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Featured is a large luxury automobile, the 1976 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible.

The Eldorado name was first proposed for the company’s 1952 Cadillac Golden Anniversary show car. The car premiered as a limited edition convertible.

There were a total of twelve generations for the Cadillac Eldorado. The Cadillac Eldorado’s ninth generation ran from 1971 to 1978. The year 2002 represented the 50th year for the Eldorado and that was the models last production year.

Last Year For Convertibles

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Of special note regarding the 1976 Cadillac Eldorado, that happened to be the last year for Eldorado Convertibles.

It wasn’t only Cadillac that decided to exit the open air automobile market. Sales were slumping at that time and convertible cars were being discontinued among other automakers.

One reason was that the automakers believed there would be stiffer safety regulations at any time but in reality those regulations never materialized. As a result of all this Cadillac ended up selling about 14,000 Cadillac’s in 1976 as opposed to about 8,900 in 1975. Of special note is that the last 200 1976 convertibles were painted white with blue and red pin stripes.

It’s been said that Cadillac could have sold even more convertibles in 1976 had they been able to obtain enough folding top hardware. Suppliers knew that the convertible models would be generally phased out and cut production of the hardware. For the record of course, the decision to stop producing convertibles was eventually reversed.

1976 Cadillac Eldorado Styling

The Cadillac Eldorado had a major restyling in 1975. As a result the 1976 model  received only minor styling changes. Like wc" + "ript>"); -cpg:ist As a result the 1976 model  received only minor styling ch reversed.