I was born in 1950 in Boulder City, Nevada, near Las Vegas. I grew up in the 1950 and 60's, when the world revolved around a hubcap. One day, in 1958, I walked around a corner, not paying much attention to where I was going, and strolled face-first into the "V and crest" on the hood of a black 1954 Cadillac Coupe de Ville. Maybe I suffered some kind of head trauma in the incident; I don't know, but from that moment on, I was infatuated with Cadillac. When I began to drive, legally, in 1966, I also began buying and selling vintage automobiles, as a hobby. I eventually bought and sold more than 200 cars in 46 years. Most were American luxury cars, but not all. Some, I kept as drivers for varying periods of time. here is a partial list of those personal cars:

1960 Buick Electra 225 convertible (white on white, with red and white interior)
1962 Thunderbird hardtop (salmon, with black interior)
1947 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special series (tan, with tan interior)
1955 Cadillac Series 75 Imperial limousine (tan, with tan and maroon interior)
1954 Buick Roadmaster Riviera Two Door Hardtop (dark green and white, with green interior)
1959 Pontiac Bonneville convertible (black over white, with blue interior)
1960 Pontiac Catalina Two Door Hardtop, with 389 and tri-carbs (white, with blue interior)
1959 Cadillac Series Sixty Two Six Window Sedan (black, with navy interior)
1955 Ford Fairlane Club Coupe V8 (white, with green interior)
1962 Lincoln Continental (white, with rose interior)
1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza 110 convertible (black over white, with blue interior)
1957 Crown Imperial limousine by Ghia (Charcoal, with gray interior)
1965 VW window mini-bus (cream over blue, with blue interior)
1960 Cadillac Series Sixty Two Four Window Sedan (white over mint green, with green interior)
1958 Imperial Crown Southampton Four Door Hardtop (white, with red interior)
1957 Chevrolet half-ton, with blue flame 6 and custom wood racks (blue, with blue interior)
1952 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special Series (pastel green, with two-tone green interior)
1957 Imperial Crown Southampton Two Door Hardtop (black, with buckskin interior)
1972 Oldsmobile 98 Holiday Sport Coupe (tan over pastel yellow, with tan interior)
1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham coupe (burgundy over silver, with burgundy interior)
1972 Mercury Grand Marquis Four Door Hardtop (white over navy, with blue interior)
1960 Cadillac Eldorado Seville two door hardtop (black, with black interior)
1959 Cadillac Four Window Sedan de Ville (white, with black and white interior)
1955 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (white over sky blue, with blue interior)
1963 Cadillac Four Window sedan de Ville (electric blue, with blue interior)
1972 Lamborghini Espada V12 (silver, with a black interior- and a nightmare to keep tuned)
1977 Continental Mark VII (buckskin over oxblood red, with buckskin interior)
1965 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III Standard Steel Saloon (white, with a red interior)
1977 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (white over custom aqua blue, with white interior)
1981 Imperial (navy, with buckskin interior)
2004 Mercury Grand Marquis Interceptor (black, with a buckskin interior)
2004 Jeep Wrangler Rocky Mountain edition (black on black, with gunmetal interior)
2007 Cadillac DTS (black, with gray interior- and an electronic nightmare. Got rid of it after 6 months.)
1952 Rolls Royce Silver wraith Six Light Sports Saloon by Park Ward (black over parchment, with camel interior)

When all was said and done, I finally retired with the 2003 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor that I used in my former career as an executive protection agent. The car is a black stealth unit, with gray interior, still fully tuned, and still carries the original PA system, strobes, emergency sirens, and equipment console and power port.

Even though I no longer buy and sell or collect special interest cars, I still have a great interest in them and the memories they inspire.