Makes me think the whole exercise came from above them. Hemmings Motor News has been serving the classic car hobby since 1954. This is a true find of a lifetime! sometimes are contradictory. My arguments all were founded on information I got directly from Pininfarina's The text reads: Unique Cadillac - 1957 motor, chassis, 1959 custom body by In fact, its under 50%. Pink Volkswagen Beetle. Remember the plate under the bonnet, ASSEMBLED by Pininfarina. Their modest tail fins prove that. $5,000.00, in a -page ad, is what appears to be the light-colored coupe with the In 1987, the Fleetwood Brougham name was shortened to simply Brougham, with production continuing through 1992 with only minor updates.. Cadillac used the "Fleetwood" name as a prefix between 1934 and 1976 on several of its most expensive models, always designating an elevated level of luxury. rsmodell 1959. It was the first Cadillac model to use a nameplate instead of previous Series model descriptions. It raised costs to the point that really cut into the profit margins. 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 the Palazzo Stupenigi in Turin, Very cool. By 1964, a 1960 DeVille (which originally cost $5498) was worth $2275; a Sixty Special (originally $6233) was now worth a mere $2320. It seems that Cadillac went through a lot of trouble for nothing. Out of curiosity, I surveyed big-city papers when some (non-1960) Broughams were just a couple years old. He was unable to provide the Cadillac chassis number - for this or the next 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. Pininfarina, Torino, Italy. Paul Niedermeyer writes up this special edition here. The 1959 & 1960 Brougham didnt use the fancy rear forward opening coach doors as the Detroit versions. The 1961 Cadillac Jacqueline Brougham Coupe was a groundbreaking creation with the help of Italian coachbuilding house Pininfarina. Series Sixty-Special chassis of 1958 measures 133 inches, obviously it was The 1959 & 1960 models had a squared-off rear rooflines with rear ventipanes. What do you all mean by hand made? That means copy the url (web address) and paste it here. (on a 1957 Series 60 Specisl chassis and drive train) the black & With the 1959 model year yielding 99 vehicles and the 1960 model year yielding 101 vehicles, they are quite rare and highly collectible. downright rude and equally aggressive when I dared question some of his Sign up for the latest automotive news and videosin short, everything for people who love cars. His name was David Fogg and he told us this story. courtesy Revue Automobile, 1958-59), Image from Pinin Farina ad in 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.. I have never known quite what to make of these. The car, styled in Detroit by Cadillac, sold in single digit numbers (99). tri-power unit (Frank Tetro of Harbor Auto Restorations in Florida, who did the Overall length was stretched to 225 inches, again the same as for other Cadillacs. Of course with a common 60 the hood opened from the front, leaving only the stationary grille behind. I got a couple of faxes concerning Jacqueline from a Mr. Benot He later 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. chassis. Of these four cars, only one of them - the Jacqueline - is known to have glass, rising high into the roof line. According to a Pininfarina The cars body was virtually seamless and crafted by hand hammering it into shape. 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. The panel flips open, The first sunscreen panel slides forward did not see the two cars together, but he did send me a startling ad from the December reminiscent of the 1959 Eldorado Brougham ! The roof line used in 61 and later standard production was taller so that the quarter Windows could remain fixed. They werent crafted as the 1957-1958 model years were. "facts". It was fitted with a Rochester triple deuce (3 2-bbl carburetors). 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. In fact, Couturier is said to be a disreputable used This is true whether the fashion hangs in your closet or sits in your garage. A good one is still $10,000 after ten years. (image: 1958 The Autocar, week ending The "Couturier car" attracted large crowds, at the Concorso You think PF couldnt make a quarter panel? Brougham Coachwork: Pininfarina The 200 Cadillac Brougham sedans built in 1960 and 1961 were some of the last examples of the coach-built era. If it is as good as it looks buy it and drive it. So either PF is confusing the Paris and Geneva salons, or - as I Or subscribe without commenting. . Giovan Battista Farina, youngest of the Farina children and affectionately During the 1950s, a few show cars were produced, plus a limited production run of the 1959 and 1960 Eldorado Brougham. The Eldorado Seville coupe and Biarritz convertible each were sold at $7,401. Perfect condition. At that time it was said (correctly) to be owned by Irving Willem [aka This is Harlow Curtice at the 1958 Paris Salon with Battista Pininfarina and his son Sergio. Both The PF customer relations department asserted also, in 1976, that 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). Though make the frontal styling that of the 1962, and a 61-64 60 Special roof quarters, four armchair seats and center-opening doors. reliable. This 1958 Cadillac ElDorado Brougham, body . Your email address will not be published. If you are prepared to learn something, and you enlarge the insert of the photo of the parts in CDB 10A, you will see the two preformed quarter panels on the way to be fitted in Italy. below. company name was changed to Pininfarina (in one word) in 1961 - drew great B&W Skylight coupe that was on display at the Geneva salon in March 1958; not hint that the Skylight had survived, even less that it had been sold. Big German luxury cars have replaced cars like the DeVille and their deprecation just as insane. Nov. 14, 1958, courtesy Ron Wilson, Australia), This PF inconsistencies you may come across so that, together, we can improve the Database and If you can cite a credible source that supports your assertion, please provide it. There, the bodies were hand-built and mounted in the new Via Lesna industrial complex covering about fifteen acres. Incidentally the roof panel was fitted in America. featured a brushed steel roof and no back seat. It was originally black with a white roof In comparison, Italys Carrozzeria Farina had opened only the year before. Up front, quad headlights, which were a Pinin Farina staple, bookended a simple egg crate grille. known in the family as Pinin [the little one] worked with his older brother in But Cadillac, indifferent to Pinin Farinas proposals, decided to give the coachbuilder another shot. Seams were filled with lead. Did folks who bought a Rolls Royce Silver Cloud in 1960 were concerned about its future depreciation? Thanks for sharing. Nonetheless, its a beautiful car and an example of something many Cadillac people know nothing about. Only 516 of them were made over that 8-year Wondered the same. Pinninfarina did several Cadillac based concepts around this time period also, in an effort to encourage Cadillac into giving them more business. 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. if "For Sale" in New York, [even impossible] that the latter could have been mounted on the 1959 Eldorado The One such 16-cylinder Cadillac, a 452A Pinin Farina Boattail Roadster, won Best in Class at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours dElegance. The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were the more sedate Cadillacs. Happy motoring! on 1958 PF coupe and convertible one I saw in Geneva (that car was on loan from the Pininfarina museum and has Someone built a hot rod outta one of these. collection in Turin. Can you imagine the depreciation hit the new car buyer took on one of these? Since the 1957-58 Cadillac Eldorado Broughamchassis measures 126 inches, and the Series Sixty-Specialchassis of 1958 measures 133 inches, obviously it was Lot #54,671. as I was quick to point out in the Foreword to Also, I have it from Pininfarina that Jacqueline show the dark colored "Skylight" coupe that was on display at the Geneva 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. One of the stranger chapters at GM. then first lady, Jacqueline Bouvier-Kennedy. Should dogs put their heads out car windows? It will remain in my collection until my estate sells it. of) the coupe(s). However, the Italian coach builder asserted that the Skylight coupe had been to me that their Cadillac Jacqueline model had been mounted originally on a Brougham Not surprisingly, that seemed to be the case with some early replies here. The styling was much more restrained than before, but the price . Do you mean this image? when it was shown in Paris; the name, he said, was added later, for the Turin The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were fully equipped as the other Eldorado models. Custom 1959 Eldorado Brougham It had cast iron blocks and heads, hydraulic lifters, and five main bearings. I am sure even body panels between different cars arent identical. They are beautiful machines, but Id hate to have to restore one. Right: '59 Eldorado Brougham rear bumper and tail-lights married to some Benot was "absolutely convinced" that there were That car was completed in 1954. of Franmce's Cartier group. was the "world's champion" at reporting half-truths. None of the body panels nor any of the glass could be interchanged with the stock Cadillac models. 1996-2020, Yann Saunders, DLM Group, and the Cadillac & LaSalle Club Museum and Research Center Inc. 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. Consider Cadillac, which at one time offered mass-market eight- and 12-cylinder models, along with rarefied V-16s cloaked in custom tailoring. It was only after "automobile"? This one was more subtle. 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! Two of the 18 words in this Cadillacs description are new interior, and it appears to be well-done. 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. These new bodies ditched the ancient panoramic windshield for a cleaner look. white coupe (3/58, Geneva), the silver convertible (10/58 Paris) and the 10, 1958, courtesy Ron Wilson, Australia), This color image was snapped in front Regnr-Karosseri Sedan. did not give me Mr. Kruch's address. ), Designer's frawing of rear ensemble Contacted in 1976, Pininfarina's customer relations department hinted The 57-58 was unmistakable with the stainless roof and the suicide doors. In that case - in my opinion - the convertible above], although it too had only two doors, or with the a 1960 Cadillac Eldorado 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. Youre probably the first person in the world thats ever commented about the depreciation of these. The Brougham had a heavily raked windshield, in fact the first 50 or so cars done in 59 had a slightly taller (1/2 inch i believe) windshield that was prone to crack when the car was jacked up. shocked to find that this "automobile" could not possibly move under its document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. version turned up for sale in Hemmings Motor News B. babycakes _101. Regardless, it is the find of the lifetime (in my eyes), even it I do slightly prefer the 59 over the 60. As explained in the previous paragraph, it seems possible that this and the That same year, 1961, Battista officially changed his name, and that of the company, to Pininfarina. Check out the fins, can you see where the upper tail lamp would be? I did everything in my power to avoid such disasters.. have been shaved to almost horizontal or the photo detail is unclear. In fact, the car was a pushmobile, from 1961 For with these great motor cars, Cadillac introduced an entirely new dimension of automotive excellence.new in the way it looked, new in the way it rode and drove, and new in the satisfaction it rendered its owners. These were the last custom-crafted Cadillacs. When it comes to fashion, theres a huge difference between designers ready-to-wear collections and their haute couture lines. This pictures does not prove your assertion that the Broughams unique outer body panels were made in the US. It is described also in detail in the Dream The body was built in Italy, with a combination of parts, some from the US and some from Italy. The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Brougham was the last hand-crafted Cadillac. (color photos: 1958, Pinin Farina, 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. 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. How about a link? This green survivor shown above is really an interesting find! Where is it today? Look at these drawings: those lines certainly are Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. And show the world that sky high fins might be a fun affectation, but were hardly the epitome of good design. What beautiful sled with a fantastic choice of colors. 1999. 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Additional Info: No we didn't make a mistake, this really is a 1959 model. and the Series Sixty Special models measured 130 inches. Fake news!! As these versions of the 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Brougham aged, the lead they used as filler cracked. sketches featurerear quarters, bumper and tail-light pods that are very 60s Cars. The answer at that There was a 1960 Brougham there and we spoke to the owner. 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. RULES: No profanity, politics, or personal attacks. Jacqueline was for some The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were powered by Cadillac's 390 CID V8 OHV 16-valve pushrod engine. You can find the whole story by searching 1960 Eldorado Brougham David Fogg. Especially since the windshield and wind wings were unique to this model. Am I to conclude, therefore, that all Italy, This convertible is now believed to be the B&W coupe ( first shown at The Seller has other Cadillacs for sale. the black coupe with white roof and no air scoop on the hood, Here is the second set of photos, obtained straight You pay to give them ads. The latter featured a single-piece curved Plexiglass roof with four articulated metal panels. time in its life and carried a regular '59 engine with one single, 4-barrel carb - no This was PFs expertise, building small volume car bodies. of Orccha. 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. 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. later Jacqueline model, below. The only lead (a fair bit) was used on the front clip assembly, and maybe on panel joins like normal cars. and (according to the classified ad, below) was effectively mounted on a Nonetheless, the B&W photo I have of the car, taken at Not all 1959 Cadillacs had bullet taillights. These, however, didnt sell as well as the 1957-1958 Detroit built Broughams. These were the days when Cadillac was King! All parts should therefore be removed carefully and re-used if at all possible. This Thats $115k adjusted. 452 designation. Knowing what I know now, it looks like a doughy 61 Cadillac. At least they didnt take pics at night with a flash. Pininfarinaasserted in 1976 that the Skylightcoupe and convertible models(s) were mounted on a Cadillac chassis, standing at 130 inches. I like the sorta-lookalike standard 61 models better though. Where exactly? XD). That said, in his second message, Benot suggested that I contact Michel 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. . Eldorado Brougham inspiration from the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham project. two-door The lights were removed from the tail fins, the sides are flatter with some concave details. I am not surprised at your restoration figure for that car, considering how hard it would be to restore. This is beautiful, and appears well kept. Sketch #5315 in 1976. In 1953, Luigi Chinetti, the well-known New York Ferrari importer, commissioned deal with. Described as a great runner, the sumptuous super-tanker looks largely (but not completely) original and shines inside and out. The irony is so money spent for exclusivity, and the result was that except for real enthusiasts most wouldnt recognize it as anything special. I particulary like the hat boxes on the rear shelf. 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. A 4 speed automatic transmission delivered the power to the road. When I corresponded with Fredy Valentini of PF's And these were special interest/collectible cars from day one, given that all of 101 were ever made. 4-door model) was given in that article. Production was farmed out to Italy to be more cost efficient. In any case to figure depreciation you need to know the original sales or at least the original list price. if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[336,280],'barnfinds_com-large-leaderboard-2','ezslot_15',148,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-barnfinds_com-large-leaderboard-2-0'); Interesting article as this is the first I heard of Cadillac using Pinninfarina back in 59 and 60. Four years later, Cadillac introduced the Eldorado Brougham to compete with Lincoln Continental Mark II. These were really spirited vehicles. It was implied, that this car was But all of the outer panels are unique, and were hand made at PF in Italy. 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. Its too bad to hear it has just sat and deteriorated. 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. Mike It looks like a two-seat roadster, but its actually a dual cowl phaeton once its rear deck opens. for her. The price started out at $89,000.00 when first advertised in Hemmings, which is getting annoying with its redesign of its $119,000 1958 Cadillac Brougham Bay City, MI. Cadillac shipped the chassis to Italy and Pinin Farina would install bodies, something Cadillac would repeat decades later with the Allante, another Pininfarina design. 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. The pillarless hardtop was designed at Cadillac by Chuck Jordan and David Holls, and reworked in Italy. It is improbable car - although he implied that it had been built on the Eldorado Brougham chassis The majority of the body panels were stamped in America. Then one of the most expensive automobiles in the world, the Eldorado Brougham came loaded with options, including factory air conditioning. in December 2001, "at the hands of" Mr. Couturier, who claimed I knew A Google search [in June, 2005] reveals that there is still a Vicmar These were just about the most expensive cars you could buy then. Are you really so clueless about how car body panels are made? Is it still around? custom jobs by Pinin Farina, The surprise was that it arrived under its own power. 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. courtesy Ron Wilson ] The haphazard listing here on Hemmings asks $58,000 or best offer for the 1 of 101 sedan. He didnt like that combination so he took it to a coach company and had the color changed to this Bordeaux red. they know the facts; he said I was "wandering about in a thick fog" and that I What would you stash in the under-dash hidey-hole? I wonder if this is one of them. [ These are from undated Chapron factory sketch #5319, front and rear fenders and bumpers Left: Look at that windshield ! They both had the luxury length of 225 they were 80 wide with long 130 wheelbases. 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. I saw an in-progress project 20 odd years ago, if I recall correctly, procuring a windshield was in the thousands. and new (red) upholstery) installed; this version was later converted back At least with the 57-58 Eldoradio Broughams there was more standardization and higher production numbers. Here's the first f. When these cars were brand new and had arrived back in the states from Italy, they required re-finishing. Interiors were exceptionally elegant. To the Unknowing, it looks like another 1960 Cadillac. Brougham that may have been on show concurrently in Paris. Surprisingly, GM introduced an all-new Eldorado Brougham four-door hardtop. website, the pictures are terrible, and the car is magnificent. The Brougham added air conditioning, cruise control, autronic eye, and E-Z eye tinted glass as standard features. 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. This is the first GM car with the crisp Bill Mitchell look. The design styling was done by Chuck Jordan and Dave Holls in Michigan at the General Motors Technical Center. Series The last hundred and fifty of the 200 total 59 and 60 Pininfarina cars had a slightly shorter windshield to eliminate this problem. The tiny skeg fins premiered those on the standard 61 and 62 designs. Benot claimed that Jacqueline had been built on a 1959, After 24 months of disassembly, cleaning and returning sub-assemblies back together it's time to start putting the chassis back together. The 1959-1960 Eldorado Broughams were farmed out to Pininfarina of Italy which made them exotic as well as cost efficient to Cadillac. Same with the 59; it previewed 60 styling one year early too. in 1970; it was located in New York It had cast iron blocks and heads, hydraulic lifters, and five main bearings. from Herv (Irving) Willems in 1996 (although Mr. Willems' name sounds Belgian, in fact B&W photos supplied by Pininfarina's customer relations 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. The photos in the lower row shows the car to be painted a light metallic gray Farina recalled in his memoirs that clients wanted to complicate the lines of automobiles that were already complicated, demanding frills, hardware. Standard features include the Autronic Eye that automatically dims high-beams when an oncoming car approaches.
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