I bought a 1961 Cadillac Eldorado GM factory custom off craigslist

AMAZING!!!! that is just incredible! you were in the right place at the right time for SURE!! My heart is beating twice as fast as usual, and it's not even my car,,CONGRATULATIONS nads,,,,it couldn't be in the hands of a better guy....i'm hoping to see that in person one day,,PLEASE bring it to the roundup next year..

on another note,,,,i've often thought a filled fin on a 60 or 61 caddy would look killer,,,this car proves that point for sure..

 

Ian Berky did it on his and extended both the top and bottom one, looks great.

 

Holy cow that thing is awesome!!!!!!! It's too bad they didn't do the fins like that on the production cars, they're super clean. Same goes with the corrugated trim on the rockers, too kool man......

 

If all else fails, you can get microfiche readers for under $100 on ebay.

 

Magic find, only thing is it's kinda a historical relic that probably needs preserving.
Good luck with it and enjoy the old girl.

 

I know and I'm a cut em up sorta guy, I can't leave 'em alone plus the fact that it only has 38,000 original and documented miles means you can't really drive the wheels off of it.

 

awsome find. i wouldn't sell it for anything. comming out of detriot, i have to wonder if the alexander brothers had anything to do with it. as far as driving it goes, i think that the history of the car and what it is would trump a few extra miles. if it was a 38,000 mile stocker, i think the miles would mean more.

 

I could disconnect the speedometer, ha ha.

Man, if there was an Alexander Brothers connection I would freak, but I think this is solely the work of GM.

 

Find of a lifetime. Saved for sure. 1961 the year you were born, Nad's?

 

Yup, this is Eldorado number 554 born in November 1961, I was born in August.

 

What a find!

 

Believe it or not, try a hobby shop that has Walthers (primarily model trains) as a distributor. They used to send out their monthly "in stock" updates on microfiche, so a shop that's been in business at least 10 years may well have one, the place I was involved in for a few years had one. They could even still do it for all I know, I've been out of that for a while, but I suspect the internet has replaced all that stuff.


That you're the only guy to see it doesn't surprise me, I have a batch of things on Craigslist and can't get anyone to come look at most of them. The one that did look at the one, bought it.

 

Nice palace!!

 

What a find, you must be living right to have such a car bestowed to you!
Congratulations

 

Nads that is one sweet looking ride, fits in well with you other cars.

Keep up the posts, love to follow the resto/rebuild/enjoyment of the Caddy.

 

Incredible. Very lucky...enjoy it.

 

im with this guy

 

Nads, You are the perfect person to husband this piece of history. I flipped last night when Brian texed me photos. Just wonsering how long until you showed the world! Great find, buddy! Ill be back there this weekend and cant wait to see it!

So you answered the ad, saw the car, went home to research it. Then went back and bought it? That had to be the longest night of your life.

Nice find,
Bill

 

Man, you've gotem ALL stirred up on the clc board,even the snobs.
So let me get this right, your slumming the CL ads searching for a
4 door flattop and bring this home? Hahaha Awesome!

 

Congrats Nads. Sometimes we stumble upon keepers, this is definitely one of them. Good job brother.

 

You found that sexy ride on Craigslist. So this week on CL a complete Tom Beatty Blower setup was found in a shoebox fordor and this rare piece. I have to get on Craigslist more often.

 

Nads, i'm REAL happy for ya!
I LOVE 60-62 Cadillacs! Always wanted one...
Like you, i can't leave anything alone, and have sold cars that were too "nice" for me 'cause i knew i was going to screw them up..
If i had that one, i'd either leave it as is, or restore.
One could only imagine finding something with that history, and in that condition..VERY NICE!

CONGRATS and ENJOY!

Tony

 

Holy shit Nadeem! That totally fucking rules! What an amazing car! nice work my friend...nice.

It looks like that auto-show picture shows the car in a 2-tone. Is that right, or am I seeing things?

I absolutely LOVE 61 caddys...my favorite of that era.

 

Great Score!!!

 

Go over to the AACA Website (if you are not a member)

Join up & post in this forum @ http://forums.aaca.org/f169/

Lots of knowledge from Old School Classic Crowd

From personal experience, having sold a vehicle to the
GM Heritage Museum only to see it cross the auction block
at Barrett Jackson a few years later at a tidy profit for them

Last place you want to go ....

What you have has potentially great historical significance
and a high collectibility and market value

I would do nothing to it, store it away out of sight for now


Jim

 

Killer! Brian told me about it - I hope to be drooling all over it in the near future.

 

come on. lower it and add some astros.. that will make the purist cringe..

or take it to Barret Jackson in Az and sell it. leaving it stock is boring and you will get tired of it (plus think of how nice of a normal Caddy vert you could get for the money you will get out of that one.

 

Cool car!

So when are you going to rattle-can it flat black and put skulls on it?

 

Awesome. I am so happy for you! It's not luck, it's dedication. You deserve it my friend...

 

Nice find!

National Cherry Queen? Something about that just doesn't sound right.