https://www.google.com/amp/s/notoriousluxury.com/2017/02/22/the-elite-1960-cadillac-series-6900-eldorado-brougham/amp/. Can be inspected at Vicmar Garage, 8 E. The panel flips open, The first sunscreen panel slides forward Cadillac couldnt stay away from manufacturing of bodies in Italy, the Allante also suffered from this idea. Their modest tail fins prove that. above, the transformation was done by Frank Tetro, in California. You pay to give them ads. He may have confused that car with the earlier Starlight model [described Nonetheless, the B&W photo I have of the car, taken at He later Are you really so clueless about how car body panels are made? It clearly enumerates those panels and parts that were shared with the regular Cadillac, and that the rest were built by PF in Italy, and then assembled there. When these cars were brand new and had arrived back in the states from Italy, they required re-finishing. All gaps and shut lines were expedited with exacting standards. These photos show the 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. At least they didnt take pics at night with a flash. I got a couple of faxes concerning Jacqueline from a Mr. Benot There is a registry on these, with 54 out of the 100 1960 models accounted for. The Brougham added air conditioning, cruise control, autronic eye, and E-Z eye tinted glass as standard features. jeep up the good scam. convertible There may have been some inner body panels shared, but its quite obvious that all exterior panels are unique to the Brougham. The roof line used in 61 and later standard production was taller so that the quarter Windows could remain fixed. The taillamps were incorporated into the stock `59 rear bumper. In 1953, Luigi Chinetti, the well-known New York Ferrari importer, commissioned Makes me think the whole exercise came from above them. Among the rarest "production" Cadillacs of the 1950s is the 1959 Eldorado Brougham, a hand-built luxury sedan produced by the Italian coachbuilder Pinin Farina, distinguished by long, low lines and more sculpted tailfins, and one of the largest windshields ever used on an automobile. came first, then a coupe roof was added, the car was repainted and the interior upholstery The haphazard listing here on Hemmings asks $58,000 or best offer for the 1 of 101 sedan. Where is it today? The result was the 1961 Cadillac Jacqueline, built in honor of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Some time after I had inquired about this car from PF, in 1976, an enthusiast It will remain in my collection until my estate sells it. The pillarless hardtop was designed at Cadillac by Chuck Jordan and David Holls, and reworked in Italy. Upon closer inspection, everything is different, it has a subdued opulence that none of the other 1960 Cadillacs can offer. These were really spirited vehicles. By the early 70s, these were considered junk, and met the same fate as this 57-58 Brougham. on 1958 PF coupe and convertible 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.. It was one of their selling points, often referenced in the print advertisements. Once again hand-built in Italy by Pininfarina on contract, it was priced astronomically at $13,075. "specials" sported Brougham wheels, or at least the turbine blade wheel Did folks who bought a Rolls Royce Silver Cloud in 1960 were concerned about its future depreciation? 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. 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. think as asserted by the manufacturer in reply to a question I had asked at that time [photos By their own admission, GM design chiefs Bill Mitchell and Chuck Jordan continued to be fascinated by with Italian design, visiting Turin often as an unofficial think tank. Brougham proposals of its partner, Kruch. Series Sixty-Special chassis of 1958 measures 133 inches, obviously it was The Eldorado Broughams arepowered by a triple carb 389 CI V8. All parts should therefore be removed carefully and re-used if at all possible. Quite the contrary. You can also see the windshield on this was used on the 1961 models. [5] [6] Contents 1 Name 2 First generation (1953) 3 Second generation (1954-1956) Couturier, who claimed to have been closely associated with that car since the If you care to look at Cadillac Data Base you can see a photo of the preformed panels before being sent to Italy. Your email address will not be published. to the original coupe style and a broad hood scoop was added French auto buff Jean Baptiste Dewever sent me two undated (unfortunately) sketches by PR department in 1976 (i.e. 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. The body was built in Italy, with a combination of parts, some from the US and some from Italy. Chat is amongst 10 or so players. Look at that roofline the quarter panels the 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! $119,000 1958 Cadillac Brougham Bay City, MI. Offered there for sale, for 452 designation. Nov. 14, 1958, courtesy Ron Wilson, Australia), This PF I was absolutely smitten, but couldnt even begin to give it the attention that it needed. Back in 1985 I was at a Cadillac car show with a friend. In an era when even Rolls-Royces cost $10,000, the Eldorado Brougham started at $13,074 (equivalent to $119,370 today). Florida bill says no, In the Moment: To believe youre the best, Our Two Cents: 7 cars that we got wrong at first, Underground VAULT at the Henry Ford Museum: Cars with amazing History | Barn Find Hunter Ep. It was powered by a 345-horsepower 390-cubic-inch (6.4-liter) V-8 and Hydramatic transmission. Late Extra (6/2005): The PF Skylight sold the car to his friends, Michel Kruch and Herve Willems. from 1957 to 1960. in December 2001, "at the hands of" Mr. Couturier, who claimed I knew with bright red upholstery. It was a stunning statement in Italian understatement, one not lost on GM Design. Mrke Cadillac. Rolls Royce of England built their Phantom V models to which Benot referred?). beat thinking that this car could be the missing 1959 Eldorado Brougham [#100?] The PF customer relations department asserted also, in 1976, that The price started out at $89,000.00 when first advertised in Hemmings, which is getting annoying with its redesign of its Please stop spewing misinformation. The 1959 & 1960 Brougham didnt use the fancy rear forward opening coach doors as the Detroit versions. coupe was alive and well in 1970 [see below]. spokesperson in 1976, the Starlight coupe was first shown at the Paris Salon in 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. These were built by Pininfarina, but (from what Ive read) were an in-house Cadillac design. That car was completed in 1954. When I corresponded with Fredy Valentini of PF's 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. Surprisingly, GM introduced an all-new Eldorado Brougham four-door hardtop. He found this car in Beverly Hills. I did go to that site, and under the 1959-1960 Brougham page, heres what it says, which is exactly what Ive bee saying all along: https://newcadillacdatabase.org/Historical/Automobiles/Eldorado/EB5760/195960/Overview. 1962 Chevrolet Corvette3 days$33,750Bid Now, 1978 Chevrolet Corvette4 days$2,100Bid Now, 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III5 days$3,000Bid Now, 1961 Volkswagen Samba Deluxe 23-Window8 days$100Bid Now. Actually, the fins on the `59 version of this `60 Brougham were those used on production 1960 model Cadillacsjust a year early is all. This unique car was built on the rare sixteen-cylinder chassis of the Cadillac Series None of the body panels nor any of the glass could be interchanged with the stock Cadillac models. The forward-opening hood was an exclusive design; it was only 45 wide compared to the hood of the stock Cadillac models that stretched to 61 inches. In his recollections about the 1959 Brougham, Pierre Ollier, who was closely associated with its design [and who owned two 59 Broughams in 1978], mentioned how it had taken three weeks of negotiation with the Italian customs before the Brougham clay models could enter the country; at that time, a law prohibited the import of plaster objects, to protect Italys statue industry. 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. Regular Cadillacs were noted for their low depreciation rates in those days. of Especially since the windshield and wind wings were unique to this model. This 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Pininfarina is a unique, beautiful very original 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. Willems later bought out his models from 1946 through 1955. time was a definite "No.". It raised costs to the point that really cut into the profit margins. One is produced in enormous quantities for the mass market; the other is handmade, practically custom. Mouton or nylon carpet could also be ordered. The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Brougham was the last hand-crafted Cadillac. courtesy Revue Automobile, 1958-59), Image from Pinin Farina ad in You can find the whole story by searching 1960 Eldorado Brougham David Fogg. The Hemmings listing indicates this is #79 of 100, and my research agrees with your total of 101. designed and built four more exclusive, custom bodies. The latter featured a single-piece curved Plexiglass roof with four articulated metal panels. With the 1959 model year yielding 99 vehicles and the 1960 model year yielding 101 vehicles, they are quite rare and highly collectible. was piqued by the correspondence I exchanged in November-December, 2001 with Mr. Brougham Coachwork: Pininfarina The 200 Cadillac Brougham sedans built in 1960 and 1961 were some of the last examples of the coach-built era. 1957 - 1960, Being an illustrated review of unique Cadillac shipped the chassis to Italy and Pinin Farina would install bodies, something Cadillac would repeat decades later with the Allante, another Pininfarina design. snapped at the Turin Auto Show, This illustration (left) is drawn from a Pininfarina These photos As explained in the previous paragraph, it seems possible that this and the like the one claimed to be owned by Mr. Couturier, would appear light gray in a B&W Quite a lot of coins even for the excessively-monied, who must have felt some slight irritation when a 61 looked no different to the lesser informed, me being one such if 60 years late. The Italian Cadillacs were individually built and assembled on a stationary production line. But Cadillac, indifferent to Pinin Farinas proposals, decided to give the coachbuilder another shot. Do you know how to link to something. The performance specs were basically the same for both 1959 & 1960 with a difference of a second or two. This was PFs expertise, building small volume car bodies. collection in Turin. Needs a few coats of black lacquer paint, but other than that, Im sold. Pininfarina Pininfarina, Torino, Italy. ); it is now believed that who attended both these shows or who actually saw photos of the two Skylight 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? later Jacqueline model, below. Tell me, what panel would be made on a male wooden form? and new (red) upholstery) installed; this version was later converted back 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Body by Pininfarina for sale at RM Sotheby's Collector Cars of Fort Lauderdale Thanks for sharing. The design styling was done by Chuck Jordan and Dave Holls in Michigan at the General Motors Technical Center. tri-power unit (Frank Tetro of Harbor Auto Restorations in Florida, who did the If at first glance, this Cadillac doesn't strike you as unusual, that's because its styling predicted many of the lines that appeared on the '61, '62, and '63 Cadillacs, most notably the. 1959 Cadillac Series 6900 Eldorado Brougham The Series 6900 Eldorado Broughams built from 1959 until 1960 were hand-built in Italy by Pininfarina and lacked the Cadillac quality as the Detroit-built Fleetwood hand-crafted 1957-1958 versions. It seems that Cadillac went through a lot of trouble for nothing. own power as it had neither engine nor drive-train. I saw an in-progress project 20 odd years ago, if I recall correctly, procuring a windshield was in the thousands. 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. [even impossible] that the latter could have been mounted on the 1959 Eldorado It had cast iron blocks and heads, hydraulic lifters, and five main bearings. Required fields are marked *. Did it find a buyer? Though somewhat obscure, these cars are truly spectacular, especially when placed beside any of the other 1960 Cadillac offerings. The remaining two panels now fully occlude the Pleixiglas roof. For all we know if the Broughams had never been produced, the wrap around might have gone on for a few more years, like they did on the professional cars. In fact, its under 50%. 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. October, 1959. This was determined during the 1957-1958 Brougham. On the PF's Jacqueline coupe was built in honor of Americas original, they were turned up at the extremity; in the ad photo, however, they appear to 4-door model) was given in that article. suspect - the Skylight model(s) both were non-runners [pushmobiles], like PF's in 1970; it was located in New York there was no Jacqueline script on the leading edge of the car's front fenders 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. He didnt like that combination so he took it to a coach company and had the color changed to this Bordeaux red. as I was quick to point out in the Foreword to Thanks to reader Larry D. for serving us this tasty Italian-American masterpiece. "automobile"? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Eldorado Brougham in January, 1996. They were still significant models in Cadillacs history. ostensibly in honor of the new American First lady. Join millions of people using Oodle to find unique used cars for sale, certified pre-owned car listings, and new car classifieds. One was a four-door [??? "headliner" consisting of four articulated metal panels which, when not in use, 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. Unlike other . . 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. They tried again with the Allante in the late 80s and early 90s. ], When he found it the car was green on green. Most curious is that neither Harley Earl nor Bill Mitchell are present. I believe the photos in these 2 rows were version turned up for sale in Hemmings Motor News Of these four cars, only one of them - the Jacqueline - is known to have Benot claimed that Jacqueline had been built on a 1959, Cadillac had launched the Eldorado in 1953 at a price of $7750or about $72,000 adjusted for inflation. The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were powered by Cadillacs 390 CID V8 OHV 16-valve pushrod engine. the Dream Cars section of the Database for bespoke models from 1924 through 1934. 1970 Classifieds in Hemmings Motor News (p.1324). Knowing what I know now, it looks like a doughy 61 Cadillac. Your email address will not be published. Potential rust spots are filled with sealer. 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 Since the 1957-58 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham chassis measures 126 inches, and the Im bidding 5 figures on the carhave a professional photographer do the shoot for you and maybe it will fetch the $89k! Im now curious numerically where this car falls in the line of 101 produced that year. It is still a significant model in Cadillac history. they know the facts; he said I was "wandering about in a thick fog" and that I The 59 and 60 Eldorado Brougham was a very curious undertaking. Included here, therefore, are only those The original El Dorado Brougham was a very attractive design, but it also previewed the design of the 57 and 58 models. With a price tag of $13,074 ($117,000 today), the hardtop sedan featured rear-hinged doors, a stainless steel roof, power memory seats, and air suspension. That year, the Farina brothers built a first custom body on a Cadillac chassis. Brougham that may have been on show concurrently in Paris. This Not only were these two year wonders produced in super low numbers, but they were highly prone to corrosion. Barn Finders is much better at portraying the cars, the writers are much better, and the people Hemmings Motor News has been serving the classic car hobby since 1954. They both had the luxury length of 225 they were 80 wide with long 130 wheelbases. Only 99 copies were built in 1959 and a mere 101 built in 1960 making them ultra-rare today. To the Unknowing, it looks like another 1960 Cadillac. 10, 1958, courtesy Ron Wilson, Australia), This color image was snapped in front (above) shows Broughams had very discreet labeling, and were badge more so as Broughams than Cadillacs . 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. have been shaved to almost horizontal or the photo detail is unclear. One of which ( Cadillac Jacqueline) shared some styling influence with some Peugeots of the era. . The whole body was handmade by PF in Italy. One of those rare cars that you see once in a lifetime in the wild that will never get put right. I dont that it was more attractive than the Detroit cadillacs. opinion a modified version of the foregoing B&W hardtop coupe; It 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. The scoop on the hood; both have Borrani spoke wheels. There were quite a few panels shared, mostly inner ones. was painted white, not gold. They drank petrol as a sponge absorbs liquid but who cared when the price per gallon was under $.50! mounted on a tubular framework and fitted with Brougham look-alike wheels. Up front, quad headlights, which were a Pinin Farina staple, bookended a simple egg crate grille. Its purchase in 60 fulfilled its purpose, and, feathers displayed, surely a 61 Lincoln was already hot off the presses and in the driveway.
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