For Sale: 1972 Cadillac Eldorado - "Excellent condition, Was Mom's car" - Castle Pines, CO - Not Mine - 7/7 Reduced - 7/15 Deleted

[6T-FinSeeker]

For sale on Craigslist: 1972 Cadillac Eldorado 2-door Hardtop in Castle Pines, CO  -  $12,500  -  No phone # provided. Reply to Seller through Craigslist email to:  3fe68ba91e933d4bb823fd6ce56edce0@sale.craigslist.org

 

On 7/7, Seller reduced price to $8,950

 

Link: https://denver.craigslist.org/cto/d/castle-rock-1972-eldorado-runs-well/7633289637.html

 

Seller's Description:

1972 Cadillac Eldorado 2-door Hardtop

• condition: excellent
• cylinders: 8 cylinders
• transmission: automatic
• odometer: 7892
• odometer rolled over
• paint color: green
• title status: clean

This was my mother’s car, has been sitting in a barn since 98, new tires, V8, runs well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 16, 2023 by 6T-FinSeeker
update status (see edit history)

[avgwarhawk]

Nice car. Probably a repaint. Orange peel above the 8.2 litre badge. 

[EmTee]

The last model year before the 'battering ram' bumpers appeared...

[B Jake Moran]

If “big if” this car actually has 7,900 original miles then the price is reasonable.  I used to hate the 2nd series FWD Eldorados seeing them as bloated. But I have come to like them.  They have to have the right color for me.  

[B Jake Moran]

Mileage now shows 107,892.  

[John_S_in_Penna]

It looks like a pretty nice car, but the mileage (evidently

above 100,000) is high.  Also, I think I see rust bubbles

behind the vinyl top, just below the quarter window on

the right side:

 

Edited June 17, 2023 by John_S_in_Penna (see edit history)

[Jim Skelly]

It looks like a replacement top (incorrect pattern).  Too bad about the rust under the opera window.  Other than that, it looks like a real nice car.

[suchan]

These still have the design features of the original, which I think is a plus, and it's a pre-1974 car, so it still has some get-up-and-go.

They just don't fetch the big money, especially the coupe.

$12.5K should get you a clean low-mileage car, without rust under the vinyl top.

They're supreme highway cruisers with a bulletproof drivetrain.

Hopefully the seller is flexible on price.

[B Jake Moran]

On 6/18/2023 at 7:28 AM, Jim Skelly said:

It looks like a replacement top (incorrect pattern).  Too bad about the rust under the opera window.  Other than that, it looks like a real nice car.

Jim, good catch, a little too smooth to be original, but I am no expert.  The under top rust does not scare me, but - it's a price reduction.  I have had several of these 70's GM cars with rust under the "vinyl" top, and none ever got worse. They were a mild distraction at best.  Sure we want perfect, but these were drivers with nothing paid over $3500 for one.  

 

They can be effectively sealed by waxing and prepping the area.  I'll bet if I did buy this and waterproof it, it would be in this same condition 10-15 years from now, not worse, not better.  

[TexRiv_63]

I never cared for the styling on the 71-72 Eldos, it improved on the 73 then crapped out in 74 due to the giant bumpers.

[Jim Skelly]

I never liked the skirts on the '71-'74.  Here's my first car, a '71.  I think it looks nice.

 

 

[6T-FinSeeker]

On 7/7, Seller reduced price to $8,950.

 

[Ed Luddy]

I remember these cars being the top of heap, apex, pinnacle of the luxury cars when new. But now not so much in the collector market. Pound per dollar they are a major bargain now. Just really thirsty and large, very large. The FWD Cadi's are not so well loved as the RWD's.

[6T-FinSeeker]

On 7/15, Seller deleted the Craigslist the ad.