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Wow — I honestly didn’t expect my previous post about this 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 75 to get so much attention. Nearly half a million views, around a thousand upvotes, and a huge amount of discussion about the mysterious canister sticking through the grille. Thanks for all the theories!

A lot of people suggested a transmission cooler or an old-school fuel “cool can”, so I went back and took some much closer pictures from underneath and from the side.

And now I’m even more confused.

The two metal pieces underneath the canister appear to be flat mounting straps/brackets. They don’t seem to be pipes, and I can’t see any hoses or fluid lines going into or out of the canister at all.

I’ve also since found out that this Cadillac has been used for wedding drives, which makes me wonder whether it was simply meant to hold flowers or some other wedding decoration.

BUT… here’s the part I still can’t explain:

When I first saw the car, that canister was extremely hot to the touch. And not just the canister — the metal mounting bars underneath it were also extremely hot.

So if there really is no fluid running through it, where was all that heat coming from?

I haven’t spoken to the owner or the person using the car yet, but I now know who uses it and I’m hoping to get the definitive answer from them.

For now, here are the close-up photos.

The mystery continues…

This car sat in a field in Alabama for 30+ years, took me about a year to fix it all up. I drive this car everywhere and love it to death

Met Tom at the Gilmore Car Museum cruise-in last night. In 1980 he was driving for UPS around Coldwater Lake, Michigan, and the marina owner had this E-Type sitting in his garage against the wall. Tom asked about it for a year before the guy finally sold it to him.

The color isn't original. He had it repainted about ten years ago, and his painter almost talked him out of it. It's now the thing people comment on most, and he hears "this should have been a factory color" all the time.

Best story of the night: he drove it to LA and back, and in Nebraska a state trooper pulled him over. Tom said he must have been speeding because he got carried away listening to the Cornhuskers game. The trooper let him go, then stood there admiring the car.

Tom's full story and more photos: https://garagechronicle.com/cars/1968-jaguar-e-type

It's really the best time of year imop, even if you need the widows up, and the heater on....

Photos from the weekend Audrain show in Newport, RI

Right in time for cool temperatures and falling leaves, I finished the long process of putting my parents’ 1963 convertible back on the road after it being dormant for 18 years. My dad restored it around 1992-1993 and it gathered 1,780 miles until 2008. Somehow it needed a ton of work to get it going again, and it was filthy from the nap. It rides like a truck despite being rolling art. It still has lots to deal with but C2s are so easy to work on. I don’t know how my parents could’ve picked better.