Tag: 1955 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible

Back in Fort Stockton, Texas, nobody thought much of young Clarence “Clay” Holbrook. He had a habit of digging where no one else cared to. Vacant lots, dry creek beds, even the dusty playground behind Jim Bowie High School—Clay would be there, on his knees with a coffee can and a bent garden trowel, sifting…

I remember one of these in town when I was a small kid. By then it was a few years old, but no less opulent, and certainly no less storied. It was owned by a couple in town by the name of Bridges. First names escape me, but they are irrelevant. The couple owned the…