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From Cadillac Fan to Cadillac Man
15. February 2005 by Lars SchenkI had been driving by this little one owner transmission shop a couple times a week, all last summer. I watched this 1970 Coupe Deville go through an updating (new top & paint) and thought to myself.. .that’s gonna be a nice ride for someone.
Toward the end of summer she was FOR SALE. The [...]
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1959 Cadillac Restoration - A Cadillac Resurrected
6. December 2004 by Lars SchenkThis is an article I wrote a few years which details my first restorations. Good for a few laughs.
Vic Brincat
Preface
This is an account of my trials and tribulations, successes and failures in the process of restoring a 1959 Cadillac Series Sixty Two Sedan. I wrote this article largely to chronicle many of the (now) [...]
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Just Purchased 1958 Sedan De Ville
3. February 2004 by Lars SchenkMy wife has recovered her father’s 58 Sedan De Ville. We purchased it from a man who had bought it from her father some 20yrs ago. When we first saw the car it was surrounded by 2″ to 4″ poplar trees….
It was parked there in the forest imprisioned for a couple decades. We live in [...]
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Tags: 1958, de Ville, Sedan
Geralds 59 Coupe
12. December 2003 by Lars SchenkHello all, here is Gerald Fourdin’s, one of our Belgium clc members 59 Coupe.
Gerald lives in the “ardens “, the french/moutainside off Belgium , not the most common place to restore a 59 Caddy.
Altough he is only speaking french, and a true “hobby restorer”, he did the job compleet on his own.
I saw the car [...]
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1961 pink Cadillac Coupe de Ville
12. December 2003 by Lars SchenkMy car was imported into New Zealand from Washington in July 2003.
Her previous owner called her “Pinky”, and as my nickname is “Binky”, the name has stuck.
I managed to get the numberplate “BINK” which combines us both!
She is a car that gets a lot of use.
To date Pinky has been involved in a “Think Pink” [...]
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Tags: 1961, Coupe, de Ville, pink
From Walnut Creek to Stockholm Sweden
21. November 2003 by Lars SchenkA little something about the 57 C. The car belonged to Richard & Jeanne Dodge from Walnut Creek CA..according to the insurance evidence found in the glove compartment..and it was in use as late as apr.22.85…
I will not restore it to a complete original 57…I guess it will be a mild custom..maybe a lowrider..have to [...]
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1969 Deville with ‘59 Fin Implants!
13. November 2003 by Lars SchenkOn June 3, 2003 I bought a 1969 Deville Convertible. Nice car, Aqua Firemist with white interior, 129K miles, and everything worked. One Week later, it started looking rather plain and boring, so I decided to give it some personality with a New Fin Job….
I worked up a plan on a CAD program, grabbed [...]
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Tags: 1959, 1969, Convertible, Fin
1967 Eldorado coupe
2. November 2003 by Lars SchenkThis 67 Eldo was purchased when new @ Hillcrest motors, Willshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, October 1966, trough a lady.
She drove the car till 1986, and sold her… to nother lady. With body #1520 and all the options and history she arrived in my garage winter 2000.
After a 2 years resto (a difficult car to [...]
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1970 de Ville Convertible
2. November 2003 by Lars SchenkThis white 70 convertible is a one owner car, and in my garage since 1998. Purchased when new @ Allen cadillac, laguna beach California (business now @ laguna Niguel)
She ( blondy ) is our “Europe ” cruiser, and we covered approxm. 20.000 mls with her, to Cadillac meetings in France ( Story appears in [...]
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Sleeping 1958 Biarritz
27. October 2003 by Lars SchenkThe 58 Biarritz showed under “sleeping 58 Biarritz” was found by coincidence. Car was 40 years at same owner, get ill, sold to a body shop owner. The body shop owner dismanteled the bia , body off , parts in boxes……and died (stroke ).
He’s friend re-assembled the car for me, to ship it to my [...]
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Tags: 1958, Biarritz, Convertible, Eldorado


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