Anyone know anything about these cars? I was offered a trade, 66 coupe deville for my 97 Eldorado The car has been a Daily Driver and has never seen salt and has little to no rust, I am asking 3.5 for my Eldorado I have no idea on the value of these cars or what the market is for them
My cousin has a couple of 60's Cadillac's. The cars are usually either in great shape and have been taken care of or a parts car. Not much in the middle. As far as I know, the prices are very dependant on options and milage. A papertrail is a plus. The bigger the engine the better. And the changes from year to year also affect how desireable a model is just like Buick's; each has it's own fans. There is a active club network for the cars. Connect with the local chapter and asy away. IIRC, his Coupe DeVille is a 67. It runs a lot harder than I could have rationalized before the first time I rode in it. His is a 372 and had tall gears in it so it doesn't really get in the torque band until about 85mph. Six guys, bachelor party, Butte, MT, and .... He has a 429 on one of my engine stands that will go back into his restoration project car some day. The car is in southern NM and he lives by me. It's been apart for almost 10 years. Someday!!! And yes there are speed parts for them. More torque than a Buick, YES!
I think those cars are gorgeous. There isn't too much aftermarket out there for the 429 like there is for the later engines. EGGE Machine carries parts, though... http://www.egge.com/ Devon
It has the 429. : / I will be going to look at it Friday morning If it's nice and rust free i will take it.. I really have no plans for it just planning on selling it off in the spring
I saw my Cousin yesterday and we talked briefly about his cars adn what the cars are worth in the parketplace. Somewhere in the range of $5K to $20K. That's a big range. There is a company that advertizes in Hemmings that does restoration and speed parts. About everything can be had to restore these cars and the drivetrain uses similar stuff to most other GM product of the era. The engines are rumored to respond well to more cam and carb. Not a suprise given that the engines are tuned to run smooth and quiet.
I love the '66 Cadillac. Cool feature - it has a the ST400 switch pitch transmission. I have a 66 Fleetwood Brougham :TU:
I have had several '66 Cadillacs.They are great cars. The steering is a little twitchy because of the fast ratio they had that year-which to me, is great! The 429 puts out a lot of low end torque. Some models even were equipped with 3.21 ratio rear axles-standard on the Eldorado. All were equipped with switch pitch transmissions. The original chambered exhaust sytem was very quiet. Not much to gripe about with these cars. Certain replacement parts are a little pricey,though. This was the first year for the 4 speaker stereo system,too.
I had one 66 Coupe DeVille (sold) and one 67 Sedan DeVille, both the same drivetrain set up you describe. I must say they were among the easiest and most inexpensive cars to work on I've ever owned. I bought the 67 with 42K miles on it in 1991 and it now has 100K. My all original 67 now 42 years old has needed the following: 1. Starter and water pump rebuilt (I wanted to keep the factory originals). 2. Valve job (burned one). 3. Replace heater core (takes 20 minutes). 4. Repair one exhaust manifold (cracked). 5. Upper control arm bushings replaced. 6. Replaced the A/C compressor (the dealer left it out overnight and someone stole it). 7. Replaced the vinyl top because someone slashed it in the parking lot where my wife worked. 8. The foam in the leather front seats need to be replaced as it is dryrotting and leaving crumbs underneath it. Every power option on it still works including the power antenna and floor mounted radio station changer button. The only option not installed was the heated seats that were available back then. Even the vacuum operated door locks still work. The one issue with the 66 they solved in 67 was changing the tailight bulbs. In 66 the dealer told you to pull the bumper off to access the lamps, smart (no kidding). I managed to change them by pulling the lower valance and reaching up in there scraping my hands and arms in the process. Quite time consuming though. All in all the 67 is a great car that gives me 16-17 mpg highway with 3.23 gears and no overdrive in a 5300# car. The only other car that trouble free was my 1980 Buick Park Avenue with the 4 barrel 350 buick motor, TH400 and 2.41 gears and 21 mpg highway. At 22 years and 200K miles I only put a valve job, cam, radiator and heater core in it plus normal maintenance items. I gave it to a minister who was destitute but told him I wanted it back if he ever was to get rid of it and he immediately traded it in for a new car. I was soooooooooo pissed. It was by far the easiest, most comfortable road car to drive I've ever owned. Those were my two favorite drivers of all time. Mikey
