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The Lansing to Dearborn Endurance Run followed by the Old Car Festival at Greenfield Village.

Finished with the hood decorating, painted the louvers black with single stage urethane, waited a few weeks and followed up with the fancy pinstriping. I copied the pattern and layout from photographs of an original Cadillac published in the HCCA Gazette during 2000. Now I will leave the hood to rest until it is needed in the spring. Next is the dashboard, I previously painted the edge of the wood black and now it will receive broad and narrow stripes on both the inside and outer surfaces. And it really is a dashboard, literally. Regards, Gary

I think the above car is a 1915 C25 Buick, I can see the body has door hinges visible, the 36 model has hidden hinges. Gary

Thanks, Jeff. I see in your photos you painted the edge of the hood panel black, very nice decoration. Do you have a photo of the louvers? Is the entire louver painted black before stripping or just the section, like a rectangle, between the stripes? Also Jeff, do you have plans or diagrams of the rear wood or seat? Gary

Since the summer I have been driving the Cadillac around the neighbourhood and giving rides, getting used to adjusting the spark and throttle. Drive a bit and tighten transmission bands, had a spare coil rebuilt for the ignition, starts better too. Now I removed the body and plan the winter work, we have not used the car yet though next summer we have events. I bought One shot enamel in Ivory for the body decoration and Fire Red to stripe the chassis. One Shot is expensive, $50.00 CDN four ounce can and a hundred Kilometer drive each way to pick it up. I also have a variety of camel haired sword brushes, new Beugler striper with many different sized rollers and fine line tape. The photos show the first stripe yesterday, as a test, with two or three furlongs to go. Regards, Gary

1915 McLaughlin, as found and finished. Regards, Gary

The photos posted are very nice and clear, however, they do not show the festival part. Here are some photos I recorded during the Lansing to Dearborn Reliability Run, Thursday and Friday and others like the WW1 re-enactors and open driving anytime through Greenfield Village. I show a red Model A, 1903, parked next to a 1906 six cylinder Model K Ford. The 1898 Beeston, professionally restored and driving, that's a festival. Regards, Gary

You are in good luck being interested in Dort vehicles in Detroit, Mi. The noted authority on Dort cars lives about an hour from Detroit in Blenheim, Ontario. His shop, Classic Coachworks, can be reached at 519 676 2436, Stan Uher. I was there yesterday and he has two Gray Dorts, they are the Canadian equivalents, in the shop. Stan edited the club newsletter and has a supply of many parts for these cars. Nate, you should try to attend the Old Car Festival the weekend after Labour Day ay Greenfield Village, usually a Gray Dort from the Flint area attends. When you talk with Stan say Gary sent you. Best of luck, Gary

Interesting I know of three model 10 for sale now if you include the one on Bring a Trailer. Since it is an auction the top bidder may have offered more money except he had no to bid against? What is the procedure at BaT, is the top bidder offered the Buick at the reserve price? There is one for sale in western Canada for about 30K if memory serves me well. It is modified for driving which may be good or bad depending if you want a driver or trophy winner. One showed up yesterday on BrassBuicks web group for 45K. I am looking for a one cylinder Oldsmobile, same story many to choose from starting about 40K and a few at 65 and up. I have a one cylinder Cadillac, many available to select from starting at 65K. Saw the results from RM/Sotheby's auction in California $176 Million in sales with 86% sold. Less than last year but holy cow. Look Bev and I up at the Old Car Festival in Dearborn the weekend after Labour Day. Regards, Gary

Bid to 20,777, reserve not met. Gary

Mid sized Brass era cars are inexpensive relatively. I looked up the auction that Kyle pointed out and it is similar to my Buick and the sale price was the same as my price. Could have phoned me. Just a few years back a dealer from Ohio sold a 1913 Buick mid size for $55K, now 40K. The only reason I would like to sell my car is the buy a Curved Dash Olds, driver quality 25 years ago was 20 to 25K, today many available for 40K. I think they are reasonable. I have a one cylinder Cadillac and sure, it doesn't go to cruise night or the beach but there must be a dozen events like the New London, Lansing to Dearborn Run, Old Car Festival. Cape May, etc. I believe in serendipity. Someday somewhere and someone will work it out Regards, Gary

Personally, I recently put my 1913 mid sized Buick for sale on these pages for what I considered was a quick sale price. Zero response. I've owned it 25 years, well sorted dependable driver and nothing. I deleted the ad and am keeping the driver quality Buick. A friend with many vehicles thinks the market is weak for brass era cars, and is going to CCCA types. Also a local restoration shop collected $200K to restore a pre war car and the owner passed away. The shop is helping? the estate and have offered the car around locally for $50. I think they should give to RM/Sotheby's to sell. Good news is, fill your boots with driver quality and have fun. Regards, Gary

I'm sure it is an oversight and no one has mentioned that RM Restorations in Blenheim, Ontario, Canada have two, back to back, Best of Show winners at Pebble Beach now. They won last year with a Duesenberg and now with a Mercedes, I think RM has won BoS ten times since their first in 2001. Congratulations to them. Regards, Gary

I try to be quiet Sundays. A good project is to fabricate and install mudflaps for the front fenders. I saw some original Cadillacs and measured the shape and size. Over some time I assembled a piece of Stainless Steel (which will have to be painted black), ordered threaded rivets ( the holes in the fenders already existed), the local shoe repair man supplied the leather and I had all the necessary tools. A few hour job, enjoyable, not really work. Regards, Gary

On the weekend a small bunch which began as a a Covid Bubble and still meeting occasionally. My Model 31 leading three Fords, and a '09 EMF ( Red) and an 40HP '09 Oakland ( Green). Regards, Gary

I found another '05 Cadillac project located nearby. Not for sale though the kindly owner agreed to loan me some parts so they can be duplicated for my job. He even knows my car and it's former caretakers and was impressed I am restoring it. Regards, Gary

Jeff; I sent this picture to my small group of touring friends with the words " Finished, for now." Last weekend Peter Fawcett gave me a driving lesson with his '06, basically the same car with some different control levers and he allowed me to drive his a mile. Thanks for thinking about me, Gary

Out touring with the Snapper's Brass and Gas Touring Region of the AACA last weekend. When I said the mist in the trees was lovely I was corrected and said it was smoke from the wildfires. BTW, the car in the foreground is a 1913 Renault, 2 cyl French car driven, by my friend who turned 89 years old this week. Regards, Gary

Bev and I are attending our first one and two cylinder tour this weekend in Orillia, On. I heard they are expecting eleven vehicles, life is great at 25 miles per hour. Regards, Gary

Do not despair, the future is bright. Yesterday we attended Cars and Coffee at RM Restorations in Blenheim and talked with many young folks who work there restoring all facets of antique machinery. A fellow working in their machine shop was educated by a well known, now retired engine builder, said they can work on and fix anything, when asked he declared himself to be 24 years old. RM had a 12 cylinder Daimler being restored for Pebble Beach but they had Buicks in the shop as well. Regards, Gary

Thanks for the photos and the reminder of why we restore cars. Regards, Gary

I received my latest order from Restoration Supply in Escondito and included were a pair of oilers which are for my king pins lubrication. I could have installed zerk fittings, or maybe grease cups, these scream antique to my eyes. They were expensive, as you could imagine by looking at the workmanship but it is only money. Regards, Gary

There is some discussion and since the tonneau woodwork is completed at least for now we must decide to re install the seat which was in place or substitute a basket or box. This look is temporary but remember income tax was a temporary measure after the First World War too. I've formed the new rear treatment to accept doors and seat woodwork when I am ready to proceed. For now, box or seat, for the speedster, I call it a speedster though it only goes 25 MPH because it is modified. The basket as shown is a representation. Regards, Gary

Paraphrasing Gilbert and Sullivan " only mad dogs and Cadillacs go out in the noon day sun" First time this spring the Cadillac has left the building, been a cold, dark, lonely winter. Regards, Gary

Cadillac woodwork.