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April 2006: 30th Anniversary of the End of the Eldorado Convertible. 

April 21, 2006 marked the 30th Anniversary of the day the Last of a Breed rolled off the line at the Clark Street Cadillac Assembly Plant in Detroit. As you all know, the last 200 were all identical and dubbed ‘Bicentennial Editions’.

The purpose of the Registry is to identify and locate all 200 of the 1976 Bicentennial Eldorado Convertibles. The most basic information needed to achieve this is the VIN or Serial Number and the Body Number. Using these two numbers is the only way that a 1976 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible can be identified as a true Bicentennial model. There are two ways for owners of these fine automobiles to participate in the Registry and help document how many of the 200 produced still survive. 

1. VIN and Body Number with the owners name and location. 

2. VIN and Body Number without the owners name and location. 

Very simple really, I am more interested in the VIN and Body Number, for obvious reasons, than the owner’s name. The owners name, car location and mileage will forever be changing, but the VIN and Body Number will forever be the same. For Privacy reasons some may feel reluctant to provide their name and I fully understand. But, if we are to get an accurate count of the remaining Bicentennials I need to have the VIN and Body Number. This is the only cross check to determine that the car is actually a Bicentennial. 

Since GM did not keep a record of which VINs went with which Body Number, I have to do some comparisons to be able to get the VINs that were used during the time period these last 200 cars were built. I have been compiling VINs and Body Numbers for about a year and have discovered there has not been a single Bicentennial located that does not have a VIN with the last four digits preceding the number 26. Until this is proven otherwise I will have to use this as the cross check. 

I have listed two known Bicentennials by the VIN but no Body Number. These two were sold before the information about how to locate the Body Number was known and I am actively searching for these two cars to obtain the information.. 

I hope this clears up any confusion some have had about the Registry and why it is important to have both the VIN and Body Number. If you or someone you know has one of these cars please contact the site so we can get an accounting of the remaining cars. I would like to have a gathering someday in the future and be able to invite all the remaining to attend, but we need this information. 

I hope that you enjoy the site and the information it provides. We are always looking for more info, so please feel free to participate by sending anything you may have or know about the 1976 Bicentennial Eldorado Convertibles.

Body Number	VIN Number	Owner Name	State / Country Location / Miles
013800	Unknown	We are looking for the very last production 1976 Eldorado.
013801
013805	6L67S6Q261683	Michael Schaible / Tom Lindeman	Warren, NJ / USA / 2015 miles
013810	6L67S6Q261561	Steve Michel	Plymouth, MN / USA / 45,547 miles
013812	6L67S6Q262246	Jean-Claude Petitpre	Ecquevilly / France / 30,000 miles
013815	6L67S6Q261581	Jeffrey Dick	Kent, OH / USA / 49,500 miles
013816	6L67S6Q262205	Patrick Griffin	Newark, Delaware / USA / 99,064 miles
013820	6L67S6Q261903	Jim Mangione	Newport Beach, CA / USA / 27,633 miles
013821	6L67S6Q261788	Jim Mangione	Newport Beach, CA / USA / 36,888 miles
013826	6L67S6Q261872	David and Sharon Stern	Montebello, NY / USA / 6,100 miles
013833	6L67S6Q262125	Anonymous	New Jersey / USA / 1,287 miles
013835	6L67S6Q262158	Robert Wummer	Riviera Beach, FL / USA / 18,500 miles
013837	6L67S6Q262153	Jim Mangione	Newport Beach, CA / USA / 30,500 miles
013838	6L67S6Q263421	Lewis Schwartz	Atlanta, GA / USA / 51 miles
013840	6L67S6Q262321	McArdle Pontiac, Cadillac, GMC	Midland, MI / USA / 22 miles
013846	6L67S6Q263102	Lee & Susanne Riley	Myrtle Beach, SC / USA / 5,287 miles
013848	6L67S6Q264853	Ed Alfonsi	Munster IN / USA / 126 miles
013857	6L67S6Q262621	John Galgano	Elk Grove Village, ILL / USA /, 232 miles
013862	6L67S6Q262564	Steve Misciagno	Ocala FL / USA / 65,200 miles
013864	6L67S6Q262600	David Miller / Valery Nelson	Danville / CA / USA / 2,500 miles
013876	6L67S6Q262893	Steve Buckle	Torquay, Devon / United Kingdom / 76,000 miles
013878	6L67S6Q262919	Barry Norman	Durham, NC / USA / 21,000 miles
013879	6L67S6Q262768	Jim Mangione	Newport Beach, CA / USA / 3300 miles
013885	6L67S6Q263142	Larry Goldberg	Kensington MD  / USA / 69,909 miles
013896	6L67S6Q263212	Dr. Christian Kaspers	Moers, Germany / 1,641 miles
013900	6L67S6Q263162	Sonny Dal Porto	Elk Grove, CA / USA / 21,600 miles
013902	6L67S6Q263147	Carol Herbert	Gillingham Dorset / UK / 27,380 miles
013903	6L67S6Q263317	Jim Mangione	Newport Beach, CA / USA / 31,496 miles
013913	6L67S6Q263562	Daniel Jobe	Greenbelt, MD / USA / 6,000 miles
013923	6L67S6Q263542	Anonymous	Palm Springs, CA / USA / 36 miles
013927	6L67S6Q263724	John Darpa / Anthony Giammona	Brooklyn, NY / USA / 135 miles
013929	6L67S6Q263784	Dave Nosek	Mundelein, IL / USA / 53,000 miles
013935	6L67S6Q263689	David Maraccini	Chicago, IL / USA / 13,200 miles
013937	6L67S6Q263794	D. Jones	Helena, MT / USA / 14,341 miles
013940	6L67S6Q263949	Mead and Dorothy Carlson	Fairview, PA / USA / 11,400 miles
013945	6L67S6Q264010	Alain Crunelle	Peruwelz / Belgium / 10,000 miles
013948	6L67S6Q264735	Daniel Feeney	Miami, FL / USA / 61,579 miles
013956	6L67S6Q264078	David Gagnon	Scottsdale, AZ  / USA / 28,000 miles
013959	6L67S6Q264508	Jack D. Grassi	Hometown    / USA / 1900 miles
013962	6L67S6Q264227	Tom Frantes	The Woodlands, TX / USA / 53,333 miles
013966	6L67S6Q264186	Kenneth & Connie Davis	Anthony, FL / USA / 18,277 miles
013971	6L67S6Q264848	Anthony Sozio	Apex, NC / USA / 68,000 miles
013973	6L67S6Q264555	Reg Newman	Williamsville, NY / USA / 3415 miles
013975	6L67S6Q264350	Tom McQuaid	Seattle, WA / USA / 1,273 miles
013978	6L67S6Q264570	Rohrich Cadillac	Pittsburgh, PA / USA / 700 miles
013980	6L67S6Q264513	Jeff Block	Columbus, OH / USA / 320 miles
013983	6L67S6Q264438	Bob Williams	Greenville, SC / USA / 4,300 miles
013986	6L67S6Q264453	Jim Mangione	Newport Beach, CA / USA / 89 miles
013993	6L67S6Q264920	Ross DeVore	Wichita, KS / USA / 512 miles
013995	6L67S6Q264941	Udo J. A. Behner	Berlin / Germany / 172  miles
013996	6L67S6Q264794	Anonymous	New York / USA / 1023 miles
013998	6L67S6Q264747	Jim Mangione	Newport Beach, CA / USA / 30,000 miles
014000	6L67S6Q269948	GM Heritage Center	Sterling Heights, MI / USA / 120 miles
Unknown	6L67S6Q262286	Unknown (Looking for the Body #)	Grand Rapids, MI / USA / 6,700 miles
Unknown	6L67S6Q264458	Jay Leno ?	Fort Lauderdale, FL / USA / 40 miles
Unknown	6L67S6Q264544	Saudi Royal Family	Saudi Arabia / ??? miles
Body Number	VIN Number	Owner Name	State / Country Location / Miles

If you own Bicentennial Eldo, or know where one is, or know what became of one, or have a story about one you'd like to share,
please email direct me with whatever details you have at lewis@bicentennialeldorado.com
or you can simply complete the On-Line Submission form located on the "Contacts and Links" page.