Vehicle Description
We are selling this one family owned low mileage 1978 Eldorado. In
2018 the son transferred the car for his mother to himself after
mom stopped driving. While mom is still with us, they have decided
to sell the car that they have kept garaged from new. Recently the
car had its deteriorated bumper fillers replaced. As most of them
cracked simply from age. The Vouse tiers appear to be original to
the car. It was always a second car and garaged. Carpets were
always covered with mats and are like new. Paint is in very good
original condition with some minor flaws and scratches. The A/C is
inop as the compressor does not engage.
Another rolling barometer of success during the Me Decade was
Cadillac's Eldorado. This coupe has 425 cubic inches of V-8 power
under its hood! By the dawn of the Disco Era, the Eldorado was a
large coupe amid the downsizing craze. MotoeXotica Classic Cars is
pleased to present this 1978 Eldorado Biarritz.
Made in Cadillac's Detroit, Michigan factory (VIN code Q) during
the second week of May 1978, this car left the assembly line with
the following options - cruise control (code C); custom Biarritz
package (code B); electronic leveling control (code L); dual front
comfort 50/50 front seats (code W); door edge guards (code D);
six-way power front passenger seat (code V) and a Guide-matic
headlight control (code U).
Finished in Cotillion White (code 11), the car's paint and trim are
in satisfactory shape while its vast bodywork is straight and
solid. The matching Elk Grain Cabriolet padded roof is in similar
shape to the paint. Under that gargantuan hood, the engine bay is
very tidy and the Super Start battery appears new while the car's
chrome bumpers are in very good order.
Also under that huge hood are a 425 CID V-8 engine with a
four-barrel carburetor and high-energy ignition (HEI) system, which
drives the front wheels. Connected to the engine is a Turbo
Hydramatic 425 three-speed automatic transmission with a 2.73:1
final drive ratio. As expected in a Cadillac, the car's driver
convenience features are lengthy. Automatic climate control, power
steering, power four-wheel disc brakes, cruise control, power
windows, power locks, power six-way 50/50 front seat,
remote-control driver's sideview mirror, rear window defroster,
three-speed wipers, remote trunk release, Soft Ray tinted glass and
a power antenna.
This Cadillac rests on whitewall Vogue Tyre Custom Build Radial
VIIs, size 205/75R15 at every corner. They are mounted on steel
wheels topped with body-color wheel covers. The tires are in good
shape while the wheel covers are in good, original order.
Inside, the luxurious touches continued. The white bench seats, the
dual front comfort 50/50 and the rear bench are in good, original
order, as is the rest of the interior. The carpet and dashboard are
dressed in Dark Carmine while the headliner is contrasting in
white. A Dark Carmine two-spoke steering wheel looks good as do the
white inner door panels with Dark Carmine trim. A column-mounted
shifter and factor Delco AM/FM radio completes the interior.
For 1977, the Eldorado received a new grille with a finer
crosshatch pattern. New vertical taillamps were relocated to the
bumper-fender extensions. New 'Eldorado' block-lettering appeared
on the hood face and new rectangular side marker lights with
'Eldorado' block-lettering replaced the 'Eldorado' script on the
rear fenders. The mammoth 500 CID V-8 of 1970-76 gave way to a new
425 CID V-8. For the first time in 1977, all GM E-body cars were
front-wheel drive, as the Riviera underwent a two-year hiatus
before joining them in 1979. A new grille was the only Eldorado's
major change for 1978.
Competition to this Eldorado in 1978 included BMW's 3.0 CS, Buick's
Riviera, Chrysler's Imperial, Jaguar's XKE Series III V-12,
Jensen's Interceptor, Lincoln's Continental Mark IV,
Mercedes-Benz's 450 SLC, Oldsmobile's Toronado, Rolls-Royce's
Corniche and Stutz's Blackhawk.
If you're seeking a quintessential American classic car from the
1970s, you could not go wrong with the Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz.
It's big, broad and unabashed. Stop by MotoeXotica Classic Cars
today to check out this rolling Americana today.
VIN: 6L47S8Q263340
This car is currently located at our facility in St. Louis,
Missouri. Current mileage on the odometer shows 5,966 miles. It is
sold as is, where is, on a clean and clear, mileage exempt title.
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