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Originally Posted by ssrs2lt
remember how they used to sell Cadillacs ..needed that high purchase point but still went away in the end.
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My Grandfather bought a 1985 Eldorado a couple years after he retired. It was going to be the last car he ever owned (until it was stolen in 1993).
The option list and build configuration was staggering. Every little feature was ala-carte optional. Rear defrost. Electronic speedometer. Three different radios choices: base with no cassette, the "Symphony Sound" cassette with 5 band equalizer and AM "Stereo", and the Bose Premium "Concert Sound" (wow GM has been with Bose for over 30 years???) - he got the 5 band equalizer.
Power passenger seat, power seat recliners, automatic headlamps, cruise control (even in '85 I can't believe cruise was still an option on a Cadillac), rear reading lights, delayed interior lighting..... and there were more options that he didn't get, like memory driver's seat, auto dimming rear view mirror, and moonroof.
Imagine the fact that anyone could order the car with any, all, one, or some of the options I mentioned. Which meant GM had to have a stock of all the parts ready for assembly at the plant in the event one of them might be ordered.
I've seen pictures of Eldorados with the 2 position memory driver's seat - the memory buttons being on the driver's door armrest in front of the seat switches changes the length of the switch assembly with all the switches (windows, locks, mirror, seat), so different armrest panels and plastic switch covers were needed based on if you ordered the memory seat or not.
