The beginning of the Motor City Region starts with the founding of the Cadillac & LaSalle Club in 1958. The three founding members of the national club (Ken Baldwin, Ansel Sackett and Norm Uhlir) all lived and worked in the Detroit Metropolitan area. Initially, all effort was extended in soliciting members from across the country. It wasn’t long, however, before those recruited to help with the project began meeting socially in one of either two member’s homes; one home was in Grosse Pointe; the other in Mt. Clemens, Michigan. Mt. Clemens sits at the north end of Lake St. Clair and Gross Pointe is located at the south end of Lake St. Clair. At the time, it seemed perfectly logical to name the local fledgling group the Lake St. Clair Region of the Cadillac & LaSalle Club. It wasn’t long before other regions began to form throughout the country such as the Potomac Region, Southern California Region, and Northern California Region. Cadillac and LaSalle enthusiasts in the Region in southeastern Michigan were all members of the Lake St. Clair Region until September of 2004.