- Car Location: Hawaii
- Reported numbers matching motor and transmission
- Automatic Transmission
- Convertible
- Black Exterior
- Motor and transmission rebuilt about 10k miles ago
- Full Frame off restoration
- Power steering
- Power windows
- Power top
- Power brakes
- Power seats
- Power Antenna
- New AM/FM bluetooth radio installed
- Original radio included
- New Hydraulics for convertible top mechanism w/ new lift rods
- Re-chromed in 2007
- New tires - less than 100 miles driven
- "Straight as an arrow, straighter than it was new" - current owner
- Interior re-upholstered during restoration
- New carpeting
- Recently replaced Carburetor
- New Battery
- New Starter
- New Generator
- Recently tuned up
- New gas tank
- Reported to be 1 of 1085 made in 1955
- Originally white with red interior before resto
- Painted Black during restoration
- New wiring
- Parade boot for convertible top
- Original Keys
- Photos, receipts, and documentation available for the restoration and all work done
Cadillac is America’s luxury car brand, and among the oldest automakers in the world. No surprise, given that it was founded way back in 1902 and recently celebrated its 119th birthday. A General Motors brand, Cadillac was surfing on a wave of popularity and exclusivity in the Fifties and Sixties with models such as the Eldorado. Curiously, the name is sometimes misrepresented as El Dorado, when in fact it is one word, with a lowercase D. This misrepresentation is due to the fact that the name is derived from the mystical South American city of El Dorado. The Eldorado was introduced in 1953 and carried on all the way up to 2002, across eleven generations. The first generation ran for only one model year, before the second generation took over the mantle and ran between 1954 and 1956. We have a 1955 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible up for sale, from Hawaii with just 10,000 miles on the odometer since the reportedly matching-numbers engine and transmission were rebuilt. It’s said to have undergone a full frame-off restoration and is supposed to be 1 of only 1,085 that were built in 1955. It comes with the original keys, as well as photos, receipts, and documentation for the restoration.
Exterior and Interior
This 1955 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible is reported to have originally been white, before being painted in this stunning shade of black during the restoration. It rolls on period-correct wheels with new tires that have less than 100 miles on them. The chrome bits were re-chromed in 2007. It’s a convertible, with a power-operated white colored top that received a new hydraulic mechanism and lift rods during the restoration. It’s also got the parade boot for the convertible top. The interior has retained its red color scheme and was re-upholstered and re-carpeted during the restoration. It’s got power windows, power seats and power antenna which feeds a modern AM/FM/Bluetooth unit from Pioneer for modern tunes. The original radio is included in the sale as well.
Engine
The Eldorado had to have V8 power, as anything less simply wouldn’t cut it for GM’s pinnacle personal luxury car. In fact, the eighth generation peaked with a monster 500ci (8.2L) V8 before a V6 came into being for the ninth generation. The second generation came with two V8s, and this 1955 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible has the smaller 331ci (5.4L) overhead valve V8 that drives the rear wheels via a four-speed Hydra-Matic automatic transmission. Power steering and power brakes round off the package. Apart from the aforementioned rebuild of the numbers-matching motor and transmission, it’s also received a new battery, starter, generator, fuel tank, wiring and had its carburetor recently replaced with a tune-up for good measure. The owner reports that it’s “straight as an arrow, straighter than it left the factory”.
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This 1983 Cadillac Eldorado comes from an era when a luxury coupe was meant to make an entrance before it ever turned a wheel. Finished in Briarwood Brown Firemist with a Burgundy Landau vinyl roof and a Dark Carmine leather interior, this Eldorado wears the rich, formal color palette that defined early-1980s Cadillac design. Showing approximately 105,332 miles, it brings together the long hood, upright chrome-heavy styling, wire-style wheel covers, and plush two-door proportions that made the Eldorado such a recognizable personal-luxury car. This is the kind of Cadillac built for relaxed boulevard cruising, with comfort and presentation taking priority over outright speed.
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The 1969 Cadillac Eldorado stands as one of the defining American personal-luxury cars of its era, pairing unmistakable late-1960s Cadillac styling with the unusual front-wheel-drive architecture that set the Eldorado apart from the rest of the lineup. Showing 22,260 miles, this example was originally finished in Sapphire Blue Firemist with a white vinyl roof and white leather interior before being refinished in red and reupholstered in white vinyl under prior ownership. Its appeal goes well beyond presence alone, with a 472ci V8, Turbo Hydra-Matic automatic transmission, automatic climate control, cruise control, power accessories, and the long, low proportions that made the second-generation Eldorado such an unmistakable flagship coupe. It is offered with a clean California title.
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