1985 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Coupe in Firemist Red & Engine Sound My Car Story with Lou Costabile
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On "My Car Story" we're in the West Suburbs of Chicago on 9-9-17.
We're looking at a 1985 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Coupe in Firemist Red Paint.
The car's Owner is Matt McLinns. Matt’s had this car since 2005. Matt shares he’s done his best to keep it original, and that this Cadillac has every option that was available in 1985.
Matt also shares he’s on dialysis and had been in need of a kidney and waiting on a donor program. See detail if you’d like to be a donor at www.giftofhope.org
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I absolutely loved these. I was working in the used car business and drove many 1979-1985 Eldorado’s. They were so classy.
Hi Dave, Happy to read you "loved these" :-) Lou
One of my favorites. My father had a 1979, 1983 touring coupe and finally 1985 convertible in tuxedo black with the oxblood red interior. Such a head turner and the steering and suspension unparalleled for the day. If well maintained, the naysaying of the HT4100 was overblown. $35,000 for a car in 1985 was big bucks. I’d love to find that one again.
Hi Ephraim Fink, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Fathers cars :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many cars on this Channel you enjoy! Please Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this TH-cam Channel, Lou
LOU I always say that Cadillac is the QUEEN of all the cars. THANKS LOU FOR SHARING THIS BEAUTIFUL QUEEN. Appreciate your efforts and hard work showing all great cars. Please have a great day. Cheers.
Hi Hisham Elfiki, Glad you enjoyed this one :-) Hope you have a great day too. You're welcome, Lou
Yes! I love 80s Cadillacs. More please!
Hi Subhaan Mohammed, Glad you "love" this one :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
As always I lo e the old Cadillacs. Hard to believe 80s models are now classics. Interesting on the memory seats, I didn't think they were a thing as early as 85. Interesting back story too! Appreciate you giving time on the video for the organ transplant, it means a lot to many folks.
Hi jnucci1, I agree, it's hard to imaging 80's as classics. It was a pleasure to help a good cause, Lou
Very touching and human story! I wish him all the best! As far as the car, it's beautiful, classic and very regal! Hope they are both together for a long time to come!
Hi Steffy Hobmann, Thank you for your comment, well said. I appreciate that, Lou
WOW Lou, you hit it out of the ball park on this one// Top 10 favorite cars of mine and a great cause.. great job..
Hi Mitch Grooms, We have a Winner! :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
SHE'S A BAD MAMA JAMMA!! Thanks Lou and Matt wishing you well. :-)
Hi Ed B., You have me laughing out loud :-) You're welcome, Lou
One of the best looking cars from the eighties.
Kenneth raby nah.
Hi Kenneth, Happy to read you appreciate this car :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this TH-cam Channel, Lou
VERY COOL STORY to go with this beautiful automobile.....thanks Lou.
Hi Mike, Happy to read you enjoy the story and the car :-) You're welcome, Lou
I got an 83 Eldorado Biarritz With the Moonroof. Burgundy. And It sure if fun to drive. White Leather Really Pops. These Cars are Divine.
Hi Dan Bruins, Thank you for viewing, sharing, and adding to the story detailing what you like on your car too :-) Lou
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but this car is missing (2) options that i verified on his windows sticker, RPO sticker in the trunk and when Lou panned through the interior. The (1) option that is missing is the Auto dimming headlights that automatically turn the high beams off when it senses an incoming car. As you can see from the above referenced material, he has the Twilight sentinel option which will turn the lights on and off when it gets dark or light and keep the lights on after you shut the car down for a certain amount of time. But if you look at the video when Lou shows the light switch, it's missing the left control to turn on the Auto dimming headlights on and off. Twilight sentinal on the right, auto dimming on the left. This car only has the right control for Twilight sentinal. Auto dimming headlights is RPO code T80. The (2) second option it's missing is the automatic day/night rear view mirror. The automatic day/night rear view mirror has buttons on the bottom of the mirror to operate it. As you can see during Lou's interior video shots, the mirror in this car has NO buttons. It's also NOT listed on the windows sticker or RPO codes. RPO code D43. Also missing from both the window sticker and RPO sticker in the trunk.
Hi Kenneth, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge. Hope you see many more cars on this TH-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this TH-cam Channel, Lou
I didn’t know people loved these so much. My great grandpa bought one for retirement and my grandpa is giving it to me same color except red interior
HI Damon H, Glad to read your Grandpa is allowing you to be the next Care Taker. Enjoy the ride :-) Lou
Red Biarritz with white-and-red guts and Astroroof....man, oh man! 👍👆👌
Hi Keith Coppage, "man, oh man!" I like that :-) Lou
Chic Biarritz! Thank you Lou, as always you will find outstanding cars for us, and imagine them in "My Car Story"!
HI Bad Russian, "Chic Biarritz!" I like that :-) You're welcome, Lou
Lou love her. I had a 75 convo. not Biarritz, 79 Coupe, 84 Coupe and finally an 85 Biarritz convo. Same color as his. God I loved that car. Eldorado cost more than a Fleetwood. The 85 Convertibles sold for around 30k. Ton of money for a Caddy at that time. American Sunroof converted hard tops to convos.
Hi jeff martin, Letting the good times roll :-) Nice! Thank you for viewing, sharing your cars, and adding to the story, Lou
She's beautiful Lou. Never owned a Cadillac, but one day maybe a '75 Eldorado. Took me over 30 years to track down and didn't know it at the time, my '76 Plymouth Duster; now mechanically restored, someday I'll have her repainted to the original red. When I bought this Duster in 2015, I'd given up on finding my old car. A week ago found an old registration from 1979; knocked me out that I'd re-purchased my long ago baby. Her name is Boudica, after the Celtic Warrior Queen Boudica.
Wow!! What a blast from the past. My folks bought a Cadillac nearly like this. It was a 1984 Seville in Greyfern. Had grey leather interior and every option as this one has except memory seat. It also had the handling suspension. Other than that, it was just like this.
Hi senorkaboom, It's fun when you see one you're familiar with :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing details on your folks car, Lou
Nice car & I love the back story on it. Growing up as a kid, my neighbor had an Eldorado, & another neighbor had a Seville. They would argue all day & night about which model was superior. The other neighbors (& probably their wives) hated it, but I loved hearing every minute of it!
Hi TheGunfighter45acp, Glad you loved the back story :-) Thank you for sharing your story too, Lou
I believe the Seville was viewed and marketed by Cadillac as their top of the line flagship model. The Eldorado Biarittz and the Seville Elegante were so beautiful it almost made you forget about the Fleetwood on the Deville platform.
I turned 16 in fall of 93. There where 2 his & hers of these Biarritz' for sale individually in the neighbors front yard down the block. Affordable ($3750). Begged my folks. Ended up with their low miles 87 Honda Accord with pop up headlights for $1500. Pissed me off, but it was the right move, zero maintenance. Had $ leftover for rims and sounds.
Hi R J, Happy to read this car brings back memories of the two cars in your neighbors front yard :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many cars on this Channel you enjoy! Please Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this TH-cam Channel, Lou
@@loucostabile Lou, I appreciate your work. I'm in St Paul MN. You know special people with special cars. You may need the B squad.. Folks like myself, and my friends here with our 80s or 90s cars soon. Lol.
Very important cause, thank you for sharing! And very interesting car story!! Love vehicles with red n white combo... a favorite of mine!! Cool dash! I always listen for the idle... good sound! Loved the video. Thank you!
Hi WickedFireFly13, Glad you enjoyed the car and the message :-) Thank you for the encouraging words that you "loved the video", I appreciate that, Lou
Wow what a beauty love that color combo I miss the 80s.
Hi George Tiedemann, Glad to receive a "Wow" from you :-) 80's - good times :-)
79-85 Eldorado is my favorite, besides white, this shade of red is my all time favorite color on these cars.
Hi MICHAEL FUTCH, Glad you were able to see your favorite :-) Lou
I didn't know memory seats were around in those days. Neat option.
Hi William Scott, Interesting, right? Lou
Hi Azureecosse, William is sharing "memory seats" which means you adjust your electric seat, push a button, and the car remembers that exact seat position. Hope that helps, Lou
I always liked that body style. Very nice looking car. The 1985 had the not so great V-8 HT-4100 engine. I drove my dad's 1981 Eldorado with the equaling poor V8-6-4 engine.
Hi Steve Osgood, I find it fun when you see a car you're familiar with :-) Thank you for sharing details on your Dad's car and adding to the story too, Lou
Had a 81 eldo had the car set to only run on v8 - 4-6-8 was a good idea but not back then lol
I had one and had to rebuild the motor because of an internal oil/coolant leak. These are aluminum blocks and intake manifold with cast iron heads. The blocks are sleeved so I highly doubt this guy bored it out. Once you screw with the sleeve seals, it's toast.
Hi kanakster, Thank you for viewing and sharing a tip and details of the one you had, Lou
Cool! My friend's parents had a nice Biarritz like this one, it was a nice car to drive and ran well also!
Hi Kramden, Glad you like this one and think it's cool :-) Lou
Pretty sweet car. I love Cadillacs. My favourite is the 1959 Series 62.
Hi Classic Car Reviews, Glad you enjoyed this one and think it's "pretty sweet" :-) Here is that 1959 you like, enjoy! Lou th-cam.com/video/JyEDN-H0r_A/w-d-xo.html
Lou Costabile Hi Lou, I was wondering if we could maybe exchange shoutouts. I'm starting to make Car Reviews and I need all the help I can get to get me started. I know that you don't really need it, but if you put a link to my channel in one of your descriptions and maybe say to subscribe to me, I will do the same for you. I would be very grateful. Thanks. -Harley
Very nice car :) I have been an organ donar since I was 18 yrs old, Prayers for him
Hi Michael Coffey. Glad you enjoy the car :-) Thank you for helping, prayers received, Lou
Beautiful car!!!, I'm about to have a beautiful blue 85 eldorado in my garage.
Glad you enjoy the looks of this one and congratulations on your 85 Eldo SPACE TRUCKER :-)
Thank you, yes I love the lines of this car. Absolutely beautiful.
I have a 1985 Cadillac Seville Elegante and could use your advice on swapping the terrible HT4100 in favor for the 4.5 V8. Please help. I love driving my car
Hi Jose Duran Jr, Here is Matt's answer "Their conversion cannot be made you can however rebuild that 4100 and have a board out the 4500 harm and you must do it before you have a problem with the heads otherwise the engine is trash it’s well worth th The 4500 is you know it now is a transverse engine and the 4100 that you have is forward facing so the swap can’t be done you may also consider the Buick I believe it’s the 350 from the 1979 Buick‘s they both up and I think there’s a V-6 option to somewhere but most people want to keep the Cadillacs all Canlite good luck e cost of re-building that motor to the new standard is these cars really are very nice." Hope this helps, Lou
Always loved that body style. Extra nice with the right options. The HT 4100 engines were not a good thing in those years.
Hi Craig, Happy to read you loved the body style :-) Lou
Old Mafia Don, yes what a story!
:-)
Good luck to you Matt!
HI Michael R, Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
i have this same car but in silver, but its the exact same, with stainless top and moon roof, and i live in Illinois as well
Hi Random Review And More, Sounds like you have a nice car too. Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
With a couple of exceptions like the moon roof and a slight color variation mines more maroon. I have the same car bought it after my father in law passed. My mother in law wanted it to stay in the family, so I bought it for 1800.00. Slow as a boat and needs a little sprucing up but other than that it's a good car.
Hi Russell, Happy to read this car is like your car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many cars on this Channel you enjoy! Please Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this TH-cam Channel, Lou
So what about these 4100 motors , are they ok to live with if its working ?? thanks
If it's not broke. Don't fix it.
now this is close to the one that got away ! back in the day i tried with no luck for a diesel powered black and tan.the diesel turned most away but for me they just would not come down on the price.
Hi Douglas Holloran, Sounds like your very familiar with this one. Thank you for sharing the details on the "one that got away", Lou
1979 one of these is the best with the Olds 350 Rocket !
Hi 5litreho, Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
How do you transplant a 4.5 into an eldorado with the ht4100
Not sure.
subscribed ! Lou you should get remote mics for you and your guests . The sound comes and goes .. great show otherwise!
Hi ursixx, Welcome to the Channel. Thank you for the tip. I actually had remote mics and it was not working as well as I thought, and like you I thought it would be better. With that said, hopefully Subscribers like you will spread the news on the Channel and maybe I can get a little "My Car Story Team" to improve audio and edit, however right now it's me, and I'm having fun, and that's the point :-) Lou
Enjoy all of your reviews, and more so when you review cars from a by gone eta.
Hi GMP NY, Happy to read you appreciate the episodes :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this TH-cam Channel, Lou
God bless him good tip
Hi Paul T McNulty, Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
Is having this car with crappy 4.1 engine worth it for a first car? Someone please tell me
First cars are always kinda special, so I believe you'll be fine.
In those days luxury cars looked the part, not like every other suv to meet emission standards.
Hi yixnorb, Glad you like the luxury look of this one :-) Lou
wise guy caddy sharp
Hi Paul, Thank you for viewing and sharing your thoughts. Hope I'm the 1st Channel on TH-cam you subscribe to, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this TH-cam Channel, Lou
Beautiful car. It's too bad Cadillac put their worst motor ever into them.
Hi AdventureswithMe, Glad you enjoyed the car :-) Maybe the Engineers over designed? Lou
The 4.1 liter V-8 Cadillac used in the FWD cars of that era was rushed into production in 1981 to meet upcoming MPG standards. It was an aluminum block with cast iron heads. It was prone to failure of the intake manifold gasket due to scrubbing of the bi-metal interface, aluminum oil pump failure, cam bearing displacement, weak aluminum block castings and bolts pulling the aluminum threads from the block. Lots of warranty claims. Plus the engines were really too small to move all that mass. The failure of this engine really hurt Cadillac's reputation (the V-8-6-4 and Olds Diesels didn't help either).
AdventureswithMe if caught before they self destructed, is there anything you could do to prevent or fix this faulty design?
...hey-ya, Lou...
...only in Chicagoland, home of Al Capone, could you find a stellar Eldo owned by a mob bag man who went to the big house at Joliet....un-freaking believable...
....and to be so damned picky about the memory seats...and then not being able to read (the likely cause of his being unable to figure it out....)....absolutely high-larry-us....
...hmmm. when in doubt, or if you just have a slow period...guess you could use your Italian paisan connections to scare up another mob-mobile...just saying...
...totally nice Biarritz...am sure the bag man made sure that this gem was well cared for during his extended vacation courtesy of the Feds...
Cheers, as always, my friend,
G. Clark (Greg) Bloomfield
...that grown-up Cheyenne car kid...
...hey-ya, Greg, Thanks for viewing & sharing, Lou
Oh I've marked my drivers license with organ donor status. What use will I have when I'm dead? None.
Hi kd1s, Thank you for helping, Lou
He Lou Costabile - no problem at all. Speaking of which I went to school in Providence RI with a Ciro Costabile - any relation?
Beautiful car! But aren't these those odd years with weak V8s?
Hi 1alkane, I believe you're correct, the 1980's might not have been Cadillac's best engines. Not sure any American car manufacturer was leading the way engine wise as the restrictions on engines were diminishing horse power. Lou
I was afraid to find bodies in the trunk
:-0
Best designed Eldorado ever (my opinion), but terrible decision to change the engine from 1981 through 1985 ! The HT 4100 is under-powered for a car as heavy as these particular Caddy's are. First 2 years, 1979-80 had a 350 Olds cast iron block engine minus all the problems that later occurred with the aluminum block HT 4100. An "A" for design and a "D-" for the engine. Damn shame, Detroit, your GM engine team blew it big time. That's why there are so many of these beautiful cars in the graveyard.
Hi Marvin Thiessen, Glad you enjoyed this design :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge. Lou
FYI it is pronounced BEE-YAH-RITZ not bah-ritz
Hi Simon's Cadillac, Thank you for viewing and sharing a tip, Lou