To fill the gas tank in my '69 Eldorado, I open the trunk lid as well as the fuel-filler door. Doing so makes the gas cap easier to reach and eliminates the difficulty of filling. My car has the unusual "wisteria" light purple paint, with a dark purple cloth interior--one of many color options Cadillac offered.
My parents had a 1968 Buick Electra with the same under dash factory 8 track. As far as the gas filler, back in 1969 self service gas was a rare, so doubtful an owner would ever notice what a pain it was to put gas in their car.
Most cars had a behind the license plate filler location or very close to that location. Even my 77 Electra had it there and I drove that Buick till 1996, nice thing about it, you can fill up from any gas isle, had to get used to it on one side afterwards. I today have a 67 Imperial Crown Coupe, it's behind the imperial oniment just above the license plate easier than this car's
@@williamflack5767 I don't see a 71 Chevy Impala but since it was GM and by 71 there was a all new Eldorado design, I'm sure they borrowed a few designs ideas
Styling is one thing but a GM Trash Can is entirely yet another waste of resources. Japanese are the Absolute Best (30 plus years) Did they Reverse Engineer GM to achieve perfection? Hell No.
Another stunning Bill Mitchell design...my all-time favorite GM designer. BEAUTIFUL car, would be a pride and joy, certainly not knocking it, although I'm partial to the '67/'68's w/hidden headlights.
If i owned this car i would just open the entire trunk lid when i need to fill the tank which moves alot of that mechanism out of the way completely. Much easier access to the fill tube when you do that.
I believe the grille on the instrument panel hood in front of the driver has nothing to do with letting in light, but rather with airflow and temperature detection. The sensor for the automatic climate control should be housed in that area.
Modern-day cars have sensors for both interior temp and sunlight load. Perhaps this location allowed.the temp sensor to be affected by the sunlight, so it could do both jobs.
Thank you for the memories Sir. I had one in dark blue with a white top and white leather with the wide white wall tires when I was 18 years old in 1976. I paid $1600. It was a beautiful car. I sold it to go to college for $2400.
Absolutely beautiful is right! My mom had a 1970 Fleetwood Eldorado in Plumb Firemist. As I remember, the slits in the dashboard is where the temperature sensor for the automatic climate control system.
@@chriscadillac8448 What an amazing color. I would want that color for sure just because you can imagine that very very few were ordered in that shade.
@@klwthe3rd Yes, it was a beautiful color... another beautiful one that is in the same vein, but brighter, is Autumn Maple Firemist. My dream was to find an Eldorado Biarritz in that color with a black top and interior, but I never did... do I settled for another nice color scheme... Hatteras Blue and Cotillion White. 😁
Great video. I had a 69 and agree on the quirks. Still I love that year. The 67s and 68s are the most iconic, but so much of the power accessories are air powered so prone to leaks and hard to maintain. That changed in 69, where it's all electric. Also, the 69-70 models had much nicer wheel coverings, IMO - and I'm a purist, so I don't mix and match. The 70 had the 500 cid engine and I think would be my favorite as a collectible and occasional driver, for both practical and stylistic reasons.
My Dad had a '69 LTD. Jade black exterior, black interior. It was the first car he had without a side vent. He smoked and the cabin was filled with smoke.
Love that color with the black leather interior. Such a beautiful and pristine example you have there. I had a '69 for a short time, triple brown with the cloth interior. It had a wonderbar radio activated by switch on the floor much like a headlamp high beam switch, that was neat. Regarding the tight opening for filling the tank, I used to open the trunk to fill mine to gain some access.
Btw, you don’t need the ignition on to illuminate the cornering lights. Just engage the turn signal and pull the headlight knob. The flasher won’t work but the corner lamp does illuminate.
About the fuel filler. Back then owners weren't filling their own tanks, it was usually the service station owner or a high school teenager who would fill 'er up. Also, I'm wondering if that's a Firemist paint finish, not sure if they had them that year though, but it sure is a beautiful colour.
Looks like if one opens the trunk, the reverse light/fuel lid swings up and out of your way completely. Not ideal, can’t keep the bod-I mean the roll of carpet hidden that way, but it won’t slice your hand open filling up with gas.
Hey Adam, your Eldorado is stunning, to me it looks like its eyes are open!!! I surely miss the hidden headlights of the previous years!!! I love the sound of the trumpet horns!!! 👍👍🎃
Adam, If your 71 Mercury, 77 Impala, and soon to arrive 71 Ambassador have not done it already, this 69 Eldorado will surely make subscribers.......green with envy 😁
Hey, I love that you feature "uncommon" classics...this Caddy is absolutely Gorgeous! A true glimpse of automobiles that have style and class, Unlike the cookie cutter garbage of today. Thanks for sharing.
I have a 69 Calais. The Calais is difficult to fix because it was the inexpensive cousin of the DeVille. So some parts off that will fit it and sometimes the Eldo parts fit it. Mine has a tow package that I have never heard of or seen anywhere else. It is geared too low. But the amazing thing with the quadrajet is that it likes to rev. 20 years ago on the freeway I pulled up behind my best friend in his red 89 Iroc w/black hood inserts. I pulled next to him and he shifted to fourth and screamed away. I lumbered up next to him again and floored it. My eight feet of hood lifted a foot into the air and my boat jumped from 80 to 110 faster than I could remember where the nearest gas station was. Even with the dinner plate air cleaner and the bed spread of a heat shield under the hood the sound of all those cfm sucking air was like a jet engine. He later told me that he couldn't have caught me if he wanted to. In the 90s I had never been in a car faster on the freeway than this Caddy. Oh and just to rub it in, my tank fills the cheap way, through a giant square hole behind the plate that gets rinsed in gas every time I fill up and speed away. I love these videos thanks for posting them!!!
I had a 1971 Eldorado and the gas filler was behind the rear license plate. That definite cut my hands to shit on the sharp edges of the plate and the super tight spring holding it down. Crazy design!!!!
As a young boy I had this model in my toy box, I think it was even the same colour. I was brought up in N.Ireland and the American models were just so fascinating compared to British ones. The colours and shapes. I remember having a Studebaker, Corvette, El Camino. Lot's of others I'm sure I'd remember by seeing videos like this. Thanks. 👍 My dad had one of these way back then. czcams.com/video/J6mCsj5W16Y/video.html
Oh Adam, what a spectacular setting for the 1969 Eldorado. Simply a beautiful video and the Eldorado's paint color suits the location. There's no way to overstate the bragging from Pontiac division over their hidden windshield wipers for 1967. Radio, television, magazine ads; few today would believe how much buzz Pontiac garnered from this one feature. Pontiac knew hidden wipers would spread across the industry fast so they wanted everyone to remember who had them first. By 1969, only losers expose their wipers - just ask your mother!
Sweet Caddy love the color I almost bought a midnight blue one once, it showed nicely, great shape but when I went to test drive it the front end was pulling so bad to the left that if I took my hands off of the wheel it would change lanes and it wasn’t a low tire..I didn’t know enough about front wheel drive then but alls I knew was they were very expensive to fix..this was when the only two American made FWD cars were the Eldorado and Toronado..so I walked away. I eventually bought another one but after I learned more about FWD’s the problem with that car was most likely a steering component and had nothing to do with the CV axles or transmission But they were in a class of there own,wish I bought it the color was really nice with black leather.
Thank you for the tour of this car and its unique features. That color combination really makes this car one for a discreet captain of industry who likes to drive.
Thank You! You did a great synopsis on what I also believe to be one of the most sleek, beautifully designed cars of the era! Plus extra kudos out to you for demonstrating the rear windows going into the roof line instead of the typical expected up and down. I used to think that was "So Cool!" I'm a product of the sixties and remember when just to have power windows was pretty special! I know some kids today who've never even seen crank windows.
The first time I fell in love with this car was in 1980 in a showroom of classic cars in Miami, the one I saw was a black ‘69 eldorado opera coupe. Still to this day a car I would love to have.
The 60's was a great decade for Cadillac.. Your Eldorado is of the perfect exterior color for the design. Adam, you got me thinking,, why did they move the bright light button off the floor and on to the turn signal stock?
Absolutely beautiful Eldorado. I prefer the 1968 Cadillac dashboard design and color keyed steering wheel but the 1969-70 wrap-around dash design is also attractive.
Growing up in Brooklyn NY, our neighbor had the exact car in the same beautiful color. The only thing I seem to recall was that hers had a green leather interior. It was an amazing looking car, especially in the bright sunlight. She was an older lady, and a widow. I remember my dad would help her take care of the car. He'd take it for its oil changes, repairs, and even drive it through the car wash for her. When she passed away, he approached her daughter, asking to buy it, but she wanted to keep the car for herself.
I simply just cannot take my eyes off this amazingly beautiful Eldorado. I could stare at it all day. If there was a thing I didn't like, it would be the black interior.
Beautiful car, still looks good on that street in 2022. Good video. Interesting to hear people talk about the car in 2022 vs when it was designed, built and sold. Hope you take care of it and appreciate all the engineering from the 1960's.
Hope a klaxon-flavoured Quirky Factoid is welcome: The quadra-tone Rim-pinch horn plays the following notes (yes, really) - D, F, A & C (in ascending order of pitch) These combine to make a D minor 7th Chord. It's a sophisticated and assertive chord cluster with the sort of executive urban lounge-jazz tonality Burt Bacharach would employ, as befits the distinguished Cadillac driver with places to go. That'll be your good self, Adam. Love the channel, you're a great communicator- effortlessly engaging with immaculate preparation, infectious enthusiasm. Many thanks.
Wow, very cool. I actually hoped he would have applied the horn just a bit longer. My father appreciated and was knowledgeable on cool little details like that. He loved classic luxury automobiles. He had a '79 Eldorado and later a Alante'. My favorite was his black '62 Lincoln Continental Convertible.
I see a similarity to the boat-tail Buick Riviera design. Front grille work included. Now I know from where that design was inspired. Beautiful Cadillac.
As an Australian, I gotta say you guys had it good. Our cars from that period were horrendously basic. Everything was an optional extra. Even a windscreen demister was reserved for only the highest grade model. They had drums on all four, were poorly built........and were just low quality crap. But here's the rub:- if you can find one now in running order, they're about the price of a Sydney Harbourside property!
Several things.. Was there cost cutting going on? You stated several things that were changed or taken out of the car. It is interesting the features the car had in 1969. You can see the features that improved over time. You can see that Cadillac was indeed "Cadillac" back then. I think the 1971-1972 Oldsmobile Toronado was influenced by this cars design. The 1992- to the Eldorado tried to recapture the spirit and look of this car. It is interesting that they had that same window thing like Lincoln Marks of the 1970's. Thank you for sharing Adam.
"just a great looking car"... you aint just whistlin Dixie! One of the most spectacular looking production cars ever made! Do you have a video detailing the ride and/or performance?
No air cleaner or off for the end? 69 & 70 Eldorado are almost perfection. The marker light with the wreath in the rear quarters was a unique way of making the Federal mandate into something stylish. It's a beautiful car.
A magnetized and slotted 6 inch tube that fits down into that filler neck would remove your gas cap, without cutting your hand. I had to invent one in 1980 to remove the gas cap from my boat motor. I slotted an old flashlight tube, glued on a couple magnets and stretched a rubber glove over the lens, worked great !!! Or, you could leave your trunk up while filling your tank.
my dad had a 1968 eldorado. it was nimble and huge. as i remember, we got about 10 miles per gallon,but no one cared. it was my favorite car ever until i purchased a turbocharged porsche in the mid 1980's.
I LOVE this Caddy! You have a lovely piece of automotive history. Please cherish the ol' gal and keep her safe and clean. But do drive her. A car is nothing unless it is driven. I know videos can get expensive to make but at least you saved the costliest part until the end... Those few blips of the throttle must have cost about 15 bucks in gas.. I used to have a '75 Fleetwood Brougham with a 500 ci (8.2l) I know the fear of touching the gas pedal in an old Cadillac. But oh boy, would that old thing scoot along down the highway at 90 Mph like it was nothing.
I'm guessing that the delete of the rear passenger door opener on the driver's door in '69 was due to safety concerns rather than cost savings. You wouldn't want a child left in the rear seat suddenly deciding to exit the car into traffic assuming the car was parked along a road. Better to exit to the curb side. And yes, it also saved some costs! 😄
She is a gorgeous gal. I've owned 5 Cadillacs, 4 Eldorados. First was a 70 DEVille, that was the only convertible in 70. 75 Eldorado convertible. 79 Eldorado coupe. 84 Eldorad coupe and finally my favorite an 85 Eldorado Biarttitz convertible. Never had much luck with auto dimmers, but everything else on them all worked well. I no longer care for new Cadillacs, but always interested in the classics.
Thanks for sharing the quirks and features of this car that make it so unique, especially the commentary of good and bad design details. How about an Adam score ?...😁
The Eldorado blade tail lights are my favorites of all time.
The ones on this year model looked sharp as a razor.
I prefer the 1959 tail lights, i was born in 1969
I'm completely blown away by the condition of the interior of this car. That's mint.
To fill the gas tank in my '69 Eldorado, I open the trunk lid as well as the fuel-filler door. Doing so makes the gas cap easier to reach and eliminates the difficulty of filling. My car has the unusual "wisteria" light purple paint, with a dark purple cloth interior--one of many color options Cadillac offered.
My parents had a 1968 Buick Electra with the same under dash factory 8 track. As far as the gas filler, back in 1969 self service gas was a rare, so doubtful an owner would ever notice what a pain it was to put gas in their car.
Ahh yes. Cadillac drivers didn't pump their own gas back then.
Most cars had a behind the license plate filler location or very close to that location. Even my 77 Electra had it there and I drove that Buick till 1996, nice thing about it, you can fill up from any gas isle, had to get used to it on one side afterwards. I today have a 67 Imperial Crown Coupe, it's behind the imperial oniment just above the license plate easier than this car's
Front end looks like a 71 Chevrolet Impala. Chevrolet was know for the Cadillac. Beautiful car
@@williamflack5767 I don't see a 71 Chevy Impala but since it was GM and by 71 there was a all new Eldorado design, I'm sure they borrowed a few designs ideas
@@califdad4Growing up we had a 77 Electra too. It was a 4 door with the Olds 403. My dad got it in 1980, and we got rid of it in 1998.
Absolutely gorgeous! This one is a gem. One of the most beautiful cars ever made.
Adam, thanks for sharing. The first-generation FWD Eldorado defined the iconic Cadillac styling language for the next half-century.
Styling is one thing but a GM Trash Can is entirely yet another waste of resources. Japanese are the Absolute Best (30 plus years) Did they Reverse Engineer GM to achieve perfection? Hell No.
@@yourworstnightmareiscathoc7015 Rice cook..s are the best pieces of cr.p
This, in my opinion, was part of the most beautifully classic styled Eldorados ever made!
I agree, they look amazing
Another stunning Bill Mitchell design...my all-time favorite GM designer. BEAUTIFUL car, would be a pride and joy, certainly not knocking it, although I'm partial to the '67/'68's w/hidden headlights.
Actually it was designed by Wayne Kady. Google it.
This one is great… but that ‘67 is an absolute show stopper !!
That's probably the best looking GM car ever... it still looks good today
A piece of American Automobile History
the exterior looks so artistic. like a artist showing perspective in a 3D painting.
If i owned this car i would just open the entire trunk lid when i need to fill the tank which moves alot of that mechanism out of the way completely. Much easier access to the fill tube when you do that.
I believe the grille on the instrument panel hood in front of the driver has nothing to do with letting in light, but rather with airflow and temperature detection. The sensor for the automatic climate control should be housed in that area.
Modern-day cars have sensors for both interior temp and sunlight load. Perhaps this location allowed.the temp sensor to be affected by the sunlight, so it could do both jobs.
Lovely car. Magnificent rear end! Really miss the days of "styling".
Thank you for the memories Sir. I had one in dark blue with a white top and white leather with the wide white wall tires when I was 18 years old in 1976. I paid $1600. It was a beautiful car. I sold it to go to college for $2400.
This is the nicest car in his collection, it seems, by far. The leather seats are really amazing and pristine. Beautiful Cadillac!
This is one of the most beautiful cars in your collection. Love the high back seats, too!
Absolutely beautiful is right! My mom had a 1970 Fleetwood Eldorado in Plumb Firemist. As I remember, the slits in the dashboard is where the temperature sensor for the automatic climate control system.
Exactly right. The slots were for the temperature sensor for the automatic climate control. 👍
What color is Plumb Firemist? Purple?
@@klwthe3rd Hi Kenneth, yes, it was like a deep magenta. It's proper name was Madeira Plum Firemist.
@@chriscadillac8448 What an amazing color. I would want that color for sure just because you can imagine that very very few were ordered in that shade.
@@klwthe3rd Yes, it was a beautiful color... another beautiful one that is in the same vein, but brighter, is Autumn Maple Firemist. My dream was to find an Eldorado Biarritz in that color with a black top and interior, but I never did... do I settled for another nice color scheme... Hatteras Blue and Cotillion White. 😁
It's neat to see a bunch of design cues that were picked up on the ELR I used to have. Thanks for sharing these details.
Great video. I had a 69 and agree on the quirks. Still I love that year. The 67s and 68s are the most iconic, but so much of the power accessories are air powered so prone to leaks and hard to maintain. That changed in 69, where it's all electric. Also, the 69-70 models had much nicer wheel coverings, IMO - and I'm a purist, so I don't mix and match. The 70 had the 500 cid engine and I think would be my favorite as a collectible and occasional driver, for both practical and stylistic reasons.
My Dad had a '69 LTD. Jade black exterior, black interior. It was the first car he had without a side vent. He smoked and the cabin was filled with smoke.
Love that color with the black leather interior. Such a beautiful and pristine example you have there. I had a '69 for a short time, triple brown with the cloth interior. It had a wonderbar radio activated by switch on the floor much like a headlamp high beam switch, that was neat. Regarding the tight opening for filling the tank, I used to open the trunk to fill mine to gain some access.
Love when you do Cadillac videos.👍🏽
Btw, you don’t need the ignition on to illuminate the cornering lights. Just engage the turn signal and pull the headlight knob. The flasher won’t work but the corner lamp does illuminate.
About the fuel filler. Back then owners weren't filling their own tanks, it was usually the service station owner or a high school teenager who would fill 'er up. Also, I'm wondering if that's a Firemist paint finish, not sure if they had them that year though, but it sure is a beautiful colour.
So the fuel filler door still sucked ass.
Looks like if one opens the trunk, the reverse light/fuel lid swings up and out of your way completely. Not ideal, can’t keep the bod-I mean the roll of carpet hidden that way, but it won’t slice your hand open filling up with gas.
Right, self service for gas didn’t start until the 70s. The designers obviously didn’t care about the poor gas station attendant’s hands.
Hey Adam, your Eldorado is stunning, to me it looks like its eyes are open!!! I surely miss the hidden headlights of the previous years!!! I love the sound of the trumpet horns!!! 👍👍🎃
Trumpet horns 😃 Make way, peasants!!
Adam, If your 71 Mercury, 77 Impala, and soon to arrive 71 Ambassador have not done it already, this 69 Eldorado will surely make subscribers.......green with envy 😁
Hey, I love that you feature "uncommon" classics...this Caddy is absolutely Gorgeous! A true glimpse of automobiles that have style and class, Unlike the cookie cutter garbage of today. Thanks for sharing.
My parents had a 1970 Buick Electra it was a land yacht & was one of the smoothest riding car I ever rode in
I have a 69 Calais. The Calais is difficult to fix because it was the inexpensive cousin of the DeVille. So some parts off that will fit it and sometimes the Eldo parts fit it. Mine has a tow package that I have never heard of or seen anywhere else. It is geared too low. But the amazing thing with the quadrajet is that it likes to rev. 20 years ago on the freeway I pulled up behind my best friend in his red 89 Iroc w/black hood inserts. I pulled next to him and he shifted to fourth and screamed away. I lumbered up next to him again and floored it. My eight feet of hood lifted a foot into the air and my boat jumped from 80 to 110 faster than I could remember where the nearest gas station was. Even with the dinner plate air cleaner and the bed spread of a heat shield under the hood the sound of all those cfm sucking air was like a jet engine. He later told me that he couldn't have caught me if he wanted to. In the 90s I had never been in a car faster on the freeway than this Caddy. Oh and just to rub it in, my tank fills the cheap way, through a giant square hole behind the plate that gets rinsed in gas every time I fill up and speed away. I love these videos thanks for posting them!!!
I had a 1971 Eldorado and the gas filler was behind the rear license plate. That definite cut my hands to shit on the sharp edges of the plate and the super tight spring holding it down. Crazy design!!!!
As a young boy I had this model in my toy box, I think it was even the same colour. I was brought up in N.Ireland and the American models were just so fascinating compared to British ones. The colours and shapes. I remember having a Studebaker, Corvette, El Camino. Lot's of others I'm sure I'd remember by seeing videos like this.
Thanks.
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My dad had one of these way back then.
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nice Vauxhall
Oh Adam, what a spectacular setting for the 1969 Eldorado. Simply a beautiful video and the Eldorado's paint color suits the location. There's no way to overstate the bragging from Pontiac division over their hidden windshield wipers for 1967. Radio, television, magazine ads; few today would believe how much buzz Pontiac garnered from this one feature. Pontiac knew hidden wipers would spread across the industry fast so they wanted everyone to remember who had them first. By 1969, only losers expose their wipers - just ask your mother!
Sweet ride. Incredible fit and finishing. Love the color
Sweet Caddy love the color I almost bought a midnight blue one once, it showed nicely, great shape but when I went to test drive it the front end was pulling so bad to the left that if I took my hands off of the wheel it would change lanes and it wasn’t a low tire..I didn’t know enough about front wheel drive then but alls I knew was they were very expensive to fix..this was when the only two American made FWD cars were the Eldorado and Toronado..so I walked away. I eventually bought another one but after I learned more about FWD’s the problem with that car was most likely a steering component and had nothing to do with the CV axles or transmission But they were in a class of there own,wish I bought it the color was really nice with black leather.
Seeing this car makes you understand the top line GM stuff at that time. It never grew old to me.
Thank you for the tour of this car and its unique features. That color combination really makes this car one for a discreet captain of industry who likes to drive.
On your way to 100,000 subs Adam, good job.
Always loved the Eldo especially this year. Would love to get my hands on one eventually . 🙂 Pinnacle of car design....
One of my favorite classics from the 60's. Rolling art! (I had a 73 Toronado.)
Gasoline was full service then, so the awkward fuel fill would never have been experienced by the original owners.
Beautiful Caddy Adam you're a lucky guy.
Thank You! You did a great synopsis on what I also believe to be one of the most sleek, beautifully designed cars of the era! Plus extra kudos out to you for demonstrating the rear windows going into the roof line instead of the typical expected up and down. I used to think that was "So Cool!" I'm a product of the sixties and remember when just to have power windows was pretty special! I know some kids today who've never even seen crank windows.
I know what you mean.
Surprised if that was an eight track tape player under the dash it wasn't mentioned in the video ! That was a special feature !
Beautiful carl the colour is marvellous and the 472 a delight; lots of commonality with my '70 Sedan de Ville, minus the FWD. Thanks for the video
The first time I fell in love with this car was in 1980 in a showroom of classic cars in Miami, the one I saw was a black ‘69 eldorado opera coupe. Still to this day a car I would love to have.
The 60's was a great decade for Cadillac.. Your Eldorado is of the perfect exterior color for the design. Adam, you got me thinking,, why did they move the bright light button off the floor and on to the turn signal stock?
I've had Eldorados from 72 to 93 but never a 69-70. Great video. Gives me the "itch" for one.
Absolutely beautiful Eldorado. I prefer the 1968 Cadillac dashboard design and color keyed steering wheel but the 1969-70 wrap-around dash design is also attractive.
You're a man of good taste. Definitely high, high up on the list of most beautiful cars ever.
That car is stunning! You're a lucky man.
Growing up in Brooklyn NY, our neighbor had the exact car in the same beautiful color. The only thing I seem to recall was that hers had a green leather interior. It was an amazing looking car, especially in the bright sunlight.
She was an older lady, and a widow. I remember my dad would help her take care of the car. He'd take it for its oil changes, repairs, and even drive it through the car wash for her. When she passed away, he approached her daughter, asking to buy it, but she wanted to keep the car for herself.
Way ahead of it’s time. Love the color!
I simply just cannot take my eyes off this amazingly beautiful Eldorado. I could stare at it all day.
If there was a thing I didn't like, it would be the black interior.
Great piece of American history. Thanks for sharing.
Very nice car. Beautiful color. As always a great video.
Beautiful car, still looks good on that street in 2022. Good video. Interesting to hear people talk about the car in 2022 vs when it was designed, built and sold. Hope you take care of it and appreciate all the engineering from the 1960's.
Hope a klaxon-flavoured Quirky Factoid is welcome: The quadra-tone Rim-pinch horn plays the following notes (yes, really) -
D, F, A & C (in ascending order of pitch) These combine to make a D minor 7th Chord. It's a sophisticated and assertive chord cluster with the sort of executive urban lounge-jazz tonality Burt Bacharach would employ, as befits the distinguished Cadillac driver with places to go. That'll be your good self, Adam.
Love the channel, you're a great communicator- effortlessly engaging with immaculate preparation, infectious enthusiasm. Many thanks.
Thx so much!
Wow, very cool. I actually hoped he would have applied the horn just a bit longer. My father appreciated and was knowledgeable on cool little details like that. He loved classic luxury automobiles. He had a '79 Eldorado and later a Alante'. My favorite was his black '62 Lincoln Continental Convertible.
Adam, great job!! Really enjoyed your video with the Chief Engineer of this Cadillac a few months ago!!
I see a similarity to the boat-tail Buick Riviera design. Front grille work included. Now I know from where that design was inspired. Beautiful Cadillac.
As an Australian, I gotta say you guys had it good. Our cars from that period were horrendously basic. Everything was an optional extra. Even a windscreen demister was reserved for only the highest grade model. They had drums on all four, were poorly built........and were just low quality crap. But here's the rub:- if you can find one now in running order, they're about the price of a Sydney Harbourside property!
Nice car. It looks like a beautiful piece of sculpture.
Creative and elegant. Thanks for sharing
Several things.. Was there cost cutting going on? You stated several things that were changed or taken out of the car. It is interesting the features the car had in 1969. You can see the features that improved over time. You can see that Cadillac was indeed "Cadillac" back then. I think the 1971-1972 Oldsmobile Toronado was influenced by this cars design. The 1992- to the Eldorado tried to recapture the spirit and look of this car. It is interesting that they had that same window thing like Lincoln Marks of the 1970's. Thank you for sharing Adam.
Yes. Cadillac started cutting costs around this time.
Not a big fan of classic cars but watched this video 100%. I would recommend though doing a full review. Engine, suspension etc.
"just a great looking car"... you aint just whistlin Dixie! One of the most spectacular looking production cars ever made! Do you have a video detailing the ride and/or performance?
No air cleaner or off for the end? 69 & 70 Eldorado are almost perfection. The marker light with the wreath in the rear quarters was a unique way of making the Federal mandate into something stylish. It's a beautiful car.
I love these videos. Great channel!
Grandfather had a new 1971. Man that was a beautiful car.
A magnetized and slotted 6 inch tube that fits down into that filler neck would remove your gas cap, without cutting your hand. I had to invent one in 1980 to remove the gas cap from my boat motor. I slotted an old flashlight tube, glued on a couple magnets and stretched a rubber glove over the lens, worked great !!! Or, you could leave your trunk up while filling your tank.
Nice calculator watch! I loved those as a kid!
Very nice, thanks for sharing!
my dad had a 1968 eldorado. it was nimble and huge. as i remember, we got about 10 miles per gallon,but no one cared. it was my favorite car ever until i purchased a turbocharged porsche in the mid 1980's.
That horn ❤❤❤
I LOVE this Caddy!
You have a lovely piece of automotive history. Please cherish the ol' gal and keep her safe and clean. But do drive her.
A car is nothing unless it is driven.
I know videos can get expensive to make but at least you saved the costliest part until the end... Those few blips of the throttle must have cost about 15 bucks in gas.. I used to have a '75 Fleetwood Brougham with a 500 ci (8.2l) I know the fear of touching the gas pedal in an old Cadillac. But oh boy, would that old thing scoot along down the highway at 90 Mph like it was nothing.
I have been enjoying your content , you're turning one cool thing out after another, really I'm starting to get jealous.
472 sounds pretty good.
I like your work.
I'm beginning to think the 472 is the way to go.
I own a 76 Eldorado I think the body lines on these cars are some of the best.
love this car one of my all time favorites as were most of the Eldorado's of this age
A 1969 Eldorado is a car that I always wanted, but it never came to fruition.
Good heavens, that's one gorgeous machine! 😍 👌
Hi Adam, beautiful car, looks fully loaded. I do prefer the hidden headlights though. Couldn’t you open the trunk lid to avoid the gas filler problem?
I'm guessing that the delete of the rear passenger door opener on the driver's door in '69 was due to safety concerns rather than cost savings. You wouldn't want a child left in the rear seat suddenly deciding to exit the car into traffic assuming the car was parked along a road. Better to exit to the curb side. And yes, it also saved some costs! 😄
Your car is so beautiful in every way!!
Beautiful love that Black Forest green.
That awful GM fuel door may be why the car just got parked lol.
You just have amazing car after car...
You are blessed!
I wish hidden wipes could make a comeback.
Stunning!
Great looking Eldorado. Remember those beautiful cars from my childhood. I am curious if raising the deck lid gives better access to the fuel filler?
It does!
This is a fantastic car.
Thanks for the vid.
She is a gorgeous gal. I've owned 5 Cadillacs, 4 Eldorados. First was a 70 DEVille, that was the only convertible in 70. 75 Eldorado convertible. 79 Eldorado coupe. 84 Eldorad coupe and finally my favorite an 85 Eldorado Biarttitz convertible. Never had much luck with auto dimmers, but everything else on them all worked well. I no longer care for new Cadillacs, but always interested in the classics.
Dad had a '79. That '85 Biarritz sounds beautiful.
69-70 My favorite Cadillac Eldo.... ever!
I love it! The color is perfect.
Open the trunk to fuel-up 👍
I like seeing where some of the modern features came from
To me, this model the most elegant and beautiful of them all.
Thanks for sharing the quirks and features of this car that make it so unique, especially the commentary of good and bad design details. How about an Adam score ?...😁
The 67-69 Eldorado are the finest examples ever made
Love the curves and the color! Strange place to put the trunk release. Thank you Adam!
The trunk release was the glove box so you lock it, it operated without the ignition switch on.