Harley Earl goodness and changes are extremely minimal. The mirrors came from Billet Specialties, the headlights are halogen behind the stock lenses, the taillights are LEDs behind the stock lenses, and he made custom step plates on the running boards. Daniel and Jack Raymond straightened out the body and AutoTech in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, laid down the PPG All-Terrian Blue (GM 2013) paint. Tons of perfectly restored chrome and stainless finish the package off missing only the running board side spears. The interior is also surprisingly stock with a factory dash holding factory gauges, the stock seats (front and rumble), and all the original pulls and handles. Daniel added in a modern tilt column, a bil- let banjo wheel, a center console-style dash exten-
sion for the A/C and auxiliary gauges. Daniel wired everything together with a Speedway harness. Finally, Dragon Tail, owned by Rick Welch, was employed to stitch the interior in saddle leather, a tan top, and matching square-weave carpeting. Daniel did a great job keeping everything that makes a 1937 LaSalle a legend, but also building a great driving rod ready to cruise through retirement. It’s still the car that Harley Earl would recognize, but in Cadillac tradition it has the advanced stuff under the skin like modern EFI LS power, unequal length tubular A-arm IFS, and little computers/circuit boards everywhere. Classy, modern, totally unique, and ready to cruise cross-country. Sounds like perfection to me and odd rodders everywhere. JUNE 2026 35
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