A few more from work!

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Didn't feel like waiting until Monday to go and take pics of the motor size and the transmission. So I found the proof on wikipedia. I have taken the transmission out of this car before. I wouldn't lie about this stuff man!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadilla...rado#1971-1978

Production 1971-1978
Assembly Linden, New Jersey, USA
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Body style(s) 2-door coupe
2-door convertible
Layout FF layout
Platform E-body
Engine(s) 500 in³ V8 (1971-76)
425 in³ V8 (1977-78)
Transmission(s) 3-speed automatic
Wheelbase 126.3 in (3,210 mm)
Length 224 in (5,700 mm) (1977-78)
224.1 in (5,690 mm) (1974-76)
223 in (5,700 mm) (1971-73)
Width 79.8 in (2,030 mm)
Height 54.2 in (1,380 mm)
Related Oldsmobile Toronado
Buick Riviera (1971-76)

In automotive design, a FF, or Front-engine, Front-wheel drive layout places both the engine and driven wheels at the front of the vehicle.

When GM's full-size cars were redesigned for 1971, the Eldorado regained both a convertible model and its fender skirts. The 126.3-inch (3,210 mm) wheelbase version of the Eldorado would run through 1978, receiving facelifts in 1973 and 1975.

The Cadillac Eldorado was chosen as the pace car for the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race in 1973. All in all, Cadillac produced 566 of these special pace car convertibles. 33 were used at the track during the race week and the remaining 513 cars were distributed to the U.S. Cadillac dealers (one for each dealership), which were then sold to the general public.

A redesigned instrument cluster was phased in during the 1974 model year (known as the 'space age' instrument panel from Cadillac literature), also shared with Calais, DeVilles and Fleetwoods.

For 1977, the Eldorado received a new grille with a finer crosshatch pattern. The convertible was canceled (although Custom Coach of Lima, Ohio took a few brand-new 1977 and 1978 Eldorados into their coachbuilder facilities and converted into convertibles using salvaged parts from 1971-76 Eldorados; Cadillac did not produce convertibles after 1976). The 8.2L V8 of 1970-76 gave way to a new 7L V8 with 180 bhp (134 kW). Minor changes followed in 1978.