1969 Cadillac Eldorado (26k miles) - The Standard of the World
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Walkaround and review of a Rampur Green 1969 Cadillac Eldorado.
Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
0:27 - Description of 1967-70 Eldorados and select differences
6:58 - Interior
10:26 - Trunk
12:28 - Engine
14:24 - Transmission
16:15 - Walkaround
17:16 - Engine start - Auta a dopravní prostředky
One of the most balanced designs ever to be sculpted out of metal. The word timeless does this car no justice. The '68 more so.
I agree, the design is still very attractive in this day and age.
Absolutely! Gotta have the covered headlights, but these cars are boss. Not a bad angle. Imagine someone in 1968 seeing the crap we have today with these gargantuan bigmouth grills? wtf is it with this trend? for the love of god please let it die.
@@devonnewest7990 Yes. But the Eldo does have a giant grill. Of course it has a truck radiator too.
@@frankfarago2825 The Eldo hidden head lights were not good. Best dispensed with.
‘67 my favorite
I recently bought a 1967 Eldorado, I can't stop looking at it, particularly the lines on the back end, I feel its design art at its finest, I bought it from a young guy who thought it would be a good idea to give it a kind of a goth look. he took all the chrome off ( and saved it thank god) and painted it flat black, he also put some chrome 18" spoke wheels very low profile, with the wrong offset! Makes it hard to steer. I love it, despite its identity crisis, I will take it back to its original look.
Beautiful. The Toranado, Riviera and El Dorado are 3 of the most elegently styled cars, ever.
my list too, although I would also add the XJ, DS and Silver Shadow, and the first Pontiac Firebird.
Bill Mitchell was a very talented designer and sketched some of GM's greatest offerings. Unfortunately he doesn't seem to get the recognition of Harley Earl, another legendary GM designer.
Personally, I love the black vinyl top over this dark green metallic paint. Gorgeous color combination and Cadillac.
The later ones had a "halo" top, far better looking.
The styling is amazing. You know it's a Cadillac instantly. There's no mistaking it. Nice review.
William Mitchel did various makes for GM. See Lenos garage.
I remember this model selling for $8500 in 1969 which was a lot of money back then!!
So how about a 1956 or 57 Continental MK II selling for $10,000 when new?
But they were heavily discounted. Standard selling price was $6600.00 way below the Lincoln.
That interior is incredible. The upholstery is stunning, and only as opulent as it needs to be. One of my favorite designs of all time.
I'm not sure what you're looking at but the interior compared to the Lincoln is not even close to looking as nice. Everyone has their opinion and you must really like it but on a non bias comparison, this car would easily lose to the Lincoln on interior beauty.
...a very simple elegance, which was counter to the "...oh, let's put some more filagree and gew-gaws here, and....and..."😎
real tuck and roll, not the fake kind where they just ran stitches on top like later years. Too bad the side facings were vinyl. In 66 and older, eldos were FULL leather. it could still be had in these but was a "special order" not even an RPO, and was very expensive option requiring a complete custom interior job (not cut on the automated machines in the factory).
@@frankfarago2825 I had a '73 Eldorado, 500 cubes (8.2 liter).
If budget would have allowed I would have swapped out the heads, intake, carb, and exhaust manifolds with a '70 model.
my grandpa used to have a 1996 Cadillac eldorado convertible 2 door sedan SEL sport edition. mint condition interior, engine, trunk, anything u can name was mint. v8 Northstar engine garaged its entire life and owned it straight off the showroom in 1996 never restored always stayed as an incredible condition I was so sad to see it gone.
Got out of the Air Force in 1974 and bought a 1969 Eldorado I was 22 and paid 2100 dollars for it......it was absolutely beautiful...and the ladies loved it !!!!!!!
‘67 was my favorite year styling-wise but any Eldo of this generation is still stunning!
I'm impressed by the way Adam is able to produce these wonderful videos in a single take. Love his knowledge of the subject.
Thanks! It’s key to my minimal edit style so I don’t spend too much time making them.
This Adam guy is well read and I appreciate that he never said " and um" one time. I had a 72 eldo white leather and green with white vinyl top. He's right about no torque pull or steer. 9 miles to the gallon with that 500 c.i.
100% agreed.
BTW I just got my first Canadian classic car a 1973 red Toronado - not a showcar condition...but I am so happy with the similar styling!
0:25 "uh"
I think the exterior design on the '67 to '69 was GMs very best, to this day.
Oldsmobile Tornado is a very close 2nd. There crown jewel of auto design. I was driving behind a 1968 Eldorado and was reminded just how unique and beautiful these cars are.
I would add the Bill Mitchell designed '63 Buick Riviera to your list 👍🏽
The '70 Eldo had the same lines.
The 66 Tornado is great although the interiors suck.
I think that the exterior styling of the Toronado is more beautiful, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t find this Eldorado to be a beautiful car in and of itself.
The little shock on the trunk hinge is so people don't slam the trunk destroying the pull down mechanism.
It cocks the mechanism. Slam all you want.
@@rogersmith7396 That's a negative. Slamming the trunk will destroy the auto close mechanism every time. The whole idea is so you won't have to slam the trunk.
I think this is one of the most amazing cars GM ever produced. My '69 El Dorado was blue on blue and is the only car I regret ever selling. That is such an exquisite exterior color! What a fun car that was to drive! People would always be surprised when you would smoke the front tires on a car that size and age. Love, love, love it!
My neighbors in Miami had a Baby Blue '69 Eldo. w/ White Leather (Vinyl top delete) that was just gorgeous!
Yes, I miss my 70 Eldo,Teal with black leather interior and top
Not many regrets, this is number one!!
Although I have aquired a triple black 69 with buckets, getting it back on the road currently, Great cars!!
I live vicariously through you at times. Thank you for saving and sharing these cars.
I had one of those back in the day and used to sell them for a Cadillac dealership. I never associated that leaf-spring with the ride, but, I can tell you if you went from driving a Fleetwood Brougham and into the Eldo. the difference in ride and quiet cabin was a shock. The Eldo. just could not compete in this category (and neither could anything else, back in the day. The full-size Fleetwood Sixty-Specials of this era were untouchable in their class!). Also, the leather seat option does not get you better support. (The cloth seats were much better for support). In fact, on a long trip, the poor-quality leather seats will kill you from lack of support. It wasn't until they brought in the tufted-type seats that the support improved. The wise Cadillac road-warriors always went for the cloth interiors for this reason. The right-side rear view mirror should have been standard as there was a significant blind-spot in the right-rear quarter. The optically distorted rear window was also an annoyance especially when backing into a space.
The 472 engine was great in this car. You could really feel the front-wheel drive difference when accelerating into a turn. IMO this engine could have benefitted greatly from an electric cooling fan as they had a tendency to overheat when sitting in traffic. You had to shut-down the a/c to keep the engine running! An annoyance on a hot and humid day! The trailer-towing pkg. did offer an small, transmission cooling, extra radiator which helped. Numerous complaints to Cadillac got nowhere and the 500 V-8 was even worse! Just ask a funeral director in Atlanta, GA or Miami, FL about a 1976 Cadillac Hearse and the first thing you will hear is how prone they were to overheating in the summer!
Thank you so much for this drive down memory-lane. Your vids are always very entertaining and in depth.
Steve you seem to know your stuff which of the eldos or Cadillacs would you recommend to purchase as a fun car to drive quiet as can be elegant and a good representation of the times back then
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Hi Ed. I have tried three times to send you some observations however am not computer-savy enough to figure out how to send because the bottom of my page ends without a reply!
@@edwinvonborstel3405 the Fleetwood Brogham was tops for ride.
Never had a problem with ours back in the day and I used to drag race the hell out of it. Everyone wanted to see the front tires smoke. One time I blew a fan belt. They were never designed to ride like the other Cadillacs. The old ladies cars. This thing would move. I beat many 396 Chevelles and 383 Road runners with it. Not particularly close races either. I did get stomped by a 454 slab side Monte Carlo on the freeway at 115 mph. I was topped out and he just ran away.
I owned one too, for 7 years, only sold when someone broadsided it, broke my heart. Never had trouble with the 472, or cooling, but lived in cool-Oregon. I did have trouble with the left boot, tore somehow, and the Oregon rain washed the grease out of the CV joint, Cadillac was the only shop which was qualified to repair at $1800.00. Pray you never have to have the front wheel drive worked on, ever! The A/C locked up on the freeway, had to cut the belt off with a piece of broken glass in order to drive home, two belts as I remember went over it, either way then had no power steering on freeway exits. Just try to drive one of these behemoths with no power steering, the only way it can be accomplished is slight forward motion. Somehow I got it to the Cadillac dealership, $800.00. Thank goodness I was making great money back then. 1981-1987. Loved your comment, especially since I drove one constantly for many years.
Nice to see the original, beveled factory tailpipe.
I’ll take the 68 with hidden headlights and a few other upgrades over the 67 but this is still beautiful !
@@tskraj3190 1967 and on was front wheel drive . 1968 has the improved 472 engine over the 429 last used in 67.
@@tskraj3190 No, Eldorado was FWD from 1967 and the 472 was introduced in '68, stroked to 500 in 1970.
@@LP-ov8mp Correct.
I'll take the pickup conversion.
@@tskraj3190 Wrong! The '68 Eldorado was front wheel drive with a 472 cubic inch engine!
A beautiful car. The Father and Son that owned the company I worked my first job each had one of these. Theirs were 67's. Brings back some memories.
While the Lincoln Continental Mark III was a handsome car, the Eldorado's styling is much more cutting edge, very angular and masculine.
True
Mark III amazing car and very well built.
@@V8_screw_electric_cars Give me a Mark 111 thanks although I rank the 68 Eldo right up there too.
I had a 71 MK lll black w/ black leather interior. Bought it when it was less than 2 yr old. Fantastic car. I've had Jaguar XJ6L, BMW 6 series, Porsche 911 SC, but the MK lll does stand out. Stolen twice in LA, the 2nd theft they totaled it.
not a fan of the fwd drive train. its like a looker that terrible once you get under the dress.
An excellent video , nice to hear from someone that understands cars
The 1969 was my favorite year Eldorado for it's style and power. These are good snow and ice cars too. I owned one in DC, and this thing plows through snow and the heavy engine weight on the front wheels gave this some grip even on ice. (Experienced driver only lol)
Thanks for sharing Adam!
BP
You reminded me of when we had an ice/snow event in Atlanta back in the day. I had a '67 DeVille that was unstoppable and the Volkswagens and I ruled the road for a few days! (That DeVille was Rear-Wheel Driven!)
@Steve Solomon you knew how to maneuver, and you had that gross weight sitting on those rear axles. I also maneuvered a 1979 Lincoln Town Car through an ice storm in 2000 with rear wheel drive plus positraction.... offered on those models. I saw people with 4 wheel drive out of control. The experience and the weight to traction ratio make a difference. Thanks for sharing!!
Dark green metallic sure was popular in the late 60’s. It seems like 9 out of 10 Mopars are painted that color. 😀
Dark green was huge well into the 70s . We had a 73 Duster and 75 Fury in that color.
Pop's had a Ford County Squire 72 in dark green .Popular color back then.
If you noticed the inside of the trunk lid, that’s where the original color really jumps out at you❗️🇺🇸 Beautiful car, for sure.
My ‘70 Charger R/T 440 Six Pack 4- speed Dana car is F8 dark metallic green with black interior and a ledger green bumble bee stripe. When I redo it I’m going with Purple and black. 😀
When it's buffed out, its beautiful
Morning Adam, Chris here.......LOVE LOVE LOVE the dark deep green w. the black top........always loved the dark green color on these old cars.......I'm a muscle car guy primarily, yet I equally DO love these classic big large 60's & 70's cars.......I LOVE these dark green colors.....probably because they were all around me growing up in the late 70's, early 80's & I think muscle & these classic cars ALL look great in this dark green!!!!!!!!! Watching a lot of classic 60's & early 70's TV shows & movies where these cars were always seen probably adds to my interest of my love for them........certainly does take me back!!!!! I 200% agree with U on the interior of the car, I would have expected more than what that car does have........it seems 2 be Oldsmobile caliber at best........it seems 2 me that Buick could have or would have had a much more impressive interior design wise than what is shown. The seat design could have been a bit more detailed, A bit more wood tones added, & a bit more curves on the door panels perhaps. It's very generic & square & boxy interior that for example say a Pontiac or an Oldsmobile had........Cadillac should have a bit more 2 set it apart........definitely a miss on that one.......not that impressed 4 such a beautiful car on the outside.
There were times in the video like when the trunk and hood were open that we could get a better feel for the color if paying attention. Lovely!
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1974 was the last year Cadillac used the 472 V8 rated at a whopping 205 net horsepower. The 500 was standard in all 1975 and 76 models rated at 190 net horsepower in carbureted form.
The 500 was Eldorado only from 1970 (the best one) through 1974.
Adam, thank you for this. I've always thought the back of these cars was especially magnificent. The trunk lid, tail lights and so forth are beautifully done and interesting to ponder.
I'm a newer subscriber and truly enjoy what you bring. During this video I had questions like, How many cars do you own, and how you came about becoming a collector. Then at the end of the video I see a suggested video titled "Why I collect cars;..." I have to watch that next, and I'm looking forward to it.
I agree. The back end styling was so much nicer and classier than the front. But I think Cadillac knew that anyway as that was the angle most people would see the most of because of what was under the hood! Great looking car but in my opinion, the Lincoln Mark lll was a nicer all round car inside and out.
I too am a relatively new viewer and wonder how the host manages to acquire all of these wonderful survivors and where he manages to store them. A car the size of this Eldo or worse yet, the '72 Imperial, would be a tight fit in most garages.
@@martinliehs2513 I think it's easier to collect the types of cars that Adam has collected over the years. They are not the highly sought after models like the Chevelle Super Sports or the Chargers, or the countless numbers of Camaros or Mustangs. They are just the everyday types of cars from the 60s and 70s that would be in everyone's driveways back in the day, which makes them much more affordable to buy and likely in better condition. Now storing such a collection might be a problem, unless you are lucky enough to lease or buy a warehouse to keep them all in. In my region, proper indoor storage for cars is next to impossible to find and it is expensive. In other areas maybe not so...and I haven't brought up the subject of insuring them all. But, what the heck, Adam is having fun preserving history for us and kudos to him for doing so. I'm glad he's making these videos for us all to enjoy! 😉
@@codyluka8355 It has tailfins my man.
@@rogersmith7396 Tail fins that are both subtle and classy. I love both the early Eldorados and the Lincoln Mark llls. Beautiful cars!
My dad bought this in Astral blue back in the glory days of 1969. I loved riding in this big boy with the flat floors.
Beautiful vehicle Adam. I always called them the knife edge Eldo's. I was a little surprised to learn about the leaf springs. Keep up the great work. I really enjoy your channel.
All the action was up front on these.
Leave enough room to accelerate and the front wheels pulling forward just snap the rest of the beast through curves and corners. The rear end simply will not 'wash out' unless you're braking hard while turning.
@@-oiiio-3993 I used to drag race mine but I never threw it through corners. I have spun my TR 6 doing that more than once.
One of the finest efforts by GM. The best styling work of Cadillac ever. A very close second are the front wheel drive "Eldo's" of the early 80's. I had and renovated a 1970 Eldo which I drove only on late Sundays and early morning Mondays...the lightest traffic period where I live
One of the most beautiful cars ever (IMHO). Gorgeous colour too. Thanks for sharing, Adam.
The man knows his Caddys. Thanks for the in depth vid. When I was 16 one of my moms friends unwisely let me borrow her Toronado and I tried my best to do a donut and no idea why the rear end wouldn’t swing out.
A fascinating car. I tend to like the look of Ford's offerings more.
Dude you always get such nice cars and this one is a beauty. I really enjoy your channel and especially like learning new things from you. Keep up the good work and Thank You.
Incredible '69 Eldorado... considering it was designed and manufactured during this era. I still get goose-bumps when I see automobiles from this time. When I was a kid our family gatherings looked like a GM dealership car lot. You must have an outstanding collection, I watch your CZcams videos all the time. To me they're exciting to watch, bring back great memories!
These videos are a breath of fresh air. I appreciate the unbiased and knowledgeable dialogue, pointing out little details that I might not notice, especially the ride comfort and how the car compared to other models from the same company and competitors.
You are setting the standard for this type video.
Thx!
That car looks stunning !
Really enjoyed your calm, relaxed and coherent presentation! Thinking of getting one of these to run around on short trips as we’re getting more and more speed limits here in Germany. That calls for more style & comfort and less „performance“ - to me it was important to see the rear windows open, for a coupe should always be a hardtop style. So explicit thanks for demonstrating that feature.
Thx!
Absolutely Gorgeous Sir... Timeless AMERICAN Classic CADILLAC...These were some of the best looking Eldorado's ever. Love it.. !!! Keep these American Classics Coming...we LOVE your channel. !!!!
Great looking piece of automotive history. Always loved the first generation . Pop had a 74' Eldorado convertible and it was fun luxury land yacht.
The color resembles my 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis LSE (a super-rare car) in Sprue Green Metallic, not to be confused with the Mustang Bullitt Highland Green Metallic use in the movie.
Thanks, interestingly my parents had couple ofmGreem cars, DOGGES, POLARA.. ANYWAYS, we ( Wife & I ) never liked Greens
That is one stunning automobile. It was then, & it is now. I owned a '74 Coupe de Ville back in '84 with the 472 motor. That was a great car.
Caddy styling masterpiece! One of my favs! Very interesting video Adam, thanks!!! Love your collection, you have great taste!
Beautiful Eldorado! The '60s and '70s are my favorite decades for American cars and I discovered this channel a few days ago. While I'm not particularly mechanical, I have to say I've found all the videos completely absorbing and interesting, the cars fascinating. It is so cool to hear someone with deep knowledge speak about these cars, including the ones not necessarily prized by collectors. Thank you Adam.
Thank you, Kevin
My Dad restored 1947 MGTC's and started a rally racing club. He always loved Cadillacs though.
I got the car bug from him.
Six years ago I bought a very rare 2012 Cadillac Luxury Edition CTS4 awd Sportwagon.
Completely different era but I think the design is of my car is amazing too, makes me smile every time.
Edit. My favorite classic car is the 1965 Buick Riviera Grand Sport. Fun fact. There's no external Buick badging on this model.
Only the word Riviera, and some R's on the hub caps, hood ornament, trunk, grill, quarter panels.
I had a 68. I loved the Cadillac am and FM stereo one of the best radio ever.
This has got to be the jewel of your collection- awesome!
I put the styling of this in the same category of the ‘63 Riviera, the ‘64 Grand Prix (whose styling migrated into the ‘65-66 Pontiacs), the ‘64 LeSabre (whose styling also migrated into the ‘65’s and 66’s) and the ‘66 Toronado. Everything balanced. The rear styling on this generation of Eldo’s was absolutely stunning.
Strange thing was the 8-track screwed under the dash. My 68 Mustang Coupe had one factory installed into the dash with a stainless steel 8-track sliding door and the middle of the console.
As a fan of hidden headlamps let me state for the record that the revised face of the 1969 Eldorado, with it's wide open headlamps, remains one of the most handsome and friendly looking automobiles I have ever seen. The '69 Eldorado almost seems to be smiling! As a boy who walked to school in the 60's, my friends and I would point and yell everytime we saw an Eldorado approaching. Even on a rainy day, the sight of a '69 Eldorado seemed to brighten my mood. The 20th century is a touch act to follow.
This Hass to be one of the most beautiful vehicles I’ve ever seen I love the color outside and inside
Stunning vehicle and wonderful presentation. I owned a '69 Eldorado for 7-years in the 80's, loved it! I never thought about the leaf spring set-up until you mentioned it, but I was in my 20's, so oblivious. My step-mother owned a 71 sedan deville, my dad a 75 coupe deville, and do have to say, sumptuous ride. Either way the Eldorado was mint, gold with gold vinyl top, I had it all redone. The interior was leather, flawless. I loved the rear fenders, hood, and the rear windows which slid into the roof pillar, finest automobile I ever owned, I still miss it so much, constantly watch for another. Either way thanks for keeping the flame lit.....
I really appreciate the time you spent on these vehicles. Great job 👏 💯💯
Magnificent piece of rolling history. Excellent work, Adam. Yo
I remember when these were new as a kid. A friends mother had a red with white top and white leather interior 1969 Eldorado. She was very ‘Mod’ for the era And the Cadillac fit her perfectly. I prefer the ‘68 dashboard
Dude, one after another!!! Killing it! Awe hell, that's where I'm from. Awesome!
Those '67 to '70 Eldos are amazing!! 👍😎
All I can say is NICE! These are such sweet cars. Cadillac was king of styling in the 1960s, as far as I'm concerned. I know many prefer the looks of this car to the next generation of Eldorado, but I think the '71-'72 cars are quite handsome and wear their additional weight well. But it's hard to argue with one of these earlier Eldos, especially when finished in such a stunning and unique color.
Sorry the late ones were obese land yachts. Commonly seen with steer horns on the hood. Yuck.
The front wheel drive was a big selling point at that time ! Due to many harsh winters people wanted front wheel drive.But also wanted luxury features with that big muscle car!!! Yes tooling along past stranded cars in the snow with your front wheel drive CADI was a rewarding experience for people that could afford that !!! YOU KNOW !!! PEOPLE THAT WORKED FOR A LIVING !!!!
Toros, Eldos and VW Bugs were the kings when it came to snow back then. My dad loved his 63 VW Bug in the snow. Still talks about it to this day.
Sir ,you have a Beautiful collection of cars , thank you so much for sharing 👍🇬🇧
Thanks for watching.
What is to me, one of the most beautiful bodies ever hides the most unappealing drive configuration and rear suspension set-ups ever. But it's a spectacular looking car all 'round with an especially fantastic looking rear end. These were always great looking but in the context of the 21st century they're almost heart-stopping. Freaking gorgeous!
I was 9 years old in 1969 it's a nice car I do miss these types of cars with the big numbers on the dashboard speedometer.
I had the '67 version with all the goodies. I think it was a cleaner design - not as gaudy as the later ones and especially like the 1970's became.To me though, the most beautiful was the '66 Toronado - absolutely stunning lines.
Truly a beautiful car. And what a fine example this is! Thank you for sharing.
Another beautiful car, if you owned one of these back in the day you were a very successful person, you really made a statement when you pulled up in this beauty
You’ve got a lovely car there. What a timepiece! Great details about the car. You’ve done a lot of research.
What a gorgeous car.
The absolute epitome of the Cadillac Eldorado. I believe this is rampur green. Just beautiful!
Love old Cadillac’s
The Eldo steering does hav a horizontal shock absorber(dampner) on it which might control torgue steer. The TH 425 is a beast. You can read about the Olds developement. They did everything they could think of to break it. Repetitive full throttle neutral dumps at full power in forward and reverse. They destroyed many sets of tires.
I’ve never been into large automobiles, although there are a few exceptions, as shown here. These are a wonderful design from every angle.
This the absolute pinnacle, to me, in Cadillac design/styling. The late sixties Eldo's are breathtakingly beautiful!
One of the very best looking cars of all time!
I was hoping for a ride! Thanks for sharing. Beautiful car.
Magnificent car. If I had the means, I would have one like this. Adam, you do a wonderful job on these videos; you have a very pleasing manner about you, and your knowledge of these vehicles is remarkable.
Thanks Todd. All the best to you!
Really a beautiful car! You’ve done a great job with it Adam. I actually like this hood design, fewer lines.
I owned a 1968 Eldorado from 1997 through 1999. Fabulous in every way. This was my dream car. Had great difficulty finding brake parts and master cylinder. Sold it when I figured I couldn't afford restoring it.
Mechanical parts are OK, trim parts unobtanium.
Spectacular!
A little history for you>>The single leaf spring was never up to the task so it was supplemented with auto-adjusting air shocks for the vertical plane mount and the beam axle also had 2 horizontal shocks. These cars rode great when new but as the single leaf spring degraded in tensile strength, the under the hood air pump would also fail trying to maintain a level ride. There was around 270 psi line running to the rear shocks so they died quickly. The best fix was replacing the single leaves with 3 on each side to restore the proper ride height supplemented with regular schrader valved air shocks
Agree, I had to install air shocks in the rear to keep it level. It had through the years sagged in the back.
Thank you for this incredibly informative video. I can't believe I've never seen one of these before.
This and its front drive cousins are some of the last great full size designs out of GM.
I totally agree Erin we will never experience awesome vehicles like this again
Really beautiful color. I can see why you were attracted to the color. I’ve always been a big fan of the Cadillac. The Eldorado, Coupe de Ville, Sedan de Ville and Fleetwood were, to me, just beautiful. Always designed as timeless, balanced and elegant vehicles. The Fleetwood is my all time favorite from 1971-1976. My other GM favorites are the beautifully designed Toronado and Riviera.
I own a 65 Riviera, but this Eldo has great lines. I prefer it without the vinyl top and would opted for the buckets. Thanks for posting
You don't have torque steer because the engine is mounted fore-and-aft, not transverse like in the newer Caddy. This means that you have equal-length drive links to the wheels. The same was true of the Chrysler LH platform of the 1990's through early 2000's.
you would still get some because only one wheel will push seeing as its not a lsd set up. just not as bad as a transverse mounted engine.
@@jeffreyrigged Offset by weight.
I had a '73 and never felt 'torque steer'.
Hi I love this series of Eldorado and I love the color of your 69. There are number items you didn't mention about these cars. First 1967 had a one year only hood. The hood is actually smaller than the 1968 thru 1970, this was dur in part because the 1967 had exposed windshield wipers and cowl vent. The 429 for 1967 was the last year for particular engine series which dated back to 1949 so that included the 331, 368, and 390. The 472/500 was originally design to be V12 or a V16 I can't recall exactly. The design work dates back to the late 50 early 60's Ultimately the engine would final would be scale down the 472 V8 which carry thru 1968 thru 1981 in different size ranging 368,425,472, and 500. There are other things about the first gen FWD Eldorado that I can't remember right now but can tell you each year is unique.
Thanks Tim. Yes I mention a few unique features of each year, but you’ve added some more. Take care!
Gorgeous taillight treatment! We Are moving out of MI in September, I sure wish you were having tours of your collection!
I had a 69 Calais with the 472 - it was only 10 years old when I bought it from the original owner. Very similar dash to the Eldorado, and seats. Seemed to have more leg room in the back. Cloth seats. Silver. Waxing it was a all day job. Wish I kept that car. I guess you could call the Calais the 'personal' Cadillac, if you couldn't afford the Eldorado. One feature of the A/C system was to purge the stale air in the A/C ductwork overboard before sending you cooled air inside the car. Very nice touch. Nice car, nice video.
Wow, what a stunning 69 Eldo! I’m loving that Forest Green colored paint! I could see when you opened the trunk on the inside how beautiful that green color is. I owned a 67 Eldo for a short time before going into storage. It was triple black, black grain leather interior, not as fancy as this interior, mind you. And my hubcaps had the big, oblong holes in them. I prefer these hubcaps more. Adam, I would love to see a quick video of you driving this car...and maybe a night time short vid of the dash lights and outside lights? That would be awesome! I love all of your videos! Your collection of cars is so unique, I love that you collect cars that most people wouldn’t. I’m the same way, I like all different kinds of classics. Anyone can see hot rod Chevys and Mustangs, Corvettes, etc. These are my kind of cars.
another gorgeous car Adam.. thanks for posting .. “test drive one today, at Wagner Cadillac Co., Tyler, Texas”
Love it...... Brother you have to get one of those eight track cleaners.... It looks just like an 8-track and you put it in the slot and it cleans it..... That way you can use it........ Thank you for sharing ❤️
Among the very best looking cars of all time from any country. Only thing lacking in '69 is loss of covered headlights. Gotta love the way those rear windows open!! Another great vid Adam :)
To this day, I still think this is a beautiful car!
GORGEOUS. Just stunning.
Best looking rear end of the 3 siblings.
Apparently you could get heated seats in the first gen Eldorado. Maybe not this year however.
Wiper control on the door is cool styling. The second gen looks bulkier and not as elegant.
That gen styling has to grow on me I guess.
And sinister front end, when painted black.
67’ was best looking And 68’
Cadillac first offered heated seats in '66, and in '67. ( way ahead of any other car ) Then dropped them by '68. I'm guessing that they were problematic as friends that had them claim they broke after about a year when the wires inside the heating pad would break.
Wow ! That is a stunning machine ! It's perfect.
Lovely. And once again we see that blacked out rear window surround trim. This color is gorgeous. I had a '64 Sedan DeVille in a deep green but it was not like this.
I have always thought these were some of the finest looking Caddy's ever - Love the Mark III too...
I like that car and the color is really nice.
Great Review brother this shall be my next Cadillac probably wont be for another 2-3 years I just purchased a 91 Triple Burgundy Brougham but definitely hope to find something this mint when im ready! good luck and God bless
You have an incredible collection of cars I really appreciate you sharing your hobby. Maybe sometime in the future you can make a video on how you locate some of the cars you own.
Beautiful car. The taillights, the knife edge rear creases, the interior is flawless and the classic leather design is perfect for this car. IMHO
i love your videos....i remember heading to the dealer...to look them over
Great video great car