliang Tunnels in China and windswept Patagonia, Chile. Each challenge showcases aspects of the car’s agility, driving performance and efficient design.

“Completely new from the ground-up, ATS is Cadillac’s bold entry into the most significant segment of the global luxury auto industry,” says Don Butler, vice president of Cadillac Marketing. “ATS was developed to take on the world’s best sport sedans. So we designed a world challenge for ATS to dramatically demonstrate its all-new purpose-built chassis and advanced technology in a global, cinematic adventure.

“The films demonstrate the performance of the new ATS on a world stage, making it a natural fit for the Olympics.”

The campaign includes short films, ads and photography, directed by Academy Award-nominated documentary film maker Joe Berlinger, and Jeff Zwart, an acclaimed automotive expert and film maker. The driver in the spots is Derek Hill, a champion race driver and son of Phil Hill, the only American to win the World Driving Championship. American actor and filmmaker Ross Thomas hosts the series, which includes short films highlighting aspects of the ATS and the cultures of the locations featured in the challenges.

Coming to Cadillac showrooms later this summer, the compact ATS establishes a new entryway to the Cadillac portfolio, with a starting price of $33,990 including freight and the choice of three power-dense engines. EPA highway fuel economy is 33 mpg, while a new 2.0-liter turbo engine and the car’s lightweight construction enables peak 0-60 mpg acceleration of 5.7 seconds.

“’ATS vs. the World’ is about the compelling performance of the car,” said Butler. “ATS has been comprehensively prepared for a big and unprecedented mission. That inspired us to create this unique creative platform to present ATS to luxury consumers in a big, new and engaging way.”

In Patagonia, famed as the windiest place on earth, the ATS’s advanced aerodynamics are put to the test. In Morocco, Hill pilots the ATS through a treacherous road in the Atlas Mountains that features 100 corners. In Monaco, ATS attacks the intricate and legendary Monaco Grand Prix circuit. And in China, Magnetic Ride Control technology helps ATS confront the remote hand–carved Guoliang Tunnel Road.

“It took global scale and a directorial dream team to help us pull off a production of this magnitude,” said Pat Fallon of Fallon Minneapolis, the agency behind the ad. “Jeff Zwart is one of the best car shooters in the world and Joe Berlinger is an Oscar-nominated documentarian with a great eye for human stories. A combination of talent like that is something that we just don’t see that often.”