1986 Cadillac Eldorado America's Cup Ii 6,446 Miles As New on 2040-cars

 1986 Cadillac Eldorado America's Cup Edition

This is perhaps the very finest of it's kind in existence. One owner since new with only 6,446 actual miles.  

Purchased new by the original owner for his wife who sadly passed away within a short time after buying the car.

Never intended to be driven daily, the car was only used for proverbial Sunday trips locally to go out to dinner. NEVER had the car been taken out in inclement weather under any circumstances. After the wife's passing, the gentleman, out of homage his late wife - had a garage door installed - allowing the car to be parked in the dining room(!) of the man's home which is where the car sat for some 20 years. The car had not seen a road surface from 2002 until 2013. Now faced with advancing age and health issues a decision had to be made and the gentleman consulted me as 25 year member of the Cadillac & La Salle Club and Cadillac specialist for both - putting in order as needed and market the car for him.

The America's Cup was a special edition of the Eldorado to mark Cadillac's sponsorship of the event. 1,986 were made in 1986; 1,987 produced for 1987 model year. These were the only two years the model had been produced.

Special  standard features of America's Cup Eldorado.

Exterior:

Special color combination of white with blue lower body sides. The blue was intended to suggest the waterline of a sailing vessel.

Special aluminum turbine vaned wheels with blue vaned area, color keyed to harmonize with lower body sides.

Special pinstripe of two-tone red & blue.

Special America's Cup medallion on sail panel.

NOTE: All America's Cup edition Eldorado had full painted roof. Vinyl roof is NOT correct on this edition. If you see a vinyl roof on an America's Cup edition, it had been installed aftermarket.

Interior:

Leather seating area available in two choices only: Dark blue, with dark blue door panels, headliner and carpeting OR white leather with white doors panels, headliner with dark blue carpeting. This car is the all dark blue version.

Interior trimmed the same as used on the Eldorado Biarritz - biscuit style with genuine wood applique used on steering wheel center hub, power window switch trim and center console areas. 

America's Cup medallion in steering wheel center hub.

1986 Eldorado Biarritz and Seville Elegante models marked the first time Cadillac used real wood for an interior in 20 years.   

What we did:

Air compressor: Due to such non use for such a duration, the air conditioning compressor had seized - which is no surprise really. A brand new Delco air compressor was professionally installed at our shop and a fresh recharge of oil and refrigerant. R12 was used from our stock in order to ensure proper air condition function and of course, preserve the original integrity of the air condition system as originally designed.

(R134 retrofit conversion of R12 systems work very poorly in stopped traffic on very hot days!)

Power antenna: Again, due to disuse, the power antenna had gotten sticky and when the antenna had been activated, the cable broke inside power antenna assembly. Again, in the interest of devotion to originality, the assembly was removed and sent out to a power antenna restoration specialist and rebuilt with new extension cable. These power antenna units had long gone out of production many years now and the so-called "GM replacement" generic antennas look absolutely hideous with the black bulb that sits atop the fender. As you can see, the correct antenna escutcheon is still present as when the car left the plant.

All other equipment is in perfect operational order.

All paint is exactly as it left the showroom in 1986, original and perfect. Interior is absolutely as new in every respect and still smells like a brand new Cadillac leather interior should!

All trim - both exterior and interior is in mint condition. It would not be too far to say that most any part removed from the car could pass for NOS.

Tires: Original

Uniroyal Tiger Paw all season radials. They have been on the car since day 1. Tread wear is minimal, like new. Should be used for show only. Replacement is strongly recommended if the car is to be driven at highway speed.

Documentation:

Loads of paperwork including letters, original bill of sale from Hornbeck Chevrolet Cadillac, financing documents, worksheets, business cards, etc etc too numerous to list. It's all here.

Normal heavy wear items such as steering wheel rim, driver's seat are as new, exhibiting no wear - as would be expected for a vehicle of this mileage. Everything is just like new in every detail, right down to the gold cadmium plating on door latches. I have tried to highlight as many of these as possible in the photo allotment allowed. The photos do not do this car justice. 

Mechanically the car is excellent as would be expected. Engine is quiet, transmission shifts smoothly. No issues found with braking system.   

In all, this is likely one of the finest & lowest mileage 1986 Eldorados extant today, virtually guaranteed to take top flight awards at any CLC event judged in it's class. No amount of restoration could ever duplicate this level of condition.

Please call 570-876-2001 if there are any further questions. Will be happy to assist in any way that I reasonably can.