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4/12/09

The 1930 Cadillac V-16 Fleetwood

America was sliding into an economic disaster called the Great Depression when the 1930 Cadillacs arrived in September 1929. The Cadillac V-8 was enlarged to 353 cubic inches, which created a new Series 353 line. But in December came the big news: Cadillac management announced that a new line powered by a 452-cubic-inch V-16 was being readied for the New York Automobile Salon in January 1929. A five-passenger Imperial Landau Sedan was the only car actually exhibited at that venue. The V-16 utilized a 148-inch wheelbase. But before long, an array of 54 semi-custom body styles by Fleetwood were available.

Thus the famed Cadillac V-16 was born.

CLICK HERE to learn more about the famed 1930 Cadillac V-16 Fleetwood.

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Editor's Note: Each week Old Cars Weekly will be featuring a Car of the Week for you to enjoy. This new e-mail newsletter will arrive in your email inbox every Sunday morning. If there is a particular car that you would like to see featured in the Old Cars Weekly Car of the Week e-mail newsletter, please let us know by sending an e-mail to oldcars@krause.com

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4/10/09

Editor's Note: Every month we will be sending you the most recent issue of the Old Cars Weekly E-mail Restoration Series. This 10-part series will will contain how-to articles and photos providing you with great tips on how to complete your next restoration project.

Issue 2: Sheet Metal Basics

Sheet metal work falls into two realms: manual arts and technical skills. The strategies for and operations of removing complex deformations (a.k.a. "dents") from sheet metal body parts are so variable as to make choosing between them an art in itself.

There is usually no single correct approach to such a complex task, and various approaches may produce virtually equal results. Of course, there are also numerous substandard or incorrect approaches to this work that can hide original damage while actually producing further, hidden damage.

The result of all of this is that good sheet metal work requires a study of basic technical factors, experience in the actual work and imagination and ingenuity in approaching some of the more difficult problems posed by sheet metal repair.

CLICK HERE to view Issue 2 of the Old Cars Weekly Email Restoration Series.

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4/9/09

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Rare '23 Stutz from A.K. Miller collection heads home

A 1923 Stutz seven-passenger touring, the only known surviving example and found in exceptional original condition, is headed back to its origins - Indianapolis. Like many rarities in the A.K. Miller collection, it was hidden away for decades.

CLICK HERE to read about the rare Stutz and its new home

Jury awards $8.6 million in wild pig accident

Okay, so this one isn't about old cars. It's about a wild pig and a motorcycle that collided on a dark highway in the middle of the night. Drivers of all types, however, will certainly find it interesting because of the broader implications.

CLICK HERE to read about the lawsuit

Ron returns from another great salvage hunt

OCW 'salvage hound' Ron Kowalke has been out sniffing around again. This time, the Junkyard Dog found a Dodge City salvage lot whose owner of few words has a yard full of old vehicles that speaks volumes about his 50 years in the business.

CLICK HERE to share a visit to Stapleton's Salvage

One-stop shopping: OCW Classifieds

Old Cars Weekly Online Classifieds: Cars, Trucks, Parts, Trailers, Tanks and more for sale now. NOW is a great time to shop for a collector car! It's a buyer's market!

Our Online Classified ads are rapidly growing. CLICK HERE to see what is available today. CLICK HERE to list your item for sale.

And, while you are at it, be sure to check out the great deals being offered on our DEALER PAGES.

Don't miss our great Automotive Products and Services Directory!

Our huge online directory has everything, and every company, you're looking for. Find everything from insurance and appraisals, to auction companies, specialty parts manufacturers, equipment makers and suppliers, restoration companies, and just about anything else related to the old car hobby!

Obsolete Reliable Parts Bob's Classic Chevy

GM to auction more of its Heritage Collection this weekend

General Motors parted with some of its treasured Heritage Collection earlier this year. Now Barrett-Jackson is set to auction off more this weekend in Palm Beach.

CLICK HERE for auction information

This Hudson was "Gator Aid"

This Hudson touring car was used as part of a traveling alligator display. Meet Florida's "Alligator Man' and his reptile hauler.

CLICK HERE to travel back to 1916

The 2009 edition of Collector Car Price Guide provides you with essential information on finding, fixing, financing and having fun with collector cars, drawing on 20+ years of auction experience from the staff at Old Cars Price Guide. This book, in its easy-to-carry format, contains more than 250,000 values determined from auction data, collector input and market research to help you accurately rate the condition of a car and identify the difference between classic, antique, special interest, collector and milestone models.

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Rétromobile salutes alternative energy

This year, Rétromobile, France's premier old car event, looked back on some of the industry's historic challenges, choosing alternative energy as a theme.

CLICK HERE to look at some of the displays

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4/5/09

Car of the Week: The 1970 LS6 Chevelle

Only the good die young. The "bad" cars like the SS 396 kept going, but sometimes even they had to make adjustments to keep up with the competition. By 1970, the SS 396 was becoming a classic. It had been around since 1966 and was no longer the fastest muscle car in town. To keep the Chevelle in the muscle car race, Chevy had to do something drastic in 1970. The result was the legendary SS 454 LS6 option — probably the king of the jungle when it comes to classic muscle cars.

CLICK HERE to learn more about the 1970 LS6 Chevelle.

To view our complete index of Car of the Week features, CLICK HERE.

Editor's Note: Each week Old Cars Weekly will be featuring a Car of the Week for you to enjoy. This new e-mail newsletter will arrive in your email inbox every Sunday morning. If there is a particular car that you would like to see featured in the Old Cars Weekly Car of the Week e-mail newsletter, please let us know by sending an e-mail to oldcars@krause.com.

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4/2/09

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In This Issue:

Missing Hell's Angel collection headed to block

The vintage car collection of a missing Canadian and former Hell's Angel will be up for auction April 24-25.

Cedric Baxter Smith is presumed dead by family and friends. He is one of 17 full-patch members of the Vancouver chapter of the Hells Angels and had amassed an enviable collection of vintage vehicles that included Pierce Arrows, Buicks, Cadillacs and more.

CLICK HERE for more information about the auction

Deliver me from evil:
Angelo's eerie salvage experience

It was a dark and stormy night .... well, not really, but the latest salvage yard experience of OCW Editor Angelo Van Bogart was a spooky trip through the "bone yard." Check out why in one of his latest blogs, along with another blog gushing over the debut of Hurst Challengers. AND check out his great photo collection of cars from the 1957 Chinese New Year's Parade in San Francisco's China Town.

CLICK HERE to go "Under the Hood" with Angelo Van Bogart.

The cure for Corvette fever

Henry and Naomi Rehfeldt have seen a lot of Ford hot rods, cool Chevy customs and several sweet stockers come and go, but it's the 1961 Chevrolet Corvette that Henry sold and misses the most.

So what happens when you lose your first love? Why, you go out and find another to replace it, of course. The Rehfeldts bought their second Corvette, a 1964 Sting Ray, from the showroom floor ... then never let it go.

CLICK HERE to visit the Rehfelds and their cool Corvettes

Miss Meta's Buick

It took nearly 20 long years for an OCW reader to secure a 13,000-mile 1964 LeSabre.

CLICK HERE to read how he acquired Miss Meta's meticulous Buick.

Lutty's Chevy Warehouse

Replica Plastics

Exploding Pintos and other great videos

If you haven't checked out the OCW Community pages lately, you've been missing some great reader-contributed videos. There's currently 59 video postings, including an exploding Pinto, past Iola Old Car Shows, and a Corvair Off-Road Research Video.

CLICK HERE to start your video experience (and feel free to upload your own old car videos!)

A Charlotte weekend

The great Charlotte AutoFair is being held this weekend in North Carolina, and Old Cars Weekly is there!

If you go to Charlotte, look for the OCW vending trailer at the AutoFair in the Orange Field, set up in spaces EO-28 and EO-29. Come and say hello to either Auction Editor Ron Kowalke or Advertising Specialist Hank Stanczyk, as well as take advantage of special pricing on books, periodicals and subscriptions.

In the meantime, CLICK HERE to see what Ron has to say about this and other upcoming events in his popular "Auction Express News" column.

Great OCW products as DIGITAL DOWNLOADS!

OCW is now offering its great pricing products in many different formats: books, CDs AND digital downloads. Prices range from as little as $2.99!

CLICK HERE to see what we're offering now, and keep checking back as we continue to offer MORE!

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