I was very pleased to see so many children turn out for this event (be sure to check out Lindsey Rowald's custom vest emblazoned with all the appropriate insignia). By instilling these positive experiences in our young, we are ensuring future interest in old Cadillacs and LaSalles. After all, this is how I got started, a little boy seeing the Rockies, old hotels in the south and the George Washington Bridge through the windshield of a Cadillac Now I have a few more Cadillac experiences to add to the list—I stood in the courtroom where a member of the Barrow-Parker gang was condemned, rode in a real stagecoach and played the dulcimer next to an inn that knew the long, heavy stride of Grant, Lee and Jefferson Davis. 

There is something near spiritually redeeming about a quiet road and good car. For a few daylight hours on Sept. 28, 1996, we remembered or discovered what motoring once was. Like Steinbeck wrote— ... You don't take a trip, a trip takes you."

The following is a list of the cars and owners that participated in the first annual Anderson Tour:

October Meeting
John Huskisson threw open the doors of his Custom Letter and Lines for our meeting. I've seen paint shops before and this is no paint shop; it's the studio of an artist. Everything from vans to helmets, John's does it all in a very unique way. His almost completed car sat in front of the shop—a hot red '55 Coupe de Ville. As engine work was still being performed, the front sheet metal was off, giving the car a '50s hot rod appearance. John did all the painting and leather upholstery work himself with Russ Stripay doing the engine work. 

As a '61 E type Jag has been placed on permanent display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, I would like to nominate John's engine for induction to MOMA as well. It is beautifully detailed with chromed valve covers (in deference to the Caddy rods of the '50s) and crowned with the Eldorado 2x4 carte set-up and an immaculate bat wing air cleaner. The Eldo engine for that year was 331 CID and kicked out 270 horses at 4800 RPM. Since Russ' modification, this configuration is a little wilder. I took pictures of it and will have one enlarged for addition to my personal collection. This engine is a work of art; an aesthetic statement symbolic of power and beauty.

The meeting got under way with some major topics put to discussion. IMPORTANT: LISTEN UP! After some negotiations, we have cut a deal with the legendary Cadillac Bar making it possible to use their private room for our next meeting. Jeffrey Hammond, - catering manager, has waived the room