1974 Fleetwood Eldorado El-Camino

[Matt CLC#18621]

NOT MINE.

FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY!!!
https://daytona.craigslist.org/cto/d/edgewater-1974-cadillac-eldorado-el/7117900968.html

Regards,

matt CLC# 18621
i am 2nd

["Cadillac Kid" Greg Surfas 15364]

What are we supposed to discuss?
Greg Surfas

AND how did you get that moving banner?

[Matt CLC#18621]

Amongst other things, preferably constructive comments, discuss your thoughts on the conversion and most importantly please do not slam the poster lmffao.

I have searched on and off for a 77/78 Fleetwood Eldorado Custom Biarritz FlatBed, preferably with T-Tops and Appliance Wheels.

Regards,
matt CLC# 18621
i am 2nd

[TJ Hopland]

I guess the blue cover is to go with the blue interior?   Even with the blue interior I would like to see what it would look like with either a black or white cover.

[Matt CLC#18621]

Probably looks nicer without the cover on.

matt
i am 2nd

[wrench]

Now all ya gotta do is put it on a K20 chassis with some mudders.

Probably more than one of those around tho.

[TJ Hopland]

There is something else I don't like about the look but I'm not sure what.  We have seen this on other 71-78 Eldo's haven't we or has it just been on the C cars?   Maybe I'm just thinking of the ones on the 79-85 that I liked better.

[chrisntam]

Too bad they didn't really lengthen it, add 20 wheels, a hot tub and a heli-pad.

["Cadillac Kid" Greg Surfas 15364]

Can't tell a lot about the conversion because there are no pictures of the bed, the tail gate operation or the space between the drivers seat and the rear of the cab.
Greg Surfas

[Cadman-iac]

I've only ever seen one of these and that was in the early 80's down in El Paso. It had a wooden top cap on the bed rails, and I don't know if it was a homemade hack job or something that was done in a shop somewhere.
Was this something that GM had done on a limited basis,  or something that a dealership would have done for a customer?
Just curious,

Rick

[35-709]

#1.  My '73 Caribou (now owned by my brother-in-law)
#2.  A Mirage

The one pictured in the above post I can't identify.  Caribou Motors did build a few Eldo Caribous, and Colonas (very few of those) which were made from Lincoln coupes.  There are a some Mirages and Caribous out there, one of the more famous ones was Evel Knievel's which was in a museum in Branson, Missouri last I knew.  They come up on eBay now and then and Bring-a-Trailer.   
GM had nothing to do with them but some dealers did sell the conversions for Caribou Motors or Traditional Coachworks (builders of the Mirage).  Buy a new Coupe deVille and the dealer has it shipped to Caribou Motors from the factory.  Caribou does the conversion and ships the car back to the selling dealer whom the purchaser has paid for the car, the conversion and all of the shipping.
There was also the Paris pickup conversion that I believe to be much more rare than either the Caribou or Mirage, Greg Surfas can show you one.  And of course who knows how many one-offs.   

["Cadillac Kid" Greg Surfas 15364]

Or a 1979 “Paris”

[35-709]

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["Cadillac Kid" Greg Surfas 15364]

Thanks Geoff.  I couldn't get it turned around on my phone.
Greg Surfas