Moritz Cadillac helps to restore a 1985 Cadillac El Dorado Biarritz to it's original luster for Texas Ranger's Manager, Ron Washington. At 11:45am on Thursday, May 26th, 2011, Ron Washington received a touching replacement for the Cadillac El Dorado that he had previously owned and lost during Katrina. The Texas Rangers, Nolan Ryan and Moritz Cadillac partnered to make this a special afternoon for Ron in thanks of his work and dedication to baseball and the Rangers. There was quite a crowd around to witness the delivery. See the links and sources below to view more video coverage or click this link to see exclusive photos from Ron's El Do Day.
Enjoy direct quotes from Nolan and Ron's Day here:
"It's a fun thing to do something like that," said club president Nolan Ryan. "Our organization felt that we wanted to help Ron replace that car, and there are so few of them that it was kind of a neat opportunity."
"I think that goes to show how much they care about their employees," Ron Washington said. "Words couldn't express what I feel about them replacing my 1985 [Biarritz], because it meant everything to me. It was hard for me to let it go, and then they find one and sent it to me."
When the Rangers decided on the gift, they joined forces with Moritz Cadillac in Arlington, Tx in order to find a suitable car, then figure out how to install a sun roof and do a custom seat replacement in the white leather version, just like the one Washington saw and loved on the showroom floor 25 years ago.
"One thing is for sure, when they got it, it wasn't, but they made it to be the same one I got off the showroom floor," Washington said of the Moritz Cadillac El Do's transformation. "This one didn't have a sun roof, and they put a sun roof in it. It didn't have white seats, they put white seats in it. Everything else is exactly the same."
"To tell you the truth, I don't know how they found out," Ron said about how Moritz got the El Dorado just right. "Somebody went through my wife, but I don't know how they found out everything because that's not something I talk about. If we're talking about Katrina I'll say, 'Yeah, I lost my Biarritz in Katrina, but they did their due diligence.'"
Various Sources:
Video: Rangers give Ron Washington 1985 Cadillac Biarritz
Dallas Morning News
http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/texas-rangers/headlines/20110526-video-rangers-give-ron-washington-1985-cadillac-biarritz.ece
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Ron Washington gets 'new' Cadillac
ESPN
"The club worked with Moritz Cadillac in an extensive search and was able to purchase one as a gift to the manager. The Rangers originally announced the ..."
http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/texas-rangers/post/_/id/4865268/ron-washington-gets-new-cadillac
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Rangers present Washington with unique gift
TexasRangers.com
"When the Rangers decided on the gift, they had to team up with Moritz Cadillac in order to find a suitable car, but then they had to make a sun roof and ... "
http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110526&content_id=19605652&vkey=news_tex&c_id=tex
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