Roy & Maxine Boone
Read the Boone's Bio
'72 Eldo above...
'90 Brougham
above....
Roys future projects shown above....
As Shown at LeSueur, MN Green Giant Days, 2004 - Max & Roy, Christmas 2002
Maxine & Roy Boone's 1980 Eldorado at 2004 ALL GM Show & at Elk River Collision.
1980 Eldorado and Maxine on 2004 Fall Tour, New Ulm, MN
1980 Cadillac Eldorado
El Dorado, Spanish, meaning
"The Gilded One"
or
"The Golden One"
Click Here to read the story on "El Dorado's" in the April 2004 Herald.
This all started with Roy’s father, Mel, driving past Fenton Motors, the Cadillac Dealer in Litchfield, MN. A local farmer was trading in his ’82 Seville on a new Cadillac. Mel swung in and made a deal on the spot. “Don’t even clean it up, I’ll take it as is.”
That was 1991 and Mel enjoyed the heck out of his pride and joy until his death in ’96. Later, a nearly identical twin, Boone 2, joined this Seville, Boone 1. You need to understand, in a past life; The Boone family was into Corvettes and had license plates Boone1 through Boone5. Mel was Boone 1 and Roy was Boone 2. Get it?
In 2004 a 1980 Eldorado, that had basically been stored for 20 years, found a home with the Boones. It was in excellent condition even though it showed 83,000 miles from the first 4 years of life. It was a Minnesota car that spent winters in Florida, so it's lived a salt free existence.
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT
Ø 368 CID (6.0-LITER) V-8, CAST IRON BLOCK & HEADS
(COUSIN TO CADILLAC’S 425, 472 and 500 CID V8’s)
Ø 3.80 BORE X 4.06 STROKE, 8.2:1 COMPRESSION RATIO
Ø 145 HP @ 3600 RPM, 270 ‘/#’s TORQUE @2000 RPM
Ø DIGITAL FUEL INJECTION (DFI) W/SELF DIAGNOSTICS
Ø 4-WHEEL POWER DISC BRAKES, FRONT WHEEL DRIVE
Ø 4-WHEEL INDEPENDENT SUSPENSION, FR & RR SWAY BARS
Ø ELECT./AIR “LEVEL RIDE” RR, ADJUST. TORSION BARS FR
Ø 3-SPEED HYDRA-MATIC TRANS., 2.74:1 1ST, 1.57:1 2ND, 1:1 3RD
Ø 2.19:1 DIFFERENTIAL GEAR (OIL EMBARGO RESPONSE)
Ø ELECTRONIC CLIMATE CONTROL W/AC & RR DEFOG.
Ø DIGITAL AM/FM STEREO W/ 8-TRACK AND AUTO ANTENNA
Ø SABLE BLACK EXT & BLACK ELK GRAIN CABRIOLET ROOF
Ø BLACK LEATHER, TUFTED PILLOW, 6-WAY POWER SEATS
Ø TEAK WOOD GRAIN DASH W/DIGITAL FUEL CONSUMPTION
Ø 114” WHEELBASE, 204.5” LONG, 54.2” HIGH, 71.5” WIDE
Ø FR TREAD 59.3, RR TREAD 60.6, 205/75R15 2” WSW TIRES
UPGRADES
Ø WIRE WHEELS, 215/65R15 VOGUE WW & GOLD STRIPE TIRES
Ø LOWERED FRONT WITH RAKED STANCE AND HD SHOCKS
Ø 2.25 DIA. DUALS W/ “X”, GLASS PACKS AND CUSTOM TIPS
Ø SPECIAL SERV. VEHICLE INTAKE MANIFOLD W/4BBL CARB.
Ø RED PIN STRIPPING, OVER ORIGINAL WHITE & GOLD
Ø 4-SPEED HYDRA-MATIC TRANS. W/ .0667:1 O.D. (33% BETTER ROAD GEAR TO OFF-SET DEEPER DIFF. & SMALLER TIRE DIAMETER)
Ø 15% LARGER SWAY BAR IN FRONT AND 20% IN THE REAR ('83 TOURING SUSPENSION)
Ø 3.15:1 PERFORMANCE DIFF. (A 30% GEAR IMPROVEMENT + 4 % FROM SMALLER TRIES TO IMPROVE THROTTLE RESPONSE)
Ø GOLD ELDORADO, CADILLAC CREST & WREATH EMBLEMS + TOURING SUSPENSION & TOURING COUPE PLAQUES.
Roy Boone, Herald Columnist & Club Webmaster
ITS NOT MY DADDY’S CADDY
Maxine & Grandson Connor at 2002 Club Marge Boone, Roy's Mother, & Roy in Family 1940 LaSalle in
Picnic, Como Park, St. Paul, MN 1958 and Marge in Ron Boone's '58 Vette in 1998, in Greeley, CO.
1982 Seville as shown at Aquatore Park, Blaine, MN - 2002 - This car was inherited from Roy's father, Mel Boone.
The shirts and menu's displayed are from "The Cadillac Diner" in Old Kissimmee, FL.
The great flood of 7/11/02, Roy's shoes are in the briefcase. By the time the car
got out of there the water was just up to the door sills and the exhaust sounded like
a motor boat as the tips were under water. Thankfully, no damage done.
Boones three Seville's at Roger Koelln's place in April 2002, two were parts cars bought
from Roger Koelln, Cadillac Consultants.
