1976 Cadillac Eldorado Assembly

Brief video summary showing the assembly of the 1976 Cadillac Eldorado. Last of it's kind. Apologies for the occasional poor quality.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 1976
• Cadillac
• Eldorado
• Clark
• St
• Detroit
• Plant
• Factory

[gmfive]

These aren't Biarritzes, they're convertibles. The Biarritz was a coupe with a thick padded top, and it was done off line.

[cadillacdreams01]

@gmfive Thanks for noting that, you are correct. When typing that I must have been thinking of the 1950's model names where the convertible Eldorado was a Biarritz.

[lasuvidaboy]

Sat on dealer lots?? Cadillac had to increase production to keep up w/demand!! GM built all they could until they ran out of the complicated convertible top assemby that first appeared on all 1971 GM full-size convertibles.

[gmfive]

You're out of your mind, those 76 convertibles (which is what we are seeing) brought $2000 to $5000 OVER sticker price.

[SS454LS7]

Beautiful cars!, Big, long, large, low & superbly designed the FWD Eldorados of 1971 to 78, the 1975 to 78 are surely the best looking ones. Mitchell & his GM designers had such talent.... 35+++years later as pretty as in 1976.

[gmfive]

These aren't Biarritzes, they're convertibles. The Biarritz was a coupe with a thich padded top, and it was done off line.

[FATLAC96]

@joh2 GM was making front wheel drive cars in the 60's (Tornado) and the FWD problems were few, why couldn't they get the FWD right on the Sevilles of the 80's? Those Sevilles with the funky trunk are such nice cars. if they were RWD cars, I would be looking for one right now. I knew a girl in high school whos father had one, it was dark green with dark green interior. who would think dark green would look so good on a Caddy. BTW Love that white Eldo at the end of the video.

[dvc0987]

Amazing footage! what a find.. well done

[kisscactus]

Great video! I own a 1964 Cadillac and I'd love to see an assembly line video for those. :)

[Watcher3223]

What also led Cadillac to embarrassing mishaps such as using trouble-prone Oldsmobile diesel engines, V8-6-4, and, of course, the Cimarron was the rather sudden need to comply with CAFE standards and Cadillac's inability to successfully adjust to those changes without compromises in the quality of their products.

Cadillac couldn't really make what they made best past the 1970s because that would have brought GM's Car Average Fuel Economy rating down.

[Watcher3223]

While I'd usually agree that larger cars were pretty much a dying market in the mid-late 1970s, we must consider the market segment where the demand was falling.

Demand was falling for large cars from lower end brands like Chevrolet and Ford.

The market segment that brands like Cadillac and Lincoln served was higher end with a clientele able to absorb the higher cost of ownership of these cars.

What killed off the large luxury cars of the 1970s was not gas prices but stringent CAFE standards.