Circa 1:87 scale

BUSCH, GERMANY


Cadillac Series 75 Limousine
a Praliné toy

    
Different colors, different versions, black tires, white tires

Ambulance versions (above and below), based on same toy model

Ref.: #89201 (???)

    
9-seat custom Cadillac wagon, based on the the Praline ambulance chassis
[ Photos: © 2009 anmd courtesy Steve Masson ]

    
Two different ambulance finishes

Circa 1:64 scale

 

JOHNNY LIGHTNING, (WHERE ?)

This model was identified kindly by aficionado, Luke Sanz; he wrote:
This is a 1:64 scale diecast toy by Johnny Lightning

 

 

 

MAISTO (?)

         

 

Circa 1:50 scale

 

SIKU, GERMANY

    
Fleetwood Series 75 limousine with steerable wheels
[ Photos:  © 2007 and courtesy Steve Masson ]

The importance of boxes need not be understated;
this is a repro item from the New Millennium; below is an original

    

 

1:25 scale

JO-HAN, USA

Jo-Han promotional toys and model kits are desirable on account of their realism;
this is the 1966 Coupe de Ville; a convertible model was also available

    


Jo-Han Gold Cup series:  Superior ambulance on Cadillac chassis (original kit was red & white);
one modeler has added a siren on the roof (white car)

Jo-Han Gold Cup series:  Funeral hearse on Cadillac chassis

Here's a larger version of the same model ... minus windshield and whitewall tires

    
Much more care and precision went into assembling and painting this identical model from Jo-Han
The "artist" is Kraig Councell of Ohio.

    
Custom wagon, "For the man who has everything"
[ creation by Baron Von Anzengrüber for author's former collection ]

    
Imaginary police pick-up on Jo-Han ambulance base
[ creation by Baron Von Anzengrüber for author's former collection ]

    
The Baron's imagination ran a bit wild with this hemi-powered rod

    

    
Philippe Emami of Strasbourg, France, sent these images of a conversion
by Dan Freeborn (USA) from Jo-Han's 1:25 scale hearse kit

Circa 1:24 Scale

OTTO VALLESTRA, USA

    
Custom flower car

Circa 1:20 Scale

BANDAI, JAPAN

MATSUDAYA, JAPAN

[ images needed ]

Matsudaya, Japan, circa 1:20 scale 1966 Cadillac ambulance

Matsudaya, Japan, circa 1:20 scale 1966 Cadillac highway patrol car

Matsudaya, Japan, circa 1:20 scale 1966 Cadillac fire chief car

Matsudaya, Japan, circa 1:20 scale 1966 Cadillac ambulance

Matsudaya, Japan, circa 1:20 scale 1966 Cadillac highway patrol car

Matsudaya, Japan, circa 1:20 scale 1966 Cadillac fire chief car

Circa 1:18 Scale

UNKNOWN ???

Circa 1:200 Scale

BACHMAN, HONG KONG (?)
MICROMODELS, USA (?)


1½-inch long  1967 Cadillac Eldorado
with front-wheel-drive (Bachman, Hong Kong #7010)

Circa 1:87 Scale

HERPA, GERMANY

    
1967 Cadillac hearse

Circa 1:77 Scale

CORGI, UK


Made under the Rockets or Whizz Wheels labels
[ exists also in a black and white color scheme - info from Steve Masson ]

ESDECO, BRAZIL

GIODI, ITALY (?)

    
[ Not quite sure of the scale of this one...]

Circa 1:64 Scale

HUSKY, UK

    
Front-wheel-drive Eldorado coupe

    
Many different versions are available in this scale and others

LONESTAR, UK

    
From Lone Star Impy in tyhe UK comes this rally car with 4 roof-mounted spares
[ Photos:  © 2007 and courtesy Steve Masson ]

MARX (USA) ?


From Marx (USA?), another Eldorado coupe
[ Ths one is smaller than 1:64, according to Steve Masson ]

PLAYART (HONG KONG)


The above two cars were properly identified by Steve Masson

    
Steve wrote: This one is an earlier version of the
PLAYART (Hong Kong) Eldorado I identified for you [above]

Circa 1:43 Scale

DINKY TOYS, UK

[ missing ]

Dinky UK Speedwheels #175 (a) , purple with black roof  (UK) and
#175 (b) blue with black roof (export)

 

 

IXO, CHINA

    
The front ensemble of the actual 1967 and 1968 Cadillac models  have a distinct slant from top
to bottom that, is not visible here (see catalog images, above); on that score the toy does not come up to scratch;
additionally, the lower side moldings (that are very visible in the black toy) are from the Cadillac "Series 60 Special" of 1965

IXO PREMIUM X, CHINA
(Well finished die-casts with a wide choice of subjects)

1967 Cadillac Fleetwood in 2 different colors.
Each model is limited to 750 pieces in each color.

LEGENDARY MOTORCARS

<<<<< photo mislaid >>>>>

Enthusiast, Luke Sanz, supplied kindly the preceding  photo as  well as an
appropriate legend for this new model by Legendary Motorcars. He wrote:
This is a 1:43 scale resin and white metal model of a 1967 Cadillac Eldorado
It is handmade in England by Illustra and retails for $259.00. It is available
in Persian Ivory with a Black vinyl roof or Atlantis Blue Firemist

NEO SCALE MODELS, CHINA

SABRA, ISRAEL


Ref #8110 (1968),  front-wheel-drive
Eldorado coupe (available also in light blue)

This custom version of the light-blue car
carries an Israeli government logo on the door panels

1967 De Ville convertible lilac pink Ref. #8123A metal wheels
Ref.#8123B (plastic wheels)

[ The above two images were supplied kindly by a Database visitor
whose name and eMail address unfortunately I mislaid;
I hope he will read this and contact me ]

SOROKLAT, VLAD (UKRAINE)

Circa 1:32 Scale

PARAMOUNT, USA


[ image needed ]

Motorized Eldorado coupe

Circa 1:24 Scale

JO-HAN, USA


front-wheel-drive Eldorado coupe

DeVille coupe and convertible were available to
promote the marque in 1967; these came ready built
or in kit form (as above)

Circa 1:24 Scale

ATC, JAPAN

OHTA KASABURO (OK), JAPAN

    
This Japanese tinplate model of the front-wheel-drive Eldorado
was issued by KO  [Ohta Kasaburo Co., Ltd.] in the early seventies
and possibly marketed by T.N. [Nomura Toy]

PROCESSED PLASTICS, USA

    
#900,  front-wheel-drive Eldorado coupe

Previously listed as "Unidentified", this one was correctly ID's by Database visitor,
"Ken" who wrote, in January, 2005: The brown "unidentified" 67 Eldo is the #900
Processed Plastics car, but modified to be a drag car - chute molded into rear bumper,
hi-po engine, mags, cooler molded into front bumper, and height adjustable rear
(remember when we all wanted that "jacked up" look?)

UNKNOWN ???

YOSHIA, JAPAN

         
Similar to the "OK" tin toy above, this may be a later copy of it

Circa 1:12 Scale?

UNIDENTIFIED, USA



Scale model of GM experimental V12/V16 coupe, circa 1967

Circa 1:8 Scale

ICHIKO, JAPAN

     

     

     

          
This is the largest of the Japanese tinplate toys; measuring almost three feet in length, it depicts
the 1967 front-wheel-drive Eldorado; this toy exists also in B&W with Police markings

Circa 1:77 Scale

CORGI, UK


1968 version of the
front-wheel-drive Eldorado coupe

Circa 1:43 Scale

C C C, FRANCE
(Georges Pont)


I was not sure of the scale of this toy by Georges Pont of Rouen, France.  From the detail
[not visible in this small, low resolution image] it looked like it could have been based on a
Jo-Han plastic promotional or kit car [photo: Rétroviseur magazine, February 2002].
The answer was supplied kindly by Luke Sanz; he wrote:  This is a 1:43 scale resin and
white metal model of a 1968 Cadillac Eldorado by CCC of France. They were manufactured
in the nineties and sold in kit form or fully assembled by the factory

VF MODELLEN, GERMANY

[ click here for full details and prices ]

IMPORTANT NOTE: these true-to-scale model cars are built and assembled with the utmost patience and care;
production numbers are VERY limited (from 12 to a maximum of 250 units of each) it is quite possiblethat some
models illustrated may no longer be available and cannot be re-issued; in making up these RARE models, many
photo-etched, chrome-plated or black-plated parts are used, as are also the finest decals; carpets also are depicted

[ missing ]

#CC0028 Barris Town & Estate wagon, from Casa de Eldorado

#CC0029 Stretched limousine by Klett Cadillac and Universal Coach Corporation

1:25 Scale

JO-HAN, USA



    

    
For the 1968 model year, Jo-Han issued three promotional toys depicting that year's DeVille
coupe and convertible, as well as the new Eldorado front-wheel-drive coupe (below)
     

Circa 1:20 Scale

BANDAI, JAPAN

This is the first of the Japanese tinplate models of the 1967-68 Cadillac DeVille convertible;
made  by Bandai in the late sixties it was a nice lithographed toy; unfortunately, it was
subsequently copied  to the point of nausea in both Japan and Korea; without any
doubt, we shall soon be seeing even worse copies emanating
from China; talk about flogging a dead horse!

    
De Ville coupe version of the same toy

    
Another version of the De Ville coupe;
this one has monster (working) windshield wipers

SCHUCO, GERMANY

    

     
Schuco of W. Germany made this interesting, battery-operated model of the 1968 De Ville
convertible, Ref. #5504;  three colored, illuminated plastic buttons form a console between the
front bucket seats; when depressed, they set the car in motion either forwards, in
reverse or back to neutral; the Japanese and then the S. Korean toy makers created millions
of  lookalike lithographed tinplate versions, many with ugly black, plastic bucket seats and
various levers and knobs controlling the movement of the car

    
(right) from my former collection, the Schuco convertible is at the right and the
1956 Monogram convertible at the left (our 1960 Eldorado Seville creates the backdrop)

OHTA KASABURO, JAPAN

    
1968 Eldorado front-wheel drive coupe by KO, Japan
[ this conversion from the 1967 toy is from the author's former collection ]

Circa 1:12 Scale

BANDAI, JAPAN

At the same time as Bandai issued the electric convertible, below, it also issued this 4-door
Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham; subsequently, using the same basic molds,
a number of convertibles followed, all featuring four doors; the molds were then sold
to South Korea  (and probably by now to China) who proceeded to flood the toy market
with lookalike, battery-operated convertibles of a lesser quality

  
This Japanese tinplate model of an imaginary 4-door convertible was made by Bandai;
it was a popular toy and was re-issued several times, both in Japan and Korea;
this is as second issue with plastic custom wheels

    
 This is the the second edition by Bandai, Japan, of the electric toy shown above;
although the box depicts a 2-door convertible, the actual toy is this imaginary 4-door
version with ugly black plastic bucket seats;  not easy to see in this small, low resolution  digital image
are two red switches on the instrument panel, controlling the headlights and the "ignition", as well as the
gear-shift lever located between the front seats; by depressing the steering wheel, the horn will blow

    
In these three rows, convertible and hardtop versions from the author's former collection

Circa 1:77 Scale

ERTL, USA


De Ville convertible

MARX, USA

Hardtop Sedan De Ville
[ Photo: Argus de la Miniature, #111, p.8 ]

MATTEL, USA (?)

Circa 1:66 Scale

MATCHBOX, Far East

    
The 1969 Sedan de Ville in various color schemes

Circa 1:32 Scale

JIMSON, HONG KONG / USA (?)


1969 Sedan (available also in blue as well as
in red & white with Fire Chief markings)

1:25 Scale

JO-HAN, USA



     
For the 1969 model year, Jo-Han issued these two promotional toys depicting that year's
Coupe De Ville (left) and front-wheel-drive Eldorado coupe (top and right)

From the author's former collection come these two conversions, based on Jo-Han's offerings that year
Above: De Ville convertible; below: GM/Cadillac's custom Eldorado Biarritz Towne Car

    
Left:  the scaled down version
Right: factory promotional photo of the real thing !