In the spring of 1990 we moved back to
Ohio. At that point most of the cars we owned were just the average
run-of-the-mill transportation type cars. We had two
Oldsmobile Cierra Cutlass. We also had the following: a Chevette, a
Toyota Nova, a couple Caprice cars, and my current truck. The Toyota
Nova was actually a Chevrolet Nova built by Toyota.
My son Steve, gifted me money to buy a
collector type car. I ended up purchasing a 1976 Cadillac Eldorado
convertible. I bought it at an auction, I should've shopped more I
bought it at a good price however it did need some work. It needed
new brakes, brake lines, fuel lines, plastic inserts or bumper
fillers as they are called. I also replaced all the fluids.
The car still needs quite a bit of
work. I've replaced the top, done other extensive repairs. I replaced
the bumper fillers I have a blog concerning that ordeal. Because it
sits so much we've replaced two fuel pumps. At present it needs a
paint job, trunk liner, interior work and Lord knows what else.
I like convertibles and this car is a
lot of fun, however it has a 500 CC engine and it gets 8 to 10 miles
per gallon. So in the days of four dollar gas I have not driven it as
much as I would like. The Cadillac Eldorado's are front wheel drives,
which were unusual in the 70s. This car was to be the last of the
convertibles and Cadillac made 14,000. A lot of these cars are still
around as people thought they would be collector cars. At this point
they are not worth anymore in a nice convertible of that era. The
exceptions are a very very low mileage auto in perfect condition.
Cadillac also made about 200 Bicentennial editions which are highly
collectible.
