Cadillac Eldorado 1968, 472ci, 7.7 litre V8. This car has to be one of the best looking Eldorado’s with no vinyl roof or bump strips along the sides, it really allows the sharp lines of the bodywork to show and if you are going to have a Eldorado is has to be in gold, this car literally looks like it was carved from a block of gold. The fact this was the last year of the hideaway headlights, that just adds to its appeal. This not to be confused with with later 1970s emissions restricted cars, it has the full fat 7.7 litre V8 with 375bhp and an incredible 525 ft lb of torque. It was designed by the legendary GM stylist, Bill Mitchell who was also responsible for the 55 Chevy Bel Air, 1960s Buick Riviera the fore mentioned front wheel drive Toranado and the C2 & C3 Corvette Stingrays to name but a few. This car has not been restored, it is nearly completely original with just some of the panels re-sprayed, no rust anywhere which is pretty good for a 56 year old car. The car was first purchased by a US Airforce Colonel and was supplied by Rickenbaugh Cadillac of Denver Colorado in late 1967. It was then sold in 1970 to a couple from Tularosa in New Mexico, who kept it for 35 years, before being sold to Palm Springs, California in 2005, being owned by a Hollywood restauranteur before being shipped over here in 2019, so before the UK, spent all its time in dry states. In fact the story is it was destined to appear in Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time in America, as Sharon Tates sisters car, but he insisted he wanted a 1967 car , so it got replaced by the light green one that appears in the film, not sure if it’s true, but it makes a good story. The cars major claim to fame is a 10 page spread in Octane magazine in March 2011 where it truly does look fantastic in the moody night shots. We took this car to the Isle of Man for the American car rally last September and then on up to Edinburgh to visit relatives and back home to Suffolk, a total of 925 miles.