Classic American

Family Favourite

Graham Coxall has owned American cars since he was 22 years old and over the years has had the pleasure of running all manner of makes and models. His first Yank was a 1970 T-Bird; he’s owned a Lincoln and a Corvette… the list goes on and on. However, at the top of his favourites list has to be Cadillac and his 1976 Eldorado is his fifth, but not all in a row. “I always wanted to own a Cadillac convertible and ultimately I would have loved to have had something like a ’58 or ’59 fins ’n’ chrome model, but unfortunately my finances wouldn’t quite run to a car from that era,” says Graham.

“It was at the Rally of the Giants show at Knebworth Park in 1996 that we saw our 1976 Eldorado convertible advertised for sale. The car was in excellent condition all round, other than the soft top which

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