Model History: Cadillac Eldorado

A look at the progression of the Cadillac Eldorado from 1953 to 2002.

[@billolsen4360]

67 Eldorado just reeks of style.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

You could say that.

[@HenryFrederick]

Excellent narration...

[@AJ67901]

For a considerable length of time, Cadillac did reign supreme among American cars.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Absolutely.

[@dave1956]

But unfortunately those days are long gone.

[@maryrobinson4131]

For Decades..😂.. Cadillac equalled success..

[@dave1956]

They did and they earned it.

[@KeithWilson-ch3cf]

My dad worked at the Clark street plant until 75. He was proud building them.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

That's cool.

[@jpb1231000]

DESERVED!!!

[@thomashill2965]

Like many others have said, the 1967-1970 generation Eldorado is by far the most distinctive. It reached the zenith of style and power, and each year beginning with the 1971 model, more weight and less power was the trend. From the '90s on, the power returned, but the styling never recovered. And now, Cadillac is in a place that's hard to understand. Very interesting video. Thanks.

[@dave1956]

If I had to pick one car throughout history that had the most timeless design, it would be the 1967-1970 Eldorado.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

I have no argument for that.

[@jamesrecknor6752]

I second that

[@user-sp4xm1ox6i]

Love these videos Eldorado any year was always a head turner!

[@chrisjeffries2322]

I too would say that the 1967 Eldo was a stunner. Thanks for the share.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thank you.

[@danarcotta1283]

I owned a white 67 in the early70's. Loved it!

[@jeffreyfelder7981]

I've owned a number of Eldorado's, 1970, 93, 96, and 99... I enjoyed all , especially the 70...

[@thehopelesscarguy]

I bet. I had a 73 myself.

[@jeffrobodine8579]

I currently have a firemist green 1970 Eldorado.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

@@jeffrobodine8579 Nice

[@robertchristie9434]

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.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

I suppose if a soldier pulled up in one of those it might have raised a few eyebrows.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Great vid!! 👍👍

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thanks.

[@gene978]

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

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thanks. Never been to Boston, but I had a friend from Springfield that owned an interesting 289 Comet.

[@johnnypool2206]

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.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thanks for sharing.

[@haroldb2663]

Great Job!

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thanks.

[@JSUTI1995]

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.

[@philiprussell3338]

I enjoyed your presentation, the pictures and facts were very interesting. 👍👍

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thanks

[@ronnymatthews4133]

❤your Voice is as smooth as a V8, or even a V10 Engine❤G😮D JOB!vRooM,vRooM😮

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

They don't make em like this anymore.....

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Not too many ever did.

[@jamesrecknor6752]

I would take the 1966 Sedan Deville I owned over anything made today, it had a solid feel to it like none of the cars today.

[@donaldsaucier1603]

Great Nostalgic Journey ❤ Thanks

[@logancarter2134]

Great content!

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thanks.

[@OLDS98]

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.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thank you. It is always good to know I can keep the interest of long time subscribers.

[@petertornabeni602]

Thank you for your work on this. I appreciate it, looking forward to what you have coming… DETAILS are great

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thanks.

[@courtneypuzzo2502]

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

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Glad you enjoyed.

[@24scraig24]

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.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Cool.

[@staceyfromkc]

GREAT VIDEO👍

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thanks

[@troygreen9321]

Great job😊

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thank you! 😊

[@JosephStJames2000]

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.

[@marko7843]

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.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

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.

[@marko7843]

@@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...)

[@jeffrobodine8579]

@@thehopelesscarguy I have never seen or heard of a 425 in a 1979 Eldorado. If there was I would have to have me one.

[@OfficialRainsynth]

My personal favourites are 1959, 1968 and 1976 models.

[@stevenwolff6866]

The 1967 Eldorado was the best looking Cadillac of all time imho

[@thehopelesscarguy]

I would think many people would agree. Myself included.

[@rogersmith7396]

@@thehopelesscarguy I have a 70 and think its much better than the 67 in every way. Maybe not mpg.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

@@rogersmith7396 Are you suggesting 8.2 Liters is not thrifty?

[@rogersmith7396]

@@thehopelesscarguy The 429 guys tell me they get a solid 18 mpg.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

@@rogersmith7396 I will take your word for that.

[@cliffclaveman2729]

You forgot to mention that the '53 also had the wrap-around windshield.

[@ronnymatthews4133]

Growing up I always dreamed of having a$10000,00 CADILLAC,my next car will be$10000.00 but ain't No CADILLAC!!!

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Not even sure what a $10,000 Cadillac would be today.

[@Primus54]

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.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

I've always found it curious what some people consider their best car. Not that I would say they are wrong, but it may not have been my first guess.

[@Primus54]

@@thehopelesscarguy Lol… me neither. Cheers!

[@marko7843]

And by 1989 gas was back down to 70 cents even in Commifornia...

[@budakota]

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:😔😪😪

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Annual updates are pretty minimal these days.

[@jpb1231000]

Buying a 2002 this week...

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Cool.

[@lennysarmiento1011]

Great video! FYI there were only 200 Eldorado Bicentennial made, not 2000.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

My mistake

[@ryanwilliams3369]

212 six shot glasses? 😂

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Well it could seat six and you wouldn't want anybody left out.

[@ryanwilliams3369]

@@thehopelesscarguy giggity

[@billolsen4360]

Six shot glasses with magnet bases!

[@marko7843]

Don't worry, we're on cruise control and the atomizer of Arpege perfume in the armrest will cover the smell of the cognac!

[@jeffrobodine8579]

Mad Men.

[@cholitolu89]

Am getting a 96 el dorado in good condition...are you green?????

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Super green.

[@cadillac4100]

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

[@Onlythetruth88]

Not 2000 bicentennial but 200

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Thanks for the correction.

[@edwinrouse511]

I had a 1976 with a 500 cubic inch it would fly with a 400 horse power engine !!!

[@thehopelesscarguy]

I understand.

[@rogersmith7396]

Only the 70 had 400 HP. GM went low compression after that. At the end they probably did'nt have 200 HP.

[@edwinrouse511]

@@rogersmith7396 a 1976 eldo Adam 500 cubic inch with 400 horsepower it would run I owned one !!!

[@k.c.marshall921]

1976 500 cu.in. engine was only 190hp.

[@edwinrouse511]

@@k.c.marshall921 I think you're thinking of the 75 it was a lot slower car !

[@user-nm5yv6ij8w]

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.

[@kmyre]

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]

Didn't do themselves any favors there.

[@arnepianocanada]

3 syllables: Bee-ar-ritz (not Bar-ritz)

[@thehopelesscarguy]

just flows off the tongue.

[@zackmax7184]

Just don't get A 1980' Diesel Cadillac. They gave a lot of trouble. They Rode Good, but gave lots of trouble.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

The Olds Diesel turn a generation of Americans off diesels.

[@billolsen4360]

@@thehopelesscarguy If you can find an 80's Cadillac Diesel that still runs, that would be as rare as steak tartar.

[@marko7843]

Ironically I had the actual last 'good' Cadillac engine let me down. Somehow the top of my 368 stopped oiling without the oil light coming on...

[@thehopelesscarguy]

@@billolsen4360 Many were engine swapped or converted early on.

[@jeffrobodine8579]

@@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.

[@BusterTucker]

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

[@thehopelesscarguy]

I hear you, I had a 73 myself.

[@BusterTucker]

@@thehopelesscarguy Cool the 73s tail lights were the shape of a 1940s Cadillac badge logo!

[@thehopelesscarguy]

@@BusterTucker Interesting observation.

[@bmac1205]

It wasn't a 'sedan'. It was a four door hard top. Major fail.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Yes, a 4-door hardtop sedan.

[@markaustin4370]

Again Great cars but a brain numbing sea of numbers

[@saxongreen78]

1967-70 is the shit...after that, it was a gaudy tank - like the 1950s Eldorado, only nowhere near as cool.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Perhaps not.

[@davidcarroll1883]

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?

[@rogersmith7396]

The car died in 1971.

[@jeffrobodine8579]

The HT in HT4100 stood for hook and tow.

[@kennethfernstrom1297]

Audis with rotary in engines stood for no go g

[@kc0lif]

1300$ great deal. Seville is not related sorry.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Only the Eldorado Seville.

[@blacksitearea]

When there Riviera and Toronado came, Eldorado become just a fetish thing.

[@thehopelesscarguy]

Personal Luxury Coupes have always been a bit of a fetish thing.

[@rogersmith7396]

The Eldo was far upscale from the Olds. Can't say about the Buick except my friend had a boat tail and it was cheap inside.

[@jeffrobodine8579]

The Riviera was first in 1963 and almost was a Cadillac.

[@peterhogan9537]

let,s face it after 1985 the Eldorado;s were ugly dogs.

[@user-lk3pb9pe9z]

I had to skip from 86 to 92 in this Video. My God how disgusting what Cadillac did to its downsizing in the 80's!🫣🥺