70 Eldorado

[Afterthought]

Well this thing is finally on the road. Rebuilt trans and new axels. New brakes and calipers and flex lines..and i got the sunroof to move quicker...waiting for Meinecke to get back with the estimate for the exhaust. My wife insisted I put on craigslist north jersey...probably list it here next week while I'm on vacation. She wants me to focus on a 70 Le Mans convertible that she can drive...oh well..       

[TJ Hopland]

If she wants a more sporty convertible I guess there isn't much you can do about it unless you go for something like an Allante.

["Cadillac Kid" Greg Surfas 15364]

You know that sounds familiar. My first wife would always insist (it's me or that car) I sell every project just about when it was finally finished. Okay that went on for 15 years. Finally decided to keep the car
Greg Surfas

[hornetball]

LOL.  Oh how I wish I could give a like.   

[Scot Minesinger]

That is funny, when my ex-wife did not like the car I bought, it was certain to be great - it was the seal of approval to me. 

To each their own, and a convertible V-8 RWD American car is better than a closed car to me.

[James Landi]

I have to agree with Scott--- and having owned a 61, a 72, a 84, and an 85, Cadillac convertible and  a 90 Allante, the hardtop convertible by Cadillac, the XLR does it ALL.  Absolutely smooth and quiet with the top up (no wind noise from a soft top convertible)--- and my wife loves the a/c ventilated seats --- so yes, you CAN have nearly everything, that is to say, a happy wife and two Cadillacs in one (rather expensive) an XLR Cadillact will, most assuredly,  diminish any desire for a soft top Pontiac   .   James

[wrench]

Never had an issue with the old lady and old cars...

But then again, she got herself an old Corvette convertible.

I drive it once in a while, but I ride right seat most of the time.

I actually enjoy it.

[R Pope]

Never had an issue but I find that as long as my wife has a newer car that she likes goes a very long way.
Even when my choices have been impractical or eye-rolling level.

Agree with the convertible comments. For some reason, I am drawn to them. Make doesn't matter.

[Big Fins]

Never had an issue with the old lady and old cars...

But then again, she got herself an old Corvette convertible.

I drive it once in a while, but I ride right seat most of the time.

I actually enjoy it.

And everyone looking thinks it's your car and you are letting her drive it. 

[dochawk]

Finally decided to keep the car

So is this your theme song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwRrKaq0IyY
("I'm gonna miss her")

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I drive it once in a while, but I ride right seat most of the time.

I suppose that would be easier to get into than the driver's seat.

But my interest in an early corvette evaporated quickly when I got *in* one (no small task at my size) to drive it at an auction.

I just plain don't fit.


And wouldn't a '71 Eldorado convertible solve the OP's problem?

[35-709]

Not if she wants a '70 LeMans.

[Carfreak]

Jackie Nelson donated their 1970 Eldorado to the CLC Museum after her husband Gary passed a few years ago. 

She was at Fall Festival this weekend and asked me to take a pic of her with the car in the Museum. 

Wayne Kady just happened to be walking by and got in the picture too. 

She's a great lady and he's a really nice guy. 

More reasons to come to CLC Museum Fall Festival. 

[Afterthought]

LOL all good points, gentlemen...and good point 72BlueEldo...my roommate.. A.K.A wife  has a newer Jeep Wrangler. .2 door.. plum crazy purple...manual trans, or as she says "millennial theft deterrent"..she loves it... but me not so much..(take that either way)..I drive a Freightliner at work and bobtailing is a smoother ride..she won't even get behind the Eldo wheel. She complains the hood is almost as big as her jeep..   tru dat..and it looks like the Eldo is getting a camaro muffler with the new system at Mieneke..12 to 14 weeks for a oem muffler. And back to the trans shop at some point. It shudders going into 2nd..and the 8 track player ate my Three Dog Night tape..no more Golden Biscuits... 

[dochawk]

Not if she wants a '70 LeMans.

I suppose it depends whether her focus is '70 LeMans, or big GM convertible . . .

the Eldorado lets you have a Cadillac, and her a big convertible.

[OK, the Eldorado convertible is objectively a better choice, but that's another issue!]

..she won't even get behind the Eldo wheel. She complains the hood is almost as big as her jeep

Well, yeah.  So what's her point?


(I had to have my neighbor help to get the hood of the '72 Eldorado up on the pulleys I mounted in my garage roof when the hinges broke.  I think it's over 200lbs all by itself . . . )
..and the 8 track player ate my Three Dog Night tape..
[/quote]

As long as it didn't eat Conway Twitty or Mickey Giley . . .

[James Landi]

I suppose it depends whether her focus is '70 LeMans, or big GM convertible . . .

the Eldorado lets you have a Cadillac, and her a big convertible.

[OK, the Eldorado convertible is objectively a better choice, but that's another issue!]

Well, yeah.  So what's her point?


(I had to have my neighbor help to get the hood of the '72 Eldorado up on the pulleys I mounted in my garage roof when the hinges broke.  I think it's over 200lbs all by itself . . . )
..and the 8 track player ate my Three Dog Night tape..


As long as it didn't eat Conway Twitty or Mickey Giley . . .

Heye: that shudder from 1st to 2nd maybe a split/crack in the transmission housing that creates a loss of necessary pressure --- If you can create a smooth shift between 1st and 2nd by simply taking your foot off the gas as it's about to shift, that's a tell tail.   Hope this helps, James