Cadillac Racing V-Series Racing Event - Saturday, Dec 10, 2011 Meet @ Noon

Peach State Cadillac & LaSalle Club has been invited to participate in an exciting event in Gainesville in two weeks! Other clubs, such as the Corvette groups, have also been invited. The event is sponsored by Moss Robertson Cadillac on Browns Bridge Road in Gainesville. That places it about an hour from Roswell, on the southwest side of Gainesville. The dealership will clear the decks out front, so we can situate our classic Cadillacs on display. They tell me they are hoping we can bring a dozen or more Cadillacs from the ’40s, ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s…
Step up to the plate! Let’s show them Cadillac style.

Noon               Meet just off GA 400 to run up to Gainesville together via GA 369. Meet at the parking lot of Waffle House #1110,
at 2837 Keith Bridge Rd, Cumming, GA 30041. Waffle House Phone: (770) 886-5240.

1:00 PM          DISPLAY YOUR CADILLAC!

FOOD:            Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ will serve on the grounds of the dealership.

4:00 PM          Depart for home.

MEET Johnny O’Connell, driver of Cadillac CTS-V #3! O’Connell won the pole for Cadillac’s Road Atlanta Grand Prix, Final Round of the Pirelli World Challenge. Most may remember him best from his Corvette racing days.

Directions to the meeting spot: GA 400 north to exit 17. Turn right on GA 306. Immediate left into Waffle House parking lot. We will leave promptly at 12:45 PM.

Directions to the Moss Robertson Cadillac dealership:  Take GA 400 north to exit 17, GA 306 E (Keith Bridge Road) toward Gainesville. Go one mile to GA 369 E, Brown’s Bridge Road. Drive 12 miles to the dealership.

              
We need to provide them with a head count, so CALL DOUG BAILEY by noon on Dec 9^th TO RESERVE A SPOT!
H: (770) 992-8394. Or, send me an email! jdouglasbailey@bellsouth.net

Write with Pictures Up; "http://peachstateclc.com/CadillacRacing.doc"

19th Annual Holiday Celebration and Installation of officers - Saturday, December 3, 2011 @ 11:30 AM Lunch @ Noon

Event Location: The Atlanta Country Club http://www.atlantacountryclub.org

Merry Christmas from your Peach State Cadillac & LaSalle Club! It is my pleasure once again to invite you to our club’s 19th annual Christmas banquet. Festivities will start at 11:30 AM on Saturday, December 3rd. Lunch will begin at NOON and will conclude with the Awards Ceremony. A cash bar will be available.........

Read and Print all the details here; 

Pictures;  "http://peachstateclc.com/PSCLC2011ChristmasParty.doc" 

Write Up;  "http://peachstateclc.com/19thAnnualPeachStateChristmasParty.doc" 

Fayetteville Christmas Parade - Paul Oddo - Saturday, December, 3, 2011 @ 4 PM

Member Paul Oddo has arranged for us to join him and the good folks of Fayetteville for their annual holiday parade and Christmas tree lighting. Some will drive down there after the Peach State CLC annual Christmas Party in Marietta. Here’s the day’s agenda for the Fayetteville parade:

3:45 PM          Line up for the parade at the Justice Center, across from the former Melear’s BBQ.

4:30 PM          Parade begins! Wrapped candy only. No lollipops/suckers are allowed.
5:15 PM          After the parade hang out if you want to stay for the tree lighting.
7:00 PM          Tree lighting ceremony. Dinner in Fayetteville optional afterwards.

Directions to the parade meeting spot: Justice Center, GA 85 in Fayetteville, GA 30214. PHONE: 770-719-4173  www.fayetteville-ga.gov

Questions?  Call Paul Oddo at (404) 805-9200  

Please note this application must be sent in by November 28, 2011. That is this coming Monday!!

"http://peachstateclc.com/ParadeApplicationFinal2011.pdf" 

The Saturday before Thanksgiving we will meet on the south side of ATL and drive down to Pine Mountain, GA. PSCLC member Jim Biagi found a family junk yard that has been off limits to the public for decades. It’s a graveyard of 30+ cars and several Cadillacs. NONE are worth restoring, but nearly all of them were driven in and parked and left untouched. people are really starting to come in and pick parts now that they see regular activity. Many people have been waiting years for the owner to start selling parts and bodies. Jim was fairly impressed with the available chrome, bumpers and other bits and pieces, and pretty amazed at all the other cars laying in the woods. SO, call it a spelunking trip! As for the Caddies to be found there:

• there’s a ‘48 with the big flathead still in place.

• There were two or three 1950 sedans,

• plus a ‘51, a ‘52, and

• I think maybe two 53’s,

• plus a ’57 four door in light blue, engine in place as well. (rear bumper and ends were long removed, but entire front grille, bumper assembly is intact.)

Other cars seen on the site:

• Six Corvair Greenbrier vans, several with all three seats present, and one Rampside,

• About 15 regular, early style Corvairs.

• An Austin-Healey Sprite (not Bugeye),

• a Fiat Spyder with a removable hardtop,

• scattered early and mid 50’s Chevy’s,

• a ’54 Pontiac Starchief sedan (extended trunk model) and

• scores of later Vegas, Mavericks, etc.

Other oddities present were three of the 1950 era Jeepsters,

• two 1955 Aero Willys “Bermudas”,

• a ’56 Buick wagon and

• a few each of ’53 Buick Specials (straight eights) and

• ’53 Buick Supers & Roadmasters (with the first year Buick V-8)

Write Up;  "http://peachstateclc.com/AniceJunkYardPick2011.doc"

Pictures;  "http://peachstateclc.com/FallAutoGraveYardPick2011.doc"

Place: Bob’s garage in Marietta. Bob’s shop is a commercial condominium almost directly across the street from the Marietta Daily Journal newspaper near the Lockheed plant. From I-75 at Delk Rd take 280 south/west to Fairground, turn right, go one block, turn right again on to Commerce Park Drive. Go to the next to last driveway on the right. 505 Commerce Park Dr., Suite F, Marietta GA 30060. Bob’s cell is 404 731 4580. We're hoping to do other clinics, so do not despair if you cannot make this one.

In order to plan for the workload, we need to hear from you if you want to bring a car for an inspection and minor repairs on the lift.

SEND DOUG a note Peach_State_CLC_Members@yahoo.com if you want to reserve a spot! Tell a Peach State friend about this if you think he would want to join us.

Bob, Art, Lee and Doug  

Write Up & Pictures;  "http://peachstateclc.com/CadillacCarClinicNov11.doc"

Pictures;  "http://peachstateclc.com/HiltonHeadConcours2011.doc"

Hilton Head was a great weekend and congratulations are in order for two Peach State CLC members, Stan Tucker and Robert Kipping, who took the Palmetto Award and Best in Class respectively in their classes - both well deserved! Each of you are probably quite familiar with my prejudice towards the '54-56 Cadillacs of which Stan's is fine example and, obviously, did
very well in the Preservation Class. This was my first opportunity to see Robert's '56 Packard The Four Hundred (something I've looked forward to ever since riding in his Caribbean convertible last fall) and it's an impeccable car. Thanks to him, I have a growing appreciation for the '55-56 Packards, the last of the true Packards before Studebaker moved production to South Bend and ultimately killed off the fine marque. Robert's sports a true 1950scolour combination and has the nifty Touch Button Ultramatic.

I am guessing most, if not all of you, have been to Hilton Head or a similar concourse event before so I won't belabor how impressive the event and the cars were, but they were pretty awesome. The weather was similarly incredible. This was my first concourse event and I enjoyed it immensely. I hope we can get together a group next year for the club jamboree on
Saturday. Please find attached a few photos of our award winners as well as two other award winning Cadillacs and the Ruffalo's '66 convertible and a random Cadillac, a 1938 I believe, sitting to the side of the show field.

Kevin Garrison

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Miss the 2011 Concours? Click the link and see why YOU should go next year!

www.kaufmanphotography.com/concours2011

2011 Best of Show
1937 BMW 328 Roadster
Lothar Schuettler

The annual Marist School Homecoming Collector Car Show. Three trophies will be awarded for Peoples Choice.

Directions;
From I-285 exit at Ashford Dunwoody Road "Perimeter Mall exit" Go South (away from Perimeter Mall). Continue down Ashford Dunwoody to the bottom of the hill. Marist is on the right at the traffic light at Harts Mill Road. Address is 3790 Ashford Dunwoody Road. Early arrivals will enjoy coffee juice and donuts.

Call Jimmy Jones at 678-765-2416 for additional information.

Read Abt Both; "http://peachstateclc.com/MaristLakeArrowheadShowsAppreciationDinner.doc"

Pictures of Both; "http://peachstateclc.com/RidesOfLakeArrowhead&MaristCarShow2011.doc"

Lake Arrowhead, Waleska, GA,

Rides of Lake Arrowhead Great Fall Festival Cruise-In & Member Appreciation Cookout
Saturday October 29, 2011 from 12 noon - 3 PM

Join us in the mountains during the changing of the leaves for a Fall Festival in Lake Arrowhead, near Waleska. Registration opens at 12 noon for a 12:30 – 3 PM Cruise-In. It’s FREE and beautiful! Lousy weather, Cruise-In cancelled! Then a very short drive to the Dunn’s and Hurley’s for the clubs member appreciation picnic.

A buffet lunch will be served in the Highlands Grille at the Lake Arrowhead Country Club. You can visit the Lake Arrowhead Arts and Crafts Fair in progress at the club house. A free shuttle will take you to/from the club house throughout the show times.

Pre-registration is requested but not required for the Cruise-In. Email your name, year, make, model and up to 12 words of description for your ride to leedunn@windstream.net. Your Ride’s placard will be ready. For more information, contact Lee Dunn 770-479-7910. If you are attending the morning Marist Car Show, join a cruise immediately following Marist to the Rides of Lake Arrowhead led by Stan.

PSCLC Member Appreciation Picnic at the Dunn’s and Hurley’s, Waleska, GA (Lake Arrowhead). All food and drink (unless you drink exotic) will be furnished by the club. Begins immediately following the Cruise-In, till ??? Great food, fun times, wonderful friends, toll bridge (bring quarters), lake rides, meet Max.
Email or call in your reservations to the Dunn’s for food procurement by Friday, Oct 21st.
This event will be held RAIN OR SHINE (but it ain’t gonna rain)!

We have been invited back, so we will be meeting at the Sugar Magnolia Inn at 10:00am. http://www.sugarmagnoliabb.com
After a light brunch we will caravan to Oakland Cemetery.

Directions from I-75/85: Take the exit for Freedom Parkway and the Carter Center. Follow the signs to the Carter Center. Go under the covered bridge and veer to the right with signs for E42. Pass the Carter Center on your left. Go to the stoplight and turn right on N. Highland Ave. Go about 1/2 mile. When you see the warehouses, turn left onto Elizabeth St. Go through one light and one stop sign to Euclid Avenue. Turn right on Euclid Avenue towards the park. Follow Euclid for 2 blocks and yield onto Edgewood Avenue. Take the first right onto Spruce Street to park (the street is one-way so you can park on either side). Sugar Magnolia is the large yellow Victorian house.

Directions: http://www.oaklandcemetery.com/directionsMap.html Call Stan Tucker at (404) 513-7387

“Sunday in the Park” was another great Peach State CLC event. We started out at Sugar Magnolia, Josie Starnes’ bed and breakfast near the park. Ten folks snarfed down Josie’s handmade BLT sandwiches, fresh fruit and peach cobbler – a hearty way to start a crisp, sunny fall day. Thanks, Josie and Debi! The club brought eight cars, and 17 members and guests............

Pictures; "http://peachstateclc.com/SundayInThePark2011a.doc"

Have you heard about Roswell's "Alive After Five" event? The city has experienced a renaissance of its shopping and street life on old Canton Street, just across from City Hall. Every month (at least every warm month) the area's merchants promote their gift and antique shops, bars and eateries with what they call their "Alive After Five" celebration. On August 18th President Stan Tucker arranged to have parking reserved for the Peach State Cadillac and LaSalle Club. When I pulled up about 3:30 in the '58 Turk, Larry Reece's '51 was pulling into the lot, with Stan and Paul West behind in Stan's '56, the Godfather. Soon Lee and Mary Jean Dunn and their longtime friend Pat from Alpharetta drew up in Geraldine, the green '57 sedan. What beastly piece of iron was next? None other than Martina Butler in Frank C's '74 Eldorado, followed by Frank C. Butler in his mama's Big Blue '64 Eldorado convertible. Art Gardner got there later in the '56 Sixty Special he calls Pecos Bill. Frank Butler and Barb Bailey joined us once
they found normal parking around the block. That rounded out the Peach State crowd! It was exhilarating to entertain lots of non-car buffs walking the street with families in tow. Quite an exception to the normal car cruise-in. We answered their questions about the size of the cars and the lavishing of chrome and polished stainless. I'm guessing that a few youngsters got their first exposure to classic Cadillacs that day! Several of us walked a half block to Nine Street, a tavern and restaurant right on Canton Street. Well, it was really loud! That tends to happen at a street party. It got louder as the time (and the guests' drinking) wore on, but the food was great. We all had a fine time. We were out of there before the partying got too outrageous, about dusk. Several of us said that we
ought to make a regular appearance at "Alive After Five." See pics below.............

It is the third Thursday of every month...It would be great to see you there!

"http://peachstateclc.com/AliveAfterFive.doc"

Cadillac & LaSalle Club 2011 Grand National
Dublin, OH (Columbus) - August 9 - 13