As of May 20, 2025, this is the information we have about this car:
[Feb.01.2017] Car #303 [NEW,5/2005] was apparently exported to Mexico. I got this info from enthusiast Gary Hillman, in the UK, who got it from another enthusiast in Finland. The Finn wrote: Hi Gary. Sorry for my late answer. I have had a lot of problem with Internet in the last 4-5 weeks but finally now it works (I hope.) The caddy is still in the first owner’s family and the engine and tranny have been rebuilt since I put the ad in usabil.nu.The tranny was leaking oil so they rebuilt the gearbox and engine at the same time; it hasonly been in the car for 1-week now and runs great. Also the engine room has been rebuilt and re-painted. The extended rear fenders were done by a Cadillac dealer in the 50´s [custom job?] This car was in the Autorama motor show in Detroit, Michigan, in 1953! It was one of 3[Eldorado?] cars exported to Mexico. This car is #303of 535 [actually, only 532 cars were built]. The car was repainted a few years ago and the interior is new. The chrome is good. One side window has a crack (easy to fix). I think there is a small crack on the front window on the passenger side. The rear window is the small model. There were 2 different styles that year. No rust at all, ever.The car is located in Mexico City. The price on the car is 85,000USD. Best regards: Jari Savolainen. Late extra [Feb., 2008]:Matt Larson, CLC resident expert on the 1953 Eldorado models, has this corrected information about #303: Jari Savolainen is in error about the history and details of car #303. Other than the 17 cars that were sold into Canada, only one car was “exported” when new; it went to GM Continental in Antwerp, Belgium.Car #303 could not have been “in the Autorama motor show in Detroit, Michigan, in1953!” The very first Autorama was put on by the Michigan Hot Rod Association at the University of Detroit Field House in January of 1953. Car #303 was built in July 1953 and shipped to Los Angeles on July 15. I do not have any way of determining by whom and when the car was taken into Mexico. The statement that:“The rear window is the small model. There were 2 different styles that year.”is misleading. There was only one style of rear window for the Eldorado. It is a small plastic window and does not have a zipper. Only the standard 1953 series6267 convertible has the large zip down rear window.
[Feb.01.2017] Car #303 [NEW,5/2005] was apparently exported to Mexico. I got this info from enthusiast Gary Hillman, in the UK, who got it from another enthusiast in Finland. The Finn wrote: Hi Gary. Sorry for my late answer. I have had a lot of problem with Internet in the last 4-5 weeks but finally now it works (I hope.) The caddy is still in the first owner’s family and the engine and tranny have been rebuilt since I put the ad in usabil.nu.The tranny was leaking oil so they rebuilt the gearbox and engine at the same time; it hasonly been in the car for 1-week now and runs great. Also the engine room has been rebuilt and re-painted. The extended rear fenders were done by a Cadillac dealer in the 50´s [custom job?] This car was in the Autorama motor show in Detroit, Michigan, in 1953! It was one of 3[Eldorado?] cars exported to Mexico. This car is #303of 535 [actually, only 532 cars were built]. The car was repainted a few years ago and the interior is new. The chrome is good. One side window has a crack (easy to fix). I think there is a small crack on the front window on the passenger side. The rear window is the small model. There were 2 different styles that year. No rust at all, ever.The car is located in Mexico City. The price on the car is 85,000USD. Best regards: Jari Savolainen. Late extra [Feb., 2008]:Matt Larson, CLC resident expert on the 1953 Eldorado models, has this corrected information about #303: Jari Savolainen is in error about the history and details of car #303. Other than the 17 cars that were sold into Canada, only one car was “exported” when new; it went to GM Continental in Antwerp, Belgium.Car #303 could not have been “in the Autorama motor show in Detroit, Michigan, in1953!” The very first Autorama was put on by the Michigan Hot Rod Association at the University of Detroit Field House in January of 1953. Car #303 was built in July 1953 and shipped to Los Angeles on July 15. I do not have any way of determining by whom and when the car was taken into Mexico. The statement that:“The rear window is the small model. There were 2 different styles that year.”is misleading. There was only one style of rear window for the Eldorado. It is a small plastic window and does not have a zipper. Only the standard 1953 series6267 convertible has the large zip down rear window.