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December 2013 Newsletter

Celebrating the Golden Anniversary of the 1963 Cadillac John Churchill’s 1963 Fleetwood 75 Series Sedan

- Director’s Message - Chapter Updates - Donate to the CLC Museum - Chapter Shirts Available

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- John Churchill’s 1963 Fleetwood 75 Series - Looking Back: 1963 Fleetwood 75 Series - 1963 Fleetwood 75 Series Stats and Facts - 1963 Cadillac: Personalize your Cadillac

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Director's Message by Jason Edge

Hello Chapter Members,

First, I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas Holiday and is looking forward to a Great 2014! I have to say one of the coolest items I received for Christmas this year was a large illustration from Mano Forsman from Sweden. Instead of me trying to describe it, go to the last page of this newsletter and check out the detail of his hand-crafted illustration. I was chuffed to see my name tagged to a door hinge I had supplied sometime over the last year and thought what a fantastic combination of Christmas and the restoration of our Cadillacs! Mano in turn received a 2014 CLC Museum calendar that benefits our “in progress” museum and has a very fine example of a 1964 Cadillac Coupe DeVille featured for the month of September….if I don’t say so myself. Exchanging cards, shirts, calendars, and other gifts during the holiday season is just one perk of being part of our 1963/1964 Cadillac Community and our extended Cadillac LaSalle Club family. The camaraderie and friendships built around our passion of these great automobiles, has got be the most compelling reason to join a club and chapter such as ours with other like-minded people. If you are active on the website, you also know that our chapter-hosted site is a great source of technical and restoration help from other members, however, I believe our club runs much deeper than a simple web forum or club roster, in that we truly are a club of friends. During this season of Faith and Sharing I am most appreciative of the many benefits that our camaraderie as a club affords each of us and thank you for being part of our club.

A Final Look at the 63’s (for now)……. We will wrap up our look at the 1963 Cadillac with this newsletter but will definitely return to this incredible model year after we roll out the red carpet for the 1964 Cadillac and its 50th Anniversary. We end our look at the 1963’s with John Churchill’s Fleetwood 75 Series Sedan. I wanted to also cover the commercial chassis body styles but have run out of time and stories and will come back to that body style and others later. I have learned so much from the written sources such as the dealer date book, shop manual, specification manual, brochures, etc., that we have covered and included in the newsletters, however, I have learned much more from each of you that have submitted the wonderful stories! I love to brag about our chapter, but have to say we really have great chapter members, and thank each of you for the continued support and representing our niche of Cadillac so very well! A Year-Long Look at the 1964 Cadillac We will try and cover as many of the 1964 body styles as possible throughout 2014. We have a lot of great 1963’s we want to go back to, but for the 50th anniversary of the 1964, we will give that model year its due starting with a 62 series later in January 2014. I will need articles with pictures to include in the newsletters and encourage each of you to consider writing an article about your 1964 in the coming year. It really gives me a thrill to feature our member Cadillacs, but need you to step up with those stories. With that said…. Here’s wishing all of you a wonderful Holiday

Season and Happy New Year!!! Jason.

Our Mission

The 1963/1964 Cadillac Chapter was formed to provide a proactive, inclusive and free club for all 1963 & 1964 Cadillac owners and enthusiasts and to promote social fellowship among club members. We encourage members to maintain, preserve, and restore 1963 & 1964 Cadillacs and to promote the

development, collection, publication and exchange of helpful information.

Chapter Status Our chapter became a provisional chapter in July 2010 and was approved for permanent status at the

winter CLC Board Meeting in Jan 2012. We are now one of 12 CLC Chapters. You can see a list of all Chapters at

https://cadillaclasalleclub.org/regions-affiliates-chapters/chapters-listings

Chapter Organization Director: Jason Edge and Officers: Gary Westfall, Alex Figueroa, and Jeff Kinzler.

Chapter Membership MEMBERSHIP: 220 Members

CLC Membership is a requirement for Chapter Membership

Chapter Website: www.6364Cadillac.com MEMBERSHIP: 946 Members

Open to all 1963 & 1964 Cadillac Enthusiasts

Chapter Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/6364cadillac FACEBOOK PAGE LIKES: 1,320

Open to all 1963 & 1964 Cadillac Enthusiasts

Welcome our New Members Since September Newsletter:

Reggie Foley from Suffolk, Virginia with a 1964 DeVille Convertible

John Churchill from Parker, Arizona with a 1963 75 Series Sedan, 1964 Fleetwood 60 Special, 1964 Eldorado,

and a 1965 75 Series Limousine

Tom Bahner from Rossville, Kansas with a 1963 4 Window Sedan Deville

Rendering of the New CLC Museum Building

at World Renown Gilmore Car Museum Hickory Corners, Michigan

Please Donate to the

Cadillac LaSalle Club Museum and Research Center

on behalf of the 1963/1964 Cadillac Chapter

As a fellow 63/64 Cadillac Enthusiast and Director of the 63/64 Cadillac chapter, I am asking you to please donate now on behalf of our Chapter.

Groundbreaking for the museum occurred at the Cadillac Fall Festival on Sept 29,

however, the museum is only funded in part, and the CLCMRC Needs your support!

If you have not donated, or perhaps already donated, please show your support for our Chapter and our "Our Cadillac Museum" and donate today.

There are several ways to give including PayPal. See link below and make a donation today and be sure and indicate it is on behalf of the 1963/1964 Cadillac Chapter. Remember that your donation

is tax deductible and more importantly goes toward our museum.

Click on Link for WAYS TO GIVE: www.cadillaclasallemuseum.org/waystogive.html

Order your 2014 CLC MRC Calendar Now! The 2014 CLC Museum Calendars have been shipping out since early

December. Be sure and order your Calendar today and show your support for our Museum and Research. My 1964 Coupe DeVille is the September featured Cadillac, so I definitely have a special interest in this year’s CLCMRC calendar! You can access the order form as a PDF file by CLICKING HERE.

For more information on the CLC Museum and Research Center go to

www.cadillaclasallemuseum.org/

1963/1964 Cadillac Chapter Shirts Gildan Ultra Cotton Pre-Shrunk

I ordered a new batch of Chapter Shirts prior to the Grand National this year and have a limited stock of all sizes, however the Large and XL usually sell out fast. These are produced by PKD Screen Printing, Inc. out of Raleigh, and are top quality "Gildan Ultra Cotton" pre-shrunk shirts. The color is ash grey

which will go great with just about any color pants or jacket.

These are being sold “at cost” + shipping.

The cost for shirts sized S to XL is $15, the 2XL is $17 and the 3XL is $18. Currently on hand: 2 - Small, 2 - Medium, 3 - Large, 2 - XL, 4 - XXL, 3 – XXXL

If interested in one of our Club Shirts send me an email at jasonedge@nc.rr.com

Chapter Shirts

Member Cadillac Spotlights

Each Month we spotlight a Member Cadillac in our newsletter

and on our website and Facebook page. If you would like to

show off your 63 or 64 Cadillac send an article with pictures to

jasonedge@nc.rr.com

John Churchill’s 1963 Fleetwood 75 Series Sedan

My love affair with 1963 Cadillacs began in the mid-sixties, when my father let me drive his blue 1963

DeVille convertible. After pining for one for nearly four decades, I bought a 1964 Eldorado in 2003

and a 1965 Series 75 Limousine in 2004. Both promptly went into the shop for restoration.

In the summer of 2005, while shopping for honey in Del Norte, Colorado, my wife said: “Look, that

looks like your…” She stopped mid-sentence hoping I hadn’t heard her (the two other Cadillacs were

still in the shop, generating nothing but bills). I glanced where she had been looking and there was a

beautiful 1963 Series 75 Sedan sitting forlornly in a small used car lot next door, a washed out price

once painted on its windshield. A careful inspection revealed that she was a rust-free western car,

with less than 57,000 original miles. I drove her home the next day, with my less than enthusiastic

but extraordinarily tolerant wife in tow.

After routine

maintenance, oil changes,

lubrication and the like we

drove her to western

Arizona where these

photos were taken.

A little research revealed that

she was originally a “funeral”

car, purchased by a funeral

home, with the “radio delete”

option so as to not disturb the

passengers.

Her interior is original except

for the seat covers and portions

of the carpet. Most of the

exterior paint also appears to be

original. I did have the engine

compartment “refreshed,”

however.

……member spotlight continued

She now resides at the

“Cottonwood Cove Resort”

outside of Creede, Colorado,

which is nearly 9,000 feet

above sea level.

To the delight of those who get to

ride in her, she is used as the

resort “limo” to pick up air

travelers at the Creede and

Alamosa airports, as well as to

take resort guests and others to

the Creede Repertory Theatre,

restaurants, bars, for tours of the

beautiful San Juan mountains

(where the mountain passes

frequently exceed 11,000 feet)

and for special occasions.

She has even taken

fisherman to local trout

lakes and streams (the

Rio Grande River runs

through the resort).

Needless to say, it is quite

a hit.

……member spotlight continued

Her sturdy 390 engine

(unique to its year) has

required nothing but oil

changes and tune ups, and

her four speed

“Hydramatic” transmission

has been maintenance free.

I installed air shocks in the

back, which have been

inflated when occasional

large parties (as many as

five or six) sit in the back

seats.

This 1963 Series 75 Sedan is an unrestored original (except for the front and rear seat

covers – the jump seats are original). Everything works, including the front and rear

air/heaters and both clocks!

It is not in what I would consider to be #10 “show worthy” condition, although it is a

beautiful car, and I have shown it in local cars shows in Arizona and Colorado.

I drive it every summer while vacationing in Colorado.

John Churchill

……member spotlight continued

Happy New Year!!

From the 1963/1964 Cadillac Chapter!

Hopefully you will have a fleet of elves working on your Cadillac throughout 2014 as Mano Forsman has working on his 1963 Eldorado.