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The '67 Eldo was GM Design and Bill Mitchell at the height of their powers.
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That is a beautiful Eldorado. Bill Mitchell grew up in my small hometown of Greenville, Pennsylvania.
I thought they did a good styling job, too, in the '79 Eldorado, which reminded me of the '67-70.
I can remember checking a used one out at our Chevy-Cadillac dealer over a weekend, probably 45 years ago. Someone had left the keys in it. First time I noticed that the quarter windows went back, instead of down. Thought that was cool.
You can see in the '67 already, how they thought that an annual styling update would include parking/cornering lights in those front fender corners. I wish they'd have filled in those seams on the '67.
One neat thing on that car, aside from the heated seats which I had never heard of back then, was the cruise control wheel on the inside of the instrument binnacle hood. Not only did it let you set a cruise speed numerically, but apparently it also worked as a speed reminder in normal driving if you wanted, by pushing back on the accelerator pedal if you exceeded the speed you set.
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Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
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1990-91. It was called a 944 S2 cabrio. Worth more than a 968 cabrio.
When we got our new '77 Impala in Nov. '76, I can remember more than one person telling me "It looks like a Seville". I wouldn't say people could get them confused, but the wheel openings, surfaces, and roofline do remind one of the other.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uXM2ogrLDNc/VgWAeJuJ_sI/AAAAAAAAZ3E/AkHBUpKm8Oo/s1600/00P0P_1jEo1WZivcy_600x450.jpg
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It would be fun to find a Seville of that gen with no vinyl roof, the regular full wheelcovers, and cloth interior. The cloth was nice--not a fuzzy velour I don't believe.
EDIT: Found this pic online:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e2/e3/a2/e2e3a220a56cef3c2fefaae6f1fc3e9c.jpg
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1994-Cadillac-Seville-SLS/173067139620?hash=item284b9afa24:g:Y9oAAOSwCJxZ71jD&vxp=mtr
http://topclassiccarsforsale.com/uploads/photoalbum/1977-cadillac-coupe-deville-one-owner-rare-crimson-red-2.jpg
I've never seen a late '70s DeVille without a vinyl roof.
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Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
‘76 was cool, though
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I remember the first one I saw at our dealer. I liked it...up until behind the rear doors! It was really a four-door Eldorado at that point.
I do like those wheels though.
Starting in '84 I think, I liked how on all models, Cadillac's body side moldings were the color of the car, which gave the effect of no body side moldings (nice clean look). It's really a shame the engines were so lame at that point.
I remember driving one that a short-lived boss of mine had after he had too many drinks at lunch (which was why he got fired not long after, guy was brilliant but a bad alcoholic). It had the lightest power steering I ever experienced, even lighter and more numb than our '71 Monaco which is saying something.
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I like the Eldo and Seville both in single tone paint with a metal top, and preferably some kind of wheels rather than wire wheel covers or wire wheels. The Eldo is a really clean design, and the Seville is just so weird, and it was daring, I can't hate it. I remember when I was a kid, I thought they had presence, and I remember my mom mentioning how she thought they were hideous. Usually GM seems to get it right when it kills off a car - for the Seville and Eldo, it seems the earlier, the better.
While out for a jog this morning, I saw a black Ferrari 328 out in the cold. I also saw a modern Ferrari 458 parked about a block away. To me, one is much cooler than the other.
washed the Jetta today, since the kid leaves to drive back to NC tomorrow AM. I forgot my squeegee and towel, and by the time I got home (a whopping 1 mile drive, tops) I had a film of ice all over it. Had to stick in the garage to thaw.
I hate winter.
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I'm ready to move... this is way too early for these temperatures. Minus 4 F predicted for tonight.
I'm below the Mason Dixon Line, for pete's sake! (okay, just 3 miles below).
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Pretty sure though this takes moving back to Saratoga off the table, regardless about how much my wife would like it. I can't afford to get a place way down south too, to snowbird.
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Truly tragic.
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I wish I could have snapped a pic, but was otherwises engaged.
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Even fintails aren't immune:
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