I have had a few really nice cars, but only started collecting after my retirement - before that who had the time? <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Here are a list of the few I did have and loved.

1962 Lincoln Continental
1956 Cadillac Series 60 Special in Green
1947 Cadillac Series 62 sedan (6269)
1969 Oldsmobile 98 Holiday Coupe (all original) in frost blue.
1977 Eldorado Biarritz in Gold
1956 Cadillac Series 62 sedan in blue (6219 - w/ all the options)
1956 Cadillac Series 62 sedan in very light grey and dark blue (current daily)

OF the above, I still own the '77 Eldorado and now the '56 in light grey. Each one was a very special find and cost virtually nothing, repairs and maintenance were another issue, however this list represents a period starting in 1979 with the Lincoln. That was a gift from a friend. In 1998 I bought the first '56 as a project car for my son and I. But being a novice, I underestimated the cost and over estimated the car's condition. The '47 was my first real antique, to my mind at least, and was the primary reason I joined the AACA, and CCCA. However, as you can see, my heart lies in the 1950s, especially with the '56 Cadillac. I have wanted one of these to just drive since I was about 5 years old.
Dad was a Chrysler man, and I loved those too. Then the 70s came and he went Japanese. Always the frugel man of the house, he bought what were excellent cars for good, low prices. Oh we had fun cars too, like a 1960 VW we got in Hamburg in 1961, a 1956 Plymouth Savoy sedan, a 1964 Plymouth Valient convertible and the ever popular 1965 Plymouth Barracuda in gun metal grey with twin racing stripes down the middle of the car. Every cop within 50 miles of Columbia, MO knew THAT car. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

But I was bitten by the luxury car bug. Now in retirement, I finally have what I had dreamt of for so long, a running 1956 Cadillac sedan, with virtually NO options (except heater and radio) and I am loving it. Somehow when all cars began to have electric luxury options it took the bloom off of the rose. Now with all the heavy reliance on computers and super sophisticated engineering, I find I cannot afford an even moderately priced vehicle due to the cost of maintenance, unless of course I choose to trade it in every 4 years. I was raised to buy what I liked and keep it until it literally ceases to function. Its the old midwesterner in me ... or maybe the Scot. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

I have attached a photo of my new car (a Christmas gift from my son and ex-wife) we call Noxima Jackson. If you are interested in other pictures of my cars, those I still had in the last year or so, please go to www.modifiedcadillac.pictures and select Modified Cadillacs and then 6219rules.

Nice kittys I especially liked Dutch. I am true to my Buicks, but have often fantasized of an affair with a 49 Cadillac...

What a Christmas present that was.Glad you're realizing your dreams. Thanks for sharing

Thanks, Mr Earl. I have enjoyed your site many times and all the great Buicks you have. You have a very understanding and supportive family! I love Buicks too. I simply had to make a choice on which make and model I really wanted. If it had not been Cadillac (and 1956 was THE year for me) then it would have been a 1950 Buick Roadmaster sedan in black with black and grey interior. That was my Uncle Ayer's car and I loved it. Far more striking than GrandDad's '53 New Yorker, and oh what a smell. That is something I miss about Dutch ... the horsehair matting. It lends a wonderful smell with the wool to the car. My '56 has its own very distinct odor, and it is not mice!!! <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Do you find your Buicks are hot when driving? Uncle Ayer's car was a beast in the summer ... we always thought it was the Dynaflo. But then a friend of mine in Houston had a 1958 Buick Roadmaster 75 and it rode hotter than the gates of 4377! So I was just wondering.

Thanks for the nice response to my post. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

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I wish that I could! That sounds wonderful. Nothing like a display of these beauties. Thanks for the thought, though Carfreak.