Garage / Barn Find 1957 Eldorado Biarritz Convertible

I can not believe I got so lucky on this.I found out about this car in 1999.It has been stored in a guys garage since 1984.All he said was it was a 1957 Cadillac I had to walk on eggshells every time I mentioned the car to him since he was so secretive about it.I hadn't seen him for a few years as I had moved out of state.After returning I bumped into him one day and was telling him about my cars. He liked what I was doing & since one of mine was gold and also a 57, and an Eldorado AND a convertible and that I should have his.Now this was last year. I finally got to see it. I was smitten. It took a few months to work out a deal. Then a few more to get a deposit together. Well as of Jan. 31 it is now in my garage. I have it running & so far everything works but the dash lights & the convertible top motor. Paint is nice except for a few chips. It was originally blue and a single quad.We bled the brakes and one cylinder is frozen. I will post more as I go thru it.

 

Wow!

 

Nice car! Its awesome he felt that you were worthy to have it.

 

Right place,,,,Right time,,,,,,,,Right on..
Good for you.

 

Beautiful!

 

I had a 58 just like it. It had 2 4's. Great find congrats

 

glad to see you got it

 

Beautiful car, pure class

 

lucky guy! Congrats on the Caddy, looks like its in pretty good shape.
60 belair

 

Ohmigod... that is awesome. It's nice to see they are still hiding here in the midwest.

 

Drool.....

 

WOW X 2..... love those old caddies and yours is a gem. congrats.

 

More drooling.................. Beautiful !


4TTRUK

 

WOW!! that is awesome.

 

also love that color. been thinking of doing my wagon in gold when it's to that point.

 

extra cool.

 

That is amazing. My favorite Hamb 'score' ever! You lucky dog!

 

Wow!! Nice score.

 

2 cool 2 cool!

 

Now see, I love my Cadillac to death...
...But between Nads & Nickey finding these gems, I feel like mines a turd.

Very nice score!!

 

did ya get the hard boot, nice car....

 

simply gorgeous

 

Very cool - congrats on getting that one.

 

Wow. Now that is the car that would make my son forget all about his Ford!

Congrats.

 

Thank you for the kind words. Persistence wins this time. Battersea,no I didn't get the boot.Though I did get a lot of extra parts,old & nos with it including a spare engine.

 

congrats. Are those the original wheels?

 

2x4's that breather is worth a mint let alone the rest of it, sweet find!

 

As far as I know they were an option,Kelsey Hayes Sabres,,as a lot of these cars I've looked at had these,wires or hubcaps.

 

It is missing 3 of the center caps and the exhaust outlet inserts.

 

very nice, enjoy!