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Title: 1969 Eldorado, $4775 outside of Dayton, OH
Post by: 67_Eldo on February 14, 2018, 10:36:50 AM
Not mine.

https://dayton.craigslist.org/cto/d/cadillac-1969/6490976430.html
Title: Re: 1969 Eldorado, $4775 outside of Dayton, OH
Post by: BJM on February 14, 2018, 12:34:51 PM
Wow, your killing me.  Another triple black with leather buckets and console.  I WANT!.  Kind of sickens me to see where it is at, them mowing around it with grass going on it.  Guy made up the price.  My wife would likely pitch a fit if I brought this home with my 68.  I would go $4500 on it if it was sorted out but like he says in caps, he just got it running.  Who knows what you are getting.  Man, triple black is awesome in about anything. (Except in July/August)
Title: Re: 1969 Eldorado, $4775 outside of Dayton, OH
Post by: BJM on February 14, 2018, 12:36:54 PM
Actually it's not triple black, it's a non vinyl roof car in it's current iteration.  If that is original, that car is awesome.  Now it's outside apparently and weather will take a toll. 
Title: Re: 1969 Eldorado, $4775 outside of Dayton, OH
Post by: Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621 on February 14, 2018, 12:45:39 PM
Correct about it's "current iteration" as this car had been originally equipped with a vinyl roof.

Great that it's outdoors with all the exposed holes where the boarder trim would belong... ::)

Title: Re: 1969 Eldorado, $4775 outside of Dayton, OH
Post by: Barry M Wheeler #2189 on February 14, 2018, 12:49:18 PM
Well, you could stick a wad of Wrigleys in each hole till you get it fixed right...
Title: Re: 1969 Eldorado, $4775 outside of Dayton, OH
Post by: 67_Eldo on February 14, 2018, 01:35:38 PM
It seems like the only part of an Eldorado I look at anymore is the area around the rear window. :-) For whatever reason, even though it once had a vinyl top (and still has the holes), the rear window either survived well or has been repaired (somehow). I'd take a magnet if I went to inspect it.

The buckets are cool but that interior has had a hard life. Large holes have been cut into the door panels and the speaker wiring is hanging out, for example.

The main thing that makes me nervous -- particularly in ads where the seller "knows" the value and prices his car "way under value" -- is when they *don't* mention any transmission-related repair or refreshment activity. Since I don't have a well-stocked shop with a lift or an engine hoist, the last mechanical issue I'd want to tangle with is a serious THM 425 problem.
Title: Re: 1969 Eldorado, $4775 outside of Dayton, OH
Post by: BJM on February 14, 2018, 02:15:56 PM
Yes there are few tweeners on Eldorados (as you know all too well / me too) They either need frame off restorations, are stunning well maintained originals or have already been restored.  I shudder at the $6000 Eldorado (normally). 

I would still buy it at the right price.  So it will sit.