Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Excessive, or in-your-face badging was not deemed necessary. The This unique car was built on the rare sixteen-cylinder chassis of the Cadillac Series It is a Cadillac Eldorado Brougham from 1959, a four-door sedan version of the typical land yacht of the time, which was once designed and produced by Pininfarina in Italy. When he found it the car was green on green. been widely photographed), was NOT his car; he asserted that the Jacqueline shown Bid for the chance to own a 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. 10, 1958, courtesy Ron Wilson, Australia), This color image was snapped in front The Cadillac Crest and wreath attached to the front of this under dash compartment is also incorrect. Im bidding 5 figures on the carhave a professional photographer do the shoot for you and maybe it will fetch the $89k! Pininfarina, Torino, Italy. 83rd Street, New York, NY 10008. The windshield, on the other hand, is an almost exact copy of the '59 Brougham Thanks to reader Larry D. for serving us this tasty Italian-American masterpiece. Some years later I had the opportunity to purchase a very nice original 30000 mile example. Whether the Chapron Rolls Brougham was ever built, is a matter The 57-58 was unmistakable with the stainless roof and the suicide doors. 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. We are largest vintage car website with the. 133, Loyal Friendship = FREE Car: 1927 Chrysler 60 and a Jaguar E-Type | Barn Find Hunter Ep. ); it is now believed that This 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Pininfarina is a unique, beautiful very original car. The REAL owner was Alain-Dominique Perrin. They are beautiful machines, but Id hate to have to restore one. Cars section of the Database for bespoke The Brougham was changed for '59 and '60, with Cadillac outsourcing the bodywork for these special models to Pininfarina in Italy. This was PFs expertise, building small volume car bodies. Never mind the 61 had the same styling. Hemmings Motor News has been serving the classic car hobby since 1954. Stunningly beautiful. The same high quality fit and finish werent the same as the 1957-1958 Eldorado Brougham from Detroit. 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. Sign up for the latest automotive news and videosin short, everything for people who love cars. The Eldorado Seville coupe and Biarritz convertible each were sold at $7,401. They look just like the standard 1960 Cadillacs. Also shared with standard models were most inner body panels, seat structures, instrument panel, pillars and door hinges, much inner hardware, front bumpers, most of the rear bumpers, much grille jewelry and outer trim, headlamp bezels, fender skirts, and Fleetwood wheel discs. The seller went to the trouble to post on Hemings but failed to take good pictures! above PF The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were bespoke vehicles and built accordingly. salon in March 1958, The Pininfarina Skylight [ B&W photo (above): The Autocar, week ending 21 March 1958, Couturier, who claimed to have been closely associated with that car since the But still; its a beautiful car, extremely rare and there is even a registry for `59-`60 Eldorado Brougham owners, since these unique cars are so scarce. The 1959 & 1960 models had a squared-off rear rooflines with rear ventipanes. The latter featured a single-piece curved Plexiglass roof with four articulated metal panels. The "Couturier car" attracted large crowds, at the Concorso was painted white, not gold. Big German luxury cars have replaced cars like the DeVille and their deprecation just as insane. If you look at the length of the windshield from bottom to top as well as the different shape of the quarter windows, you will see the differences between the standard production roof line that started in 61 and the 59/60 Eldorado Brougham roof line that initiated the design. some six years AFTER publication of the Hemmings ad), he did These were really spirited vehicles. As explained in the previous paragraph, it seems possible that this and the time in its life and carried a regular '59 engine with one single, 4-barrel carb - no built on a 1959 Eldorado Brougham chassis [possibly because of those unmistakable Offered there for sale, for tri-power unit (Frank Tetro of Harbor Auto Restorations in Florida, who did the phone number 697-4639 was listed. collection in Turin. Since it was handmade, there was no lead time on tooling and such, so it could be made to look like a 61 one year early. Brougham chassis, since the latter did not become available until the Fall of 1958. as asserted by the manufacturer in reply to a question I had asked at that time [photos Described as a great runner, the sumptuous super-tanker looks largely (but not completely) original and shines inside and out. 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. Back in 1985 I was at a Cadillac car show with a friend. Though somewhat obscure, these cars are truly spectacular, especially when placed beside any of the other 1960 Cadillac offerings. He later PR department in 1976 (i.e. Overall length was stretched to 225 inches, again the same as for other Cadillacs. Cadillac couldnt stay away from manufacturing of bodies in Italy, the Allante also suffered from this idea. Battista didnt take on a Detroit production car until the early 1950s, when Farina teamed with Nash to produce the Nash-Healey sports car. Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Pininfarina -59. 1957 - 1960, Being an illustrated review of unique Just 704 first generation Broughams were built. coupe was alive and well in 1970 [see below]. The pillarless hardtop was designed at Cadillac by Chuck Jordan and David Holls, and reworked in Italy. The sketches are The Cadillac emblems used on these cars is pictured on the dash where it says Brougham, there was also a Cadillac crest in the steering wheel center. A 4 speed automatic transmission delivered the power to the road. VIN: 75 Year: 1960 Number of Cylinders: 8 Make: Cadillac Model: Eldorado Trim: Brougham PininFarina Options: Autronic Eye Drive Type: RWD Power Options: Power Steering, Power Brakes, power rear vent windows, Power antenna, Air Conditioning, Power Locks, Power Windows, Power Seats Mileage: 30,977 Sub Model: Brougham Exterior Color: Black Disability Equipped: No ten years [1996-2006] in the private collection of Alain-Dominique Perrin, CEO (former with deep pockets appears to have come along with a very thick wad of $100 bills; he was Holy crap! '57 Cadillac chassis. It seems like the glass was sourced in South America? I am not sure how practical they are, now as an older man, I find it hard to turn around like I would need to to get my hat out. Did folks who bought a Rolls Royce Silver Cloud in 1960 were concerned about its future depreciation? mid-nineties. Barn Finders is much better at portraying the cars, the writers are much better, and the people between September 1959 and April 1968. This was the last custom hand-crafted body. Subdued tail fins marked a new direction for Cadillac styling after 1959s FinZilla treatment. Regular Cadillacs were noted for their low depreciation rates in those days. It will remain in my collection until my estate sells it. Yes, Cadillac had Pininfarina do the coachwork for these for the 1959-60 Eldorado Broughams, which is why these hand made bodies were loaded with lead filler. By the early 70s, these were considered junk, and met the same fate as this 57-58 Brougham. The Farina workmanship includes seams that are hammer welded without the use of solder. Not all 1959 Cadillacs had bullet taillights. Other distinctive details include cut-down front doors; a low, sloping windshield; louvered panels covering the body frame; cycle fenders; and the elimination of running boards. Ha! As I suffered an "epistolary aggression" The tiny skeg fins premiered those on the standard 61 and 62 designs. above]. It was fitted with a Rochester triple deuce (3 2-bbl carburetors). Garage Corp.operating a parking garage at 8 E. 83rd Street, New York. However, because of all the hand-fitting that went into the manufacture of these custom automobiles, it was made clear in the service instructions that certain body parts, including sheet metal and moldings may have to be reworked if replacement is necessary. The haphazard listing here on Hemmings asks $58,000 or best offer for the 1 of 101 sedan. to which Benot referred?). The Brougham was now made a Fleetwood sub-series, carrying a Fleetwood chassis with a 130-inch wheel-base, same as all other 1959 Cadillacs exceptlimousines. Sad thing was that I saw a listing for it on Auto Trader or some other source about 5 years ago that has shown it in far worse condition than in 91, and Im guessing that it has sat in a corner of a warehouse ever since. Switzerland's Automobile Revue annual, 1958-59, The PF Skylight convertible on show during Miguel, "funny fins". Image uploaded by crazydreamer. The only lead (a fair bit) was used on the front clip assembly, and maybe on panel joins like normal cars. Only 99 copies were built in 1959 and a mere 101 built in 1960 making them ultra-rare today. in January, 1996. Unless you can show me a credible source, I will continue to stand by my assertion that the body parts that were unique to the Brougham, which includes its roof, were created in Italy by PF, and assembled along with those certain inner body panels that could be shared with the regular Cadillac, and were sent along with the chassis to Italy. The cowl stamping is the single most complicated and expensive stamping. But then, I am not privy to the things that drive people of means to buy what they buy in its season, however fleeting that season may be. Nonetheless, I have a photo (below) taken at the Paris show where the Jacqueline Note how comparatively plain the grille and headlight features are. They also shed all of the gaudy chrome trim that was so typical of Detroit back in the 1950s and 1960s. Nonetheless, the B&W photo I have of the car, taken at The taillamps were incorporated into the stock `59 rear bumper. Very interesting. deal with. The original El Dorado Brougham was a very attractive design, but it also previewed the design of the 57 and 58 models. Giovan Battista Farina, youngest of the Farina children and affectionately company name was changed to Pininfarina (in one word) in 1961 - drew great car salesman in Paris, France. turbine wheels or wheel covers, more likely], then removed from that chassis and put on Heres the text that goes along with that photo: The Cadillac chassis and other usable hardware [crated separately] were shipped to Genoa, Italy (located about 100 miles west of Turin). beat thinking that this car could be the missing 1959 Eldorado Brougham [#100?] I did everything in my power to avoid such disasters.. 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. reminiscent of the 1959 Eldorado Brougham ! show two proposals for a custom 4-door sedan on the Rolls Royce Phantom V The Brougham meant to assert Cadillac at the top of the car-world's pecking order while delivering a good, hard slap to Lincoln and its premium-priced Continental Mk II. The design styling was done by Chuck Jordan and Dave Holls in Michigan at the General Motors Technical Center. Potential rust spots are filled with sealer. The regular 61 and 62 GM Corporate wind wings and glass were much nicer looking, but since I trained in a 62 Dynamic 88 I guess Im biased. Fake news!! they know the facts; he said I was "wandering about in a thick fog" and that I Many are junk cars. It was powered by a 345-horsepower 390-cubic-inch (6.4-liter) V-8 and Hydramatic transmission. 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. The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Brougham was the last hand-crafted Cadillac. Switzerland, in 1991, that I found it to be an engineless shell [a pushmobile] effectively The depreciation of a car is always in direct proportion to the reliability and quality of the vehicle. There appears to be a slight difference in the shape of the tail fins. Should you know anything about panel beating, you would realize making a quarter panel by hand as large as these ripple free would be an enormous ask. Not many even knew it existed because of its rarity. 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. Prior to that, it was owned by Herv Willems [aka air scoop). Incidentally the roof panel was fitted in America. Seams were filled with lead. silver & white hardtop coupe with hood air scoop (5/59, Turin); the latter I am looking at a photo of a front clip with hardly any paint on it , and it clearly shows where where the lead was on the front guards which proves my theory how the front clip was made is correct. His name was David Fogg and he told us this story. for conjecture. My arguments all were founded on information I got directly from Pininfarina's Here's the first f. The fenders and header panel were linked and stayed put when the hood opened ala Imperial, Lincoln, 57 Ford, etc. Pininfarina It was originally black with a white roof Did it find a buyer? Otherwise, its not credible. of During that time, he () The golden [???] Regardless, it is the find of the lifetime (in my eyes), even it I do slightly prefer the 59 over the 60. Where do I sign? Geneva in 1958), with the hard-top removed The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were powered by Cadillacs 390 CID V8 OHV 16-valve pushrod engine. for the matching angular hard-top roof and the gaping front hood air scoop mounted on (one . The was later repainted By 1964, a 1960 DeVille (which originally cost $5498) was worth $2275; a Sixty Special (originally $6233) was now worth a mere $2320. (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. Biarritz; it turns out that the Biarritz' motor was swapped out some So either PF is confusing the Paris and Geneva salons, or - as I Brougham Coachwork: Pininfarina The 200 Cadillac Brougham sedans built in 1960 and 1961 were some of the last examples of the coach-built era. subsequently "spoiled" by over-restoration and customization in the USA. of Orccha. Both 1959 & 1960 Broughams rode on Cadillacs rugged tubular X-frame. 131, More essential pointers for safe winter car storage, 11 car and truck models born as trim levels, This new kind of car museum lets you share, and even consign, your classic. Or subscribe without commenting. This is beautiful, and appears well kept. Copyright 2011 - 2023 Curbside Classics. Home Team American Beauty 1boblog American Classic Cars American Vintage Vw T4 Lead Sled Down South Car Girl '60 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham (#86 of 101) by Pinin Farina) & Baby J Marie S Sands Autoliterature Eldorado Brougham Cimarron Morbid Fleetwood Seville Are you aware that these cost $13,075 when new? Pinin Farina, as the company was then known, had been working with GM on the second-generation Eldorado Brougham program for 1959. when it was shown in Paris; the name, he said, was added later, for the Turin The Eldorado Broughams arepowered by a triple carb 389 CI V8. 1959 CADILLAC ELDORADO BROUGHAM FOUR DOOR Sold for USD$6,500 2001 Kruse Auction - Scottsdale Arizona : Cadillac . Happy motoring! 1996-2020, Yann Saunders, DLM Group, and the Cadillac & LaSalle Club Museum and Research Center Inc. These had to be hand fabricated, as GM was not about to tool up dies for a couple of hundred cars. "headliner" consisting of four articulated metal panels which, when not in use, On the Cadillac built the Brougham as a boutique halo car, and its unlikely they made a dime on each after paying Pininfarinas bill and two-way shipping. Around the exterior, Brougham badging was very discreet and they werent labeled as Cadillacs other then by a Cadillac crest on the wheel cover. The styling was much more restrained than before, but the price . did not see the two cars together, but he did send me a startling ad from the December Month/year matched up with each ad (excuse the poor production values); tough to find ads where dealer actually gave asking price! 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz & Seville, Precious Metal: The 1966 Cadillac Fleetwood Series Sixty-Special Brougham, Precious Metal: 1966 Cadillac Fleetwood Series Sixty-Special Brougham, Last Of The Breed: The Gilded One Cadillac Series 6400 Eldorado, The Last Of The Breed: The Gilded One Cadillac Series 62 Eldorado, The Last Of The Breed: 1977 Cadillac The Next Generation of the Luxury Car, The Last Of The Breed: The Exit of the Traditional Cadillac. The Seller has other Cadillacs for sale. conversion, has the details). Consider Cadillac, which at one time offered mass-market eight- and 12-cylinder models, along with rarefied V-16s cloaked in custom tailoring. Both I have never known quite what to make of these. who attended both these shows or who actually saw photos of the two Skylight 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. spokesperson in 1976, the Starlight coupe was first shown at the Paris Salon in Roll Like A Mafioso Kingpin In This 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham By Pininfarina The 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham was one of the most expensive cars offered at the time, and this one's. Thanks to NotoriousLuxury for some details. It's a 4 door hard top that is #75 of 101 cars (see body tag). While Fleetwood is the coachbuilding name most associated with Cadillac and General Motors, it is GM Designs long association with Pininfarina that has had the larger influence. the Paris Salon, October 1958, Larger photos (above): The Autocar, week ending Oct. Unlike other . I believe the photos in these 2 rows were Thanks for sharing. And these were special interest/collectible cars from day one, given that all of 101 were ever made. +1. In fact, like their 1960 hat, I doubt they still had the same car by 61. By 1964, most 1960 cars were well on their way to old car status. It had cast iron blocks and heads, hydraulic lifters, and five main bearings. Congratulations. If you have some other info, link to it please. survived That car remained for many years in Pininfarinas own The Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham was a luxury car manufactured by Cadillac from 1977 through 1986. in 1970 for $5,500; will it ever show up again? 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 (!). There is a registry on these, with 54 out of the 100 1960 models accounted for. PF hand built most of the front clip and reverse opening bonnet using half front guards from America. I saw that car many years ago in a museum in San Diego. Especially since the windshield and wind wings were unique to this model. Regrettably, he is not a very cooperative nor is he a pleasant person to I always thought that these were far more attractive than the other 59 -60 Cadillacs. version turned up for sale in Hemmings Motor News Look at these drawings: those lines certainly are The Eldorado carried the Fleetwood designation from 1965 through 1972, and was a modern revival of the pre-war Cadillac V-12 and Cadillac V-16 roadsters and convertibles. The original El Dorado Brougham was a very attractive design, but it also previewed the design of the '57 and '58 models. Pininfarinaasserted in 1976 that the Skylightcoupe and convertible models(s) were mounted on a Cadillac chassis, standing at 130 inches. After making just 704 ultra-luxurious Eldorado Brougham four-door hard-tops in 1957 and 1958, Cadillac turned to Pinin Farina (as it was spelled then) for 1959-1960. . 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham by Pininfarina. Heres the most important line from that page: The Italian Cadillacs were individually built and assembled on a stationary production line. known in the family as Pinin [the little one] worked with his older brother in Miltal 966 mil. shown first at the 1958 annual Geneva Motor Show, which is held in March. There were quite a few panels shared, mostly inner ones. inspiration from the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham project. The assembled operational chassis and internal body structure shared with the standard 1959-60 Cadillac along with ancillary components were crated then shipped to Pinin Farina. But maybe that was why the 59-60 sold at a rate only about 1/3 the original. When not used, the panels can be stored behind the parcel shelf.
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