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We have a few spaces left in our Best of the West CARavan planned for May 13-23. This will be a modified hub tour, spending multiple nights at most hotels. It will average about 100 miles a day and will have no freeways, a great tour for early Classics. There are currently 37 cars paid up, so we have room for maybe 4/5 more. We will start and end in Sacramento. After visiting the Delta we will spend 4 days exploring the Gold Country and its beautiful roads and quaint foothill cities. We will then head to the Napa Valley for four days where we will travel out to the coast, visit some wineries, have lunch in the redwoods and see an incredible car collection. Those of us on the committee have worked for free for a year to provide you the best tour at the best value. For more information, go to the the CCCA website or message me. Johnny Crowell

Still available ??? Johnny

Just to offer my help, I do have some spare mags, including a Berling dual, two spark (six cylinder) very rare, and a Bosch ZR4 dual, ( four cylinder) two spark as shown above. Both allow for dual plugs which really help big T heads. Johnny

Hey Al might sell the unrestored 31 rdst. Interesting build sheet. Johnny

Photo says 1915 at Diablo Country Club 1916

Here's another one that I may not have posted. 1906 H ?

The postcard is from Heritage Plantation .

Sold. The 1930 one off convertible coupe has found a great new owner who is going to restore it as his "last hurrah". Great buyer. Great car. Hope to see it at Pebble Beach. Thanks for all the help. Johnny

According to Ron Van Gelderen and Matt LArson authors of LaSalle, Cadillac's Companion Car the change took place in 1929, for the first time. LaSalle ads of 1929 clearly tout the new britework.

Nice crisp ride....... about 60 degrees.

If you send me a pm, I will share what I know about this particular car.

Restored from very good original. One of only two factory color options, I believe. Here's a photo from the time and another picture.

Still looking for a buyer on the great one off convertible coupe. Here is my final Cad photo. We were carefully looking it over before purchase. I know that it has the incorrect trunk. This addition is why the Fisher is for sale. I can only afford and care for so many.

I just emailed

Here's an early 31. Louvered hood and cowl....

Pretty good eyes. Standard 62 series. About 70k miles. Original paint except hood and decklid repainted when new at dealer. Hood has some checking. Very nice original (red) interior which differs from repo. Nice top. Non air. Zero miles but five years sitting on tires. Have not started about five years. Very nice original, rust free Cali car. Owned about 30 years. $20k where is.

Oh yes and if you look closely, the yellow tag on the right side of the windshield was to allow us on the Autobahn.

Johan. I do have the correct one, but very little room for tours. This car did the European CARavan, the cross country CARavan and the PB Motoring Classic and I needed room for tools, and parts. Very astute eye. Frankly they look lousy with any trunk. Thanks for asking about the roadster. We are restoring one now.

No the Waterhouse is staying for a little longer. Showing off cars is a delicate balance. In a way it seems offensive. The look what I have part. Yet, none of us own them, anyway. We are only temporary caretakers. I am always happy to share, if it is taken as about the cars. Most of my cars are big old heavy American iron. Pierce, Loco, Cunningham, McFarlan, Packard, Springfield, Lincoln and such. Not very many are Cad and LaSalle and this is a Cad site. So I will share a few 16's

Correct. You have great eyes. This is a great car. But I have 4 other 16's and I have been letting some great cars sit. That's selfish. Just looking for some serious collectors to enjoy a few of them. Johnny

Forgive me if this is the incorrect forum. I am looking to sell a few special cars from my collection. The first one will be a very special 1930 Cadillac. It is a V-16. It is a one of a kind, special order convertible coupe made by Fisher for Fisher. Most 30/31 Cad 16s were built by Fleetwood. Fisher built 16 typical, somewhat stuffy convertible coupes with boxy doors and upright windshields. They also designed, for themselves, one sleek convertible coupe with a thin and very slopped windshield, slim doors and a drop down top. Unlike the Fleetwood it had front hinged doors (like the roadster) and was non-coachsill. The car is low mileage, running, with great wood and metal. It is quite complete but it is unrestored. It has the special order markings (LX) all over the body and has its original chassis and engine, all of which match the Build Sheet. This smaller body is mounted on the long chassis and could be quite a show car. There are NO duplicates. I would like something in the $325k/$350k range. Attached is a recent photo. Ask me for the build sheet. Johnny

Here's a little 22 Bentley enjoying Thanksgiving day. California still has nice weather in spite of the other stuff.

Hopefully I am not too far off topic, but I ended up with some nice truck literature. Not my area of interest, so open to sell or trade..... Johnny

Free advice is worth what you pay for it but...... I have completed about 25 CARavans with the CCCA. A lot depends upon what you are looking for. Early Classics are (to me) more beautiful but take more effort. Cars from the late 40's (to me) almost seem like cheating. I just finished the PNW CARavan up into Canada and we had a beautiful 33 KB on the tour. It performed well. Lincoln KBs are very nice cars. Maybe more important than the exact model and year, is the true condition. The things that I have seen keep cars from finishing these tours or making them difficult are; vapor lock, overheating, fuel pump problems, loss of generators. I would check the Lincoln out on a warm day up a very long and hard grade. I agree with the overdrive to protect your investment. Make sure that you fit in the car and that the seat adjustment and visibility are good for you. Johnny ps. We are putting on a CARavan in the California Gold Country and the Napa Valley in May of 2024.