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1981 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible.  6.0 EFI Cadillac Big Block.  Triple White, Touring Suspension Car.   9K Original Miles.  1 owner until I acquired if for my collection 2 years ago.  This car will show to be simply the best Big Block Eldo Convertible on earth.  Take note of this cars options!   Both side Recliners, Twilight/auto dimming, Split front seat with center console, Symphony Sound, Touring Suspension with Rare Touring Wheels, Factory Security System, then of course all of the other things standard to Eldorados.

When the word rare is so often over-used to describe a car, I would have to say in the case of this car it may be the true definition of rare.  We all have seen Eldorado Convertibles, but take the year in to consideration on this car.  This is not the 1984-1985 ASC Eldorado Convertible as you may first guess, this is a 1981 Hess and Eisenhardt car costing in the upper 40K price range in 1981!   The car is so rare, I could not ever get an exact production figure.  Somewhere around 20 is all I have been told by those that remember at the current Hess/Ogara Company.

To those that say the 1984-1985 Eldorado is a “factory” car, do your research.  They are factory “approved” conversions by the ASC Corporation.   Every Eldorado and Riviera Convertible from 1979-1985 all started life as a coupe before they became the convertibles they are today and sold at the Cadillac Dealers.  Well in 1981 Hess and Eisenhardt was the factory approved Convertible Coachbuilder chosen by Cadillac and the cars were sold at the Dealers.  Due to the very high cost on this year and low sales, Cadillac found ASC more attractive in the following years, and in 84-85 was able to get the car priced right to have some decent sales.  Some things on the Hess cars are much nicer than the ASC at its higher price, some things on the ASC cars I will say are better than the Hess.  The main difference on the cars is the rear cut.  Notice the Hess car keeps with the original top line of the Eldorado Coupe.  This was a more difficult conversion to do.  For ease, the ASC versions cut the car lower around the rear section and used the top as filler for the lower cut.  Things are different on both makes when you get down to it and that is just the way it is when you start nit picking.  One thing important, the Hess has more framing support added to it over the ASC and that is very important on a car like this.  They actually welded in support on the frame.  ASC put in two little bars that interfere with the parking brake cable and make you think something is hanging down.  Now one thing I will hand to the ASC car is the fact they used the Biarritz optioned car to convert.  In 1981, they only used the non Biarritz.  That is the only negative I can say on this car, but that is all you got and the big advantage may not yet be seen.

The big advantage is the fact this 1981 Eldorado Convertible is NOT plagued with the horrific HT4100!!!!!!   All 84-85s had that! This fact alone has driven me away from the 84-85 to seek out a needle in the haystack on a car like this.  I have had many 84-85s, some with near 0 miles.  I wanted to rip the engine out of them and put something better in as the 4100 frustrates me to insanity.  Instead of doing so to a collector car, this car has been my answer and a hard one to find at that.  This is a 6.0 368 Cubic inch Engine with EFI.  Not only does it have guts, acceleration, etc., not only does it handle well as it’s a touring suspension car. (also not available on ASC 84-85s) the 6.0 motor will outlast every inch of the car and probably your and my lives if it were put to a high mileage test.  Take it one step further, this has the reliable heavy duty 325 3 speed transmission ( you probably already know about the 4 speed and its low life expectancy), heavy duty cooling and every part heavy duty as cadillac was known for.  1981 was the LAST year for the good stuff.  1982 brought about the downfall.  Yes it’s also got the 8-6-4 option on the 6.0 engine, but do you homework there.  You may find out you have been confused all your life on the 8-6-4 with misinformation carried to if from the HT4100.  A link here may enlighten you.

Click Here for more Information on the L62 6.0 Liter 8-6-4 Engine

Anyway, I really love the 79-85 Eldorado and I love the Convertibles more.  This is one of my favorite cars and I have a hard time not just standing and staring at it.  Then when I get in it to drive, the big Cadillac power plant in a beautiful convertible with touring suspension always leaves a smile on my face.  No matter who you are, no matter what your taste background or experience with cars, everyone will always be on the same page on how classic and nice the 79-85 Eldorados were.  You may even see a few die hard VW, Porshe, Audi guys call the Eldorado a nice car.  (Tough crowd there)  The Eldorado is a far cry from being a perfect car, but their looks are darn near perfect and will always be looked back on as one of the best classic Cadillacs of all times. The prices nice ones command now are far from reaching the top.  These may even break the muscle car prices one day.  Having this car is the best of all worlds for me in the Eldo.  It’s a convertible, it’s a drivable mid #1 car in a rare car with a rare color combo, its loaded and best of all it’s the Real Cadillac Big Block!  If you have not figured it out yet, I cannot stress how pleased I am with that aspect!

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