1979 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz with custom E&G Grill with Stainless Steel Roof

1979 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz

I bought this car around 1982 with 26,000 miles on it. The car has only been driven about 400 to 500 mile a year for the past 25 years. The car has always been garaged housed all it's life. The paint is original and shows two small places of paint bubbling. A new headliner was installed 8 years ago. Other features: Factory Installed AM/FM/CB Radio. Radio antenna extends and hides when radio is on or off. A new antenna is still in its box in the car since the original needs some coaxing. Trunk closes and secures automatically without slamming. Drivers seat shows more wear than others (see pictures)This is one of America's great classic cars. The Eldorado Biarritz. Since this car is a stock model with only two variations, I will let the Hemmings description stand for this one. The two custom features are : A new custom grill made by E&G Classics and American Custom Grills in Texas; Also Custom Wide White Wall Wheels with with custom spike wheel covers.HEMMINGS: The Eldorado carried over some of its signature traits on the new 204.5-inch body, such as the long-hood, short-deck profile and egg-crate grille. Decorative trim was rather minimal; however, the top-of-the-line Biarritz models--such as our feature car--were dressed with a cabriolet roof featuring a brushed stainless roof section. Cast aluminum wheels completed the look of opulence.
Biarritz models automatically came with tufted pillow-style leather, along with ''one-piece plush Tangier carpeting.'' A leather-wrapped steering wheel was also standard, as well as an instrument panel finished in simulated burled walnut.
Power to motivate the Biarritz, and base Eldorado, came from a 5.7-liter gas-fed V-8, a cast-iron 350-cu.in. creation that, along with electronic fuel injection and an 8.0:1 compression ratio, produced a factory-rated 170hp and 270-lbs.ft. of torque, horsepower was sent through a column-shifted Turbo Hydra-Matic three-speed automatic, followed by a final drive ratio of 2.19:1; being a front-wheel-drive platform, there was no "conventional" driveshaft
Cadillac utilized an independent type front suspension consisting of transverse torsion bars, tubular shocks and an anti-roll bar. But rather than assemble the car with a traditional rear suspension, engineers instead installed an independent setup with components that consisted of trailing arms, coil springs, tubular shocks and an anti-roll bar. This configuration effectively made the Eldorado--and its corporate siblings, Buick Riviera and Oldsmobile Toronado--the first American-made four-wheel independent suspension front-drive vehicle. An additional part of the suspension was a new automatic load-leveling system. Through the use of a small sensor on the rear crossmember, the air pressure in the rear shocks could be inflated automatically to bring the rear end up to proper ride height. Each Eldorado was also equipped with four-wheel power disc brakes.