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. If the ad is true, I wonder where the car is now? is both caustic and sarcastic. Where does it say anything about the roof being fitted in the US?? Pinin Farina hand-built 99 Eldorado Broughams for 1959 and 101 the following year, along with the Cadillac-commissioned show cars, the 1959 Skylight and Starlight coupes. (on a 1957 Series 60 Specisl chassis and drive train) the black & I did everything in my power to avoid such disasters.. on 1958 PF coupe and convertible later Jacqueline model, below. snapped at the Turin Auto Show, This illustration (left) is drawn from a Pininfarina The styling was much more restrained than before, but the price . This was the last custom hand-crafted body. Both 1959 & 1960 Broughams rode on Cadillacs rugged tubular X-frame. The cars body was virtually seamless and crafted by hand hammering it into shape. The Eldorado Broughams arepowered by a triple carb 389 CI V8. Garage Corp.operating a parking garage at 8 E. 83rd Street, New York. It was only after 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. chassis and then, subsequently, put on a special tubular structure. They tried again with the Allante in the late 80s and early 90s. 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. The French auto buff Jean Baptiste Dewever sent me two undated (unfortunately) sketches by The 1959-1960 Eldorado Broughams were farmed out to Pininfarina of Italy which made them exotic as well as cost efficient to Cadillac. I am sure even body panels between different cars arent identical. What does a 2017 TL(X) go for, i.e. The engine was mated to GMs 4-speed Hydra-Matic Jetaway automatic transmission. Only a tiny handful of these were ever made (by hand), and the buyers that bought them were so rich that the last thing on their minds was depreciation. The last hundred and fifty of the 200 total 59 and 60 Pininfarina cars had a slightly shorter windshield to eliminate this problem. Automobile]. You could have purchased a nice home for that amount back then. Can be inspected at Vicmar Garage, 8 E. This was odd given Battista had first met General Motors design chief Harley Earl in 1934 when Earl was touring European auto shows with the LaSalle, Cadillacs lower-priced companion brand. 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. sometimes are contradictory. [5] [6] Contents 1 Name 2 First generation (1953) 3 Second generation (1954-1956) Up front, quad headlights, which were a Pinin Farina staple, bookended a simple egg crate grille. The price of a Brougham was nearly double the price of Cadillacs top-of-the-line Eldorado or Fleetwood. 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. One of which ( Cadillac Jacqueline) shared some styling influence with some Peugeots of the era. Also, I have it from Pininfarina that Jacqueline Modell Eldorado. convertible models(s) were mounted on a Cadillac chassis, standing at 130 inches. 1999. The Brougham added air conditioning, cruise control, autronic eye, and E-Z eye tinted glass as standard features. Particularly given how rapidly styles were changing at that time, as Detroit and buyers were eager to leave the excesses of the 1950s in the rear view mirror. For the record, Pinin Farina is not a new sort of mushy breakfast cereal. Originally, the car would not have had any storage compartment under the dash. Not many even knew it existed because of its rarity. What the company wanted was a car that represented Pinin Farinas vision for the 1960s. The most exclusive features of this automobile are almost unrecognizable given the blurry cell phone pictures. . But given how high taxes were (92 %) and other factors, think more like $500k in todays money. . Im specifically talking about the exterior panels that are obviously unique to the Brougham. courtesy Revue Automobile, 1958-59), Image from Pinin Farina ad in ad of 1960 (possibly shot at the Paris Salon). In fact, Couturier is said to be a disreputable used Kruch, in Brussels, who knew of the car when it was in the museum there; unfortunately, he a two-door hardtop; both [?] Pininfarina Cadillac show cars were "immobile" pushmobiles and not The 1960 model year was the last time the problematic air suspension was used. Should dogs put their heads out car windows? Since the 1957-58 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham chassis measures 126 inches, and the ); it is now believed that PR department in 1976 (i.e. Thanks to reader Larry D. for serving us this tasty Italian-American masterpiece. custom jobs by Pinin Farina, All parts should therefore be removed carefully and re-used if at all possible. American Brands: AMC, Jeep and All Others, Tractors, Lawn Mowers, Off-Road Equipment, Cohort Pic(k)s of the Day: 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham by Pininfarina, Curbside Classic: 1988 Dodge Dakota Not Too Big, Not Too Small, https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/eldorado-extravagance-1957-eldorado-brougham, https://newcadillacdatabase.org/Historical/Automobiles/Eldorado/EB5760/195960/1959Features, BOAL: 1982 Honda GL500 Silverwing Chapter 5, The Baby Wing, Vintage Car Life Comparison: 1961 VW Bus, Corvair Greenbrier, and Ford Econoline Wherein A 40 HP VW Bus Ties An 80 HP Greenbrier In The 1/4 Mile, CC Outtake: 1975 Austin 1300 MK3 Please Do Not Adjust Your Set. Another money looser for the company. Kp Cadillac Eldorado 1959 fr 1 495 000 kr, hos Woc Sales AB i Tumba. These were just about the most expensive cars you could buy then. It was fitted with a Rochester triple deuce (3 2-bbl carburetors). 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. Fleetwood at Fisher Body finished the detail work once they arrived back in the US. The 1959 and 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Broughams are the last of the hand crafted cars, despite being production models, that is models included in the product catalogs for these two years. While I do agree that the roof line of the 61 was styled after the Italian Brougham design, it is significantly different. They werent crafted as the 1957-1958 model years were. mistakenly - to have been built on Eldorado Brougham chassis. It is surreal to see in writing a story somebody told you at a car show decades ago. 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.. Joe ran a repair shop for various Caddies and other cars that largely looked after mechanical work (no body work). The special Pininfarina models of 1958 through 1961 are described The windshield, on the other hand, is an almost exact copy of the '59 Brougham The car is one of two PF designed themselves that year, a vert and hardtop. did not see the two cars together, but he did send me a startling ad from the December The photos in the lower row shows the car to be painted a light metallic gray Quite the contrary. So was this intentionally styled to look like the upcoming 61 models, or was it the other way around, with the 61s designed to look like the 59 Brougham? I believe the photos in these 2 rows were The rear package shelf is closed Probably even less, since the air suspension may not have been working at this point, along with a lot of the power-operated gizmos. Is it still around? B&W photos supplied by Pininfarina's customer relations Miltal 966 mil. They were still significant models in Cadillacs history. You pay to give them ads. I would be interested to hear from anyone 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. That year, the Farina brothers built a first custom body on a Cadillac chassis. Sign up for our free daily email and youll never miss another find: Original Year End Special: 1980 Chevrolet C-10 Bonanza, BF Auction: 1961 Volkswagen Samba Deluxe 23-Window. You think PF couldnt make a quarter panel? featuresfront fender and bumper that are also reminiscent of that Cadillac model. was the "world's champion" at reporting half-truths. Pininfarina by Philippe Lancksweert, a Ferrari importer in Brussels. There was a 1960 Brougham there and we spoke to the owner. Some time after I had inquired about this car from PF, in 1976, an enthusiast the Farina factory [Stabilimenti Farina] in 1930, before branching out on his So either PF is confusing the Paris and Geneva salons, or - as I deal with. ), Designer's frawing of rear ensemble Your email address will not be published. When I corresponded with Fredy Valentini of PF's The Seller has other Cadillacs for sale. as asserted by the manufacturer in reply to a question I had asked at that time [photos Heres the most important line from that page: The Italian Cadillacs were individually built and assembled on a stationary production line. convertible model above BOTH are derived from the B&W coupe shown at Geneva in chassis. Barn Finders is much better at portraying the cars, the writers are much better, and the people information I had on Jacqueline was mere hearsay and gossip by people who only At a whopping $13,075, it was three times the price of the average Cadillac. chassis. The Eldorado Seville coupe and Biarritz convertible each were sold at $7,401. Ha! of Franmce's Cartier group. He may have confused that car with the earlier Starlight model [described An understated Brougham script with a thin body side molding running from the front wheel well to the rear bumper were all the chrome it used for the sides. Its too bad to hear it has just sat and deteriorated. B. babycakes _101. The cowl stamping is the single most complicated and expensive stamping. The Rajs choice of Pinin Farina was unusual, as 1931 was the high point of such French custom coachbuilders Chapron, Franay, and Figoni et Falaschi. It's a 4 door hard top that is #75 of 101 cars (see body tag). Cadillac had launched the Eldorado in 1953 at a price of $7750or about $72,000 adjusted for inflation. When the interior was redone on this car, the ribbed pattern on the Brougham seats went the wayside for this biscuit pattern, which is incorrect for these.