73 Cadillac convertible

Nice choice, to me it's the perfect big classic convertible with the '73 being the last of the small bumper cars.

I was seriously contemplating a '72 a couple of years ago. For example:
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If you're talking about Front Wheel Drive, you are talking about the Eldorado, not just a Cadillac.
Different car than the other Cadillacs that were all RWD.

Very robust drivetrain, GM even used it in their big RV's that were front wheel drive.

 

I'd be more inclined to go for a 59.

Land yacht, but with FINS!

 

By 2016 these vary greatly by condition.

Get a very complete car.

Also get one with lower miles. High milage cars can feel loose in torsional rigidity. They can drive like you have the doors open and pieces missing from the frame.

Also make sure everything is well-adjusted (particularly steering) and fully lubricated.

And then enjoy!

Matt

 

If you want the front wheel drive Eldo, that didn't happen unitl '67.


There are Cadillacs and Eldorados. They are not the same thing.

 

Eldorado is a product line from Cadillac. Not sure what Tcar is trying to say.

However, "In 1973 the Eldorado was removed from the Fleetwood series and reestablished as its own series. The '73 models received a facelift featuring new front and rear bumpers, egg-crate grille, decklid, rear fenders and taillamps."

"The Cadillac Eldorado was chosen as the pace car for the Indy 500 in 1973."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Eldorado

And reviewing Wiki I see that my previous comment was in error. The big bumpers started in '73.
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As the owner of a 57 Cadillac, the era you picked is actually better for real use and livability. Get the convertible, if you like the coupes avoid the ones with the vinyl landau options.

This is mine.

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I am saying that the fwd Eldorados were totally diffrent cars from the other Cadillacs.
Totally different platform, etc. But still Cadillacs.

If he wants fwd, it has to be a '67+ Eldorado.

The earlier rwd Eldos were just 'sporty' Fleetwoods.


Olds Toronado (fwd) and Buick Riviera (w/ rear wheel drive) were the same platform.

 

Okay, I see what you're saying now.

And yes, the only "73 Cadillac convertible" in FWD would be an Eldorado.

 

Wasn't the Cadillac Eldorado copied from the Oldsmobile Toronado ?

 

no

 

Stormbringer,

In the mid 80's, I was an insurance adjuster in Cleveland and their was a 57' Caddy very similiar to yours on an abandoned lot. I took a polaroid of it at the time and always wondered what happed to it? Nice car and the color is very 1950's!

 

No.

The Toronado and Eldorado used a modified rwd Riviera platform, adapted for fwd.

The two are similar, and the Toronodo came out a few months earlier, but they were different cars with different powerplants.

 

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I remember those, highly promoted at the time as the last ever convertibles. And they were, for several years anyway. As such, many were bought and stored, like that one.

Beautiful cars, that's for sure.

 

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