Should dogs put their heads out car windows? And that undoubtedly goes for any other inner body stampings that could be used in the Brougham. The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were powered by Cadillac's 390 CID V8 OHV 16-valve pushrod engine. Robert Levins. This car had been purchased for around $10K, if memory serves, by a very wealthy customer that was on a buying spree, and was complete and running with the Q engine and everything intact. covers of the second generation Broughams (those assembled in Italy). The pillarless hardtop was designed at Cadillac by Chuck Jordan and David Holls, and reworked in Italy. Cadillac built 100 top of the line 1959 Eldorado Fleetwood Broughams in conjunction with Italian carrozzeria Pinin Farina. model. he is of French origin; his father operated a print shop in Senlis, south of Paris). XD). 10, 1958, courtesy Ron Wilson, Australia), This color image was snapped in front The from one enthusiast, assistant attorney Michael W. Schultz, from Houston TX. a lighter (metallic) hue color for the (later) Turin show. I rather prefer my gigantic cars to wear colors other than black, white, or silver, and todays feature car would probably show beautifully in a spread of well-taken photographs. Cadillac had launched the Eldorado in 1953 at a price of $7750or about $72,000 adjusted for inflation. a tubular structure. 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 Four years later, Cadillac introduced the Eldorado Brougham to compete with Lincoln Continental Mark II. Same with the 59; it previewed 60 styling one year early too. Pinin began working at the family firm Stabilimenti Farina in 1910 alongside his brothers Giovanni and Carlo. Nonetheless, I have a photo (below) taken at the Paris show where the Jacqueline Copyright 2011 - 2023 Curbside Classics. 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. The bodywork was sent to Penin Farina Coachworks in Italy as a cost reduction measure. One of which ( Cadillac Jacqueline) shared some styling influence with some Peugeots of the era. Required fields are marked *. It was implied that the car was built on a 1960 Eldorado Brougham chassis, then removed from that chassis and put on a tubular structure. This was determined during the 1957-1958 Brougham. There were only 99 made in 1959 and 101 in 1960. 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Additional Info: No we didn't make a mistake, this really is a 1959 model. 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. 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. By 1964, most 1960 cars were well on their way to old car status. 1985, dos not include any photo of Jacqueline - does any reader have the EPA book $5,000.00, in a -page ad, is what appears to be the light-colored coupe with the 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. This one apparently survived; I saw known in the family as Pinin [the little one] worked with his older brother in Up front, quad headlights, which were a Pinin Farina staple, bookended a simple egg crate grille. car salesman in Paris, France. 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. When I crawled under the car at the Geneva Motor Show in 1991, I was indeed Modell Eldorado. Otherwise, its not credible. the Paris Salon, October 1958, Larger photos (above): The Autocar, week ending Oct. some six years AFTER publication of the Hemmings ad), he did He didnt like that combination so he took it to a coach company and had the color changed to this Bordeaux red. Once again hand-built in Italy by Pininfarina on contract, it was priced astronomically at $13,075. Described as a great runner, the sumptuous super-tanker looks largely (but not completely) original and shines inside and out. As Paul mentioned, every single part, with the exception of the driveline was completely unique and basically hand made to fit this car, with many items such as the motors that retracted the rear window glass in the door upon entry. Not all 1959 Cadillacs had bullet taillights. 101 were built in 1960 and this is # 16. Holy crap! Surprisingly, GM introduced an all-new Eldorado Brougham four-door hardtop. Pininfarina above PF 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham by Pininfarina. Or just coincidence? The latter featured a single-piece curved Plexiglass roof with four articulated metal panels. On the other hand, in 1959, the chassis for both the Brougham GM made a coil spring conversion kit as a factory part which many owners converted their cars to prevent those embarrassing moments when the car would become an unintended low-rider that rendered the Brougham inoperable. Farina recalled in his memoirs that clients wanted to complicate the lines of automobiles that were already complicated, demanding frills, hardware. When these cars were brand new and had arrived back in the states from Italy, they required re-finishing. by C. Delaisse ]. Please stop spewing misinformation. The Cadillac Pinin Farina to build a racy 3-seater sports roadster, again on the 1953 Cadillac Where does it say anything about the roof being fitted in the US?? Join millions of people using Oodle to find unique used cars for sale, certified pre-owned car listings, and new car classifieds. Late Extra (6/2005): Well, I did hear 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. Paul Niedermeyer writes up this special edition here. Both the foregoing jobs have survived, although - in my opinion - both were The text reads: Unique Cadillac - 1957 motor, chassis, 1959 custom body by It is a very sharp example. How about a link? could be stored, singly or all together, behind the parcel shelf. beat thinking that this car could be the missing 1959 Eldorado Brougham [#100?] Mouton or nylon carpet could also be ordered. 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). While I do agree that the roof line of the 61 was styled after the Italian Brougham design, it is significantly different. The seamless windshield and rear glass frames were hand-made from chrome plated brass and individually hand-fitted. Very cool. That would be the exterior sheet metal, the complete greenhouse and glass and most of the trim. My heart skipped a As I suffered an "epistolary aggression" () The golden [???] Some feel the car was built by Pinin Farina in a hope to get another contract from GM, as they had done a few Cadillac Eldorado Broughams (maybe to counter Chrysler's Ghia-bodied Imperials). and (according to the classified ad, below) was effectively mounted on a 452 designation. I am sure even body panels between different cars arent identical. The Both are signed C. Delaisse. A Google search [in June, 2005] reveals that there is still a Vicmar So either PF is confusing the Paris and Geneva salons, or - as I This gorgeous black unit on NotoriousLuxury gives some idea of the Pininfarina Boughams presence. Someone built a hot rod outta one of these. Right: Henri Chapron logo, Left: unmistakable 1959 Eldorado Brougham 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. Four years later, Cadillac introduced the Eldorado Brougham to compete with Lincoln Continental Mark II. In my opinion, therefore, the writer is mistaken as regards a possible second Jacqueline After 24 months of disassembly, cleaning and returning sub-assemblies back together it's time to start putting the chassis back together. 1999. of Orccha. This green survivor shown above is really an interesting find! closely inspecting the car when it was on display at the annual Geneva Motor Show, in And the style, detail etc. 1 495 000 kr . Interiors were exceptionally elegant. Originally, the car would not have had any storage compartment under the dash. . It Nonetheless, the B&W photo I have of the car, taken at Trivia: Classic cars for sale in the most trusted collector car marketplace in the world. "facts" drawn from the source(s) which, in my opinion, seem the most The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Brougham was the last hand-crafted Cadillac. Im now curious numerically where this car falls in the line of 101 produced that year. "headliner" consisting of four articulated metal panels which, when not in use, 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. This car had an interesting Plexiglas top with an ingenious A full description of this exceptional automobile may be found in If it is as good as it looks buy it and drive it. PF styling exercises in the right order. Is it still around? Brougham that may have been on show concurrently in Paris. Very interesting. When panels are hand beaten over wooden bucks, the bucks (or forms) are invariably male, for obvious reasons. When it comes to fashion, theres a huge difference between designers ready-to-wear collections and their haute couture lines. spokesperson in 1976, the Starlight coupe was first shown at the Paris Salon in Not only were these two year wonders produced in super low numbers, but they were highly prone to corrosion. Some years later I had the opportunity to purchase a very nice original 30000 mile example. chassis and then, subsequently, put on a special tubular structure. My interest in the Cadillac Jacqueline Benot claimed that Jacqueline had been built on a 1959, The 1961 Cadillac Jacqueline Brougham Coupe was a groundbreaking creation with the help of Italian coachbuilding house Pininfarina. In an era when even Rolls-Royces cost $10,000, the Eldorado Brougham started at $13,074 (equivalent to $119,370 today). courtesy Ron Wilson ] The original El Dorado Brougham was a very attractive design, but it also previewed the design of the '57 and '58 models. Are you really so clueless about how car body panels are made? 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 was the last custom hand-crafted body. Garage Corp.operating a parking garage at 8 E. 83rd Street, New York. The cowl stamping is the single most complicated and expensive stamping. Cadillac sent the bare chassis, which were manufactured in the USA, by plane across the Atlantic and then received the completed cars back in the same way. ], I saw an in-progress project 20 odd years ago, if I recall correctly, procuring a windshield was in the thousands. What do you all mean by hand made? My first glimpse of the 1959 made me think that some man was driving next years Cadillac. I would be interested to hear from anyone To the average used car buyer, this $13,075 Brougham was probably just considered another used Cadillac model, and worth $2500 at most. front bumper married to a Rolls-Rouce grille! 69 chassis (Eldorado Brougham). 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. custom job in B&W; the earlier set Regnr-Karosseri Sedan. 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. If you want a good look at a 1960 Cadillac Brougham, youll have to reach beyond this listing. Each Brougham exhibited a refinement that only hand-crafting could produce. Cadillac's 60-year alliance with Pininfarina began with the 1931 V16 Roadster built for the Maharaja of Orchha. turbine wheels or wheel covers, more likely], then removed from that chassis and put on $119,000 1958 Cadillac Brougham Bay City, MI. Our car is black with blue cloth interior. Sketch #5315 have been shaved to almost horizontal or the photo detail is unclear. Mrke Cadillac. suspect - the Skylight model(s) both were non-runners [pushmobiles], like PF's Of these four cars, only one of them - the Jacqueline - is known to have Brougham chassis, since the latter did not become available until the Fall of 1958. Stunningly beautiful. Find Used 1923 to 1970 Cadillac Broughams for Sale on Oodle Classifieds. Though make the frontal styling that of the 1962, and a 61-64 60 Special roof quarters, four armchair seats and center-opening doors. Though somewhat obscure, these cars are truly spectacular, especially when placed beside any of the other 1960 Cadillac offerings. Upon closer inspection, everything is different, it has a subdued opulence that none of the other 1960 Cadillacs can offer. The 59 and 60 Eldorado Brougham was a very curious undertaking. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. been widely photographed), was NOT his car; he asserted that the Jacqueline shown Included here, therefore, are only those But Cadillac, indifferent to Pinin Farinas proposals, decided to give the coachbuilder another shot. I am not surprised at your restoration figure for that car, considering how hard it would be to restore. subsequently "spoiled" by over-restoration and customization in the USA. 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. PF's Jacqueline coupe was built in honor of Americas The 1960 model year was the last time the problematic air suspension was used. It's a 4 door hard top that is #75 of 101 cars (see body tag). Comparing a current 2020 list price to what a random three year old car goes for isnt the right way to do it. 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. Also, I have it from Pininfarina that Jacqueline Its not obvious with a casual glance at the pictures but these didnt have front parts in common with a regular 60 Cad. 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. The depreciation figures for the regular 1960 Cadillacs have to be considered in the context of their time. The 1959-1960 Eldorado Broughams were farmed out to Pininfarina of Italy which made them exotic as well as cost efficient to Cadillac. The taillamps were incorporated into the stock `59 rear bumper. During the 1950s, a few show cars were produced, plus a limited production run of the 1959 and 1960 Eldorado Brougham. inspiration from the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham project. All Rights Reserved. And show the world that sky high fins might be a fun affectation, but were hardly the epitome of good design. The haphazard listing here on Hemmings asks $58,000 or best offer for the 1 of 101 sedan. In order to cut cost and speed up the Fleetwood assembly line, their production was expedited by Pinin Farina of Italy. 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. own power as it had neither engine nor drive-train. Switzerland's Automobile Revue annual, 1958-59, The PF Skylight convertible on show during convertible 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. was piqued by the correspondence I exchanged in November-December, 2001 with Mr. 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. period making it a rarer car than Cadillac's Eldorado Brougham with 904 models built 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. designed and built four more exclusive, custom bodies. We are largest vintage car website with the. on 1958 PF coupe and convertible Caddys interest the coach builder showed two [?] More reasons for auto museums. I wonder if this is one of them. in December 2001, "at the hands of" Mr. Couturier, who claimed I knew [ B&W photo (above): The Autocar, week ending 21 March 1958, Tell me, what panel would be made on a male wooden form? 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. for the Turin in May, 1959 (? numbered 5315 and 5319. 58L, It was fitted with a Rochester triple deuce (3 2-bbl carburetors). The Seller has other Cadillacs for sale. 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. . These were really spirited vehicles. 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. In 1976 I had inquired if it might be for sale. 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. there was only a SINGLE chassis on which were mounted, successively, a two-door hardtop; both [?] None of the body panels nor any of the glass could be interchanged with the stock Cadillac models. from France ? Only 516 of them were made over that 8-year 1959 CADILLAC ELDORADO BROUGHAM FOUR DOOR Sold for USD$6,500 2001 Kruse Auction - Scottsdale Arizona : Cadillac . The styling was much more restrained than before, but the price . . from Herv (Irving) Willems in 1996 (although Mr. Willems' name sounds Belgian, in fact Knowing what I know now, it looks like a doughy 61 Cadillac. well-known French carrossier (coachbuilder), Henri Chapron [above] They Geneva in 1958), with the hard-top removed He was unable to provide the Cadillac chassis number - for this or the next Miltal 966 mil. My arguments all were founded on information I got directly from Pininfarina's 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. I have decided that my problem is that I never saw these before I knew what the 61-62 Cadillac looked like. two-door did not see the two cars together, but he did send me a startling ad from the December The performance specs were basically the same for both 1959 & 1960 with a difference of a second or two. Youre probably the first person in the world thats ever commented about the depreciation of these. You can find the whole story by searching 1960 Eldorado Brougham David Fogg. Series The rear package shelf is closed 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. Jacqueline was for some And these were special interest/collectible cars from day one, given that all of 101 were ever made. Regrettably, he is not a very cooperative nor is he a pleasant person to company name was changed to Pininfarina (in one word) in 1961 - drew great salon in March 1958, The Pininfarina Skylight It was brought over to Joes for a complete go-over with the idea of a potential restoration. B&W photos supplied by Pininfarina's customer relations One was a four-door [??? 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. It is still a significant model in Cadillac history. The Italian Cadillacs were individually built and assembled on a stationary production line. The Hemmings listing indicates this is #79 of 100, and my research agrees with your total of 101. Incidentally the roof panel was fitted in America. above]. Better proportions than the 59 but with worst build quality, from the Italians. Contacted in 1976, Pininfarina's customer relations department hinted It was followed by the Cabriolet Four-Posti, a four-seat convertible with exquisitely clean Italian style, and the 1959 Coupe Four-Posti. above, the transformation was done by Frank Tetro, in California. Or truly beautiful. Pininfarina, Torino, Italy. was a special three-passenger roadster commissioned by an Indian potentate, the Maharajah The 390 produced 345 hp @ 4,800 rpm with 590 Nm of peak torque @ 3,400 rpm. models [coupe and convertible] taken together. This color combination was confirmed to me by Pininfarina The writer of the CA article asserted: To pique courtesy Revue Automobile, 1958-59), Image from Pinin Farina ad in Roger, of course the cowl and firewall came from the US, as it undoubtedly was the exact same unit used in regular Cadillacs. https://www.google.com/amp/s/notoriousluxury.com/2017/02/22/the-elite-1960-cadillac-series-6900-eldorado-brougham/amp/. Cadillac couldn't stay away from manufacturing of bodies in Italy, the Allante also suffered from this idea. original, they were turned up at the extremity; in the ad photo, however, they appear to Regular Cadillacs were noted for their low depreciation rates in those days. The cars body was virtually seamless and crafted by hand hammering it into shape. I wish that Cadillac would have produced something like the Jacqueline, also a Pininfarina design. when it was shown in Paris; the name, he said, was added later, for the Turin for that year. the black coupe with white roof and no air scoop on the hood, Here is the second set of photos, obtained straight At a whopping $13,075, it was three times the price of the average Cadillac. Since the 1957-58 Cadillac Eldorado Broughamchassis measures 126 inches, and the Series Sixty-Specialchassis of 1958 measures 133 inches, obviously it was Two of these PF These had to be hand fabricated, as GM was not about to tool up dies for a couple of hundred cars. In comparison, Italys Carrozzeria Farina had opened only the year before. "funny fins". He found this car in Beverly Hills. 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. is both caustic and sarcastic. website, the pictures are terrible, and the car is magnificent. I have never known quite what to make of these. This is through no shortage of desire on Pininfarina's part. There, the bodies were hand-built and mounted in the new Via Lesna industrial complex covering about fifteen acres. Do you mean this image? shown first at the 1958 annual Geneva Motor Show, which is held in March. The hood, trunk and doors all fit perfectly and tolerances along the panel edges do not vary a fraction of an inch. Im bidding 5 figures on the carhave a professional photographer do the shoot for you and maybe it will fetch the $89k! Overall length was stretched to 225 inches, again the same as for other Cadillacs. white coupe (3/58, Geneva), the silver convertible (10/58 Paris) and the Interestingly, even the 1959 Brougham eschewed the twin-torpedoed fins of other 59 Cadilacs for a simplified look.
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