Informative Article on 1967-1970 Eldorados

[Rich S]

Link to an article about these elegant cars that are often under-appreciated:

http://ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/luxury-and-personal-luxury-cars/185-1967-cadillac-eldorado.html

[Bill Hedge CLC 14424]

Nice article.  Thanks for sharing.

[Jim Skelly, CLC 315958]

interesting article with not too many errors ...

[Lars Kneller 8246]

I think these Eldorado's are among the sexiest cars ever built.  Others being the 1997 Jaguar XK8 and the original Olds Aurora. Some designs are so good that no matter what is tried subsequent redesigns cannot be better.

[Greg McDonnell]

Lars,

I agree with what you stated in your post 100%!  I have been a big fan of the first generation fwd Eldos since they were new!  I also think the Jag you mentioned as well as the first generation Auroras are also incredibly sexy.  Just yesterday I was beside one of the original Auroras at a traffic light.  The light had quite a long sequence to go through so I had plenty of time to drink in the details.  I could see the rear end of my '66 Toronado in the Aurora!  That is definitely a collectible car (imho)!

Greg McDonnell
CLC#20841

[Owen Nacker]

 I agree. These are perhaps one of the most beautiful cars ever built.

 Often the original designs are the purest and cannot be improved upon. This car is a very strong example of that. Very few cars come along that can claim this. Subsequent facelifts water down and destroy the purity of the design.

 Mike

[Rich S]

I agree with all of you, too! Here's another brief article and it shows a "survivor" '69 Eldorado (great color combo) and revealing the unmistakable styling--when "Standard of the World" really applied:

http://www.seattlepi.com/wheels/car.asp?CarID=113

[tom eisner clc 18396]

When are they going to be worth any serious money?

[BJM]

When are they going to be worth any serious money?

Nice ones can bring $15,000 but they have to be pretty nice. Let's face it - very few of these are receiving body off restorations. I do not know of any, but am not tuned into those who might have done one.

Is it always necessary to be able to "profit" off a car? Is that the intent of the hobby after all - to make money?

These cars are uber complicated so we are at a crossroads more or less in how they are preserved for the future. Nice originals - in good collector hands - will probably not rack up many more miles in the next 30-40 years.

Those that drop off that map will likely be crushed, parted or remain in a nether world of not restored but not fundementally useful to a collector as a hobby car.
The old adage buy the best car you can really applies to this generation of Eldorado. Too expensive to consider restoring versus market value.  Most everyone I know agrees these cars are easy on the eyes but when it comes to long term ownership, some collectors hesitate.