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This weeks beauty of a Cadillac comes from Dave from Idaho. He sent us in some beautiful pics of his 1963 Cadillac that was bought brand new and garage kept all these years. As you will see below this is one fine looking Cadillac.

Here are some pictures of my Caddy, this was my Mom’s Car, they bought it new in 1963,it has been garaged all it’s life and still look’s almost as good as it did forty plus years ago. It has over 100 thousand mile’s on it,but it still runs strong and handles like a dream.

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NDrLoR – This is my 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville which I bought back in 2002 from a collector in Colleyville, TX. He did not have the car for sale, but had driven it to the Arlington Swap Meet as his transportation as he was looking for a convertible. I had just arrived at the swap meet and spotted this car on the outside perimeter and was instantly taken in by its beauty–’56s have always been my favorite of the ’54-’56 generation. The feature that immediately stood out for me was its original all red leather interior. I knew this was not the standard interior for a ’56 Coupe de Ville, but was in all likelihood an option. I since learned that this color, along with about seven other colors, could be ordered as an option on any body style of closed car. It is essentially the same interior as would be found as standard equipment in a convertible.

The further appeal of the car was its high level of optional equipment, including sabre wheels and the two-four-barrel El Dorado engine as well as factory air-conditioning. It also has first-year availability remote trunk release.

I obtained a build sheet from the Cadillac Historical Service and learned that the car was built on January 13, 1956 and was sold about two weeks later through the P. P. Covert Cadillac dealership in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Beyond that, I don’t have any of its history, but would like to have if anyone recognizes this car.

The one weak link was the transmission, which I knew before I bought it had a bad reverse cone. It was overhauled at a transmission shop in my hometown of Waco, TX in 2002 with 51,000 miles on it. It didn’t shift quite right when cold right from the start, but would smooth out when warmed up. I didn’t want the shop fooling with my car, so decided I could live with it. Six years and 6,000 miles later, in 2008, the transmission self-destructed inside. I took it to another shop, in business longer than the first one and when I got it back it shifted to perfection from the very first day I had it and has done so since then. The second shop showed me the parts from the original rebuild and also told me of several things they had done wrong. They even got the linkage in perfect alignment, something I had missed with the first overhaul.

The factory AC was not working when I looked at the car. I bought it on condition that the AC be working and when I picked the car up on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend 2002, the AC worked perfectly. It still works perfectly to this day with no addition of freon at all.

I’ve made one mechanical alteration to the car since I’ve owned it, but it’s not visible. The standard axle ratio for ’56 Cadillacs was 3.07 to 1, but 3.36 to 1 was standard with the two 4-barrel set-up with no option possible. I like a higher geared set-up and about a year after buying the car a NOS 3.07 gear set appeared on eBay. I got it for the amazing price of $129, had it sent to my mechanic who installed it and filled it with synthetic lubricant. It has never whined and the motor is noticably less busy at 60 MPH than with the 3.36 gear set.

We all know that celebrities love Cadillac’s and who can blame them. It seems that celebrities like Tiger Woods or Tracy Morgan crashing up their Escalades are all over the place. Here is a story you just have to shake your head at. Actress Mischa Barton bought herself a nice classic Cadillac convertible and then ran out of gas. No I am not kidding this really happened.

Saw this story on USAToday.com and it caught my attention. I had my doubts about this until I did a little more research. It is a 1959 Cadillac Coupe Deville concept. Really I didn’t think this was a Cadillac. Looks like a real tank of a car.

As I have reported before sales of the SRX are up this year. I see this as families here are trading in their gas guzzling SUV for a more practical car for the family. Here is an article that agrees with me. If you are interested in the new 2010 Cadillac SRX here is a great review to read.

I have been promising you some video from the Auto Collection show in Las Vegas. Here is a general overview of the place. As you will see they have some real classic cars there. If you ever get the chance to visit Las Vegas make sure you head to the Imperial Palace casino.

Just put up a sweet picture from Louise who is up in Canada of her 1957 Cadillac Fleetwood. She bought it as a Christmas gift for her then boyfriend who is now her husband. I love the sleekness of it and of course the fins.

You can also see it on the homepage Cadillac Club. Thanks Louise for sending that one in. Your husband is a lucky guy!

Received a piece of mail last week from Bill from California wishing to show us all his 1985 Cadillac Eldorado. It is very rare for me to get snail mail nowadays and it makes doing the site worth while. Thanks Bill and I am glad you enjoyed the pictures on the site. You are the reason I take the time to try to make this site the best it can be. Your picture will be up shortly.

That brings me to tell you that you can have your Cadillac featured on the site. I will even make you a page that you can show off to all your friends if you wish. There is probably about 25 pages from members that I made over the years. All you have to do is send me the information about your Cadillac and a few pictures.

Here are some that you may have not already seen. Lamont’s 2005 CTS-V, Tom from Texas 1951 restoration, Ron from Ohio 2006 DTS, Brians 1995 Cadillac, Earle’s Cadillac Pro Car pictures.

Enjoy Vinny