What have you done with your Cadillac today?

[Cadillac Jack 82]

Sadly, I get Chevy sometimes with both the 50 and 59.  People aren't very bright these days.

[TJ Hopland]

I thought when it came to cars with fins there were only 2 so they are all either 57 chev or 59 Cad?   

[Carfreak]

And every Cadillac ambulance or hearse from mid 1950s to 1980s is a Ghostbuster

[35-709]

   I have been asked if Big Red was a Rolls Royce, a Packard (several times), or a Duesenberg.   My usual reply is "oh no, much better than that, it's a Cadillac!" 

[cadillacmike68]

Fleetwood: Got the oil and coolant changed yesterday and am getting it cleaned up today for the GN, not that it will matter, since rain is on the schedule for Sat / Sun

[Lexi]

Wish I was attending this year. Can't make it   Clay/Lexi

[Carfreak]

Wish I was attending this year. Can't make it   Clay/Lexi

The grand national will be in Dayton Ohio in a few years if that's closer to you

[Lexi]

God willing I will do an upcoming GN sooner rather than later. Great meeting you last year at the Gettysburg GN. Clay/Lexi

[Lexi]

My 6 year old grandson went to a birthday party today, and asked if I could drive him in the old Cadillac Limo, adding that he (quote) "...wanted to look cool"...!!! LOL. Where do they get this stuff from? Not from me. I did have the car out earlier, but did not chauffeur the grandson to the party. The car is not equipped with seat belts or a child seat, so that request was denied. But as Art Linkletter used to say; "Kids say the Darndest things". Clay/Lexi

[76Caddy]

Drove the Seville to work this morning.  First time out this year.

Tim

[Carfreak]

USO Remembrance event at a Senior Living facility today. And the sun showed up after a gloomy month of May.

[The Tassie Devil(le)]

Yesterday I took the Eldorado out for a drive with the better half to celebrate our 57th Wedding Anniversary, with the fuel gauge showing just under half full, so I was good to go.

After lunch, I decided to take a round trip home, and was watching the fuel gauge needle getting really close to the "E" mark, but drove on as the needle would still move around at various angles, so there was still petrol in the tank.

Filling up before arriving home, it took 100.1 Litres, which meant that I still had 4 Litres left (just under a Gallon) so plenty left. ha ha.  I had been checking the odometer, and I had travelled 507 Kilometres on that tank, which included a bit of around-town driving.  This was its' first long run since before COVID.  This equates to 14.3 MPG.

But, I also found that my heater wasn't working like it should, so now to trace that problem before our trip to the mainland for next years' Australian CLC Rally at Echuca.

Bruce.  

[Carfreak]

Yesterday I took the Eldorado out for a drive with the better half to celebrate our 77th Wedding Anniversary

Bruce.  

Bron may say it feels like 77 years but I don't think that number is correct

[The Tassie Devil(le)]

Yes, I changed it to 57.   That is the trouble with not proofreading.

Actually, it still feels like yesterday.

Bruce.

[Big Fins]

I hauled mine the 700 miles up here to the GN on my new trailer. The ride was fairly uneventful, mainly because it was almost all at night. The F-150 pulled it along at 70+mph like nothing. Though it did cut my fuel mileage in half, down to 11.5 mpg.

The car is in the lot with about 2 dozen others so far. She fits in nicely with the diamonds that I saw out there.

[jaxops]

  Changed the oil in the '56 yesterday. I wanted to get it done before it became 100 degrees out.  It was one of those days apparently, as I ran over and crushed one of my wheel chocks, ran over 4 Seven-Up cans of soda, and blocked my shop vac in behind the car when I put it back. Yikes.  Luckily no damage to the shop vac by that massive bumper.

  The brain was dis-engaging I think!

[jaxops]

And every Cadillac ambulance or hearse from mid 1950s to 1980s is a Ghostbuster

I know, ugh!!!

[Lexi]

...It was one of those days apparently, as I ran over and crushed one of my wheel chocks, ran over 4 Seven-Up cans of soda, and blocked my shop vac in behind the car when I put it back. Yikes.  Luckily no damage to the shop vac by that massive bumper.

  The brain was dis-engaging I think!

I seem to be having more of those kind of days lately myself. Clay/Lexi

[TJ Hopland]

The 7up sounds like it was likely the biggest mess.  I once ran over a can of PB blaster in the garage. Not a lot got on the car but lots of stuff in the garage got it.   

[Lexi]

Finished the installation of my re-chromed front bumper clip... When re-attaching my gold grille I noted that it's fitment was off. Discovered past collision damage from I guess years ago. So I put a spare silver grille on. Still pondering repair or replacement. Anyone have a gold 1956 grille for sale?

Well, I took the plunge and have now spent 7 days cleaning, straightening and re-bending my Gold Grille horizontal and vertical slat bars for re-use. I also cleaned a spare Gold Grille set in case any slats proved to be an upgrade to swap out. Only exchanged one. Taking apart one of these without adequate photos and written documentation is a nightmare job upon re-asssembly. This is indeed the "Cadillac Rubric's Cube". A most unpleasant job, and perhaps the worst auto related job I have undertaken. I remember attending a lecture on the restoration of the 1959 Cadillac grille as presented by Frank Nicodemus Sr. at the Lake George GN in 2014. He also described such projects as tough and not for the faint of heart.

So, while I would have done some things a little differently, the grille assembly is cleaned and back together. It looks really nice, but hoping I can get the temporary replacement silver grille off without removing the entire bumper, for re-installion. Will update with some photos.

Does anyone know exactly how these gold anodized Cadillac grilles (and Sabre rims) appeared when new? I thought they were a rich yet satin gold, and not overly brilliant. As they age, like their Sabre counterparts, they would gradually fade, sometimes with, sometimes without, visible corrosion. To have one restored to a high gloss, brilliant "yellow gold" finish would not be in keeping with their OEM appearance? Is this correct? Clay/Lexi