Vehicle Description
1968 Cadillac Eldorado Hardtop
"Only one car can make a Cadillac owner look twice. Longtime
Cadillac owners, accustomed to the finest, have high regard for the
spirited glamour of the 1968 Fleetwood Eldorado, the world's finest
personal luxury car. While they may prefer one of Cadillac's
traditionally styled models, they admire the bold concept of the
Eldorado. For it reflects the fresh vitality of each of Cadillacs
eleven great new body styles for 1968." From the Eldorado print
ad.
For consignment a 1968 Cadillac Eldorado hardtop with a title
verified 60,144 actual miles. A two owner car, and a model in its
eight generation when this body style was introduced in 1967. It
only lasted until 1970 but that was long enough for a Mr. Presley
to take notice. He never drove anything boring and owned several of
these including a gold '68 that Pricilla drove regularly.
Exterior
There are some fine lines here, and they're doused in single stage
Silverpine Green paint and topped with a black vinyl roof that
hovers over the cabin, a two door affair with long windows and a
small quarter window just ahead of the C-pillar. For design, let's
start at the front where carefully crafted headlight covers create
a grille that goes end to end, flanked by protruding marker lights,
and giving onlookers their first taste of opulence. A rise in the
hood adds dimension while pointed fender tops carry directional
indicators artfully embedded 1/3 of the way, not at the ends of the
fenders as was typical. The shoulder line dips slightly just before
a body bend juts upward at the dogleg, making its way along the top
of the rear pointed fenders which meld into vertical flush tail
lights. The rear decklid is mostly flat, but also drops sharply at
the end where it and the chrome bumper come to a terminating
conclusion. Imperfections include some bubbling near a wheel
opening and some paint runs.
Interior
Let's see what the interior designer came up with! Dark green door
panels are elegant for the time with a hockey stick shaped
simulated woodgrain insert in green vinyl panel that have two
courtesy lights and an electric switch panel at the end of the
stick. Each door has a carpeted kick panel and both doors are in
spectacular shape. The green leather split bench is configured with
thick bottoms and much more narrow uppers with button back accents
and it's in great shape. The color and design are copied on the
back bench, also in fine condition. Some cracks are found in the
green plastic rim of the steering wheel which leads to a typical
late 60's horizontal instrument cluster over a woodgrain mid panel
that houses the climate panel and AM/FM radio. A GM rheostat dial
is located on the left side of the dash to control inside
temperature with a turn of the dial. As an early front wheel drive
car, the floor up front is wide and flat and this case, covered
with a full length Cadillac rubber mat over green carpet. The
headliner above with clipped shoulder belts is in nice shape as is
the cavernous trunk covered in gray flannel mats.
Drivetrain
Under the huge hood we find a 472ci V8 rated at 375 horsepower and
getting fuel via a 4-barrel carburetor. Not far away is the TH425
3-speed automatic keeping power up front with 2.97 gears. Power
brakes are on board with discs up front and drums in the rear, all
behind 15-inch wheels wrapped in 205/75R15 tires with a mid 2020
date code.
Undercarriage
Driver quality underneath with minimal surface rust. It's odd to
see a car from the 60's without a drive shaft, but here we are,
underneath where the bottom is mostly flat. Dual exhaust runs along
the outer edges of the undercarriage, meet at single stock style
muffler, and leave via one tailpipe just beyond a resonator.
Torsion bar suspension is found up front and leaf springs are out
back.
Drive-Ability
Through the gates of Graceland we go, or as we like to call it, the
mall garage, and onto the test loop. Our consignor says you can
"drive this anywhere" and in fact, he made the 40 mile trek to get
to the mall with no issue. This is a smooth cruiser in the style of
large, luxury cars of the 60's and has very good power to motivate
the Detroit steel into forward momentum. Other than the power
antenna not working, all other functions do in this low mileage
survivor from 1968. While Classic Auto Mall represents that these
functions were working at the time of our test drive, we cannot
guarantee these functions will be working at the time of your
purchase.
Style, rarity, panache, and if you happen to be collecting every
model Elvis owned, this one will have to be in your stable. In the
days when personal luxury cars were classy behemoths with hoods the
size of football fields and more switches than a politician's
platform, this Eldorado is representative of a special time in
Americanautomotive history. This '68 is in excellent condition and
your ticket into the Cadillac LaSalle club!
H8195590
H-Eldorado
8-1968
195590-Sequential Unit Number
TRIM TAG
01C-3rd Week January
ST 68 69347-1968 Eldorado Hardtop
BODY FWD10683-Detroit Body #
TR 471-Dark Green Leather
PAINT 30 62-Silverpine Green
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collectible vehicles for sale via consignment in a climate
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acres!). The largest single location consignment dealer of classic
and collectible vehicles in the country is located in Morgantown,
Pennsylvania, just 1-hour west of Philadelphia off Exit 298 of the
I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. For more information visit
www.classicautomall.com or call us at (888) 227-0914. Contact us
anytime for more information or to come see the vehicle in person.
There is no guarantee of mileage. A $299 Dealer Administrative fee
is not included in the advertised price.
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