Im 19 now, ive been DREAMING about this car since i was 14, i would draw it, make up new ways the buttons and functions would work all the time in school. One day i will own one, one day.
Sir, I have to admit, I am thoroughly impressed with your knowledge of Cadillacs. I like the Eldog but the Seville is my true love. I have noticed that the Eldogs retain value better than the Seville and the Sevilles tend to have higher mileage than the Eldog. Can you...or anyone reading this....tell me why this is?
Hi, JL, I guess that would have something to do with the price. But, as for the miles, I've discovered that a lot of the Eldogs had the notoriously bad HT4100 engine, and were just parked in the garage for years, resulting in lower mileage.@@jlpsuroeste
@@richardmorris7063 I agree, that slant back wasn't for everyone, me included. But the rest of the car looked fine. Thanks for the two door/ four door info. I had never heard that before. Even at my age, I guess I'm still learning things I didn't know.
Thank you for the nice words. The Eldorado be in a two door will always dictate more money. More of the Eldorados were put away. The Seville generally was used as a family car. If you look around in the marketplace it's a lot tougher to find a nice Seville then an Eldorado. Give the Seville time it will increase in value.
So in 1985, the landau top even on the base Eldorado was standard? So was their a factory option(no cost) to delete the landau top or did this customer get the factory to do it despite there NOT being an option to do so?
My parents bought a brand new Eldorado in 1981, and you had to pay extra money to actually "delete" the landau top. It is my understanding that the deletion actually required more work from the factory to do some finish work on the c-pillar where the body and roof lines met. This was due to it requiring extra sanding and finish work to be able to paint the top versus just covering it up with the vinyl.
@@tag723Your insight into my comment is extremely valuable. But was that delete option(even if you had to pay MORE as in your family's case) on the list of options? I have heard rumors that sometimes the dealers could put in requests for a customer that wasn't an "official" option, delete or not, and the factory would accommidate the request.
@@klwthe3rd ah, I didn't understand the full scope of your question. I was only 11 when my parents bought their Eldorado brand new, so unfortunately, I don't have any insight into wether or not it was an "actual factory option" or if it was just a dealer accommodation to be nice to their customers. I'm hoping that someone more knowledgeable on this platform might be able to reply.
@@klwthe3rd ok, so I was completely incorrect as it turns out. I asked my friend who worked for GM corporate during this time who is very knowledgeable about GM. He advised me that in fact, the "slick top" was the Standard offering on the Eldorado, and the Landau was the option. So, there was no "factory delete" option for the Eldorado. He reminded me that I was likely getting my thought confused with the early 1976 Sevilles, which DID come with a standard vinyl top and was an extra cost vinyl delete for that first year for the original reasons I had stated. Apologies for my error!
@@tag723Don't be sorry. You checked with a very well known source and the question was answered correctly. Not too many people in the comments would have done that! I applaud your committment to get the information correct. Now comes another issue. According to George, in 1984, the standard roof was the landau top since few people chose the slick top offering as standard. In this video, the customer was able to delete the standard landau roof for the slick top. This is what started my whole inquire into this matter. What do you think?
