1967 Cadillac Eldorado

The Eldorado nameplate was used for prestige coupes and convertibles hovering around the top of Cadillac's lineup starting in 1953. While these shared their underpinnings with GM C-body Series 62 Caddies, the eighth generation of the Eldorado saw a real change.

For 1967 the completely redesigned Eldo (formally the "Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado") was moved to a chassis shared with the Oldsmobile Toronado and Buick Riviera luxury coupes. Like the Toronado, but unlike the Riv, the Eldorado was now a front wheel drive car.

The powertrain was a unitized power pack mating the 429 cubic inch Cadillac 390 Series OHV V-8, with a 10.5:1 compression ratio and making 340 gross horsepower, to a Turbo Hydra-Matic 425 three-speed automatic transmission. This was essentially a mirror-imaged TH400 that was bolted below and alongside the engine, driven off a chain on the output side of the bell housing.

While the 429 Caddy was a beefy motor that muscled out 480 foot-pounds of torque, it had its work cut out for itself with a two-and-a-quarter ton coupe with a 120" wheelbase. Zero-to-sixty times were typically reported in the low nine second range, even with the 3.21:1 axle ratio. Top speed was something like 125-130. Power drums were standard for the braking system, although front discs were optional and became standard the following model year.

Base price was $6,277, which comes to something like $61,500 in today's money.

This example, in a color Cadillac called "Doeskin", was photographed in Springfield, Missouri in April of 2026 using an Olympus PEN E-P5 and an M. Zuiko Digital 12-45mm f/4 PRO zoom lens.