Saw this today in a supermarket parking lot, parked way out. What a feast for the eyes.
I think I'm dreaming. The last of the 500 cubic inchers, perhaps.
You could have taken MANY high school friends to the drive-in free of charge in a trunk like this if your parents lent you their Eldorado! There's my sled beyond, and slightly to the left.
A Cadillac dash shared with its siblings. And, with the placement of that bag, a flat floor due to FWD. I suppose it is strange to take photos of the interiors of random people's cars.
My sled as viewed through the hood ornament and finned front fender (say that 3 times, real fast) of this Eldorado.
I don't recall if I've seen Eldorado inscribed on other Eldorados, but this was a Biarritz.
These look like 50/50 seats with individual armrests. Cadillac used this color (chamois, vanilla, I don't know what they called it) that was not seen in other GM divisions which used a uniform and darker tan interior. Some family friends had this color in the first downsized Coupe De Ville to use the 425 c.i. V8.
I can do without the wide whitewalls. The thin whitewalls seen on some Lincoln products might have worked better. I believe a standard whitewall came with the car. I definitely like the opera windows. I prefer a vinyl roof that is not padded.
I'm walking back to my car at this point, but this is the first view I got of it as I was about to get into my car to leave. I'm glad I didn't leave.
What a presence. I also like the canting and character lines on the belt line near the opera window.
This is somewhere between 1975 and 1978. I'm guessing it's a '77 or a '78. If so, the 500 c.i. V8 may have been gone and this vehicle would have been powered by a 425 c.i. V8 by then..
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With 8 photos (actually more), I obviously liked this car. While it didn't make it day, it helped make it better.