NOTE: Hydraulic window lifts were standard equipment
ENGINE
V-8 Overhead valves.
Cast iron block.
Displacement: 331 cubic inches.
Bore and stroke: 3-15/16 x 3-5/8 inches.
Compression ratio: 8.25:1.
Brake horsepower: 210 at 4150 rpm
Five main bearings
Hydraulic valve lifters.
Carburetors:
with Hydra-Matic Transmission: Carter WCFB four-barrel Model 2005S - also - Rochester 4GC
four-barrel Model 7005100.
with Dynaflow Transmission: Carter WCFB four-barrel Models 2088S, 2119S, and 2119SA also - Rochester
4GC four-barrel Model 7006215.
Note: After the Hydra-Matic plant fire approximately 19,000 Cadillacs were sold with Buick Dynaflow
transmission attachments. This was referred to as the "Twin Turbine" drive.
CHASSIS
Wheelbase: 126 inches
Overall length: 220.8 inches
Tires: 8.00 x 15
Dual exhaust system standard.
Rear axle ratios: 3.07:1
POWERTRAIN OPTIONS
None available.
CONVENIENCE OPTIONS
Heating and ventilation system ($199).
Power steering ($177).
Tinted E-Z-Eye glass ($46).
Autronic Eye Automatic headlamp beam control ($53).
Air conditioning ($620).
Other standard G.M. accessories.
HISTORICAL
Standard equipment on the Style Number 6267S Eldorado sport convertible included:
Hydra-matic drive
wraparound windshield
special cut-down doors
rich leather-and-cloth upholstery
wire wheels
white sidewall tires
fog lamps
vanity and side mirrors
metal tonneau cover
signal-seeking radio.
The Style Number 6267S Eldorado sport convertible is a certified Milestone Car. The futuristic Cadillac LeMans
show car convertible was displayed this year and would heavily influence styling of the 1954 Eldorado. It has a
special 270 horsepower V-8 with dual four-barrel carburetion and a fiberglas body, V-8 with dual four-barrel
carburetion and a fiberglas body. Also, 28000 Cadillacs were built with Buick Dynaflow transmission after GM's
Hydramatic plant burned to the ground.
HISTORICAL
28000 Cadillacs were built with Buick Dynaflow transmission after GM's Hydramatic plant burned to the ground.
Eldorado -- in proper Spanish, El Dorado-means "The Gilded One."
In the lore of the
ancients it was a legendary golden kingdom, a place of fabulous riches
located -- or so it was
believed -- high in the snow-capped mountains of what is now Colombia.
Over the years,
"Eldorado" thus came to represent the best of everything: opulence, wealth,
the good life. So
it was also a completely logical choice as the name for a stunning new
convertible that
arrived as Cadillac's style leader and its ultimate prestige car for 1953.
Cadillac had startled the automotive world back in 1930 with America's
first sixteen-cylinder
motorcar. The V-16 line never made a nickel in its 11 years of production.
Chances are it
wasn't intended to. It was an image-builder. And with the help of these
magnificent machines,
Cadillac was indeed able to elbow its way past Packard to become the
country's most
prestigious luxury make.
The original Eldorado can be viewed in the same light, though the image it
projected was
vastly different. Instead of staid, classic dignity, it had flair, e´lan,
panache. But like the
Sixteen, it cost the world: $7750, fully 87 percent more than the standard
Series 62
convertible. Also like its distinguished Thirties forebear, it was scarce: only
532 were built in
that inaugural model year.
Many of us first saw the Eldorado on television. The date was January 20,
1953, and Dwight
D. Eisenhower, easily the most popular hero of World War II, was being
driven down
Pennsylvania Avenue to his first inauguration as President of the United
States Setting a
jaunty tone for the new administration, our soon-to-be-anointed leader was
shown in the back
seat of the exotic new Cadillac we'd been reading about. (And how strange
to recall a time
not all that long ago when our President could greet a crowd from an open
car without the
need for a bulletproof barrier.) Of course, in the minds of committed car
buffs the Chief
Executive had been upstaged: we couldn't take our eyes off that gorgeous
Eldorado, the most
glamorous machine yet seen from postwar Detroit.
The first production Eldorado was inspired by a 1952 show car based on
the normal Series 62
convertible as modified under the aegis of General Motors design chief
Harley Earl. Along
with the 1953 Chevrolet Corvette, it was the first of GM's Motorama
dream machines to be
offered for public sale. Among its features were the new "Panoramic"
wraparound windshields
harbinger of things to come -- plus a stylishly notched beltline and a
flush-fitting metal cover
to conceal the folded cloth top. Standing some three inches lower than its
Series 62 cousin,
the Eldorado had a longer, slinkier appearance, though its overall length
was the same. Its
interior, was upholstered in the finest leather, and a sparkling set of
chromed wire wheels
added a final touch of elegance. Standard equipment included radio, heater,
white-sidewall
tires, power steering and, of course, Hydra-Matic transmission. If there
were any doubts that
Cadillac reigned supreme in the prestige class, the Eldorado forever laid
them to rest.
Standard equipment included Hydra-Matic drive, wraparound windshield,
special cut-down doors, rich leather-and-cloth upholstery, wire wheels,
white sidewall tires,
fog lamps, vanity and side mirrors, metal tonneau cover and signal-seeking
radio. The
convertible is a certified Milestone Car. The futuristic Cadillac LeMans
show car convertible
was displayed in 1953 and heavily influenced the styling of the 1954
Eldorado.
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