Looking ahead to 2027, I would like to propose two activities for our CLC Potomac Region (PR) to be run by special committees:

1.  A LaSalle centennial celebration - Making the most of this marque’s hundred-year history, the CLC Potomac Region will shine the spotlight in 2027 on its LaSalles and spread the “news” to the community at large.  We’ve already been doing it at one event, the Washington Auto Show, attended by 100,000 visitors.  We can do this and more in 2027, for example by having our cars join municipal parades on holidays and by writing feature articles for newspapers, magazines and social media.  All PR LaSalle owners will automatically be on the centennial committee.  Somebody has to organize it.  A chairperson needs to step forth. 

2.  Scholarships – Our Potomac Region’s cash flow is healthy enough to consider the idea of offering scholarships to students who study auto restoration.  I talked to one young woman doing paint and body work in a high-end restoration shop in Ohio.  She had spent tens of thousands of dollars to get training in the field.  Our hobby needs people with this much drive, and we can encourage more of them by offsetting some of their costs.  Our offers would be enough to be meaningful but still sustain the health of our treasury.  We would join the company of Phil Hill and Jules Heumann (read their story online), whose estates already grant scholarships to auto restoration students.  Somebody has to manage this.  A chairperson needs to step forth.

Elsewhere in the news:

For some of us the clock stopped 50 or 60 years ago.  When he woke up, Rip Van Winkle was surprised to learn that Cadillac is back into racing (read the story online).

The banner headline in the CLC announcement for the all-GM show at the 2026 Fall Festival is about Bill Mitchell’s 1956X Buick Century (read the story online). We are proud to say that this ultimate collector car is owned by PR member Steve Plunkett.

After a devastating medical incident, PR member Brady Como is slowly recuperating. Keep him in your prayers.  Now he is thinning out his collection, including the ’53 Eldorado he loves.  Contact him if interested or just to wish him well at send email.

Larry Good