BaT Auction Success Story: Honest Johns Eldorado Charity Auction [Video]

BaT member Joeinbcs recently sold his 1978 Cadillac Eldorado Custom Biarritz Classic to BIV4 in a June 2024 BaT charity auction, and wrote in to tell us all about it:

Our 501(c)3 charitable organization, Honest John’s Texas Legends, was named for the late John Foust, aka “Honest John,” who was known far and wide in the Cadillac community for his generosity and his love for fellow travelers. This was the organization’s second BaT auction—a 1978 Cadillac Eldorado Custom Biarritz Classic, one of approximately 2,000 made to commemorate the last of the “Big Eldorados.”

The car had previously belonged to another well-known Cadillac guy—my dear friend, the late Jim Caffrey of Boone, Iowa. Jim left a large collection of cars to his brother, John Caffrey, and I agreed to buy this one from Jim’s garage. I thought I could sell it here, making a few bucks for our charity—an organization whose mission is to help young …