Good review. Owned a gorgeous '83 just like the one in the movie Casino. The first Eldo I saw was a '67 on a turntable at the Detroit Auto show in late '66 & was home on leave after basic training. A Marine buddy also was home & we got in free because we were wearing our class A uniforms. I still remember the model talking about the Eldo kept pointing at us saying it was THE car for us. I told her it was tough to do on $93 a month pay. We all had a good laugh. Great memories.
I keep coming back to all your videos. Educational, with great content. I appreciate no screaming, or gimmicks or click bait. Thank You From 40 miles NW of Boston area
My parents had a 1969 Eldorado when I was a kid ... beautiful car. Those were the days when Cadillac was considered the best. The 67-70 Eldorados are my favorite.
This video IS NOT about Oldsmobiles. It's about Cadillacs. I am 75 years in age now. But when I was 14 years in age, I used to mow a mans yard who was a salesman @ a huge Oldsmobile dealership, and he once worked @ the factory in Lansing Michigan, one of the places where Oldsmobiles were built in which he was there many many years. He once told me that Oldsmobile has always been the experiment car for Cadillac, starting from 1949. He told me that what ever was installed on an Oldsmobile was installed on a Cadillac. I purchased my first new Cutlass Supreme in 1972. @ that time, my aunt and uncle had a brand new 1972 Coupe Deville. Upon looking @ that Coupe Deville and my Cutlass Supreme, I could see some of the features of both cars. They were amazing. Since then I have owned 3 new Cutlass Supremes in which I have a 74 Cutlass and a 78 Delta 88 Royale. But Cadillac Eldorados were very good cars until 1985. After that, they all went south.
I still own a 1985 Eldorado Biarritz convertible. It rode great and looked impressive in 1985 when my dad purchased new…and it rides just as nicely today. Definitely an underpowered engine, but it’ll get you where you want to go.
thank you for this I've always admired this model among others in Cadillac's history particularly the Coupe Deville as my late maternal grandmother drove a used 1981 model when I was very young
Thank you for doing another GM car. You put the effort into this video. I do not know how you make the time to produce the videos. Thank you so much especially the vehicle specific information. Excellent photos as well. Thank you again.
I actually drove a V8-6-4, (called 'Modulated Displacement" by Cadillac) for a dozen years. After they sorted out the computer programming, the only thing that hobbled it was a backpressure-type EGR valve and the ridiculously tall final drive ratio of 2.41:1... BTW, the 425 bowed out in '78 - only the 350 & 368 went into the downsized cars.
That is what I had thought, but when I was reading up on it, but when I was reading up on it I found a couple of sources that said the 425 carried over. Although it could have been one of those things that only appeared in early literature, and not actual production.
@@thehopelesscarguy I had a similar thought. They may have used them in test mules, and of course if they were the same color a 6-liter and a 7-liter look the same. (I always wanted to get a 2.73 final drive out of a Riviera, but spent all my time and money on the body. I think it would have had more pep without any loss in mileage, because it could have stayed in 4-cylinder mode more of the time...)
My uncle had that early '80s Cadillac, which I loved. It was so comfortable. And the view of the hood from inside the vehicle was beautiful. But we were all so disappointed with that 1987 fiasco. No one is looking for "sensible" with Cadillac.
Of ALL Cadillacs from 1953-2002 the Most 2 Stylish Design Cadillac's Ever Produced in my opinion were the 1953 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible (Dwight Eisenhower his Personal car) & the above 1967 Cadillac Eldorado HTP as your cover car in this video...especially when they were Black On Black....ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!!...Unfortunately ALL CADILLACS FROM 1973 TO DATE ALL LOOK THE SAME.NOW...THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE ALL COULD TELL ONE YEAR FROM ANOTHER....BUT THAT UPCOMING EXCITEMENT DEBUT'S HAS VASTLY DIMINISHED As No Longer Can One Tell/Distinguish One Year From One Another:😔😪😪
As always, a great subject, narration, and photographs. The great downsizing of 1986 of the Eldorado and its Riviera and Toronado cousins was a major low point for GM luxury coupes. They were produced for a fuel crisis that never came. Oddly, my 70-year old uncle… who had always owned full-size land yachts… bought a new ‘89 Toronado and always claimed it was the best car he ever owned.
The 1984-85 Eldorado convertible was made by American Sunroof Corporation & it wasn't an in-house version like the factory made Eldorado convertibles of the past
The 1959/1960 Eldorado Brougham DID have its very own styling - by Ghia in Italy. Also, there was a DeVille AND an Eldorado convertible in 1961 through 1966. This was NO different than in 1959/1960. Even though the exterior body was basically the same, the Eldorado had a more premium exterior trim than the de Ville. This part of your video is misleading. In fact, for the 1964 model year, the Eldorado had a specially modified body without the fender skirts of the deVille convertible from that year. This model was actually shown in your video (brown car). The interiors of the Eldorado coupes and convertibles were also more premium than the deVilles. This included GENUINE wood trim on the dash and/or door panels of the 1963-1966 models. From 1961-1966 Eldorados were only built as convertibles.
My Favorite was thr 1957-58 suicide or coach 4 door with the belly up to the glovebox bar with shot glasses and the womens personalized rear arm rest with perfume and other lady stuff! However for about 3 years iI drove a 1971 Eldo 500 4BBL she drank gas like an alcoholic and she could plow thru 4 foot of snow like a nobodys business with front wheel drive
Cadillac really speedran the wors Detroit could offer: the 4.1, the 8-6-4, the Olds 350 diesel and the 4.6 Northstar. As if they intentionally wanted to harm their customers. Shame
@@thehopelesscarguy Yes, the diesel models were exempt from emissions regulation. People practically gave those blown diesel models away back in the day. My friend got a 1981 Olds Ninety Eight with a blown diesel and put a 455 out of an early Seventies Ninety Eight in it.
My math teacher had the 67 El Derado front wheel drive, in high school. A black man that wore a new suit every day. Turns out he was a cocane trafficker and was finally busted in 1972. How funny is that?
