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Winter
Welcoming the New Year of 2012,
fresh AND
CLEAN AS A NEW FALLEN SNOW!
January
2012 
The Spring House
at "The Greenbrier" White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
Events For
The
Month Of January 2012
January
This is a planning and cool down month, so no events are
planned for January.
Events this coming year will include;
The
6th Annual Dave Comstock Chili Cook-off, Cofer Collection, Spring and Fall
Driving Tours, Canton Cruise-In, Avondale Estates Easter Parade, CLC Grand
National, 31st Annual BOPC Car Show and much, much more!
See you in February!
Are you going to the
auctions in Arizona this year?
The
Barrett-Jackson Auction will be held in Scottsdale, AZ., January 15 - 22,
2012. Through a special partnership B-J will provide CLC
members, in good standing, a 20% discount on tickets purchased on line.
This applies to the following tickets; Adult/Child/Student/Military. Day Tickets
only. Excludes Twilight and All Week Passes.
Instructions: Members in good standing, go to the Barrett-Jackson website,
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/,
click Scottsdale Auction then click tickets.
Enter
promotional code “CADDY20” and you are
on your way. Downloading of tickets is CLC members
responsibility. CLC tickets are available on-line only
not at the event gate.
February
The
6th Annual, World Famous, Dave Comstock Chili Cook-Off -
Sunday Feb. 19th @1PM
Come out and bring your best chili to see if you can win the coveted Best
Chili Award. If you don't make chili that's ok, just bring your favorite
side dish or dessert. Marty Comstock will select the judges from those who
“have no (chili) dog in the hunt.” Prizes will be awarded! Bring your
chili! Spicy beef or white chicken. Or maybe you should surprise us!
President Stan Tucker and
our host Dick Peden will remind us of the club’s 2012 activities
schedule. We may get an update from Lee Dunn on the year-old Passport
program, designed to encourage Peach State members to drive their cars
on club tours and other events. Martina will remind us that the spring
driving tour is April 20-22 to the mountains of east Tennessee.
The BOPC
show is the first weekend of May in Marietta. And those are just the tips of
the iceberg!
If you have never seen
Dick’s “garage,” you had better not miss this year’s Chili
Cook-off! It’s a ‘Fifties and ‘Sixties sock-hop with some of your
best friends.
The festivities will kick off at 1 PM on Sunday. The Club will provide awards as well as the paper, plastic, and
drinks.
Directions: GA 400 to Exit 10 (Old Milton Pkwy) exit off GA 400
towards Alpharetta going (East away from Roswell toward Duluth) for roughly 2.5 or so
miles, bear to the right (you are actually staying straight ahead) onto
State Bridge Rd for about 1 mile and then turn right (at the QT Gas
Station) onto Jones Bridge Rd for about another mile, then turn left on to
Buice Rd and look for Candacraig Road about a ¼ mile on your left. There
is a brick unmanned Guard House at the entrance to Candacraig Road –
that is Dick’s Subdivision. Dick’s house is on the right, 4645
Candacraig Road, Alpharetta, 30022. A Yellow/White house on the right, pull
up close enough to the gate and it will open.
DO
NOT stop in the middle of the gate or it will bite you!
Help? If you need more info or get turned around call:
Stan Tucker; 404-513-7387 or Dick Peden; 404-202-3134
For more information on this event use the
link below;
 "http://peachstateclc.com/SixthAnnualDaveComstockChili02-19-12.doc"
March
Stay tuned.........coming
soon
April
Spring
Awakening Tour - Friday
through Sunday, April 20 - 22, 2012
Please review the attached link below. You have until January
10, 2012 to make your room reservations in Tellico Plains,
TN at the Lodge. This will be our base camp for the Spring Driving Tour.
After you make your reservations you must notify Lee or Mary Jean Dunn,
leedunn@windstream.net our
Activities Directors, that you will be joining us.
Don't wait! Call the Lodge NOW
(423) 253-2506. Group rates $75-90 a night. Tell them "Peach
State Cadillac Club!"
Questions???
--- Call our trip coordinator, Terry Bird at (404) 312-3950 or our
Activities Director, Lee Dunn at
leedunn@windstream.net
or (404) 217-5893.
Read
It
All
Here;
"http://peachstateclc.com/2012PSCLCSpringDrivingTour.doc"
Notice!!
1-14-12
The tour's headquarters, Lodge At
Tellico, had 16 rooms reserved under our club name. These are now SOLD
OUT. You can call Walt at (423) 253-2506 and ask to be placed on a
waiting list if you wish.
Overflow is recommended at Mountain
View Cabin Rentals, 1.9 miles from the Lodge. See website www.tellicologcabins.com
for details. The suggested location's new Riverfront unit has four (4)
single units: each has one king bed. We have blocked these units for Peach
State CLC through January 31. Two of these 4 units have already been
reserved by PSCLC members. The total cost for the 2 days, all taxes
included, is $184.58. Payment policy: unit will be held with a credit
card. Cancellation Policy: 2 week notice, no charges. Less than 2 weeks,
payment in full is required, and you will be provided a rain check voucher
to use the room within the next 6 months. We recommend you verify these
arrangements when you make reservations.
There are also numerous stand alone cabins available at
a 10% discount for a two-night reservation. See the website for cabins and
rates.
For reservations at Mountain View Cabin Rentals call
Toni (423) 519-2000. Identify yourself as a PSCLC member.
Questions? Call Lee Dunn at (770) 479-7910.
NOTICE TO ALL WHO HAVE BOOKED A ROOM AT EITHER LOCATION:
To reserve your place on the tour you MUST send a check for the activity
fee! Send $25.00 for each person participating, made out to Peach State
CLC to:
Lee Dunn, Activities Director, Peach
State CLC, 243 Lakewood Drive,
Waleska, GA 30183
You are not registered until your
check is received. We are having a strong response, so don’t
delay! Reserve your room and send us your check now, not later, so
you don’t forget.
May
31st
Annual Peach Blossom B.O.P.C.
Buick
* Oldsmobile * Pontiac * Cadillac
Car
Show and Swap Meet
May 4
– 5, 2012
Hosted
by the Southeastern GTO Association
Please
join us for the 6:30 PM Friday night Reception, May 4th
and
Car Show, Saturday May 5th starting at 8AM
Show
Location and Host Hotel this year is the:
Marriott
Atlanta Northwest
200
Interstate North Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30339
770‐952‐7900
We have set
up a great rate of $82 per night for all participants. Please call the
hotel and
mention “The B.O.P.C. Car Show” no later than April 20th to receive the
show room
rate.
Directions to the Hotel: Take
I‐75 to Exit 260 (Windy Hill). Turn East to the first light and make
a right onto Interstate North Parkway. The
hotel and Car Show are about ½ mile on the left.
Information;
"http://peachstateclc.com/2012BOPCInfo.pdf"
Registration
Form;
"http://peachstateclc.com/2012BOPCRegistrationForm.pdf"
For
additional show information ,
please go
to
www.segtoa.org
or contact:
Ed
Bellair
ebellair@segtoa.or g
770 -428-4934
June
Cadillac
& LaSalle Club 2012 Grand National / St. Augustine, Florida -
June
13 - 17, 2012
Florida Suncoast Region Presents; Nation's
First City, Grand National 2012
St
Augustine Florida founded in 1565.
Read
About It Here;
"https://cadillaclasalleclub.org/2012-grand-national"
July
Stay tuned.........coming
soon
August
Stay tuned.........coming
soon
September
Stay tuned.........coming
soon
A Big WELCOME to Our Newest
Peach State CLC Members!
Terry
and Sandra Wright, Canton GA, Jan. / 1984 Eldorado Biarritz Coupe
John
Welch, Auburn AL, Dec. /
1995 Seville Luxury Sedan (SLS)
Marc
Bailey, Norcross GA, Dec. /
2001 Eldorado Touring Coupe (ETC)
Ron
and Shirley Howell, Springville AL, Dec. / 1931 Cadillac Series 345 sedan
Ron
Benneche and Annette Washington, Greensboro GA, Nov. / 1962 Coupe DeVille
Mac
Kemp, Jasper GA, Nov. / 2009 CTS-V sedan.
I need pictures and a small
write up y'all! Web Ed.......
The 2012
CLC Museum
Calendars
are available. See ad in the January Self Starter, page 35.
The fourteen beautiful full-color photos of Cadillac’s are suitable for
framing. Please advise your newsletter editors and region members. They
look great in the office or garage and make nice door prizes. Proceeds
benefit the CLC Museum & Research Center.
Welcome to the 2012 Board of Directors !!
President:
Stan Tucker
Vice
President:
Bob Winchell
Treasurer:
Sandy Partridge
Secretary:
Martina Butler
Membership
Director:
Doug Bailey
Activities
Directors:
Lee and Mary Jean Dunn
Member
at Large:
Cecil “Buster” Miller
Member
at
Large:
Kevin Garrison
National
Director:
Martina Butler
Incoming Tailfin
Editor:
Bill Rush
Calendar Of Events
2012
Watch your email for
reminders and updates of the up coming events!
Print the Calendar from here, then check
with the web site for
updated information/times as they become
available;
Updated 1-1-12
"http://peachstateclc.com/PSCLCScheduleofEvents2012.doc"
This Month's Photo Gallery Car Belongs
To:
Vince and Karen Haaland
1957 Cadillac Coupe DeVille
"Maybelline"
“I
first saw Maybelline in Buffalo in 1984. Buffalo’s my hometown. She was
parked at a gas station with a "For Sale" sign at $4,800 in the
window. This car was indeed rare: A lot of her ’57 sisters were lost to
corrosion in a rust belt city over those 27 years. The Cadillac had a
passenger side dent, and the leaf springs were tired. It had a rear bumper
that was badly out of alignment. Even after it tumbled to $3,800, I passed
on it. After about a year, it disappeared from Kenmore Avenue. I saw it
again on the road once in April 1985, a few miles outside of town. Later
that summer I saw an ad in the Buffalo Evening News for a 1957 Cadillac:
“$2,500 or best offer.”
The car was located in a garage about two miles from my home.
"Kenny" explained that it was his wife's garage now; he and the
missus were getting divorced. It had to go. I felt sorry for him, but it
was my good fortune just the same. Kenny explained he had bought it from an
elderly lady in Phoenix AZ in 1981. He’d driven it from Phoenix to
Buffalo. Kenny’s friend painted the car for him with five coats of
lacquer and two of clear. The interior is a combination of original leather
and brocade, color-keyed to the aquamarine finish. That aquamarine is
"close" in color to the original.
We
negotiated a favorable deal, and the ’57 coupe became a stable mate of my
1947 Oldsmobile, much to the dismay of my wife! The car has sabre wheels,
power windows, power seat, power antenna and trunk release – along with
the signal seeking AM radio. Power is generated by an original 365 cu. in.
300 HP engine, mated to the 4-speed Hydramatic. It also is equipped with
autronic eye, which works nicely. She had 86K miles on her in ‘85 and she
has 94K on her today.
Many things have been replaced and repaired over the years, the biggest
being the rebuilding of the heads. I have many not-so-fond memories of
being on a "new" date with the car, having to call for a tow.
Karen remembers steering at least once while I was pushing her down the
road. Constantly calling for a tow was what led us to name her
"Maybelline." As in, “Oh, Maybelline, Why can't you be true?”
Maybelline’s performance issues were my fault at times, due to neglect
and the short car season in Buffalo. Hey, it’s hard to shut her down and
bring her back to life twice a year in the north! Maybelline has survived
all kinds of financial onslaught, including my divorce. But I never sold.
She has been "true" in that regard, and a beacon of optimism for
better times.
After retiring, I trucked Maybelline to Canton, GA. Now I have more time to
make her a reliable driver – for our enjoyment and for the enjoyment of
others!”
Vince Haaland
   
I
need your car for the Members Picture Gallery!
Send me an email with picture(s) and a
small description of your car and I will post it here on the web
site. LHS36@aol.com
Tips about Tires
"http://peachstateclc.com/TiresForYourClassicCar.doc"
By
Bob Winchell and Doug Bailey
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