European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse To. \ a Kyj a a cd a Cadillac since seeing a photo of Elvis Presley with one waited a Long time before being United with this 1963 Caddy. Lor in a Ger pod for Pone or arts for a piling. Tars now jes with p parts. Its for the Stu Factor a 56 Ford up want p about it she is completely renovating from Stock to custom. Under its Hood is a 327-cubic-Inch Corvette engine. Georg Hehr waited for almost two years for a German firm to locate a Cadillac in the states for him to buy. It arrived Only a few weeks ago a a 1963 Cadillac Coupe de Ville. �?o1 like Elvis Presley and i like his music a Hehr says to explain the Purchase of the car. In 1978, he visited Graceland Elvis Tennessee Home and saw pictures of the King with a Caddy. Hehr had to have one too. Hoffman a car is his second Cadillac. He owned one before at the same time he owned a Mercedes. He preferred the american car and dumped the Mercedes. A the Mercedes might be comfortable but the Cadillac is More comfortable a he says. A when you drive the Mercedes you notice every gear the automatic transmission changes into. Not so with the Gilbert Gallant is an american in the Middle of All this incongruity who cannot believe his Good Luck. Gallant a dental technician in Frankfurt and owner of a 1971 Volkswagen Beetle speedster went through the hot car Era of the 1960s in the United states. Back then at various times he owned a 1941 Plymouth a 1956 Oldsmobile a 1964 Oldsmobile some Mustangs and some cougars. A the whole muscle car phase of the �?T60s, we be had this again in Germany in the �?T80s,�?� he says. A Aback when we started the club you saw a few Mustangs and a few Samaros. In the past five years there a been such a Boom in american clubs like the Rhein main cruising club have popped up Here and there throughout Europe. Swedes have Long loved american cars. It would not be unusual now to find a Camaro winding through the austrian Alps. And chances Are the Drivers will share the sentiments of the cruising club members who say these cars make a statement for individuality. A you wont see the newer models in our ranks a says Hoffman. A since about 1980, american cars began to look like cars Over reporter Ron Jensen and photographer Dave Didio Are stars and stripes staff members. My Lii x. % a. \ a Mem v. Members of the Frankfurt club look Over Renate Stammbach a customized 1957 Chevy pickup truck. My / v v a set of headlights peering out from the body of a Caddy resembles a visitor from space. Is inday
