15k: Neil Young’s: 1978 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
The singer and songwriter Neil Young made it big in the 1970s, first by helping form the band Buffalo Springfield and later Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. His signature falsetto vocals and folksy guitar/piano/harmonica/clawhammer accompaniment earned him boat loads of cash and a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. What sort of car does a 30-something performer with loads of cash drive in the late ’70s? A 911 Turbo? Nope. BMW 635? Nope. Try this 1978 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz currently owned by Neil Young and currently for sale in San Francisco, CA for $14,950 via craigslist. Tip from Kaibeezy.
The name Biarritz comes from the name of a small coastal Basque town in what is today considered part of France, although some Basque folks may disagree with you. The town has a few casinos and became a luxury vacation spot many years ago and fit well into GM’s use of names like Riviera, Monte Carlo and Calais.
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| Neil’s ’59 Conti; image from Lincvolt.com |
This Eldorado should not be confused with Neil Young’s Lincvolt, the hybridized 1959 Lincoln Continental that Tesla’d a warehouse in 2010. The Eldorado is not known to have been involved in any fires.
The 1978 Eldorado is hauled around by a 425 cubic inch V8 that is mated to the front wheels and puts out 180 horsepower and 320 ft-lbs of torque.
Only the best comfy sofa chairs are used in the ’70s Cadillac interior and Neil Young’s Biarritz is no exception. If the tunes on the radio don’t put you to sleep the seats certainly will.
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~ if i still owned my Lionel collection i would seriously consider offering a partial trade.
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Much cooler and more appropriate than the Johnny Cash owned (presumably) Mercedes on BAT.
Neil Young is God. This car is just a bloated espece de late Seventies vehicular merde. By the way…Buffalo and CSNY were "sixties" bands…….at least to the extent those of us there remember.
As a purely empirical exercise, I compared the length of each man's Wikipedia entry: Johnny Cash 9,133 words; Neil Young 14,475 words. This suggests Young has had objectively greater output, influence, critical evaluation, recognition and other measures.
Considering the respect both men have earned and the impact both have had on American music, a comparison of their careers by a qualified analyst would make compelling reading. Not much different than the kind of analysis automobile writers, and us commenters, do every day on the cars we see here — facts *plus* opinions — to decide what we like best.
Subjectively, while I love those big Mercs, the Cash premium is too great, with its muddled history and dubious condition, and when superior W126 sedans/coupes can easily be found for 1/4 the price. On the other hand, Young's Cadillac is an uncommon model, with real provenance, in clearly excellent driver condition, at a much more moderate bump over non-celebrity cars, if, frankly, any. I didn't like the multiple photos of the 1 JCASH license plate; ugh, I get it already. Compare to the "sit down – shut up" sticker. Thanks for never burning out, Neil!
Seems that the cars are reversed considering Cash's hit "One Piece At A Time" was about working on an automotive assembly line. A couple of guys apparently decided to build an ode to the song and came up with this and a picture with the Man in Black in the driver's seat..
And it apparently looked like this
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Neil Young was also into furrin' cars.
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This Eldo must be Neil's Crazy Horse?
1978 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz parts replacement, on average, about how much will average parts cost to replace? Like exhaust, brakes, tranny, stuff like that?
And now he presents himself as some sort of eco-guru. Stuff him.
"I had to make some changes." – from 2004 NPR interview…
SHAPIRO: In the first 10 pages of this book, you say that your family's trips to Florida in the 1950s which shed 1,296 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere – so we get a hint really early on in this book that your love of cars is really mediated by a concern about their impact on the environment. And I wonder how balance that love and passion for these gas guzzlers with the concern you have about the future of the world.
YOUNG: Well, you know, I had to make some changes. I woke up one morning, and I was a dinosaur. And I realized it. I realized that my way of thinking and my way of looking at things was obsolete.
link – npr.org/2014/10/12/355564085/neil-youngs-writes-of-his-love-affair-with-cars