1970 Cadillac Eldorado

500ci V8 Coupe

8 - Cyl.

Automatic

H0212556

Clear

Gasoline

This is an ALL ORIGINAL 1970 Cadillac Eldorado 400hp. The car starts and runs. Headliner, and interior are in really good condition. Needs a new vinyl top, and a paint job. It has new whitewall tires, shocks, rebuilt carb, spark plugs, and oil change. With a paint job and a new vinyl top it would be a real eye catcher. Body is straight. It has great lines. The radio and windows are not working, but it should just be a fuse. Buyer will be responsible for paying all shipping costs. The Eldorado was radically redesigned for 1967. Intended for the burgeoningpersonal luxury car market, it was a "personal" Cadillac sharing the E-body with theOldsmobile Toronado, which had been introduced the previous year. Cadillac adopted the Toronado's Unified Powerplant Package and front-wheel drive. (Contrary to popular belief, the similar Buick Riviera did not use the front-wheel drive setup until 1979.) The Eldorado used a standard Cadillac 429 V8 with a modified Turbo-Hydramatic automatic transmission (THM425, based on the Turbo-Hydramatic 400) with the torque converter mounted next to the planetary gearbox, driving it through a metal chain.Despite sharing underpinnings with the Toronado, the Eldorado's crisp styling, initiated by GM styling chief Bill Mitchell, was distinctive and unique, appearing more angluar than the rounded Toronado. Performance was 0–60 mph (0–96 km/h) in less than nine seconds and a top speed of 120 mph (192 km/h). Roadability and handling were highly praised by contemporary reviews, and its sales, 17,930 units,[5] helped give Cadillac its best year ever.[6] Disc brakes were optional in 1967 and became standard in 1968. The new Eldorado was a great departure from the previous generation, which had become little more than a dressed-up version of Cadillac's Series 62. Sales were excellent despite high list prices.For the 1970 model year, the Eldorado introduced the new 500 cu in (8.2 l) V8 engine, the largest-ever production V8, rated SAE gross 400 hp (298 kW) and 550 ft·lbf (746 N·m) in 1970, that would be an Eldorado exclusive until it became standard on all full size Cadillacs in the 1975 model year.