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

I just saw the trailer for the new movie staring Beyonce Knowles that is coming out in December, you may be wondering what that has to do with Cadillac. Just bear with me for a second, the movie is called “Cadillac Records”.

Although the trailer is short there is a bunch of old Cadillacs in the movie. It looks like some late 1950’s Cadillac’s to be exact although it was hard to tell from the trailer. The basis of the movie is about musicians selling so many records you can afford a Cadillac. Since the movie is all about stars like Chuck Berry and Etta James the movie will be filled with Cadillacs from this era.

It will be worth going to see this movie just to see all the Cadillacs.

I am sure there will be a lot more interest in restoration of classic Cadillacs in the near future when the movie bring attention to what great cars these Cadillacs are.

In the next post I will have some more pictures of Cadillacs from the 1950’s as I am receiving a lot of picture request lately which is a good thing.

* On a side note I am looking for someone to take pictures at the Los Angeles auto show, If you are in the area and plan to attend please send me an email.

Well it took me a while but I finally got around to putting up the great pictures that were sent in by our friend Earle. They had a pro car show down in NJ and I was suppose to go but I had the dates mixed up.

Lucky for us Earle sent me some pics including one with his 1978 Cadillac flower car.

You can see them on the www.cadillaccountryclub.com homepage and the two pages Pro cars I made which are right under the pictures on the homepage.

Thanks Earle for sending us in these pictures and I promise I will see you at the show next year.

Every once in a while I come across a cool video. This one reminds me of another place at another time. The 1958 Cadillac sure is a beauty.

1958 Cadillac comercial

I know it has been a few weeks since I last sent out a newsletter - I am sorry about that. I promise to send it out more often. People have been sending me in a bunch of pictures. I even missed a car show in New Jersey due to being so busy. The next newsletter will have some pretty cool pictures that were sent to me from that show.

Look forward to getting a newsletter in a few days

I guess in the long run this will bring more Classic Cadillacs to Europe. Especially Sweden. Why do I think so? I fear that the US$ will lose even more value and that the cars we all like so much will be picked up for low(er) prices…

What do you think? Discuss in the forum…

Some days ago. I upgraded the forum.classic-cadillac.com to a much better plattform. Today, I add a chat-room for you. It’s available to all registered forum users. So enjoy the CadiChat.

I signed up here long ago but never posted.  I had the given password sent to me but had to redo it. I am sure I messed up somewhere! I will work to become adept at the mechanics of this site.

I would say that I am a preserver not necessarily a restorer. I have these year cars: 63, 66, 70, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 84. Yep, that is all of them.

I am also rebuilding a ‘51 engine. The heads have been repaired in the past and I would not mind finding some good ones, also looking for some 30 or 40 over pistons. I am in Modesto, CA.

Dr. Dave

We are on the way to a full factory spec tier one restoration of this car. Its a great learning expirience. Something we overlooked in the beginning was that the car came with floor mats. Obviously we don’t have any to reference. I am looking for pictures of this floormat or possibly some that I can buy. But mostly I am curious about the emblem in the front. The car came with power windows which was somewhat unusual for this model so I guess I should have looked more carefully to see that the car actually came with front and back floor mats. The chrome has all be replated, the car has been stripped an repainted, and the interior is about to go in. HELP!!! No mats or none to reference.  my email  czaronson@aol.com  

I repaired the electronic power trunk lid pulldown. Before it was put back into the car, the final test should make clear that the switches are working good and that no power is on the motor, when in closed or released position.
This video shows how it operates - the upper switch (used with the finger to make the test) is sensing if the lid was snaped in. The lower switch (connected to the voltometer) is sensing the position of the lift. If the lift is up (lid open) the switch is pressed down. If the lift is down (lid closed), the switch is pulled up. Both switches together are the "brain" of this device… Great ! And remember - this was 1956!

More photos an videos can be seen here.

Well with the high price of gas it doesn’t surprise me at all that Cadillac is stopping production on these two models. According to a report on Bloomberg.com this will be the last year for these two models.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aJm6owinYSDE&refer=home

I am guessing Cadillac will be pushing some sort of 6 cylinder CTS or something similar. I am sure sales have been lacking on these models since the price of oil started to skyrocket. It is a real shame, what line is next?