CadillacPastPresent

Yes that is the correct folder. I like to see, and comments from others indicate there is interest in Cadillac or LaSalle art in a wide variety of formats. I'm up for suggestions for more categories. My guideline is that if the main artwork (drawing, photo, model etc.) predominately features Cadillac or LaSalle in a recognizable way, it is eligible for the group. I've turned down submissions where the art was so distorted that it was not clearly a Cadillac, and one time for a photo of a large group of 20 or so cars but there was only one Cadillac, and that was barely visible in the background.

There is also a folder for Cadillac-Allard cars (aka Cad-Allard), these were race cars with Cadillac motors. While that may be a stretch as the cars did not look like Cadillacs, they are well known historically notable automobiles featuring the Cadillac brand i.e. the motor. I also accept late model Cadillac race cars, there was a racing series for touring cars and the factory sponsored some of the entries, and some did very well.

I work part time in the office at a restoration shop located at Sonoma Raceway. They restore vintage automobiles, mostly race cars, and provide track support for vintage racing. It's fun to be around those old beauties. Fun story clip: I drive a 1999 Ford Taurus and she's a wonderful car. One time a customer parked his 427 Cobra next to her and I swear I saw her flirting with him!

Of course I looked at your page and followed it, because I'm a history nut. I write historical fiction and read at least 50 books a year. The largest section in my library (after automobiles) is about ships. I read history and historical fiction novels about ships, captains and crews, admirals and others from the mid 1600s through World War 2. I'm especially interested in the American Revolution through the Napoleonic Wars, then WWI and WWII. I've done the O'Brien, Forester and other series. Funny that I enjoy reading about warships but hate war. I think what I am attracted to is the human challenges, the slice of life stories of those eras. But I also like reading about non-warships. One of the best I've read about passenger ships is Transatlantic by Stephen Fox. He describes transAtlantic passenger ships and the life at sea on passenger ships from the age of sail, the emergence of steam and the international competition for the fastest transAtlantic ships and the people and politics of it, including Cunard, Brunel and ships of all nations that were in it. Probably all stuff you know, but for me it was very educational without being the least bit dull or stuffy. Such lavish interiors!

I also like the Cars movies and my fave is Doc (how can anyone not like Paul Newman as a Hudson Hornet?) Guido and Luigi in the tire store are the funniest (Mater is good but I think a bit overdone), the old lady car (can't remember her name) is a sweet old gal, and Sarge the Jeep. Actually, they are all pretty good, even the bad guys. I'm old enough to have rode all the way from Chicago to California on Route 66 with my grandparents back in the 1960s and when I see photos of it, I often can truthfully say "I've been there!"