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1970 Classifieds in Hemmings Motor News (p.1324). These were just about the most expensive cars you could buy then. Perhaps some Italian aficionados might be able to help put these interesting He didnt like that combination so he took it to a coach company and had the color changed to this Bordeaux red. PR department in 1976 (i.e. built on a 1959 Eldorado Brougham chassis [possibly because of those unmistakable The depreciation of a car is always in direct proportion to the reliability and quality of the vehicle. Once again hand-built in Italy by Pininfarina on contract, it was priced astronomically at $13,075. there was no Jacqueline script on the leading edge of the car's front fenders Some time after I had inquired about this car from PF, in 1976, an enthusiast Though somewhat obscure, these cars are truly spectacular, especially when placed beside any of the other 1960 Cadillac offerings. Willems later bought out his The depreciation of a car is actually always in direct proportion to the free market for cars, and the market does not care much for three year old luxury cars, as their utility value is no better than than a three year old Camry, or less. Another money looser for the company. I have always noticed that all cars seem to have the turn of the decade design difficulties.It seams that car companies in general, tend to produce there best designs in the middle of a decade.Cadillac has had its duds accordingly.I am a huge Cadillac fan,but I will admit,I dont love every model.The 1960 models I struggle to like,but thats just me.Thank all of you for your comments! Originally, the car would not have had any storage compartment under the dash. During the 1950s, a few show cars were produced, plus a limited production run of the 1959 and 1960 Eldorado Brougham. This Only 516 of them were made over that 8-year I would say that the 59 Brougham had more impact, as it was a bit more advanced in comparison to the production 59s than the 60 Brougham was to the 60s. Contacted in 1976, Pininfarina's customer relations department hinted Some years later I had the opportunity to purchase a very nice original 30000 mile example. That he did, giving form to the finest Ferraris, Alfa Romeos, and Maseratis ever built. When it comes to fashion, theres a huge difference between designers ready-to-wear collections and their haute couture lines. Incidentally the roof panel was fitted in America. This color combination was confirmed to me by Pininfarina Did it find a buyer? scoop on the hood; both have Borrani spoke wheels. Happy motoring! Miguel, He later show two proposals for a custom 4-door sedan on the Rolls Royce Phantom V While I do agree that the roof line of the 61 was styled after the Italian Brougham design, it is significantly different. Building the 1957 and 58 Broughams on the same line as regular Cadillacs resulted in costly assembly-line slow-downs due to the time-consuming bespoke work lavished on each Brougham. 60s Cars. It is one of 101 cars that General Motors shipped to Turin Italy that were then redesigned by Pininfarina and then shipped back to the US to be sold by Cadillac dealers. Your email address will not be published. own at the 1961 Paris Salon de lAutomobile. 1959 CADILLAC ELDORADO BROUGHAM FOUR DOOR Sold for USD$6,500 2001 Kruse Auction - Scottsdale Arizona : Cadillac . Rolls Royce of England built their Phantom V models These included the floor pan, lower body interior panels, seat structures, instrument panel, dashboard, door pillars, hinges, inner door panels [these were modified but used stock hardware], lower front bumper, grille blades [but not the bullets], headlamp bezels, rear wheel skirts, wheel covers and modified lower rear bumper. glass, rising high into the roof line. () The golden [???] The original El Dorado Brougham was a very attractive design, but it also previewed the design of the '57 and '58 models. Chrome trim is made from brass castings. is both caustic and sarcastic. Well, Mr. Couturier, At a whopping $13,075, it was three times the price of the average Cadillac. Required fields are marked *. This is a true find of a lifetime! I think that they did the sums and quickly figured out that the amount of money, time, and expertise needed to restore the car was quickly going north of $100K, only to have a car that most people couldnt tell apart from a regular 61 Sedan De Ville. ostensibly in honor of the new American First lady. The Farina workmanship includes seams that are hammer welded without the use of solder. Not only were these two year wonders produced in super low numbers, but they were highly prone to corrosion. of Franmce's Cartier group. came first, then a coupe roof was added, the car was repainted and the interior upholstery It is still a significant model in Cadillac history. Heres the most important line from that page: The Italian Cadillacs were individually built and assembled on a stationary production line. It was implied, that this car was The price started out at $89,000.00 when first advertised in Hemmings, which is getting annoying with its redesign of its For those that could afford it, the Brougham was a way to travel two years ahead of time, design wise. reliable. in 1970 for $5,500; will it ever show up again? 83rd Street, New York, NY 10008. It had cast iron blocks and heads, hydraulic lifters, and five main bearings. They developed a lifelong friendship and working relationship, albeit one that didnt go beyond a few one-offs for Hollywood magnates and movie stars until 1954, when Pinin Farina produced the Cabriolet Speciale, a lightweight roadster. Jacqueline was for some 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Additional Info: No we didn't make a mistake, this really is a 1959 model. Is it still around? Beautiful car! In addition to these features, six-way power seats, power windows & door locks, power trunk release, power steering & brakes, automatic transmission, and an air suspended self-leveling system. ], When I crawled under the car at the Geneva Motor Show in 1991, I was indeed Im now curious numerically where this car falls in the line of 101 produced that year. department, in the mid-seventies [below], show this to be a light-colored car. When he found it the car was green on green. It was originally black with a white roof Especially since the windshield and wind wings were unique to this model. Thanks for sharing. Jacqueline was acquired from It is a very sharp example. This is true whether the fashion hangs in your closet or sits in your garage. There were only 99 made in 1959 and 101 in 1960. The sketches are Here is a car people rarely see. I have decided that my problem is that I never saw these before I knew what the 61-62 Cadillac looked like. "signed" H.V. from Herv (Irving) Willems in 1996 (although Mr. Willems' name sounds Belgian, in fact A good read on the brougham of that era for those like me that were a bit uneducated. The 59 and 60 Eldorado Brougham was a very curious undertaking. When panels are pressed with dies, theres always a male and female die; the male one being the primarily convex one, and female being the concave one. Are you really so clueless about how car body panels are made? These photos If you can cite a credible source that supports your assertion, please provide it. My arguments all were founded on information I got directly from Pininfarina's T. Schwier, 342 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017. a metallic paint finish, and (again) with a white roof; it has a real or dummy air March, 1958. B. babycakes _101. model. Cadillac never contracted with Pinin Farina to build a station wagon variant of its 1959 Eldorado Brougham, but as this year's Ridler Award winner Cadmad (a portmanteau of CADillac and noMAD) demonstrates, perhaps it should have. Pinninfarina did several Cadillac based concepts around this time period also, in an effort to encourage Cadillac into giving them more business. This green survivor shown above is really an interesting find! for the matching angular hard-top roof and the gaping front hood air scoop mounted on (one Sad that it took just nine years to cheapen the product to a point when the Chevy Caprice did the same thing For thousands less. They were still significant models in Cadillacs history. They did it right when they did the work. . to me that their Cadillac Jacqueline model had been mounted originally on a Brougham Described as a great runner, the sumptuous super-tanker looks largely (but not completely) original and shines inside and out. actually sell for, today? from one enthusiast, assistant attorney Michael W. Schultz, from Houston TX. The performance specs were basically the same for both 1959 & 1960 with a difference of a second or two. It was powered by a 345-horsepower 390-cubic-inch (6.4-liter) V-8 and Hydramatic transmission. I quite like this model better than the 59 a friend has that everyone raves about, GM toned down the fins quite well for 1960 and the twin afterburner tail lights look good to me anyway YMMV. B&W photos supplied by Pininfarina's customer relations I am now convinced that this car and the There he would remain until 1930 when, through the help of Vicenzo Lancia, Battista opened his own shop, Pinin Farina. One of the stranger chapters at GM. Find images and videos about cute, pink and car on We Heart It - the app to get lost in what you love. Any new part must be matched against the removed part to make certain that it is identical in shape and size before installation is attempted (!). That said, in his second message, Benot suggested that I contact Michel Your email address will not be published. for her. You could have purchased a nice home for that amount back then. He found this car in Beverly Hills. That means copy the url (web address) and paste it here. Cadillac Fleetwood. The Brougham added air conditioning, cruise control, autronic eye, and E-Z eye tinted glass as standard features. known in the family as Pinin [the little one] worked with his older brother in Surprisingly, GM introduced an all-new Eldorado Brougham four-door hardtop. A Google search [in June, 2005] reveals that there is still a Vicmar 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Body by Pininfarina for sale at RM Sotheby's Collector Cars of Fort Lauderdale Jordans friendship with Battistas son Sergio, who would take over stewardship of the company from his father, led to the Allante, introduced for 1987 and built through 1993. Very cool. They did come with two lockable compartments on the rear package shelf, which are unique but difficult to use. Interiors were exceptionally elegant. In any case to figure depreciation you need to know the original sales or at least the original list price. 69 chassis (Eldorado Brougham). Whereas the early Broughams (1957-1958) used a chassis of their own, the 1959-1960 models used the stock Cadillac, 130 wheel base chassis, including most of the stock Cadillacs mechanical components. My first glimpse of the 1959 made me think that some man was driving next years Cadillac. sketches featurerear quarters, bumper and tail-light pods that are very Production was farmed out to Italy to be more cost efficient. Caddys interest the coach builder showed two [?] It was only after The remaining two panels now fully occlude the Pleixiglas roof. The heavily raked Pininfarina roofline REQUIRED the vent windows to roll back for entry and exit to the rear seat. This pictures does not prove your assertion that the Broughams unique outer body panels were made in the US. Couturier, from Paris, in July/August 2001; he has a droll sense of humor; his tone "funny fins". Have a look at Acura TL ads. It is surreal to see in writing a story somebody told you at a car show decades ago. At least with the 57-58 Eldoradio Broughams there was more standardization and higher production numbers. chassis. The answer at that Not surprisingly, that seemed to be the case with some early replies here. The text reads: Unique Cadillac - 1957 motor, chassis, 1959 custom body by as asserted by the manufacturer in reply to a question I had asked at that time [photos between September 1959 and April 1968. Back in 1985 I was at a Cadillac car show with a friend. custom jobs by Pinin Farina, by C. Delaisse ]. This 1958 Cadillac ElDorado Brougham, body . Sketch #5315 In 1959 the Cadillac division of General Motors was locked in a head to head battle with the Lincoln division of Ford in an attempt to show the world who cou. Robert Levins. They are beautiful machines, but Id hate to have to restore one. What the company wanted was a car that represented Pinin Farinas vision for the 1960s. car - although he implied that it had been built on the Eldorado Brougham chassis Copycat Brougham ? tri-power unit (Frank Tetro of Harbor Auto Restorations in Florida, who did the The haphazard listing here on Hemmings asks $58,000 or best offer for the 1 of 101 sedan. The coupes simplicity was striking, especially for a Cadillac shorn of its famous tailfins, its straight beltline, squared-off body, stainless steel roof, simple wrap-around taillights, and no back seat were a remarkable departure. Their production was farmed out to Pinin Farina of Italy for bodywork attached to rolling chassis pre-shipped to them by Detroit. Here's the first f. The stunning custom won a posthumous victory for its late owner, Steve Barton, at last weekend's Detroit Autorama at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. to which Benot referred?). Sheet metal was cut and formed on male wooden forms then welded together. According to a Pininfarina at the Paris Salon in 1961 was NOT white and referred me to a photo in a book on Cadillac It is described also in detail in the Dream The hood, trunk and doors all fit perfectly and tolerances along the panel edges do not vary a fraction of an inch. Saw that open below the dash Todd. Please stop wasting my time on this any further, unless you can come up with something much better than this, which actually only disproves your assertion. Copyright 2011 - 2023 Curbside Classics. courtesy Revue Automobile, 1958-59), Image from Pinin Farina ad in jeep up the good scam. Seams were filled with lead. Both are signed C. Delaisse. from France ? If you care to look at Cadillac Data Base you can see a photo of the preformed panels before being sent to Italy. The Seller has other Cadillacs for sale. The whole body was handmade by PF in Italy. who comment are smart and knowledgable. Twice the money for a crest on the hood. Nov. 14, 1958, courtesy Ron Wilson, Australia), This PF and new (red) upholstery) installed; this version was later converted back In an era when even Rolls-Royces cost $10,000, the Eldorado Brougham started at $13,074 (equivalent to $119,370 today). Battista didnt take on a Detroit production car until the early 1950s, when Farina teamed with Nash to produce the Nash-Healey sports car. Gunna hit the link button nown C what somebody shared~. They also shed all of the gaudy chrome trim that was so typical of Detroit back in the 1950s and 1960s. Battleship Brougham or anything with the prefix S.S. comes to mind when surveying the flanks of this 1960 Cadillac Series 6900 Eldorado Brougham in Las Vegas, Nevada. The seller went to the trouble to post on Hemings but failed to take good pictures! Perfect condition. As I have stated The most exclusive features of this automobile are almost unrecognizable given the blurry cell phone pictures. featured a brushed steel roof and no back seat. The chassis were shipped from Detroit to Italy, where they were mated to handcrafted Pininfarina bodies. There are protective splash pans and flanges under the car to prevent the rocker panel from scraping on steep driveways. It seems that Cadillac went through a lot of trouble for nothing. (above) shows He may have confused that car with the earlier Starlight model [described And STILL they show crazy, silly cars everyone sees, can buy locally..amazing. Drivmedel Bensin. Holy crap! I know not one panel was the same as the ordinary 1959 /60cars, but they were all still stamped in, and came from the USA including the firewall and cowl assembly.. The styling was much more restrained than before, but the price . This was the standard 1959 Series 62 hardtop sedan, Special thanks to Daniel Schmitt Classic Cars: http://www.schmitt.com, and Bob Adams Classic cars: http://www.arizonacollectorcars.com, "As the Standard of the World Turns", Cadillac, Cadillac Historical, 1959 & 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham, Cadillac, Eldorado, Eldorado Brougham, NotoriousLuxury. For the record, Pinin Farina is not a new sort of mushy breakfast cereal. (interesting when you consider how they are slopping together a gazillion per hour these days) With the Brougham out-of-the-way at Detroit, Fisher Bodys Fleetwood Division could produce more of the high rollers that brought in the cash. Most people who could afford a brand-new car did not keep it for 8-10 years, and very few people drove their cars much beyond 100,000 miles. version turned up for sale in Hemmings Motor News The former. In fact, its under 50%. a lighter (metallic) hue color for the (later) Turin show. later Jacqueline model, below. Just 704 first generation Broughams were built. conversion, has the details). In order to cut cost and speed up the Fleetwood assembly line, their production was expedited by Pinin Farina of Italy. Offered there for sale, for It seems like the glass was sourced in South America? It simply shows those parts that were sent from detroit since they were the ones shared. This is the first GM car with the crisp Bill Mitchell look. Most curious is that neither Harley Earl nor Bill Mitchell are present. in January, 1996. . Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. But maybe that was why the 59-60 sold at a rate only about 1/3 the original. Can you imagine the depreciation hit the new car buyer took on one of these? opinion a modified version of the foregoing B&W hardtop coupe; Required fields are marked *. Is there no way the seller could get a full photo of the car instead of making us crane our necks? with deep pockets appears to have come along with a very thick wad of $100 bills; he was subsequently "spoiled" by over-restoration and customization in the USA. The car was the creation of Battista Farina, born the youngest of 11 children and as a result was nicknamed Pinin (which means the youngest/smallest in Piedmontese, spoken in northwestern Italy).