I was in the supermarket about 20 years ago and I saw a sign that said Cadillac for sale no other information I said what the hell I called the woman went over to the house and under an inch of dust was a 67 eldorado triple black. She said she wanted $200 for it I said I want to call badly but I can't give you only 200 she said that's all she wanted so I made a deal with her I would shovel her snow and mow her lawn forever. Still have the Black beauty😊
My first car was a '62 Coupe de Ville. I was 14. The lady selling it got it in a divorce and bought a Volkswagen bug go figure. I gave her $150 plus a Minolta camera. I had to hide the car from my parents for two years.
My dad bought one. Tan with black leather and black top. I learned how to drive a car in it and even took my date to the Senior Prom with it. Those were the days.
I bought a 1969 Eldorado when I got out of the Air Force in 1974.....same body style as this car but they did away with the hidden headlights .....wow what a car for a 22 year old....and I paid 2100 bucks for it ,it was a beauty !!!
Remember going to the Cadillac dealer with my Dad to pick up his 68 Eldorado. Always loved that car. Don't know why I didn't get one until 3 years ago.
my dad bought a new 1979 Eldorado. he walked down the line and picked a chocolate brown car with tan interior. the salesmen asked if he wanted to test drive it. my dad said "No". the salesmen, rather perplexed, said "Well, what if you don't like the way it drives?" my dad just looked at him and said "then i'll get rid of it and buy something else". the look on that salesman's face was priceless. i bought it from my dad and still have it to this day.
You might not like the way it drives??? It's a Cadillac most chances are you won't like how anything drives if you don't like the drive of a Cadillac what kind of ?? Is that your dad already knew
My mom had this car. It was white. The backseat was like a playhouse. No hump in the middle of the floor. The thing drove like a magic carpet with incredible low end torque. What a car!
They could have easily built this vehicle all the way to 1979! There was no need whatsoever to mess with this car, but I quess changing styles kept buyers buying. Absolutely stunning car!
My US History teacher had this car. He let me drive it and as a new driver I hit the hubcap on the pump island concrete. He hopped out and got a new hubcap from the trunk and it was still in the box!
Beautiful car. Always wanted a 67, never got one. Ended up with a 71 and two 77's. At least they were long, low and slinky. They are long gone now and I do miss them.
What a cool car. The styling holds up today. I wanted one of the 67s but got a 76 which was a real road machine. The sights and sounds of these caddys takes me back. A caddy engine sounds different than any other general motors engine. That Black is just killer. I didn't remember the rear windows traveling rearward. The chick sounds like she's talking into a microphone and doesn't speak like a "sexy thang".lol.
You dodged a bullet!! Yup besides being a BEAUTIFUL car it was a restoration nightmare because of all the "ONE YEAR ONLY" parts! From the brakes to the engine compartment with the "one year only" 429 it sucked. The car was designed for the 1968 472 but Cadillac had thousands of unused 429's not to be melted down into a new engine casting $$$.
You are right, the Buick Riviera eventually had a fwd setup, yet at that time in 1966-67, the Riviera was kept a rwd machine until the 1979 downsized models were introduced for the 1979 model year. The Toronado in fact donated its fwd engineering to the Eldorado.
@@zekelucente9702 Sure. --Yes in fact I thought the 66-67 Rivieras were more attracive than the Toronados, but I have moved over the years to favoring 4 door wagons and 4 door sedans as both attractive and functional at the same time, so I have lost interest in the personal luxury cars even though I owned a 68 Toronado for years, the access to space and the usefulness impresses me!
@@garypaul1033 I like two door wagons my dad also had a Nomad and the other day I saw a Volvo V60 two door wagon and did a double take because I didn’t know what it was, but I knew I liked. It looked kind of like what was referred to back in the 60’s as a Shooting Brake. Kind of looked like a modern version of the Volvo P1800.
@@zekelucente9702 yes well the shorter two door wagons are a OK. Today I always want to combine exterior style with function & that autmatically minits my interest in about 99% of the interesting vehicles out there because so often the style kills the function. A good ex of this is the 64 Pontiac Bonneville Safari (which had the more robust a/t than the Catalinas I understand). It looks good and even the four doors are more squared off. I recall my Father talking aobut this back in the day when he bought his 65 and hid mother in law banged her head while entering the back seat of the 65 but was OK with the 64. The 65 front end was gorgeous I thought but the rest & perhaps the best looking front end of any of the 60s Pontiacs, but the rear view, rear 3/4 view, side view are unbeatable for a functional 4 door wagon. I also do not think the 64 Pontiac front grill and headlights are bad at all (just compared to the 65-66 models). Of course if we are talking wagons I had a chance to drive a wonderful 1967 International Travel-All with Oerdive and more modern (fiberglass belted) tires and modern rapid acting shocks and a redone steering gear. What a rugged functional & durable machine that is! The man was pulling a 5000 trailer with it!!! Fabulous! Of course my 2007 Town Car (with the hd police shiocks, hd U-joints and hd trans cooler) can handle 5000 lbs quite well. Good chatting!
Cadillac Eldorado! Even the name sounds exciting! Always loved this body style! Such an unique design for this era in Cadillac’s automotive history! From 1967 to 1970 the Cadillac Eldorado was available only as a 2 door hard top. I wish Cadillac would have made a “factory built” convertible! Can you imagine how highly desirable and how highly collectible it would be?! The Cadillac Eldorado had a new design with hideaway headlights and it was front wheel drive for 1967 and thereafter! Prior to 1967 all Cadillacs were rear wheel drive! At one time Eldorado was known more as an upgraded trim level. However for 1967 it became it’s own model with a new and unique body style. Under the hood is the 429 CID Engine with 340 HP. For 1968 the Eldorado had a little refinement with a longer hood to hide the windshield wipers. For 1968 the big surprise was an engine upgrade to the 472 CID Engine with 375 HP! That’s my favorite year!Gone were the hideaway headlights for 1969 and 1970! However for 1970 a bigger surprise was under the hood with the 500 CID Engine with 400 HP! A little thirsty but who cares?! Gas was cheap and plentiful! Ride On! For 1971 to 1976 the convertible would return.
In the late 60s the guy down the street from me, legal guardian of my best friend, bought a '66 Toronado when they first came out and then replaced it with a '68 Eldorado. We rode around a lot in those cars and they were spectacular, the owner was not shy about putting his foot into either one of them. I don't agree with what this guy says about styling, either specific to the Caddy or in general, my preference was for the Olds but both cars were gorgeous.
Imagine where Cadillac would be today if they had followed that trend of engineering, design, and build quality. I am sure it would not be a line up of glorified Tahoes and Suburbans.
Once again, the 1969 Thunderbird had a tilt steering wheel that only required one stalk on the steering column. Merely push down on the turn signal lever and adjust the tilt. Once the car was parked and gear selector in Park ("P"), the wheel would automatically tilt-away when the driver's door was opened. Get back in, shut the door and position the steering wheel back and you were good to go. Also, the cruise control buttons were located on the two arms of the steering wheel. Much easier to control. The T'Bird's hidden headlights seemed to be a bit less complicated as well. My Dad loved my 2-door so.much, he traded his 1969 Grand Prix in on a new 1969 T'Bird 4-door Landau Brougham. That car was so great, we finally had to sell it 29 years later due to health reasons. It still looked and ran great.
The "swing away" steering column was available as early as 1961 on Thunderbirds, but did not have the tilt feature until 1967..As time went on, the shift lever would wear a "notch" in it, and this would often allow the vehicle to slip out of the "park" position. I repair a lot of old Thunderbirds, and the solution to that issue is to remove the shift lever and have the notch welded back up with a hard-alloy rod, then machined to original configuration. While replacement shift levers are now available, they are of dubious quality and likely Chinese in origin. As with all Fords and Lincolns which used hidden headlights, they were vacuum operated rather than electric, (which GM seemed to prefer), but the vacuum system would often develop leaks which would allow the headlight doors to open when the car was unused for extended periods. Starting in 1968, all Thunderbirds were equipped with the 429 cubic inch engine, which eliminated the issue of being underpowered as the vast majority of 1961-67 Thunderbirds were powered by the 390 ci engine which didnt provide great performance in a 4000 pound vehicle
Somebody probably commented on this already, but its "Autronic Eye" in "GM-ese" language, similar to "Cruise Control" which has since become a generic term. Bill Mitchell never had a "zonk" in my perspective. Controversial, yes, but not ugly. Even the slantback design of the Olds Cutlass Salon / Buick Century of the late 1970s was something I found attractive and unique. But his '65's were masterpieces, especially the Cadillac Calais, Deville, and Fleetwood cars, and full-sized Chevrolets and Pontiacs. This video highlights the smart looks of the car mentioning Mitchell's comparison to a Savile Row suit. Look at the suit of John Steed from the Avengers, and the lines of this car, and in both cases, they are subtle, but simply magnificent. Yes, a beautiful car!
Beautiful car and a well done video. You don't need the lady reading scripted questions. It was rather stilted. It improved when you guys just had a normal conversation.
This is an amazing and beautiful automobile from the late 60s. Mitchell had a hand in designing Corvette. Need we say more. My father owned 2 of these 67 Eldorado's later in his life; a gold with hunter green interior and another he had custom painted pearl white. Both were stunning. . I rode in them many times on trips and around town. He also allowed me to take the week on an occasion or two. I believe they came with a 429 V8 motor. Just a styling icon. My father told me GM automatic climate control systems of that era were the gold standard and often used by other luxury car manufacturers. I believe the sister car was the Oldsmobile Toronado.
Good one, Jim. I had a Guiness Book of World Records in the late 60s or early 70s that listed the Eldorado as having the largest consumer engine at the time: 500 cu in displacement. The sedan de ville was 472.
Whoops Jim!!! The dash cluster did NOT have an AC vent to "keep it cool". The little "vent" grate below the center AC outlet is a grate for the light bulb above it. Unfortunately the lights little steel grate rusted with changes of air temperature because the foam rubber gasket in back of the center vent outlet deteriorated from age allowing more humid cold air to be forced across the front of the cluster. Visible is the accumulation of rust dust on the plastic lens especially when you switch the light on. The humidity from the center vent leak actually caused paint deterioration that is visible in the paint outlining most of the gauge indicators. OF MENTION is the spring steel attachment fastener for the speedo cable that broke from rust whenever it was touched. That fastener was a "one year only" fastener on a "one year only" cable connector...a real pain!
The early sixties Buick Rivieras started the personal luxury trend and they were so beautiful as well inside and out and they could be had with very powerful engines known as "Wildcat" engines
.........And there was both a custom El Doradro and a custom Thunderbird in hot wheels original sweet 16 of 1968, The custom Contential MK 111 didn't come along til 1969.
I saw you just did this video and are pretty new at it. I think you did a wonderful job, very informative, researched, and the video angles are perfect. The speech, and cadence of speaking will get better as you do more and become more confident and comfortable doing this. Please don't stop, I love what you have already done and look forward to seeing more of you in the future. Hint, find cars you love, like this, and your passion will shine through. I'm proud of you and your willingness to do something new for us, the viewers!!! Keep the videos coming!
Eldorado's are always beautiful rides. I remember lots of trips back to the dealership for problems with the power windows. The A/C with climate control was amazing for those 120mph drives from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. No worries about the portable bar either because the cops just didn't bother people speeding like hell in a new Cadillac through the desert.
One of the most stunning and clean design of the time. Not sure about being meant also to be a sporty car, the ride of these cars I heard is not that great, the rear suspension a bit of a let down. But it is an iconic car never the less. To my knowledge, the GMC's Mobile home used the Olds 455 front wheel drive power train.
I simply love that brutalist style. The Lincoln Town Coupe, the Monaco, the Imperial... I was there and I know bloody full well what quantitatively horrid rattletraps they were, but damned if I don't just love that "Armored luxo-barge" look. You felt like the captain of a torpedo boat when you were at the helm of those things. And it really was boat-like. ZERO road-feel, smooth, slow, linear acceleration, smooth, slow, linear braking. Waterbed floaty suspension. They even had a burble-blurble boaty exhaust note. The 74 Lincoln Town Coupe in particular had a very "Atomic Submarine" vibe. Greenish gauges set in deep sockets, and a very weird/cool speedometer that looked like a reactor core temperature gauge. Not a needle. It was a solid red bar. Hard to describe. (It was a cylinder with a diagonal red stripe refracted through a thick half-cylinder prism to make it look more like a giant sideways thermometer. Coolest thing ever)
my friends father collected cars- modern cars from the late 60’s in the early’70’s. He had a gold ‘68 ElDorado in the fleet that he let us put a tow hitch on to tow our Moto-x bikes. With 501c.i and front wheel drive it was perfect. We got where were going and fast . And we also got a lot of attention when pulling up to a stoplight. We were 16/17 yrs. We blared his fathers opera cassettes for full effect.
I was born in 1961. My father owned mostly Pontiacs and the occasional Buick. He paid "sticker price" each time. When he needed service and/or a 'loaner', the dealership put him at the front of the line. Sly like a fox.
Back in the mid '80's I worked on a bunch of Eldo's and Toronado's front wheel drive systems and had to replace lots of steering knuckles because the wheel bearings wore out and opened up the bores so large that the knuckles had to be replaced. The junkyards had a good supply for a while but it eventually ran out and this became a real problem. Loctite made a product called Quick Metal 660 which was thick enough to fill the gap and strong enough to hold a new bearing in and I ended up repairing several with it...but I've no idea when those bearings wore out if another repair could be made. The torque converter drove the transmission through a huge HY-VO chain and these needed replacing after a lot of miles...but otherwise they were good machines for their day.
Back when Cadillac was still the "Standard of the World" ... Caddy's were their own brand and engineered as a distinctive car, not just a Chevy with a crest on the hood.
When I was in my teens my dad had a 69 Coupe De Ville. He sold it and bought a 71 Eldorado with the big Cadillac 500. That car had so much torque. I remember when I had to go take my driving test at 16 for some reason my dad wanted to take that car. When most of my driving experience was with my stepmoms 72 240z. So no doubt when the instructor asked me to parallel park the Cad I kept hitting the tire on the curb. To damn long. But it was a really nice car for sure.
In 1968, I bought a used 1967 Oldsmobile Toronado. It too had those dual door handles on each side. I never knew why GM thought the extra expense was necessary as either the driver or front passenger would have to get out of their seat for the rear passenger(s) to exit the rear seat. As far as that 1967 Eldo's rear window sliding back into the rear pillar, my then-new 1969 Ford Thunderbird 2-door hardtop's rear window did the same. It was a blessing to get rid of that troublesome Toronado for a sweet Lime Gold T'Bird.
That's interesting because my parents had a 66 Tornado and a 69 Continental Mark III and thought the same thing, the Oldsmobile was problematic always but the Lincoln which was built on the Thunderbird was fantastic.
I had one these back in the 70’s. I never thought much of it and rode it hard. I ended up entering it into a crash up derby and the guy said I shouldn’t enter my car cause it was nice. I didn’t care - I just wanted to drink beer and have a good time. My car wasn’t in too good a shape after that derby but I had a good time drinking beer and watching it die.
Ron, I have heard that these were choice cars for crash derby’s… word is they were tough. Maybe had something to do with the front wheel drive. Nevertheless , with the oil crisis around that time, a lot of these got crunched and turned into scrap metal.
Elegant sophistication built to last! Love it!! I realize that mpg is not relevant to the enjoyment of such a beauty, but I am very curious. What’s the mpg? 8?
I believe it was also available with ABS and an airbag system, both as options. I remember seeing the maintenance details in a Chiltons or Motor repair manual from ‘67
But why? It's a big floaty barge. I've driven one many times, as well as many other cars from the era. I learned to drive in a 69 Olds Ninety Eight coupe, which is just as huge as this monster, albeit, RWD. My S-Class Mercedes is 10 times the car, better ride, much better handling, much safer with AWD, traction control, ABS, 12 airbags, better fuel economy and actually luxurious inside, not faux luxury like a Caddy.
I worked in a panel shop 30 years ago and we had one in for work, I have always had a fascination with suspensions and gearing, Looking underneath I saw a most unusual tailshaft diff connection, It looked like there might have been gears in the front of the diff like a hallibrand quick change diff because the tailshaft uni joint was slightly lower than the bottom of the banjo. this obviously meant the tunnel in the rear seat area was not so obvious, It seemed like a very special customised design but I have never seen one like it since.
Had a 68 looked almost exactly like The 67. Fun car. Beautiful Deep midnight Blue. Black vinyl roof. Lot's of looks Back in the Day.. 7 miles per gallon if you drove easy. LoL. If course wish I still had It m.😢
The system to automatically dim the high beams (autronic eye) was actually introduced FIFTEEN years earlier in 1952, and the signal seeking radio was introduced even earlier, in 1951.
Tilt steering can be found on cars from the thirties, Cords had hidden headlights. Front wheel drive was “ de rigeur” on Citroens as was hydraulic suspension.
In comparison to British automotive designs from the same era, this is a stunning vehicle. Stone-age blobs versus "cars of the future". But which ones are truly the most modestly functional and affordable?
The auto headlight system was cool, but it wasn't very reliable in climates where there was road salt. The module/sensor was exposed to the elements, and they didn't last long. A buddy had this system in his '67 Coupe DeVille, and interestingly enough, the module still used a 12AX7 vacuum tube---long after everyone else was using transistors
My Dad's friend had one in in the early 80;s. Cool looking car but not as nice as yours. Love the headrests and shoulder belt seatbelts. Even if aftermarket, great idea and safety feature.
I have heard that a V-16 engine was entertained, but was overruled for cost reasons. Also, an automatic transmission will smooth out power impulses as well as a multi-cylinder engine.
You’re right about that. On line there are archival photos of caddy prototypes intended for a V16 under the hood… Thank god they didn’t go further than a clay mock up! They were too extreme. The hood was twice the size of this car.
That was pure Oldsmobile technology.. Hallmark of engineering. From the olds plant. I'm not a GM fan. But that was a nice machine and Cadillac copied it
I had bought a triple black 67 back in 1997 for $675.00. Ran like a top, only 68,000 miles on it, drove it back from south Miami to Ft. Lauderdale (about 48 miles) with no problems, but I did watch the gas needle quickly head towards empty 😂. I had it for a couple months but couldn’t afford to get it registered back then. I was young and didn’t make much money, so having two cars insured and registered would have been beyond my means. It did have a little rust, when I’d close the hood, rust particles would rain down over the front grill. And the headlight doors wouldn’t stay shut. Vacuum problem I’m sure. My landlord told me to move the car or he’d have it towed, so my friend said she’d take care of it. She had a huge garage I could store it in. I drove it about an hour away and said goodbye to it. Later, she moved it to a semi trailer which had a leak so when it rained, the Cadillac slowly rusted away and she finally called me asking if I wanted the car back. I told her I couldn’t take it, so she had it junked. That’s her story anyway. Some friend. Glad we no longer speak. Now I regret giving it to her.
No, definitely not a car like it on the road today lol. A personal luxury car, that's as long as a yacht with only 2 doors and not really all that much room inside considering the overall size of the thing. They're comfortable though! The length of the hood is just amazing. Looking out over that thing is something else. I love these old Eldos. One of the best designs ever produced imho, from an aesthetic point of view. They just scream excess.
@@LCR Compared to some light vehicles such as Saab turbos and PT cruiser turbos, it has very little torque steer. The Saab especially would nearly pull the steering wheel out of your hands under hard acceleration.
@6:12....the 1967 Ford Thunderbird, a much better looking fast coupe, had a tilt telescopic, and slide away, steering column. I owned one. A much more Buck Rogers interior as well.
I was in the supermarket about 20 years ago and I saw a sign that said Cadillac for sale no other information I said what the hell I called the woman went over to the house and under an inch of dust was a 67 eldorado triple black. She said she wanted $200 for it I said I want to call badly but I can't give you only 200 she said that's all she wanted so I made a deal with her I would shovel her snow and mow her lawn forever. Still have the Black beauty😊
Great story! Thanks for writing it up. Must be a beautiful car!
I'm envious ;) love the triple-black '67 Eldo.
@@bellytripper-nh8oxunfortunately she passed away a couple years ago😢
My first car was a '62 Coupe de Ville. I was 14. The lady selling it got it in a divorce and bought a Volkswagen bug go figure. I gave her $150 plus a Minolta camera. I had to hide the car from my parents for two years.
Once in a lifetime find!
I recall when these came out- definitely the best looking cars on the road that year.
My dad bought one. Tan with black leather and black top. I learned how to drive a car in it and even took my date to the Senior Prom with it. Those were the days.
You and your prom date could easily lay down in the back seat.
I bought a 1969 Eldorado when I got out of the Air Force in 1974.....same body style as this car but they did away with the hidden headlights .....wow what a car for a 22 year old....and I paid 2100 bucks for it ,it was a beauty !!!
Great story!
Bet you wish that you still owned it now!
Remember going to the Cadillac dealer with my Dad to pick up his 68 Eldorado. Always loved that car. Don't know why I didn't get one until 3 years ago.
my dad bought a new 1979 Eldorado. he walked down the line and picked a chocolate brown car with tan interior. the salesmen asked if he wanted to test drive it. my dad said "No". the salesmen, rather perplexed, said "Well, what if you don't like the way it drives?" my dad just looked at him and said "then i'll get rid of it and buy something else". the look on that salesman's face was priceless. i bought it from my dad and still have it to this day.
Absolutely, great story.
You might not like the way it drives??? It's a Cadillac most chances are you won't like how anything drives if you don't like the drive of a Cadillac what kind of ?? Is that your dad already knew
Your dad “sold” it to you?
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A '79 is the same in name only.
My mom had this car. It was white. The backseat was like a playhouse. No hump in the middle of the floor. The thing drove like a magic carpet with incredible low end torque. What a car!
They could have easily built this vehicle all the way to 1979! There was no need whatsoever to mess with this car, but I quess changing styles kept buyers buying. Absolutely stunning car!
Yes the 71 was a backwards step as far as styling goes.
They were selling too many cars, they had to cheapen them to keep up with production.
My US History teacher had this car. He let me drive it and as a new driver I hit the hubcap on the pump island concrete. He hopped out and got a new hubcap from the trunk and it was still in the box!
Had one of these in1970.What a marvelous auto.Major style and faster than you would think
The '70 had 500 cubic inches under the hood.
Beautiful car. Always wanted a 67, never got one. Ended up with a 71 and two 77's. At least they were long, low and slinky. They are long gone now and I do miss them.
What a cool car. The styling holds up today. I wanted one of the 67s but got a 76 which was a real road machine. The sights and sounds of these caddys takes me back. A caddy engine sounds different than any other general motors engine. That Black is just killer. I didn't remember the rear windows traveling rearward. The chick sounds like she's talking into a microphone and doesn't speak like a "sexy thang".lol.
You dodged a bullet!! Yup besides being a BEAUTIFUL car it was a restoration nightmare because of all the "ONE YEAR ONLY" parts! From the brakes to the engine compartment with the "one year only" 429 it sucked. The car was designed for the 1968 472 but Cadillac had thousands of unused 429's not to be melted down into a new engine casting $$$.
I don't know about low, but they are definitely long.
WE'LL NEVER SEE FANTASTIC AMERICAN LUXURY CARS LIKE THIS AGAIN! WHAT A SHAME!
And the Buick Riviera and Olds Tornado all front wheel drive all so unique. GM was the leader in styling for so many years.
You are right, the Buick Riviera eventually had a fwd setup, yet at that time in 1966-67, the Riviera was kept a rwd machine until the 1979 downsized models were introduced for the 1979 model year. The Toronado in fact donated its fwd engineering to the Eldorado.
@@garypaul1033 thanks for the correction. I loved the Riv!
@@zekelucente9702 Sure. --Yes in fact I thought the 66-67 Rivieras were more attracive than the Toronados, but I have moved over the years to favoring 4 door wagons and 4 door sedans as both attractive and functional at the same time, so I have lost interest in the personal luxury cars even though I owned a 68 Toronado for years, the access to space and the usefulness impresses me!
@@garypaul1033 I like two door wagons my dad also had a Nomad and the other day I saw a Volvo V60 two door wagon and did a double take because I didn’t know what it was, but I knew I liked. It looked kind of like what was referred to back in the 60’s as a Shooting Brake. Kind of looked like a modern version of the Volvo P1800.
@@zekelucente9702 yes well the shorter two door wagons are a OK. Today I always want to combine exterior style with function & that autmatically minits my interest in about 99% of the interesting vehicles out there because so often the style kills the function. A good ex of this is the 64 Pontiac Bonneville Safari (which had the more robust a/t than the Catalinas I understand). It looks good and even the four doors are more squared off. I recall my Father talking aobut this back in the day when he bought his 65 and hid mother in law banged her head while entering the back seat of the 65 but was OK with the 64. The 65 front end was gorgeous I thought but the rest & perhaps the best looking front end of any of the 60s Pontiacs, but the rear view, rear 3/4 view, side view are unbeatable for a functional 4 door wagon. I also do not think the 64 Pontiac front grill and headlights are bad at all (just compared to the 65-66 models). Of course if we are talking wagons I had a chance to drive a wonderful 1967 International Travel-All with Oerdive and more modern (fiberglass belted) tires and modern rapid acting shocks and a redone steering gear. What a rugged functional & durable machine that is! The man was pulling a 5000 trailer with it!!! Fabulous! Of course my 2007 Town Car (with the hd police shiocks, hd U-joints and hd trans cooler) can handle 5000 lbs quite well. Good chatting!
The Toronado was the basis for this new generation!
Oh yea- long sharp edges, fwd & rear pass. door handles.
Cadillac Eldorado! Even the name sounds exciting! Always loved this body style! Such an unique design for this era in Cadillac’s automotive history! From 1967 to 1970 the Cadillac Eldorado was available only as a 2 door hard top. I wish Cadillac would have made a “factory built” convertible! Can you imagine how highly desirable and how highly collectible it would be?!
The Cadillac Eldorado had a new design with hideaway headlights and it was front wheel drive for 1967 and thereafter! Prior to 1967 all Cadillacs were rear wheel drive! At one time Eldorado was known more as an upgraded trim level. However for 1967 it became it’s own model with a new and unique body style. Under the hood is the 429 CID Engine with 340 HP. For 1968 the Eldorado had a little refinement with a longer hood to hide the windshield wipers. For 1968 the big surprise was an engine upgrade to the 472 CID Engine with 375 HP! That’s my favorite year!Gone were the hideaway headlights for 1969 and 1970! However for 1970 a bigger surprise was under the hood with the 500 CID Engine with 400 HP! A little thirsty but who cares?! Gas was cheap and plentiful! Ride On!
For 1971 to 1976 the convertible would return.
Absolutely GORGEOUS car!!
In the late 60s the guy down the street from me, legal guardian of my best friend, bought a '66 Toronado when they first came out and then replaced it with a '68 Eldorado. We rode around a lot in those cars and they were spectacular, the owner was not shy about putting his foot into either one of them. I don't agree with what this guy says about styling, either specific to the Caddy or in general, my preference was for the Olds but both cars were gorgeous.
Eldorado convertibles were amazing looking machines. If I ever get rich I'll be looking for one. I wonder if anyone ever got more than 10 mpg.
Magnificent, and the color, rare for that era, perfect. The ultimate "Personal Luxury car".
My dad has a1968 Cadillac eldorado 😊 I thought the styling was way ahead of its time Alyssa forget the hideaway headlights
Imagine where Cadillac would be today if they had followed that trend of engineering, design, and build quality. I am sure it would not be a line up of glorified Tahoes and Suburbans.
Came across this by complete accident in the UK. What a beautiful car and what a beautifully presented video. Top work on all fronts.
Chris, Thanks for watching and sending Kudos from the UK.🍻
Many thanks for the competent and detailed design analysis.
You are welcome! Thanks for your feedback.
I was 9 years old when my friends dad brought home a brand spanking new Eldorado it was a greenish color bad ass.
YES I was 10 and we pulled-up in back of one in traffic and I literally went into a trance for the rest of my life.
When I was about that age my dad was always saying "you have to buy me a Caddilac when you grow up and I am old". Yeah, if only he deserved one!!
I’ll take the “longer, lower, wider” design of a Cadillac like this over today’s wretched proliferation of cookie-cutter CUVs and “sporty” sedans.
Once again, the 1969 Thunderbird had a tilt steering wheel that only required one stalk on the steering column. Merely push down on the turn signal lever and adjust the tilt. Once the car was parked and gear selector in Park ("P"), the wheel would automatically tilt-away when the driver's door was opened. Get back in, shut the door and position the steering wheel back and you were good to go. Also, the cruise control buttons were located on the two arms of the steering wheel. Much easier to control. The T'Bird's hidden headlights seemed to be a bit less complicated as well. My Dad loved my 2-door so.much, he traded his 1969 Grand Prix in on a new 1969 T'Bird 4-door Landau Brougham. That car was so great, we finally had to sell it 29 years later due to health reasons. It still looked and ran great.
The "swing away" steering column was available as early as 1961 on Thunderbirds, but did not have the tilt feature until 1967..As time went on, the shift lever would wear a "notch" in it, and this would often allow the vehicle to slip out of the "park" position. I repair a lot of old Thunderbirds, and the solution to that issue is to remove the shift lever and have the notch welded back up with a hard-alloy rod, then machined to original configuration. While replacement shift levers are now available, they are of dubious quality and likely Chinese in origin.
As with all Fords and Lincolns which used hidden headlights, they were vacuum operated rather than electric, (which GM seemed to prefer), but the vacuum system would often develop leaks which would allow the headlight doors to open when the car was unused for extended periods.
Starting in 1968, all Thunderbirds were equipped with the 429 cubic inch engine, which eliminated the issue of being underpowered as the vast majority of 1961-67 Thunderbirds were powered by the 390 ci engine which didnt provide great performance in a 4000 pound vehicle
This was the absoltutely best looking car in the 60ies! 🤩
Somebody probably commented on this already, but its "Autronic Eye" in "GM-ese" language, similar to "Cruise Control" which has since become a generic term. Bill Mitchell never had a "zonk" in my perspective. Controversial, yes, but not ugly. Even the slantback design of the Olds Cutlass Salon / Buick Century of the late 1970s was something I found attractive and unique. But his '65's were masterpieces, especially the Cadillac Calais, Deville, and Fleetwood cars, and full-sized Chevrolets and Pontiacs. This video highlights the smart looks of the car mentioning Mitchell's comparison to a Savile Row suit. Look at the suit of John Steed from the Avengers, and the lines of this car, and in both cases, they are subtle, but simply magnificent. Yes, a beautiful car!
A magnificent American automobile, it has aged gracefully.
Very pretty car. It was a very 1970s looking car in the 1960s.
Beautiful car and a well done video. You don't need the lady reading scripted questions. It was rather stilted. It improved when you guys just had a normal conversation.
Appreciate the feedback.
My Mom had a '73 Eldorado, red with a white landau half top, and red leather interior. It was a sweet sweet car.
This is an amazing and beautiful automobile from the late 60s. Mitchell had a hand in designing Corvette. Need we say more. My father owned 2 of these 67 Eldorado's later in his life; a gold with hunter green interior and another he had custom painted pearl white. Both were stunning. . I rode in them many times on trips and around town. He also allowed me to take the week on an occasion or two. I believe they came with a 429 V8 motor. Just a styling icon. My father told me GM automatic climate control systems of that era were the gold standard and often used by other luxury car manufacturers. I believe the sister car was the Oldsmobile Toronado.
Toronado was, and still is a masterpiece.
Yeah! My FIRST CAR!! Seats like a living room couch no hump cabin floor, room for days!
Good one, Jim. I had a Guiness Book of World Records in the late 60s or early 70s that listed the Eldorado as having the largest consumer engine at the time: 500 cu in displacement. The sedan de ville was 472.
Thanks. Glad you watched.👍
Whoops Jim!!! The dash cluster did NOT have an AC vent to "keep it cool". The little "vent" grate below the center AC outlet is a grate for the light bulb above it. Unfortunately the lights little steel grate rusted with changes of air temperature because the foam rubber gasket in back of the center vent outlet deteriorated from age allowing more humid cold air to be forced across the front of the cluster. Visible is the accumulation of rust dust on the plastic lens especially when you switch the light on. The humidity from the center vent leak actually caused paint deterioration that is visible in the paint outlining most of the gauge indicators. OF MENTION is the spring steel attachment fastener for the speedo cable that broke from rust whenever it was touched. That fastener was a "one year only" fastener on a "one year only" cable connector...a real pain!
Thanks for subscribing despite the misgivings!
bigger, more beautiful, more comfortable and better tech than any of todays little plastic toy cars
If I could get it into my 4 car garage, I'd buy one.
It might fit sideways.
My top favorite cars are the Cadillac Eldorado 1967 (this car), and the Lincoln Continental 1963.
Two of the best!
The early sixties Buick Rivieras started the personal luxury trend and they were so beautiful as well inside and out and they could be had with very powerful engines known as "Wildcat" engines
.........And there was both a custom El Doradro and a custom Thunderbird in hot wheels original sweet 16 of 1968, The custom Contential MK 111 didn't come along til 1969.
What a beautiful car! I am also a 1967 model :) I know the 50's and even 70's Caddys well but have been sleeping on the 1960's models.
Thanks for sharing!
I saw you just did this video and are pretty new at it. I think you did a wonderful job, very informative, researched, and the video angles are perfect. The speech, and cadence of speaking will get better as you do more and become more confident and comfortable doing this. Please don't stop, I love what you have already done and look forward to seeing more of you in the future.
Hint, find cars you love, like this, and your passion will shine through. I'm proud of you and your willingness to do something new for us, the viewers!!!
Keep the videos coming!
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it. Very nice comment👍
i would take this over 3 new Cadillacs
Only three?
Of course!! The new and newer Caddys are just GARBAGE. I KNOW, I just got rid of one! Never again.
Bring back the personal luxury coupe!!
Eldorado's are always beautiful rides. I remember lots of trips back to the dealership for problems with the power windows. The A/C with climate control was amazing for those 120mph drives from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. No worries about the portable bar either because the cops just didn't bother people speeding like hell in a new Cadillac through the desert.
That trimmed down style is somewhat reflected in the Rolls Royce Spectre. But that smaller looking ElDo was perfection.
One of the most stunning and clean design of the time. Not sure about being meant also to be a sporty car, the ride of these cars I heard is not that great, the rear suspension a bit of a let down. But it is an iconic car never the less.
To my knowledge, the GMC's Mobile home used the Olds 455 front wheel drive power train.
I simply love that brutalist style. The Lincoln Town Coupe, the Monaco, the Imperial... I was there and I know bloody full well what quantitatively horrid rattletraps they were, but damned if I don't just love that "Armored luxo-barge" look. You felt like the captain of a torpedo boat when you were at the helm of those things. And it really was boat-like. ZERO road-feel, smooth, slow, linear acceleration, smooth, slow, linear braking. Waterbed floaty suspension. They even had a burble-blurble boaty exhaust note. The 74 Lincoln Town Coupe in particular had a very "Atomic Submarine" vibe. Greenish gauges set in deep sockets, and a very weird/cool speedometer that looked like a reactor core temperature gauge. Not a needle. It was a solid red bar. Hard to describe. (It was a cylinder with a diagonal red stripe refracted through a thick half-cylinder prism to make it look more like a giant sideways thermometer. Coolest thing ever)
Love the descriptions! 👍
Lots of fun things happened with these engine and transmission combos .
What a beautiful car!
my friends father collected cars- modern cars from the late 60’s in the early’70’s. He had a gold ‘68 ElDorado in the fleet that he let us put a tow hitch on to tow our Moto-x bikes. With 501c.i and front wheel drive it was perfect. We got where were going and fast . And we also got a lot of attention when pulling up to a stoplight. We were 16/17 yrs. We blared his fathers opera cassettes for full effect.
All the ingredients of a classic road trip.
I remember those cars, it was great.
I was born in 1961. My father owned mostly Pontiacs and the occasional Buick. He paid "sticker price" each time. When he needed service and/or a 'loaner', the dealership put him at the front of the line. Sly like a fox.
Back in the mid '80's I worked on a bunch of Eldo's and Toronado's front wheel drive systems and had to replace lots of steering knuckles because the wheel bearings wore out and opened up the bores so large that the knuckles had to be replaced. The junkyards had a good supply for a while but it eventually ran out and this became a real problem. Loctite made a product called Quick Metal 660 which was thick enough to fill the gap and strong enough to hold a new bearing in and I ended up repairing several with it...but I've no idea when those bearings wore out if another repair could be made. The torque converter drove the transmission through a huge HY-VO chain and these needed replacing after a lot of miles...but otherwise they were good machines for their day.
Thanks for sharing your experience with us!
Back when Cadillac was still the "Standard of the World" ... Caddy's were their own brand and engineered as a distinctive car, not just a Chevy with a crest on the hood.
When I was in my teens my dad had a 69 Coupe De Ville. He sold it and bought a 71 Eldorado with the big Cadillac 500. That car had so much torque. I remember when I had to go take my driving test at 16 for some reason my dad wanted to take that car. When most of my driving experience was with my stepmoms 72 240z. So no doubt when the instructor asked me to parallel park the Cad I kept hitting the tire on the curb. To damn long. But it was a really nice car for sure.
Hilarious! I hope you got a pass.
i had the limo edition a dream i made a lot of trips with my friends the memories stay forever
In 1968, I bought a used 1967 Oldsmobile Toronado. It too had those dual door handles on each side. I never knew why GM thought the extra expense was necessary as either the driver
or front passenger would have to get out of their seat for the rear passenger(s) to exit the rear seat.
As far as that 1967 Eldo's rear window sliding back into the rear pillar, my then-new 1969 Ford Thunderbird 2-door hardtop's rear window did the same. It was a blessing to get rid of that troublesome Toronado for a sweet Lime Gold T'Bird.
That's interesting because my parents had a 66 Tornado and a 69 Continental Mark III and thought the same thing, the Oldsmobile was problematic always but the Lincoln which was built on the Thunderbird was fantastic.
"Ralph Nader" the safety advocate. 🤣😂🤣🤣
It is a beautiful classic automobile.
Loved the big white El Dorado in _Thunderbolt and Lightfoot._ It was a convertible with red upholstery. 1973 I believe.
Bellissima,,,,,Cadillac cosi' non ne vedremo mai piu'
My Dad had one. This was after his Maserati Quatro Porte phase, a car that burned to the ground in our driveway!
What a unique beauty ❤❤❤
I had one these back in the 70’s. I never thought much of it and rode it hard. I ended up entering it into a crash up derby and the guy said I shouldn’t enter my car cause it was nice. I didn’t care - I just wanted to drink beer and have a good time. My car wasn’t in too good a shape after that derby but I had a good time drinking beer and watching it die.
Ron,
I have heard that these were choice cars for crash derby’s… word is they were tough. Maybe had something to do with the front wheel drive.
Nevertheless , with the oil crisis around that time, a lot of these got crunched and turned into scrap metal.
Elegant sophistication built to last! Love it!!
I realize that mpg is not relevant to the enjoyment of such a beauty, but I am very curious.
What’s the mpg? 8?
Good guess! Of course, that’s when the wind is blowing from the back!
@@carthropology8318 Ha! Yes, and going downhill.
Thanks for the reply.
Wishing you many happy years and miles!
I believe it was also available with ABS and an airbag system, both as options. I remember seeing the maintenance details in a Chiltons or Motor repair manual from ‘67
George, I think ABS in Caddy's was introduced a bit later. Earliest is In 1971.
But, If you're right, that would be amazing.
Thanks for watching.
I slept in the back when my dad went to the horse races in LA. an absolute dream car. could still be built today if there weren't any greenies.
But why? It's a big floaty barge. I've driven one many times, as well as many other cars from the era. I learned to drive in a 69 Olds Ninety Eight coupe, which is just as huge as this monster, albeit, RWD. My S-Class Mercedes is 10 times the car, better ride, much better handling, much safer with AWD, traction control, ABS, 12 airbags, better fuel economy and actually luxurious inside, not faux luxury like a Caddy.
I built a model of the 67 Eldorado back in 67, I still have to model on display today.
Great watch for a great car.....
Thx👍
Beautiful Cadillac! Thank you for sharing this!
Glad you got something from it.👍
I worked in a panel shop 30 years ago and we had one in for work, I have always had a fascination with suspensions and gearing, Looking underneath I saw a most unusual tailshaft diff connection, It looked like there might have been gears in the front of the diff like a hallibrand quick change diff because the tailshaft uni joint was slightly lower than the bottom of the banjo. this obviously meant the tunnel in the rear seat area was not so obvious, It seemed like a very special customised design but I have never seen one like it since.
Thanks for sharing.
years ahead of its time
Love the color combo
Had a 68 looked almost exactly like The 67. Fun car. Beautiful Deep midnight Blue. Black vinyl roof. Lot's of looks Back in the Day.. 7 miles per gallon if you drove easy. LoL. If course wish I still had It m.😢
There are draw backs but the car sounds like it was beautiful.
This body shares many of the design cues of the 63-65 Buick Riviera.
Beautiful design
The system to automatically dim the high beams (autronic eye) was actually introduced FIFTEEN years earlier in 1952, and the signal seeking radio was introduced even earlier, in 1951.
Tilt steering can be found on cars from the thirties, Cords had hidden headlights. Front wheel drive was “ de rigeur” on Citroens as was hydraulic suspension.
The 1967 Eldorado was so cool that it was chosen one of the original Hot Wheels!
I love the styling of these older Cadillacs...the new ones look like every other car on the road...a big bar of soap with wheels.
In comparison to British automotive designs from the same era, this is a stunning vehicle. Stone-age blobs versus "cars of the future". But which ones are truly the most modestly functional and affordable?
A friend of mine had a 67 Fleetwood i would of loved to had it,had trays in the back of the front seats.
The auto headlight system was cool, but it wasn't very reliable in climates where there was road salt. The module/sensor was exposed to the elements, and they didn't last long. A buddy had this system in his '67 Coupe DeVille, and interestingly enough, the module still used a 12AX7 vacuum tube---long after everyone else was using transistors
gm at its best
A 1962 Cadillac had, automatic, headlight dimmer electric eye . It sat on the dash
On the floor a button auto tune radio too
My Dad's friend had one in in the early 80;s. Cool looking car but not as nice as yours. Love the headrests and shoulder belt seatbelts. Even if aftermarket, great idea and safety feature.
As a daily driver, I wanted to be safe… very observant!
Wow, what a car!
I have heard that a V-16 engine was entertained, but was overruled for cost reasons. Also, an automatic transmission will smooth out power impulses as well as a multi-cylinder engine.
You’re right about that. On line there are archival photos of caddy prototypes intended for a V16 under the hood… Thank god they didn’t go further than a clay mock up! They were too extreme. The hood was twice the size of this car.
They had one- sort of- on 'Roadkill', AKA "The Eldowrongo". Someone had cut the back off and grafted on a flatbed TRAILER... It was hilarious.
Kind of makes me want one till I think of trying to park it at Costco. That's a lot of car.
When I was a kid my dad had that car but it was black on black and he had a white Corvette.
That was pure Oldsmobile technology.. Hallmark of engineering. From the olds plant. I'm not a GM fan. But that was a nice machine and Cadillac copied it
Part of another report… bigger in scope.
I had bought a triple black 67 back in 1997 for $675.00. Ran like a top, only 68,000 miles on it, drove it back from south Miami to Ft. Lauderdale (about 48 miles) with no problems, but I did watch the gas needle quickly head towards empty 😂. I had it for a couple months but couldn’t afford to get it registered back then. I was young and didn’t make much money, so having two cars insured and registered would have been beyond my means. It did have a little rust, when I’d close the hood, rust particles would rain down over the front grill. And the headlight doors wouldn’t stay shut. Vacuum problem I’m sure. My landlord told me to move the car or he’d have it towed, so my friend said she’d take care of it. She had a huge garage I could store it in. I drove it about an hour away and said goodbye to it. Later, she moved it to a semi trailer which had a leak so when it rained, the Cadillac slowly rusted away and she finally called me asking if I wanted the car back. I told her I couldn’t take it, so she had it junked. That’s her story anyway. Some friend. Glad we no longer speak. Now I regret giving it to her.
A great but sad story… thanks for sharing!
The car had a flat floor, owing to its front wheel drive format. I remember what a luxury it was not to have a "drive train hump" in the car's middle.
She's a beauty!
After all that, what is the engine size
429
No, definitely not a car like it on the road today lol. A personal luxury car, that's as long as a yacht with only 2 doors and not really all that much room inside considering the overall size of the thing. They're comfortable though! The length of the hood is just amazing. Looking out over that thing is something else. I love these old Eldos. One of the best designs ever produced imho, from an aesthetic point of view. They just scream excess.
What’s the phrase…. “ Nothing succeeds like excess “😊
A favorite of pimps that had them pimped out with furry seats, gansta white walls, diamond accent window, t.v. antenna...etc.
pimp-mobile
Everything that a Cadillac should be.
"The Standard of the World" as their advertising once claimed.
Except FWD.
@@LCR There is a precedent for upscale front wheel drive cars. The Cord, made in the 1930s.
@@donreinke5863 I personally like it less because of the torque steer it causes, and the wider turning radius.
@@LCR Compared to some light vehicles such as Saab turbos and PT cruiser turbos, it has very little torque steer. The Saab especially would nearly pull the steering wheel out of your hands under hard acceleration.
@6:12....the 1967 Ford Thunderbird, a much better looking fast coupe, had a tilt telescopic, and slide away, steering column. I owned one. A much more Buck Rogers interior as well.
The largest wings and fins in automotive history were added under Bill Mitchell's guidance and leadership in 1959.
Thanks!
You bet!
When GM really was the mark of excellence.
The long hood was originally designed to house an OHC V12 which was shelved.
True. They pushed their ideas to extremes. Some of their exploratory designs were fortunately, left on the draughting table.