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18/09/2026 11:18 pm
If anyone is attending, I would appreciate a photo of this Eldorado, specifically, the side view mirrors to determine if the lights seen here are a part of the housing or an add-on. If the hood is up, I wouldn’t mind a photo of the detailed engine.
Thanks in advance!
I have photos with and without these lights, so not sure what it looks like now.
19/09/2026 4:42 am
"I would appreciate a photo of this Eldorado, specifically, the side view mirrors to determine if the lights seen here are a part of the housing or an add-on."
If you're asking if those lights are "factory," that is, "Were those optional 1972 Cadillac mirrors?" .....I can assure you that they were not. The owner of this Eldorado added those lights along with the matching, rectangular pair seen just above the front bumper next to the bumper-guards.
None of those four lights are "factory."
Furthermore, all four headlights were changed - from round to rectangular - I assume to match the other four, smaller rectangular lights. 1972 Eldorados had round headlights; someone retrofitted a set from a 1975-'78 Eldorado.
19/09/2026 5:55 am
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Topic starter
19/09/2026 2:37 pm
I posted this a few weeks ago, you must have missed it...
...and again, if anyone is attending, I would appreciate a few pics.
19/09/2026 2:50 pm
@lloyd-mecca I did, I had no idea this was a one-off (albeit re-done ) Billy Micthell car.
Of course, it goes without saying that with an endless supply of GM funds, there's no doubt Billy spared no expense, right?
I NOW suspect "your mirrors" could very well be a one-piece (custom ) casting. ALL BETS ARE OFF with regard to factory "one-offs" & concept cars. Good luck, I hope you get your answer.
19/09/2026 2:59 pm
I don’t think that year Eldo was styled with rectangular headlights ?
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19/09/2026 3:00 pm
@100ford2003 Correct..... but reads Lloyd's comment to me - a few posts up. 😉 😉 😉
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19/09/2026 4:22 pm
@lloyd-mecca That would have been one fugly pimpmobile if he had gone with gold and gold trim. I like this blue.
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Topic starter
19/09/2026 4:36 pm
I've been looking for a photograph of the gold iteration, but have been unsuccessful so far. If it is out there, I will find it eventually.
It took me two years to find a period photograph of a Presidential Cadillac from the 50's for the correct license plate.