Such a clean & simple shape. A pinnacle year for GM. 😊 🇺🇸
@dave1956
Жыл бұрын
I think that it THE pinnacle year for the American auto industry.
@AB-pl1ko
Жыл бұрын
- the understated 'elegance' of simplicity. 👍
@nickzobel9922
Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't personally call it simple, I'd honesty say it's complex and awe striking. The hood has a big impression.
@motomuso
Жыл бұрын
Those rear blade style lights are so nice.
@kc9scott
Жыл бұрын
I definitely like them better than the 1970 version.
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
@@kc9scott I tend to view the earlier embellishments as pimp mobile.
@GaryBoyd02
Жыл бұрын
The rust coloured trees as a backdrop against that green Cadillac were like a painted picture when it was parked in the driveway.
@jongoffinet8511
Жыл бұрын
Adam, I just have to say, you have quite a collection of classic cars, and this one is another beauty!! Love the channel!
@paulm6481
Жыл бұрын
It is a great looking car. I wish it had a mirror on passenger side.
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
Mine does. You can buy NOS for about $2000.00. No problem for Adam. They had cable controls not electric. Not heated. They are made of zinc not chrome or SS and they pit with time.
@patrickflohe7427
10 ай бұрын
Something they all should’ve had, but so few did in the ‘60s and early to mid ‘70s. Every car my dad had from at least’77 onward, had a right side mirror.
@davidstranz438
Жыл бұрын
Had a ‘70 Eldorado years ago, that 400hp 500 would annihilate the front tires. Reverse donuts in snow covered parking lots were a treat as well.
@twenty4dupont
Жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your channel. My dad owned a body shop from the 50’s to to mid 80’s. I was born in 70 so many of the cars you have reviewed sure bring back the memories as he has either owned, repaired or bought and sold many of them. I can smell the interiors, feel the cushy ride and gaze out over those long hoods. Great memories. Thanks for the content. Keep up the great work! 👍
@markbehr88
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking us along for the ride Adam.
@oliverlondon5246
Жыл бұрын
What a handsome car. Dark green exterior and black leather interior is my favourite colour combination for cars
@peterterry398
10 ай бұрын
I had one of these when I got out of the Air Force in 1974, I was 21 years old and I paid 2100 dollars for it. It too was green ( light green) with white vinyl top.....it was a beauty !!!!!
@gbaber63
Жыл бұрын
Sure can't beat the styling of this generation Eldorado, personal luxury at its best.
@georgeszaslavsky
Жыл бұрын
Outstanding eldorado, congrats on the purchase👍
@robertkirkpatrick4935
Жыл бұрын
We have a 1970 we bought in june of this year. Absolutely love it. She needed a new good home and got it. She joined our three other caddys. Definitely dont see these ole gals anymore. We cant wait to take her out to the shows next year.
@christopherkraft1327
Жыл бұрын
Hey Adam, it looks like autumn is in full swing there in Michigan & is really beautiful. Here in Southern California the trees have yet to start changing!!! Your Eldorado is a gorgeous car & the 67 to 70 model years are my favorites for the Eldorado!!! Thanks for sharing this review!!! Happy Halloween!!! 🎃
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
The trunk latch has a lever arm and a spring which connects to a PTO cable to the pull down. When you pull down the lid it cocks the spring which operates the pull down. I've torn these babys apart. I know how they work in the main.
@RareClassicCars
Жыл бұрын
Interesting!
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
@@RareClassicCars Pull up the carpet and you will see the cable. Now you can tell me how to get the level ride working. Just ran my 70 the other day. Gave up on disconnecting the carb and just dumped fuel in the gas tank. Possible dead spot in the starter, maybe just clean and oil. Ran like a champ Impossible to direct feed the carb. The fuel pump you told me where to find has 3 bolt on lines. I have to assume one is a return line, highly unusual for 1970. Way too much work for my time frame. Now the up front oil filter is wonderful.
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
@@RareClassicCars By the way the old flat tappet engines need zinc and phosphorous not present in modern oil. It is in diesel oil. I am using Rotella. I guess lead would be nice too.
@roccosophie6498
Жыл бұрын
The land behind your home is magnificent. I'm as jealous of you as I can be of anyone. Your cars, the view from your home, just doesn't get any better than that. I hope you and your wife appreciate it all, every single day.
@ricksand6477
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your beautiful Eldorado with us! Yes, it was GM design at it's best. When one of these came down the street you could see a lot of people turning to give it a long look. This was the car that design staff emulated when they designed the 1979 - 1985 downsized generation of Eldorado - and again very successfully. I have read that Cadillac was planning a V12 engine for these to debut in 1967 - and engineering prototypes were built and bench tested. Whether due to cost, meeting emission standards or the fact that the massive V8 Cadillac built was more than adequate for the job: the V12 never saw production. There certainly was room under the hood for one! Thanks again, Adam.
@secondcreekworkshop3908
Жыл бұрын
I like how the vinyl top stops before the drip rail and has a green strip along the drip rail, great looking car.
@kevinkeswick1243
Жыл бұрын
What a stunning car! My favorite Cadillac of all time. I can't help but think that car design has been regressing from this period. You don't see the complex fender stampings on today's car with those crisp knife edges that you so aptly described as looking like a freshly pressed men's suite. I love the forest green color. Looks so beautiful against the fall foliage (you live in a beautiful area Adam). Nice to see that this example is fully optioned out on the inside. I like how the rear power windows retract into the B pillar instead of dropping below the beltline. What an incredible find! It looks just like it must have when it came out of the showroom.
@paulm6481
Жыл бұрын
A lot has to do with safety standards. Back then, there were none, so design ruled
@oldscoolcooldiecast1879
Жыл бұрын
As a owner of a 2005 Cadillac thou low mileage these earlier Cadillacs are made so much better my dad had a 69 Coupeville and ten of mine wouldn't add up to his and that's a fact
@70sleftover
Жыл бұрын
@@paulm6481 I noticed several safety standards that were being implemented by the late '60s - the steering column ignition interlock (no longer on the dash somewhere), the side marker lights, soft (padded) dash.
@illbebad
Жыл бұрын
@@70sleftover and collapsible steering column which I believe started in 1968
@gerardmills1389
10 ай бұрын
Awesome video. My buddies mom had a nice 69. The whole family drove Caddys...I rode I'm a few and would own a few as the years passed. Another buddy had a 67 Ekdorado....with 1975 hubcaps! It actually looked good!
@LburgVAGuy
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting! Im about to start restoring my grandfathers 69 Eldorado. He passed away in 2017 and made me promise to get her back on the road. I cant get over how long these cars are!
@OLDS98
Жыл бұрын
Eldorado... The driving spirit of Cadillac. Indeed Indeed....Thank you for sharing the details and the features of this car. They paid attention to detail and image back then other than the cost cutting.
@OldDood
Жыл бұрын
That Mercury you spotted looked like a 1964 Mercury Monterey. The one with the Power Rear Window. My Aunt & Uncle had one of those back then. I was 8 years old and thought that was the coolest thing. It was like a Station Wagon.
@howebrad4601
Жыл бұрын
Rear end styling is a knockout!! Sharp car all around
@jeffshadow2407
Жыл бұрын
When the Toronado "borrowed" this basic design, sales took off! Starting in 1971. I have 1969, 1972, 1974 and 1985 Toronados. Does anyone know why the key buzzer stays on when the key is removed from my 1972? It only goes off after I close the door.
@kc9scott
Жыл бұрын
Does it come back on as soon as you reopen the door (when the key is somewhere other than in the ignition lock)? If yes, it’s probably just a stuck-on sensor switch for the key slot. It’s hard for me to imagine they’d put in a relay to make the buzzer sound longer than it needs to. As I recall, back in the ‘70s, headlights-on buzzers weren’t really a thing yet, or maybe only existed on a very few cars. If yours has a headlight buzzer, it could be that system malfunctioning. Or if it has a headlight delay after you shut off the car, maybe it’s those two things interacting improperly (perhaps wiring got changed to something other than what it should be).
@jeffshadow2407
Жыл бұрын
@@kc9scott So spray a bit of electrical conductivity shot in the ignition slot?
@kc9scott
Жыл бұрын
@@jeffshadow2407 First thing is to answer the diagnostic question that I asked above. I’ll restate it: is there any time you can open the driver door and NOT have the buzzer sound? From what you said in your initial post, once the buzzer is started it stays going after the key is removed. But does the buzzer ever start from just opening the door, without the key anywhere?
@kc9scott
Жыл бұрын
@@jeffshadow2407 If the answer is yes, my guess is it’s most likely a mechanical/lubrication thing with the mechanism in the ignition lock cylinder. There’s some sort of switch in there that mechanically senses the presence of the key. The best way to fix that would be to open up the steering column and service the lock cylinder. Also, if the answer is yes, the 2nd most likely source of the problem is abraded insulation and one of the wires is shorting out to ground, making the system act as if the key is in there when it’s really not. I have no direct experience with that type of steering column or lock; this is just my general impression.
@kc9scott
Жыл бұрын
@@jeffshadow2407 If the diagnostic answer is no, then there may be a relay somewhere in the circuitry, to perform a function that I don’t understand. In that case, I don’t know what the solution is.
@desertmodern7638
Жыл бұрын
I've never heard this early trunk pulldown system explained, but it looks as if it's cable operated, with the cable tension being increased with the closing of the lid, and that tension being used for the pulldown action - so purely mechanical, not vacuum. But that's just my theory after looking at a friend's car many years ago. (My own Cadillacs were 1973-76, by which time the function was electric.) It would be interesting to hear from someone entirely familiar with it, as my theory may be utterly incorrect.
@johnz8210
Жыл бұрын
In the comments here Roger Smith explains that thing pretty well.
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
You are correct sir.
@MrFrankrizzo5150
Жыл бұрын
My dad had the exact same car and same color in late 1969. He could not stand the ride and ended up trading it in for an early MKIII about a year later.
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
Sailors want boats.
@danharasty6686
Жыл бұрын
I love the length. You are aside backseat of any other car stop light, or looking at their rear window
@errorsofmodernism7331
Жыл бұрын
A masterpiece of what a luxury car should look like. It really projects understated presence. That car does not have one bad angle.
@brianhdueck3372
Жыл бұрын
I love the lines of the car. The hidden headlamps of the previous models was a feature I missed on the 69’s. The thing that always stole a bit of the glitz was the dash and IP. It just doesn’t flow in my opinion and looks rather BelAir. Still I would be real proud to own this classic.
@TalismanPHX
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful Eldorado.
@kurtb3606
Жыл бұрын
I am always at awe at the vehicles you present, thank you for sharing.
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
The Cads were torque monsters with max around 3300 RPM. Produce torque to rival a bus. My moms 70 had very sharp throttle response but would bog on WOT. You could always chirp the tires with its response. I learned to let the trans shift itself 1st to second under WOT as there was no point in rapping beyond that. Always had to manual 2nd to 3rd. Think how much better with a 5 or 6 speed. See Lenos Toronado conversion. The early THD 425 had a veriable speed torque converter said to be much better.
@TheMormonPower
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I remember that bog at WOT too...kinda like a cough 😨
@DanEBoyd
Жыл бұрын
Wish Jay Leno would've gone for an Oldsmobile engine instead of the Chevy engine I believe his Toro has.
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
@@TheMormonPower The Q Jet bog.
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
@@DanEBoyd If you want cheap parts, a 454 is the way to go.
@jeffstonecipher1594
Жыл бұрын
Cadillac really didn't change much in the following generation with regard to steering and suspension feel. In the early 90s I had a black 80' with the 368ci -your test drives of your 69 and the 67 really make me miss that car!! Acceleration was quite good, I remember people commenting to me though that the Olds 350 in 79' (first year of that generation) was supposedly the quickest Eldo' since the 70's 500ci. Never did get to test that theory as 79's that haven't been abused were always sort of hard to come by -even more so now Great video Adam, thanks for sharing🙂
@Slonge92
Жыл бұрын
This series has such a sinister side profile, especially in black. I was never a huge fan of the pinched ass, but still love the overall imposing look of these Eldo’s. Thanks for the great videos!
@markdc1145
Жыл бұрын
A good friend of my mother's bought a new Eldo in 1968, metallic brown with beige leather interior. Really beautiful car and I know she kept it well into the 1990s. The floating vinyl roof was always a neat look that set GM apart from the others.
@terrymertz1923
Жыл бұрын
I always heard reference to the roof as being a halo roof...
@UberLummox
Жыл бұрын
Neet feature for sure!
@FrankPalmer
Жыл бұрын
Another informative video. These cars bring back such memories. You’re a wealth of info. Thanks and looking forward to more.
@everydaychris5597
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely positively beautiful.
@jaycarlson927
Жыл бұрын
So nice to hear a car guy doing these reviews. Other channels i think they just want have a channel and they don't know what they are talking about. Lots of great background info and comparisons. Keep buying cars and showing them off
@victorkaminski4420
Жыл бұрын
Wow ! So cool!! Some years back I bought a 1972 brown Coupe De Ville with 70, 000 miles on it from the proverbial Little Old Lady. Being a stupid kid, not leaving well enough alone, I got a 1972 Eldorado 500 CID engine, a rear wheel drive oil pan, a set of used 1970 10:1 compression pistons, a 1975 electronic ignition distributor and a hotter cam from Cadillac Motorsports Development. 5200 pound car had no problem just smoking the tires. ... 8mpg...
@jakubkrawczyk6418
Жыл бұрын
As the owner of 2006 STS I wanted also to mention connections to Art and Science design themes in this classic. Very underrated car - I will look for it during next RetroClassics show in Stuttgart ;) Greetings from Poland
@karll3119
Жыл бұрын
So beautiful
@whitsundaydreaming
Жыл бұрын
I remember getting dad to take me to the Cad dealer as a 12 year old to see the 69 lineup. I was lost in the beauty of this vehicle. I still love the 69 deVille and Eldo.
@sargepent9815
7 ай бұрын
Love to have one. The styling, the comfort, and 500CI big block.....back when America built real cars
@gerardmills1389
10 ай бұрын
Loved those big blocks. Had a 390....2 429s. One 472. Loved my Caddys.Beleive it or not.....my 4500 in my 88 Eldorado. ....at 272.5 Cu. In. Has a familiar engine note very much like the 472s.....nice sound
@dannyg6592
Жыл бұрын
You have an amazing collection of some of the finest automobiles from the finest period of GM design. Love your channel!
@cardo1111
Жыл бұрын
Gorgeous car, thanks for sharing it along with its pros and cons.
@Gary7even
Жыл бұрын
Adam, it would be interesting to hear you talk about what oil you use in these older cars and how often you change it. Also, what do you do to mitigate the potential problems of using modern gas in the older cars (especially the ones like this 69, which were not designed to run on unleaded gasoline).
@bear4pozcle
Жыл бұрын
Such a nice car! I had a '76 Riviera with factory airbags! Last of the biggies! That was a nice car!
@maconp1119
9 ай бұрын
I just bought a 69 light blue over dark blue. Dark blue leather. 472. Sent it directly to my trusted shop, gave him 20 grand to start. I’m gonna leave him alone
@danielleclare2938
Жыл бұрын
Has the lines of the 63 Riviera IMO. Good looking and distinctive it was obviously a Caddy but mostly recognized as an Eldorado
@sergioleone3583
Жыл бұрын
Two of my favorite American cars of all time, that 63 Riviera and the 67 Eldorado!
@davepax982
Жыл бұрын
It baffles me that the most expensive variant would have the less refined rear suspension when they had the architecture there to run coils and a beam axle. The gain in refinement would have been well worth it.
@anthonybianchini5144
Жыл бұрын
That "vent" hole through the dash is one of the locations for the interior temp sensors; which you can clearly see, when you placed your camera below it and looked up through it...
@arevee9429
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the little moment of "punching it" at the end. When I watch these ride-alongs, I always think "wish Adam would give us a bit of WOT".
@patrickmcgrath5411
Жыл бұрын
ADAM..."I AM UP FOR ADOPTION"❣️
@jmchc68000
Жыл бұрын
Just a beauty !!!!🤩🤩🤩 A french admirer !
@HypocriticYT
Жыл бұрын
If you ever get tired of owning this beauty 😊??
@BobsOutdoorActivities
Жыл бұрын
Good review. Great car. Totally from a different time period. I can remember riding in these cars as a kid.
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
Its called a Fleetwood Eldorado. I assume not Fisher.
@RareClassicCars
Жыл бұрын
Fleetwood was part of Fisher Body. More of a marketing name by this point.
@lasuvidaboy
Жыл бұрын
Gorgeous Eldorado. I also agree that the 1967 and slightly revised ‘68 dashboard being more attractive. Those also appeared to be of a higher quality than the 1969-70 model. One of my favorite cars ever!
@davebarron5939
Жыл бұрын
You just cant beat these late 60's Eldo's, magnificent, for me, the pinnacle of "personal luxury car". All I hear is the song - "There she is, Miss America"
@mcy1122
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful design. Among the best looking of 60’s GM. Thanks for sharing this Adam.
@TreeFish707
Жыл бұрын
The paint did play tricks on me for about five minutes. I thought it was black then green zoomed in to get a closer look and still went back and forth between black and green. Amazing color.
@777jones
Жыл бұрын
I thought he has two of them (he probably does)
@kc9scott
Жыл бұрын
5:38 The camera work exactly matches what he’s saying, where at one angle it looks nearly black, and then by 6:03 it’s turned fully green.
@UberLummox
Жыл бұрын
@@777jones He has a black '67 Eldo.
@philreynolds6018
Жыл бұрын
Great Car , Had 3 , 2 69's 1 70 in the early 80's
@WalkiTalki
Жыл бұрын
The best door window design for firing a rifle. It is perfectly horizontal and the barrel will slide front to back with nothing to get hung up on. The car is quiet so they won't hear you roll up and the 472 gets you gone before anybody realizes who did it. Sorry I'm Italian and I have a 69Caddy and that's what everybody says when I show it to them. Joking aside 69 Cadillacs are some of the sexiest American cars that have ever been built. Mine is white on tan but that green is the best.
@madmanmapper
Жыл бұрын
11:50 Dude. You can literally SEE the temperature sensor in there. It needs air flow to be accurate, and GM hadn't yet figured out they could use the blower fan (which is always running) to move air across it. Newer cars would use a tiny aspirator fan for this purpose.
@Jason-xb3jh
Жыл бұрын
What a sharp car! And I agree with you…. Fall is such a great time of the year to drive classic cars. 👍✨
@MICHGO1
2 ай бұрын
STUNNING CAR.
@timlewis1608
Жыл бұрын
Great day,. Dang I would love that ride. I like the laid back style. Dang if I hit the lotto we need to talk., LoL
@michaelbradford4116
Жыл бұрын
Stunning vehicle. Back in the day, one of the major car magazines referred to GM’s power door locks as sounding like the crack of a 22 rifle shot.
@johnclements6852
Жыл бұрын
Would the original owners of these Cadillacs have been disappointed with the quality (or lack thereof) and ride compared to the Lincoln of the day?
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
GM marketing made Cadillac a head trip. If you got a new one you were important. See "Tin Men". It did'nt have to be the best, you just had to think it was.
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
Plus they were the best looking car on the road. The MkIII was a boring old mans car by comparison. A hogged out LTD.
@MrNougat
Жыл бұрын
My first car was a 1970 Oldsmobile Delta 88, and the general shape is so similar to this in so many ways.
@jamesengland7461
Жыл бұрын
Adam, if you're inclined to, I'd like to see you review a contemporary Mercedes S Class, Rolls or Bentley.
@macphail1964
Жыл бұрын
My favorite cars of ALL TIME😃
@MichaelG1986
Жыл бұрын
I had an uncle who owned one of these. Riding in it as a little kid was amazing. I thought it was the best car in the world.
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
The car has vacume operated air doors in the footwells. The entire system is vacume.
@kc9scott
Жыл бұрын
Are you talking about the air doors within the HVAC system? Vacuum-operated was extremely common for US-built cars with A/C in the ‘60s ‘70s ‘80s. Or are you talking about cowl vents in the footwells, which usually only existed on cars without A/C? Do these Eldorados have footwell cowl vents, in addition to the A/C system?
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
@@kc9scott There are vents behind plastic covers by your feet. They have vacume actuators. Lots of blowers are vacume controlled. The Cads is rather anemic and I would guess its vacume controlled.
@kc9scott
Жыл бұрын
@@rogersmith7396 So from what you’re saying, it sounds like the Eldorado kept the footwell vents even on cars with A/C. That must mean that somewhere there are controls for the driver/passenger to open/close those vents. Maybe something for Adam to show in a future video sometime.
@kc9scott
Жыл бұрын
@@rogersmith7396 On my 1985 Chrysler Laser Turbo’s HVAC (manual system), the air doors were vacuum operated, all except for the temperature blend door which was a cable linkage. The system was designed so if the vacuum dropped, it would default to defroster airflow. I drove that car a number of years with the dashboard removed (long story), and you could see some of those doors. Under high-throttle conditions (e.g. hill climbing), you could see the doors move to the defrost position. On the New Yorker of that same timeframe, for auto climate control, they controlled the vacuum with a set of little solenoid valves, and moved the blend door with a servo gearmotor.
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
@@kc9scott The vents are operated by the vacume climate control system.
@1aikane
Жыл бұрын
Very nice car!
@saltycreole2673
Жыл бұрын
I grew up in the era of "land yachts". Yes, they were procured, not just bought. And I was born in the best year of all, 1957.
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
The 500 car will smoke the front tires. Ask me how I know. It had 1/4 mile times comparable to most muscle cars. In my racing days I never met a 396 Chevelle or a 383 Road Runner I could'nt take. The magazines said it cornered pretty well too. It was never meant to have a soft ride. I doubt a MK III could give it any race.
@michaelnault5905
Жыл бұрын
The intake runners on that 472cid engine make an awkward turn to accommodate the hood clearance. Hence the lazy mid-throttle response. Not likely a significant short coming for the average buyer. I doubt that any passer-by could resist a good look at those cars.
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
The intake manifold is a well known defect in these cars. It is a no rise. They do better with a high rise if you cut a hole in the hood. Headers are impossible as the FWD frame goes right under the exhaust ports. The exhaust has to go straight back through the log. Unless you put the headers in upside down through the hood ala Munsters.
@mark_osborne
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely gorgeous car
@user-ev5og3uj3u
11 ай бұрын
Good show and information
@WhittyPics
Жыл бұрын
I love the color of that Eldorado. Back in the days when GM on the top of the game. Jefferson County KY is where I am from. That is Louisville. Amazing a 50 year old car can still be in this condition.
@robertpace901
Жыл бұрын
Begining in 1968 the selling feature of GM cars was hidden windshield wipers
@josephpiskac2781
Жыл бұрын
I enjoy seeing the drive environment. I assume New York or Connecticut. You must be an extremely powerful individual it is great you are so relaxed and down to earth.
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
Detroit burbs.
@jakereal3604
Жыл бұрын
Adam at 11:53 stop the video and zoom in. You will see what I mentioned it’s a small flat round thing with two thin leads attached to it. That tiny thing that you can hardly see is the Thermistor. A variable resistor that changes with temp changes. The mark three has one just above and to the left of the glove box door on the dash pad. It’s a series of perforated holes about 1.4”x1.4”. Behind it is the same type thermistor. Just an FYI
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
Modern cars have multiple climate sensors.
@jakereal3604
Жыл бұрын
This has 2-3. Inside temp , ambient sensor and I think one more hidden somewhere
@timlewis1608
Жыл бұрын
Another great content. Thanks,A
@RootsandTendrils
Жыл бұрын
A truly trim and elegant automobile, perhaps the most handsome American car ever designed. If the car was integrated into the same chassis as the Riviera it would have been a dream ship. I would like to see a presentation on the history of the conception and development and rationale for the creation of this front-wheel-drive powertrain. GM's insistence on employing it in their upper-echelon cars instead of trying to develop GT cars of them was I think a major mistake of the corporation. They had the opportunity with the second generation to build the Toronado and the Eldo, and the Riv on the Special A Chassis, as the '69-'72 Grand Prix, which was a far better car dynamically; but no, they made ridiculous hulks of them from '71-'78, and then continued using the same FWD configuration in generation three, finally also bringing in the Riviera. Hence does anyone wonder why competition from Germany began to take away domestic business in this segment?
@OldDood
Жыл бұрын
The 1970 Eldorado is quite nice with great design however, I (and many others I knew back then) loved the Riviera and Tornado much more so. My personal favorite was the Riviera. *SIDE NOTE* People would get really angry if you 'Slammed' those Auto Trunks. I know I got yelled at when I was a kid not knowing they were 'Fancy'. haha You were so use to Slamming the Trunk because they were heavy and big or you had to make sure it closed when it was over stuffed.
@don1863
Жыл бұрын
Another beautiful Cadillac Adam! After seeing this generation Eldorado too often finished in black, it looks absolutely stunning in Rampur Green with the black vinyl top. In reference to the “skylight” on the dash above the speedometer, Ford could have used something like that on the early 70’s cars, specifically the 72 Tbird. The speedo bezel was so deep that even daytime was difficult to read.
@oldscoolcooldiecast1879
Жыл бұрын
To me any model Cadillac made in 69 that has the 472 is my favorites of all Cadillacs they had the most horse power until recent years
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
The 70 500 had more. Over 10:1 compression, premium fuel.
@althunder4269
Жыл бұрын
A very nice and handsome car.
@Iconoclasher
Жыл бұрын
No, the grille in the dash isn't for illuminating the instruments. It actually is for allowing air to pass through for the climate control sensor. There are two more sensors. The air return vent and another to sense the outside air.
@portaltwo
Жыл бұрын
Not only the old Mercury, but also a '63 Chevy at 21:29.
@markconkel5876
10 ай бұрын
I believe that was a '62 Chevy.
@portaltwo
10 ай бұрын
@@markconkel5876 You're right! I stand corrected. Thank you.
@Paul1958R
Жыл бұрын
Its amazing that the then upcoming Lincoln Continental Mark IV almost looked very much like this car. Read about the battle between Knudsen and Iacocca. (Spoiler: Iacocca ultimately won the war but lost this battle and Knudsen got the Mark IV we love today)
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
You feel like a king driving this car. Every thing else is peasantry. The back seat is the best for dates.
@pcno2832
Жыл бұрын
In many years, full-sized Chevrolets had more styling similarity to Cadillacs, at least in the front, than any of the mid-priced GM brands. But the similarity between the face of the '69 Eldorado and the '71 Caprice is particularly striking. Of course, no one knew that in 1969.
@tombrown1898
Жыл бұрын
That was always the case, at least as far back as 1939. If you look at the 1949 re-design, Ed Glowacki styled it as a baby Cadillac, minus the fishtail fins.
@70sleftover
Жыл бұрын
Yes - I thought how the headlights on this '69 Eldo reminded me of my parents' '71 Buick Skylark, too.
@P.Galore
Жыл бұрын
"Life Is Just One Cadillac After Another". I too prefer the 67 but this is a stunning car as well.
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