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Event Coverage: 2013 La Jolla Concours d'Elegance

Great balance between prewar and postwar cars from all corners of the globe marked a perfect day for Richard Truesdell to capture the elegance of this continually improving event.

Event Coverage: 2013 La Jolla Concours d'Elegance

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Dodge RAM WPA-Style Posters

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Travel News: Plan Your Summer With Valero's All-American Roadtrip

With tips for Fido-friendly travel, road trips on a budget, and much more, PlanYourRoadTrip.com is our favorite new trip-planning website.

Travel News: Plan Your Summer With Valero's All-American Roadtrip

Getting a Dose of Car Culture, Pacific Northwest-Style
Written by Rich Truesdell   
Tuesday, 03 August 2010 14:48

My second year at Corvairs Northwest's Annual Orphan and Discontinued Car Show... while learning to use the video on my Nexus One

1919 Cadillac :: Starting Procedure Video As a Corvair owner, I found it difficult to pass up the Corvairs Northwest's 13th Annual Orphan and Discontinued Car Show held at the last remaining XXX Root Beer stand in Issaquah, east of Seattle, Washington. This year, the club hosted a packed house that included more than 50 Corvairs and a similar number of orphan and discontinued cars. (Their ranks were swelled by the recent additions of Pontiac and Saturn, welcomed warmly by the veterans from makes like Franklin, Packard, Studebaker, Panhard, AMC, Plymouth, and Oldsmobile.)

One of the star attractions of the show, however, was Bruce Rice's 1919 Cadillac limousine--in spite of it being neither an orphan nor a discontinued make. Every time he started up the Caddy, it drew a large and appreciative crowd. In the first of a series of videos taken with my Nexus One at the show, follow Bruce as he goes through the involved process of starting this unusual car.