17caddyman Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 i get to restore the general's staff parade car. was in a flood at a storage room. ill keep everyone up dated as i go. bobby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30 Hupp Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Just a li-i-i-itle moldy!Good Luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 "Quick, Honey...get me the TSP!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Just a guess...Katrina? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Let's see...it says "Louisiana" on the door of that car..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dave Boyer Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 (edited) I found this:The Only Known Surviving WWI Cadillac - Generations of GM(forget it, I found it was posted somewhere else) Edited January 17, 2011 by Dave Boyer (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksparks Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 I found this:The Only Known Surviving WWI Cadillac - Generations of GM(forget it, I found it was posted somewhere else) great article and thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Americanboy Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 You nay sayers are wrong, this is a car that has been kept in a military installation for many years and well protected until a certain storm hit and flooded the complex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17caddyman Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 just to let everyone to know about what happened to the car. it was stored in storage bin. yes it was stormed over. no the pictures are not photoshopped. had the real papers to the car from the state. but because the state could not get funding for the project we had to box up the parts we took off and they put it back into storage for future restoration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hddennis Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I found this:The Only Known Surviving WWI Cadillac - Generations of GM(forget it, I found it was posted somewhere else) There seems to be 2 WWI Cadillacs: http://www.ezhosting4you.com/LibertyCadillac/gallery1/gallery1.htmlHoward Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobs1916 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Hey I just found this post I am restoring a 1918 Type 57 cadillac 7 passenger touring to US Army color. It was NOT a US Army vehicle but these cars were identical. I was curious . Was the La. car a 5 or 7 passenger touring?. Did it have the 2 jump seats in the back? I assume that the car is owned by the state so it is NOT available for purchase. If you see this post I would welcome your reply Thanks bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron hausmann Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 All, In a different chain in this forum, I am restoring a 1917 Kissel US Army Light Artillery truck. It’s chassis is a Kissel Model 6-38 car as most light trucks then were. None survive today. As it’s a recreation rather than a restoration, I did a lot of research to get facts about these vehicles. And there are several books that you can get that have kernels of wisdom in them. here is some helpful stuff; a. There were 294 vehicle manufacturers documented in WW1. There may have been more as many Nationalized National Guard units were added into US Divisions in 1917. At 294, there was NO real standardisation. b. In mid 1918, almost after wars end, the US Army issued its regulations to standardize vehicles to the degree that they could. c. Paint color for cars and trucks was given in that 1918 manual, but it amounts to a hand mix of non standard base colors. And many cars and trucks were routinely hand painted by troopers. The end result is that you will correctly see many shades of khaki and olive drab on WW 1 cars and trucks, and that’s ok! I’ve used a shade named “1917 Khaki” made by Rustoleum, and then had hand mixed brush on cans of it to match. d. In the 1918 US Manual, all letters and numbers on the car or truck were to be 4”. E. In the 1918 US Manual, all vehicle ID numbers are to be painted on the hood. f. In the 1918 US Manual, numbers for army-owned vehicles started with a number given in that manual to designate size, while private owned vehicles (some ambulances and Others) started their numbe4 with “x”. g. In 1917, the Wisconsin National Guard was “federalized”. It was joined with the Michigan National Guard to form the 32nd Division of the US Army - the “Red Arrow” Division. As part of that transition, the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry regiment was reformed as the 120th Field Artllery Regiment of the 32nd. That’s where my numbering comes from. Here are a few pics. It’s not done yet, but getting there. Ron Hausmann P.E. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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