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Amelia Island hosts world’s largest gathering of Cadillac Dream Cars

raustin | May 21, 2013

Production 1959 Cadillacs are already wild, but the 1959 Cadillac Cyclone show car outdid them all.

Bill Warner and the team at the Amelia Island Concours took a page from Cadillac history at this year’s event by featuring a class of Cadillac concept cars never before assembled. More »

Categories: Car Show News, Features, Hobby News | Tags: Amelia Island, biarritz, Cadillac, car show, Concept cadillac, concept car, cyclone, eldordo, lemans | 1 Comment

Auburn presents a complete collector car weekend

raustin | May 6, 2013

1938 Cadillac V-16 Convertible Coupe. Photo Credit: Teddy Pieper (c) 2013 Courtesy of Auctions America.

As its highly anticipated annual Auburn Spring sale draws closer, Auctions America has announced additional car-related attractions for the multi-day event. More »

Categories: Auction News, Features, Hobby News | Tags: Auburn, auction, auctons america, Cadillac, car auction, Hudson, Lincoln | Leave a comment

Car of the Week: 1941 Cadillac convertible sedan

bearnest | April 16, 2013

After mulling over his purchase for several months, Arnie Civins let it snap and bought his dream car — a 1941 Cadillac Series 62 four-door convertible sedan — restored and in near-perfect working order. The rare Cadillac needed a new home, and Civins was happy to oblige. He’s never regretted it since. More »

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Fitting Fenders: Saved by shims

raustin | March 11, 2013

In the beginning, it was business as usual. With the car’s weight on its suspension and even tire inflation, a bottle jack was positioned under the sagging passenger’s side frame horn. Then a long level was laid across the shanks of the upper bumper studs.

What started out as a standard, straight-forward procedure in our ’31 Cadillac project took a surprising twist in the form of a twisted front fender. More »

Categories: Restoration, Restoration Tips | Tags: Au-ve-co, bumper, Cadillac, car, classic car, fender, frame, shims, vintage | Leave a comment

Car of the Week: 1956 Cadillac Sixty Special

bearnest | March 6, 2013

Danny Plotkin’s aching back wasn’t funny at the time, but he can laugh about it now. He knows that if it wasn’t for some unpleasant lumbar pain, he never would have wound up with his favorite ride: a 1956 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special that knocks ’em dead wherever he takes it. More »

Categories: Car of the Week | Tags: Cadillac, Sixty Special | 8 Comments

On exhibit: Gilmore explores Dust Bowl, Depression and drives

raustin | December 17, 2012

HICKORY CORNERS, Mich. – The images from the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl of the 1930s are haunting – long lines at soup kitchens, farms buried by dirt and gaunt faces peering out from dilapidated autos piled high with … More »

Categories: Hobby News, Museum News | Tags: Auburn, Cadillac, Cord, depression, Duesenberg, dust bowl, Lincoln, luxury cars, Model T, Packard, Rolls-Royce | Leave a comment

First glance at Raleigh Auction: Low Miles = Huge Smiles

raustin | December 10, 2012

Photo and Report submitted by Charles H. Farley Unrestored, original examples with documented low miles was the formula that led to huge smiles from the buyers, the sellers and the Auctions America LLC staff at the Raleigh Classic, held Dec. … More »

Categories: Auction News, Hobby News | Tags: Auctions America, Cadillac, car auction, classic car, Mercury, mercury monarch, monarch, raleigh classic | Leave a comment

Q&A with Kit Foster: November 8, 2012

raustin | November 5, 2012

Q. I am working on a 1948 Pontiac. The wipers do not work consistently, sometimes stopping in the middle. A friend says he thinks he remembers his dad adding oil to the wiper motor. Do you know if that is … More »

Categories: Q&A | Tags: Cadillac, Dodge, petroleum, Pontiac, six-volt, wiper | Leave a comment

Rare Duesenberg, Al Capone sedan head to RM’s St. John’s sale

raustin | July 17, 2012

1933 Duesenberg Model SJ Convertible Victoria by Rollston. (© Darin Schabel Courtesy of RM Auctions)

• Sale acts as a prelude to the famed Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s • Complete digital catalogue now available online at www.rmauctions.com RM Auctions, the official auction house of the Concours d’Elegance of America, has secured a … More »

Categories: Auction News, Hobby News | Tags: 1940 Graham convertible, ahrens-fox, Al Capone, Cadillac, Duesenberg, fire truck | Leave a comment

Duesenberg, convertibles top sellers at Auburn Spring

raustin | June 12, 2012

This 1930 Duesenberg Boattail Speedster sold for $484,000 on Saturday, June 2, during Auctions America by RM’s second annual Auburn Spring auction in Auburn, Indiana. The three-day event saw 409 collector cars and trucks cross the block at the historic Auburn Auction Park.

AUBURN, Ind. – The old saying that “when the top goes down, the price goes up” was once again proven during Auctions America by RM’s June 1-3 Auburn Spring sale at the historic Auburn Auction Park in Auburn, Ind. Open-air … More »

Categories: Auction News, Auction Sold Prices, Hobby News | Tags: Auburn, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Dodge, Duesenberg, Impala, Jaguar | Leave a comment