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Cadillac Owners.com First National Meet
Des Moines, Iowa — May 18-20, 2007
Got up early Saturday morning to wash 1,800 miles, 3 1/2 days and five states worth of bugs off the front of Cruella. The bug and tar remover actually worked! Then, it was just a short 2 1/2 drive from my sister's house south of Omaha to Des Moines.
Got to the meet-up place a little early, then the fleet of Cadillacs (plus Jesda's Infiniti) pulled in. Jesda demonstrated the wicked sound of his Q's straight pipe exhaust and did an impromptu road course demonstration in the former Target parking lot without the benefit of pylons. Too far away to capture with the camera, unfortunately.
Once everybody arrived, we made a caravan over to Porky's Diner. Jesda raced ahead and blocked traffic so we could all turn left into Porky's. Not sure how many people flipped him the bird, but it was at least a few. Porky's believes in large portions. Each lunch could probably feed a family of four for a week.
Porky's hosts a cruise-in every Saturday, and we were treated to a great show. There are a lot of nice classics in Des Moines, and it seems like most of them come to Porky's. They were parking two cars deep by the time we left.
Dinner at Latin King was amazing, even the shot glass of pasta Kael and I got with our Chicken Spiedini (possibly some of the best chicken I've ever had). Great service, too. They put up with a loud bunch of Caddy guys. I didn't take a picture of my bill, but I saw the picture Jesda took of his. Those gin and tonics add up (in more ways than one, right?).
All in all, the meet was well worth the 3 1/2 day drive. I had a blast.
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| Welcome to Iowa | Cruising 1-80 eastbound towards Des Moines | ||
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| Meet up at the former Target parking lot. Too bad nobody got Jesda's automotive gymnastics with the Q45 | |||
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| Lots of beautiful old and new Caddies (and a foreign interloper) | |||
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| DeVilles and Broughams at Porky's | After seeing JRau's spotless engine bay, Brian spiffed up the 350 in his Brougham. Not bad for a quickie detail job. | Front view of the DeVilles and JRau's Brougham | |
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| JRau's and Brian's Broughams, several CTSs | Rear view of the DeVilles and JRau's Brougham | Jesda and a bunch of black CTSs | |
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| Matching CTS-Vs | Justin's '01 STS | '84 Corvette and '68 Camaro SS | |
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| Yeah, that thing's got a Hemi | Hemi Satellite | '84 Corvette and '68 Camaro SS | Corvette Cross-Fire Injection |
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| Camaro SS 396 | Bill Mitchell's masterpiece -- '64 Buick Riviera | ||
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| If Satan needed a car, I think he'd go for a '68 Charger R/T -- bad to the bone | '65 Chevelle SS | ||
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| '65 Chevelle SS | '55 Chevrolet | Rare Corvette Grand Sport | |
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| '67 Hurst, '69 and '71 Pontiac GTOs | '69 Dodge Super Bee | ||
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| '69 Dodge Super Bee; yeah, it's got a Hemi, too | Super Bee Tic-Toc-Tach | '70 Charger with alligator vinyl top | |
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| '41 Cadillac | '92 Allanté | '04 Pontiac GTO | Pontiac Solstice |
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| '70 Pontiac Grand Prix Hurst SSJ | |||
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| '69 Pontiac GTO Judge | '69 Pontiac GTO | ||
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| '72 Chevrolet Monte Carlo | Bad-Ass Buick -- '87 Grand National | '74 Chevrolet Monte Carlo | |
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| '63 Thunderbird for sale | '50 Ford flathead | Sweet '69 Corvette Stingray | |
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| '69 Corvette Stingray with a bored out big block | Sublime 'cuda | ||
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| '70 Pontiac GTO Judge | Rare '70 Monte Carlo 400 big-block with a 4-speed | ||
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