1978 Cadillac Eldorado on 2040-cars
Linton, Indiana, United States
We have here what was supposed to be my first car. In 1981 my dad told me to find a car that didn't cost an arm and a leg and he'd cosign a note. After a few days I found this Eldorado at a local Ford dealer. He'd picked it up at auction as a government drug confiscation out of Florida. It still had a false panel over the trunk floor. And a mild shift kit in the trans. And mag wheels. And it was black. Cool factor for a 16 year old kid in 1981? Off the scale. So I took the folks and showed them...and my mother bought it for herself the next day. But that worked out because I got her triple black '73 Montego MX...
The Eldorado worked its way thru the family for the next 15 years or so until it wound up with me. Finally. I promptly had the vinyl top removed and the car stripped to bare metal and painted. It was sweet, but I was just married and had a business I was opening and so I sold it. Not my brightest moment. So, a fast forward to around 2004 or 5 and this old guy comes in my office and says "Wanna buy that Cadillac back?" Well I'd had a lot of Cadillacs so I said "Eh?" He said "The black one" Well I'd had some black Cadillacs by then, too, but my curiosity was piqued, even though I didn't remember the guy. So we went to his house and out in his field was...my Eldorado. So yeah, I said I'd take it off his hands. Thru a battery in her and drove her home... ...and in 2007 I had a major health crisis I have just recovered from. The Eldo sat outside...for 8 or 9 years. There was simply nothing I could do with her and nobody else had the time. And so what you see is what she is reduced to: A parts car. That's what I am selling her as. She still runs and the trans shifts as far as I know but the body is rusty and the back floor boards are gone and the mileage is approximate(the title says exempt since she's over 10 years old). The interior is crap. The brakes are out and there is no exhaust. But she's a 425 with 4 Western Wheels turbine mags and a whole lot of other good parts and a clean Indiana title. Or, you could be slightly crazy and fix her in spite of her sad condition. That's what I am kind of hoping someone does. Pick up is entirely the buyer's responsibility and let's emphasize again: She's a rough old car. Don't expect anything BUT a rough, rusty old car. A rough rusty old car that I hope someone saves from what comes next, because if she doesn't sell like this I'll be cutting her up before the 1st of July. So do me and the car a favor and take her home with you. She's been a money pit her whole life but she's fun. |
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