Pontiac-Oakland Moving Day

I mentioned just after the New Year that Tim Dye‘s long-awaited Pontiac-Oakland Museum and Resource Center (POMARC) had been approved and was going ahead; last month he started packing up a small fleet of tractor-trailers with materials (and cars) for the long drive from Oklahoma to Pontiac, Illinois (on Route 66; Pontiac, Michigan, was not […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1984 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz

Multiplying our ongoing and inexplicable attraction to burgundy exponentially is this double burgundy 1984 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertible. Beyond the plush luxury of burgundy bordering on wine is the remarkable similarity of this car to the Cadillac that Too Short himself drove around Lake Merritt in Oakland, California, in his I’m a Player music video […]

Pontiac-Oakland Museum is on!

I’ve received word from Tim Dye that, after an amazingly short gestation, the Pontiac, Illinois, city council has given final approval for a museum celebrating the beloved GM brand. Tim will be providing further details soon, but he’s been approved by the city as the manager for the project, and funding is in place. It’s […]