With an original MSRP of $6,556, a touch less than $80,000 in 2024, the Cadillac Eldorado accounted for just 4% of overall Cadillac sales in 1956. One of 2,150 produced, this Eldorado Biarritz underwent a three-year rotisserie restoration completed in 2019 by Art Wright Restorations of Tempe, Arizona. Shipped new to Kansas City, Kansas, the car is exceedingly well equipped with a 365/305 HP V-8 engine fed by dual 4-barrel carburetors under the famous “batwing” air cleaner, a 4-speed Hydra-Matic automatic transmission, a power-operated black vinyl convertible top with a parade boot and the factory-correct holding straps, the signal-seeking Wonderbar AM radio, a heater, the Casco automatic cigar-cigarette lighter, the Autronic-Eye, the remote-control trunk lock and more. It’s finished in black, factory-correct red oxide primer was used on the underbody, and the 200-plus piece front grille was painstakingly disassembled and anodized in the correct gold color matching the anodized gold three-piece Sabre wheels, which were restored by Valley Wire Wheels, including the spare. The original and NOS trim was replated and polished, and the trunk and jack were restored. Fitted with the E-Z-Eye glass, the black leather interior was restored by Carl Kranston of Original Leather Interiors. With a known ownership history, the car is accompanied by restoration photos, receipts and documents and comes with the owner’s manual and books, the Cadillac shop manual, the Cadillac advertising glamour brochure and a Cadillac parts list manual. Winner of the Cadillac and LaSalle Club Senior Award at the 2019 Grand National Meet in Louisville, Kentucky, the car is accompanied by the official judging manual and the authenticity manual. Introduced for production in 1953, the Cadillac Eldorado was one of the most exclusive cars in the world. With a unique body, the Eldorado held a stratospheric sticker price of nearly $8,000, or roughly $90,000 in 2024. With Eldorado sales climbing in 1954 and 1955, Cadillac introduced a two-door hardtop coupe called Eldorado Seville to complement the traditional convertible, now called the Eldorado Biarritz.
