1987 Cadillac Allante Convertible 2-Door 4.1L

Description for Cadillac Allante 1987

This 1987 Cadillac Allante 2 seater convertible is a unique first year production model of the Italian designed luxury car in very good condition with both the aluminum removable hard-top as shown in pictures and also a black canvas soft-top. I’ve enjoyed this for over 12 years it’s been very reliable and have kept up on all the maintenance. When I purchased it in January 2003 it had 71000 miles - I've averaged about 2000 miles per year now with about 92600 miles as of the time of this posting. I am the third owner. First owner was a doctor from St. Louis then his son's. I purchased it from a couple in Illinois in 2003. I had it in Green Bay WI and it was ALWAYS garage stored and never driven during the winter/snow. I'm now in Knoxville TN and drive it a couple days a week to work in nice weather.

The Allante is a 2-door two-seater roadster manufactured from 1987-1993 with approximately 21000 built during those 7 years. 3363 where made in the first year and only a couple hundred made in this Gold color. It has a 4.1 liter V8 engine (170HP) 4 speed automatic transmission with front wheel drive. The body was designed and built by Italian designer Pininfarina (Yes this is the same designer of the Ferrari Maserati Rolls Royce and other luxury cars). The Allante is noted for its unique production – the bodies were produced in Turin Italy by Pininfarina and then flown to Detroit on custom made 747’s where Cadillac installed the power train. This was known as the “world’s longest assembly line.” It has an independent strut based suspension on the front and rear and Bosch ABS four-wheel disc brakes – it handles and drives like a dream. You can’t believe how it handles corners. In 1987 a new Allante cost about $55000.

The car is very reliable and I just put brand new tires on it about a year ago – with less than 400 miles on them and a new battery last week. During the 12 years I've had periodic maintenance performed. I've replaced the radiator brake job transmission flush ABS accumulator AC recharge and normal maintenance. Other than what's listed below everything works - all the electronics heating air conditioning memory seats windows etc. with the exception of the windshield washer. The Drivers Information Council (DIC) provides unique access to a lot of detailed information about diagnostics of the car and I have two copies of the detailed service manuals for the 1987 Allante. If you like to “play around” with this kind of stuff you can have access to a lot of information about the car. Also the service manuals are helpful if you want to do any maintenance.

Over the years I have also collected a number of Allante memorabilia items as you can see in the pictures: Magazine articles hot wheels the detailed maintenance manuals (I have two of them) original marketing material VHS training tapes for Cadillac dealers. I also have some miscellaneous spare parts: Visors wheel hub covers shift handle rear view mirror car covers (2). All of this is included of purchased at the buy it now price ($6000) otherwise I will include at least the service manual and other items can be negotiated upon purchase but not automatically included.

This is a 27 year old car and has some normal wearing but is relatively minor. Here is a list of the issues. The clear coat is beginning to fade on the hood and left and right front photos as you can see in the pictures. I get a periodic message there is low-coolant level for a few minutes but level is fine. It does not have the original Bose speakers. One of the previous owners replaced them with an amplifier and regular speakers but radio plays fine. Also the tape deck doesn't work. Periodically some buttons intermittently don't work but it is intermittent. Probably a cleaning would fix. The windshield washer sprayer for the windshield and headlights isn't working. The soft top has some wearing but is fine. I have some "Allante" patches I put over wearing but the patches are about due for replacement. The fuel gauge has intermittently gone to empty when gas is still in the tank (I think from 10% ethenol gas - I now us 100% gas). Please let me know if you have questions.