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Circuit d’ardennes Belgium 2005
Posted by Lars Schenk in Meetings on July 4th, 2005
Hello from your European reporter.
This weekend sat/sun the “circuit d’ardennes” (French speaking Belgium mountain side ) will be held again. Open for cars and motorcycles pre 1900 (!) till 1970.
Saturday the oldest “machines” take there start… everything made before 1900 starts @ 8 am… and every hour another decade takes a starts… @ 9 am from 19.00 to 1918….. Sunday the junger cars take a start.
The rally takes place in Bastogne , where still manny traces of WW2 can be found.
Big forests and empty roads in this area , a paradise for everybody who loves the road (no police, no speedguns, no speedbumps…)
Our Belgium CLC member René Verbist who owns several antique caddy’s took a start in he’s 1904 cadillac, together whit he’s wife. Typical for this area is the “gray sky”…..full of soft continusly rain (like fog )… not ideal for driving without a windshield , conv. top or anny protection at all…
Just as on a motorcycle, your cloths are the body… plastic jackets, boots…
It was fun to drive behind the 04 cad… uphill you are faster by foot… downhill the fun starts (if you don’t have to brake). Ever see a 1904 cad and a Bugatti racing downhill ???
The 04 cad finished the rally (it’s a non competitive rally) whit just one nut lost… the driver side rr splash gard was almost falling off… but René got a whole assortiment of bolts/nuts and metal wire whit him.
This is the kind of rally without lady’s on high heels… but the one whit much smoke and noise… rusty and original examples that are showing the wear of time, and car guy’s in old leather cloths… also showing the wear of time.
Enjoy the pict’s, next will be the Vasteras “Power big meet” in Sweden.
Dirk Van Dorst
Note: The photoalbum of this meeting can be found here.
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The Hills will once again be alive with Cadillacs!
Posted by Lars Schenk in Meetings on June 28th, 2005
The Second Cadillac meeting at Schloss Kremsegg, Kremsmünster, Austria
Sunday, August 28th, 2005
Those who were there, are still talking about it… And those who couldn’t make it, can still enjoy the stunning DVD that has been produced of this first-time event.
We are, of course, talking about the Kremsmünster Cadillac meeting in Austria!
Last year, all our hopes and dreams have been surpassed by the wonderful reality, when dozens upon dozens of fantastic Cadillacs, fully restored or all-original, old and new alike, came to visit the Kremsegg Castle.
We noticed hundreds of visitors from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, but equally from Western Europe, from down South and even Eastern European visitors ! Once again, this proves the need for an international European Cadillac Meeting…
The second edition for this year promises once again to be a great show around American’s most famous luxury car ! On Saturday 27th of August, the Kremsmünster event kicks off with a cruise through the scenic countryside. Participation is limited to 30, and there will be an Evening « Get Together » reception for those along for the ride and for the early visitors.
But the big day will be Sunday 28th when Cadillacs of all ages meet in the Park of the Kremsegg Castle. All years are welcome ! There will be a separate VIP parking place on the event area for all visitors arriving with other American cars.
This proves to become a very exciting show, also because more Cadillac collectors will be present, as well as the participation of the Cadillac clubs from several surrounding countries has been guaranteed.
As if that doesn’t provide enough excitement, Auto Günther from Linz will show the most recent Cadillac models.
Kremsmünster is located about 30km southwest of Linz, Austria.
Full information and tempting pictures can be found on our Cadillac Meeting website :
http://www.cadillac-meeting.com
But feel free to contact us personally for more information ([email protected] )
Still need extra incentive to visit this wonderful meeting?
Simply order the DVD from last year’s event, check the website for more information!
We look forward to seeing you (again) at the ‘European Cadillac meeting ‘ !
Excellent weather has already been ordered. You won’t regret it…
Davy Borghys from Belgium
Organisation team :
Gerald Loidl, Georg Pfeiffer and Wolfgang Sonnleitner from Austria
Homepage: http://www.cadillac-meeting.com/
Pictures of the 2004 meeting are also available in your gallery.
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