In my surfing, I run into this website, they got a lot of vintage adds, Cadillac and others.

Check out this FREE '54 Cadillac .. homes would cost around $5,000 in 1954.
How much was that Cadillac back then?

http://www.timemachinetoys.com/carads/carads1.html

 

I dont know, how much was that Cadillac?

 

Heck if I know, but did you read the flyer?

Jane Russel "Underwater" picture, by Howard Hughes !

 

By Edmunds ...

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Sir Walter Raleigh of England and Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada of Spain both went searching for "El Dorado," the supposed kingdom in South America which possessed incredible wealth. Neither had much luck. But the legend of El Dorado itself grew to truly epic proportions, and the tale has been used as shorthand for a vain pursuit of wealth for almost 400 years. General Motors may have changed the El Dorado name by mashing the words together, but in the true spirit of the mythic kingdom, the Cadillac Eldorado has always been all about vanity.

Over its 50-year history, the Eldorado existed in two distinct forms. The first was the most stylish and often most powerful Cadillac available, but it still was a variation upon the standard rear-drive Cadillac. The second was its own unique model: a front-drive coupe and convertible that defined the idea of a personal Cadillac. While there are many Caddy enthusiasts who argue that the greatest Eldorados came from that first era, most concede that the Eldorado didn't come into its own until the second.

1953

The first Corvette was a 1953, but it wasn't GM's only new convertible that year and certainly not the most glamorous or expensive. Those two distinctions belonged to the Eldorado, which debuted midway through the model year.

Though based on the Series 62 convertible, the 1953 Eldorado was the first Cadillac with a wraparound windshield. It featured a dipped beltline and a metal cover that hid the top when it was down, and it came with virtually everything standard — including leather upholstery, radio, heater, windshield washer, Hydramatic automatic transmission, power steering and whitewall tires on real wire wheels. The engine, however, remained the 210 horsepower 331-cubic-inch OHV V8 found in all 1953 Caddies. Still, all that custom coachwork and luxury features didn't come cheap, and the Eldorado carried a big $7,750 base price — almost $2,000 more than the next-most-expensive Cadillac, the Fleetwood 75 Imperial eight-passenger limousine. That's also more than twice the price of the $3,498 Corvette. It was no surprise then that only 532 Eldorados were sold that year.

1954-1956

Despite the minimal sales, Cadillac persisted with the Eldo for 1954 but in slightly revised and less distinctive form with less content and a $5,875 price. Sales jumped to 2,150. The 1955 Eldo got its own rear fenders with pointed fins, special "sabre spoke wheels" and dual four-barrel carburetion, which pushed output to 270 horsepower — 20 more than any other Cadillac.

In 1956, a displacement increase to 365 cubic-inches pushed output on the Eldo engine to 305 horses, again 20 more than other Cadillacs and, for the first time, an Eldorado hardtop was also offered (at the same $6,556 price as the convertible). To confuse things further, the 1956 Eldorado convertible was called the Eldorado Biarritz and the hardtop the Eldorado Seville. Both names would reappear later.

All Cadillacs were restyled for 1957 with the Eldorados again getting their own rounded and sharply winged rear end treatment. The standard Cadillac engine now made 300 horsepower and was offered in the Eldo as standard, but the Eldorado-only dual-carb setup would swell that to 325. The regular 1958 Eldo was a face-lifted 1957, though the dual-quad power rating bulged to 355 horsepower.

But the real Eldorado news for 1957 and 1958 was the introduction of the legendary hand-built Brougham four-door. America's first true pillarless four-door and the first car to feature quad headlamps, it carried the astounding sticker price of $13,074 in 1957. Filled with equipment that was then novel (air suspension, memory seats, cruise control, electric antenna, electric door locks, remote trunk lid opener), the Eldorado Brougham was spectacular in almost every way. Just 400 Broughams would be built as 1957s and 304 as '58s, and along with the 1953, are the most collectible cars ever to wear the Eldorado name.

1959-1960

With the biggest tail fins ever seen, the bulbous, heavily chromed, flabby and fundamentally hideous 1959 Cadillacs have achieved iconic status in the history of American automobiles. Like all other 1959 Cadillacs, the Eldorados now had 390-cubic-inch V8s under their inexcusably long hoods. However, the Eldos lost some of their mechanical distinctiveness as the 345 horsepower "Eldorado" version of the 390 (topped by three two-barrel carburetors) was now an option on all Cadillacs (which otherwise had 325-horsepower single four-barrel carbureted engines).

Except for slightly less obnoxious styling, the '60 Eldorados (and other Cadillacs) were carryovers from 1959.

Almost overlooked was the redesigned Eldorado Brougham for 1959. Now featuring a square-roofed body built by Pininfarina in Italy, the new Brougham was actually more conservatively styled than other 1959s. Only 99 of the $13,075 cars would be made during 1959, and another 101 would be made during the 1960 model year. And that was that for Brougham production.