What have you done with your Cadillac today?

[Big Fins]

I want that big yaller '59 at the bottom of the picture. I'll live with the color for the car.

[Cadillac Jack 82]

As requested bigfins.

[Big Fins]

SWEET!!!

[jaxops]

Repaired the aluminum moldings around the Quarter window.  Beer had dripped on it for years at my father's rented garage underneath the Italian Club in Manayunk (Philadelphia).  It is the only rust that 56 Cadillac ever had.  I had it sanded down but it took a bit of time to get it re-chromed and then reinstalled.

[TJ Hopland]

Beer damage?  Not something you hear about that often. 

[Lexi]

Beer damage?  Not something you hear about that often. 

That is what I thought. Mark, any pictures of before and after? Clay/Lexi

[TJ Hopland]

I'm trying to think if beer would have any special traits bad or less bad or if its mostly just moisture?  I know one thing that tends to be different now is you don't have all the ashtray content mixed in.   When I was in the bar industry smoking and drinking were still pretty evenly matched and the ash trays and empties ended up in the same trash which one way or another always leaked and made a really stinky mess.  The beer still gets pretty nasty but when I have been around that sort of thing I notice how its a lot less bad now than when it was all mixed.   

[TJ Hopland]

And historically speaking if someone said their car had beer damage the first thought would be scratches from maybe not having the best judgement on the way home from the bar where maybe a mailbox or the side of the garage door got a little close.

If it was a college student talking about beer damage then maybe shot springs from hauling beer for next weekends bash?  I suppose that could be liquid damage there too from trying to get one more case jammed in the trunk?

[jaxops]

You guys are funny.  Yes, there was a leak in the floor and the beer piping for the club upstairs and it dripped on the car.  I don't have a good photo, wish I had to go with the story.  The moisture collected in the larger pan by the quarter window instead of running off. My Dad did finally move it to another garage and he put it in a nicer garage that he owned next door to the club when I picked it up in 2005.

[TJ Hopland]

I had a case where it was an above and below garage setup.  The above was the daily driver garage in a ice/snow climate so plenty of salt use.  The classic was in the lower garage and for the first winter pushed it up near the side wall just to leave easier access for other stuff.  That first spring when we pulled the classic out the chrome was all white and crusty on that side. 

The wall didn't look unusual for unfinished concrete.  It had some white swirls in it but that seems typical and is usually just some of the concrete ingredients but in this case it was apparently the salt schmoo wicking itself from above then I suppose being transferred to the car in natural air currents.   

[Carfreak]

TJ

For subsequent winters, what did you do to protect your cars?

What is the problem resolved just by parking it farther from the wall?

[TJ Hopland]

Yes the primary fix was to just not put anything metal near that wall.  My other suggestion was to get a squeegee sort of broom/tool sort of thing and on the especially messy days try to get at least some of the slush and wet pushed out the door.   Not sure if they ever did that or not.  Even if the stuff below wasn't an issue it would likely help all the concrete last longer. 

I have never been in the position to park a daily driver in a garage so that sort of thing isn't a real problem for me.  My garages are usually filled with maybe a classic, projects, and junk so the daily drivers have always lived outside. 

[Cadillac Jack 82]

Shelley sung tonight.  Everythings working well less a minor tick I'll figure out Saturday.  Also Doris had this nice candid photo taken by a local photographer.  Pretty girls always makes ones heart sing.

[dogbergs]

Having a hard time behaving on the internet today, but this was how the outer seal got out for having a new inner seal.

[jwwseville60]

I have done absolutely nothing since Ive had the bird, goat, dog, horse flu for a month.
I did drive my 63 in a fever dream, does that count?

[Carfreak]

I have done absolutely nothing since Ive had the bird, goat, dog, horse flu for a month.

Good to hear no measles.

Hope you are feeling better soon.

[TJ Hopland]

I did drive my 63 in a fever dream, does that count?

How did it run in the dream?  Were you and the car flying or on the ground?

[Lexi]

I have done absolutely nothing since Ive had the bird, goat, dog, horse flu for a month.
I did drive my 63 in a fever dream, does that count?

Get well soon John. Clay/Lexi

[Mike Baillargeon #15848]

I exercised my 1969 Eldorado today,

My Sammy Davis Jr car....sometimes my Miles Davis car....

Mid-century modern, definitely a rat pack looking car....

He's gots some bumps and scrapes but still going strong...

Ran very well....lots of power....like killing bugs with a sledge hammer.

Mike

[Cadillac Jack 82]

Told a friend that a Nissan as a club promoter is like crapping in your hand and hoping it turns to gold.  Trying to source him a nice 66 Cad.  He wants blue or black if anyone has a lead.