Gregg D. Merksamer
PCS Life Member / PCS Publicity Chairman / PCS Ele
As my wife Lisa & I drove across central Pennsylvania to mark my 50th birthday in the southwestern part of the state a month ago, our avowed preference for using the back roads was richly rewarded when we encountered a truly-remarkable hoard of derelict Cadillac pro-cars - accompanied by some 1960s vintage Thunderbirds - along old U.S. 11 between Bloomsberg and Danville. :4_11_9::stop:
In addition to the 1968 Superior Sovereign 3-way Landau and matching 1968 Series Seventy-Five Limousine that initially caught our eye, this tired, tattered assemblage included a 1977 S&S Victoria; a 1978 Armbruster/Stageway 6-door limousine; 1978 Miller-Meteor Cadillacs in both rarely-seen limousine-style combination (last registered 2000) and top-of-the-line Citation Landaulet variants; and the front half of a 1967 Miller-Meteor where the frame beneath the partition portion was simply sitting on the ground. Where the rest of the coachwork got to was certainly something interesting to ponder!
Though it's obvious from the attached photos that Tin Worm has thoroughly ruled out any prospect of restoring these rarities, the wealth of potentially salvageable glass and trim immediately compelled me to seek further intel on the owner at Ann Fleming's adjacent antique emporium. She told me the cars belonged to a "strange" old man in his 70s named Hatzell who could sometimes be found at a trailer on the property, but Lisa & I could not pursue the matter further that day owing to the 150-plus miles of two-lane we still had to cover before sunset.
Can anybody reading this thread expand on this admittedly-scant info? Perhaps this Hatzell person was a PCS member at one time, or the time has come that we introduce the PCS to him. Perhaps he'll part with some parts if he knows they're going to a worthy restoration project.
In addition to the 1968 Superior Sovereign 3-way Landau and matching 1968 Series Seventy-Five Limousine that initially caught our eye, this tired, tattered assemblage included a 1977 S&S Victoria; a 1978 Armbruster/Stageway 6-door limousine; 1978 Miller-Meteor Cadillacs in both rarely-seen limousine-style combination (last registered 2000) and top-of-the-line Citation Landaulet variants; and the front half of a 1967 Miller-Meteor where the frame beneath the partition portion was simply sitting on the ground. Where the rest of the coachwork got to was certainly something interesting to ponder!
Though it's obvious from the attached photos that Tin Worm has thoroughly ruled out any prospect of restoring these rarities, the wealth of potentially salvageable glass and trim immediately compelled me to seek further intel on the owner at Ann Fleming's adjacent antique emporium. She told me the cars belonged to a "strange" old man in his 70s named Hatzell who could sometimes be found at a trailer on the property, but Lisa & I could not pursue the matter further that day owing to the 150-plus miles of two-lane we still had to cover before sunset.
Can anybody reading this thread expand on this admittedly-scant info? Perhaps this Hatzell person was a PCS member at one time, or the time has come that we introduce the PCS to him. Perhaps he'll part with some parts if he knows they're going to a worthy restoration project.
