1957 Cadillac Eldorado Coupe Deville, click picture to enlarge.This is undoubtedly The Car that poor people dream of owning but never do. The car is known for class and luxury and cost. The Cadillac Eldorado has long been synonymous with elegance and prestige and money. I dated a girl in Atlanta a few times that owned one of these 1957 Cadillacs but hers were usually four or five years old when she got them. She just wanted to enjoy the feeling of being "high class" by driving Cadillacs. Her passions were Cadillacs and pink champagne. Needless to say we did not have many dates because I didn't care for that attitude.
This car had a 365 cid cast iron V-8 OHV 300 hp engine with a 4.00 X 3.625 inch bore and stroke and a 10.0 to 1 compression ratio. It had 5 main bearings and hydraulic valve lifters and a Rochester four barrel carburetor.
One thing about the Cadillac name that has disappointed me has been the recent change to making other type vehicles such as SUV's, pickups and vans just to be able to stay afloat in a very unstable economic downturn of the national economy. It just seems sad to me that the distinction of class and luxury has to suffer the deterioration of name that these "survival strategies" have caused. This is not peculiar to Cadillac alone though because some other luxury cars such as the Ford Motor Company's Lincoln cars have also gone into making "bread and butter" vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks.
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