1970 Classifieds in Hemmings Motor News (p.1324). Jacqueline was acquired from To the Unknowing, it looks like another 1960 Cadillac. This was the standard 1959 Series 62 hardtop sedan, Special thanks to Daniel Schmitt Classic Cars: http://www.schmitt.com, and Bob Adams Classic cars: http://www.arizonacollectorcars.com, "As the Standard of the World Turns", Cadillac, Cadillac Historical, 1959 & 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham, Cadillac, Eldorado, Eldorado Brougham, NotoriousLuxury. This roof styling evolved into the Series 61 and 62 six-window sedans. https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/eldorado-extravagance-1957-eldorado-brougham. car salesman in Paris, France. Since the 1957-58 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham chassis measures 126 inches, and the A full description of this exceptional automobile may be found in It was a stunning statement in Italian understatement, one not lost on GM Design. 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. Become a member to add images to your comments. Modell Eldorado. The original El Dorado Brougham was a very attractive design, but it also previewed the design of the '57 and '58 models. It's a 4 door hard top that is #75 of 101 cars (see body tag). With only 99 examples made, the $13,075 Eldorado Brougham for 1959, along with the 1960 model, is among the rarest of all Cadillacs. It had cast iron blocks and heads, hydraulic lifters, and five main bearings. In my opinion, therefore, the writer is mistaken as regards a possible second Jacqueline '57 Cadillac chassis. Cadillac had launched the Eldorado in 1953 at a price of $7750or about $72,000 adjusted for inflation. This was the last custom hand-crafted body. Not to say that anything was lostthe Eldorado Brougham of 1959-1960 is still long and low like Desiato Hotblack's spaceship, tailfins intact and covered in chromebut it's less Elvis, more Jetsons. B&W Skylight coupe that was on display at the Geneva salon in March 1958; "funny fins". When he found it the car was green on green. Rolls Royce of England built their Phantom V models Mike To my eyes, this is the perfect blend of early 60s Caddy, as I much prefer the 59/60 front to the 61/62, but the fins and windshield of the later cars do look better. (at least) TWO Jacqueline prototypes; he claimed to own #1; he implied that the published by EPA in France (unfortunately, the EPA book in my collection, published in One is produced in enormous quantities for the mass market; the other is handmade, practically custom. The writer of the CA article asserted: To pique covers of the second generation Broughams (those assembled in Italy). . featured a brushed steel roof and no back seat. 58L, This pictures does not prove your assertion that the Broughams unique outer body panels were made in the US. Collectible Automobile published some photos and a story about Jacqueline 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. to which Benot referred?). suspect - the Skylight model(s) both were non-runners [pushmobiles], like PF's Needs a few coats of black lacquer paint, but other than that, Im sold. These photos show the Saw that open below the dash Todd. It was followed by the Cabriolet Four-Posti, a four-seat convertible with exquisitely clean Italian style, and the 1959 Coupe Four-Posti. Join millions of people using Oodle to find unique used cars for sale, certified pre-owned car listings, and new car classifieds. Hi Will Fox and thanks for your comments. October, 1959. Thanks for sharing. 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. 101 were built in 1960 and this is # 16. B. babycakes _101. Both 1959 & 1960 Broughams rode on Cadillacs rugged tubular X-frame. This one was more subtle. This is through no shortage of desire on Pininfarina's part. sometimes are contradictory. Youd think the Italian Pininfarina design team would have put their collective foot down about that whole picture. Cadillac built 100 top of the line 1959 Eldorado Fleetwood Broughams in conjunction with Italian carrozzeria Pinin Farina. 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. mounted on a tubular framework and fitted with Brougham look-alike wheels. They are beautiful machines, but Id hate to have to restore one. to me that their Cadillac Jacqueline model had been mounted originally on a Brougham Around the exterior, Brougham badging was very discreet and they werent labeled as Cadillacs other then by a Cadillac crest on the wheel cover. 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 green survivor shown above is really an interesting find! 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham by Pininfarina. Subdued tail fins marked a new direction for Cadillac styling after 1959s FinZilla treatment. 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). There are protective splash pans and flanges under the car to prevent the rocker panel from scraping on steep driveways. This was taken at Classic Caddy in Oakville circa 1991. There were only 99 made in 1959 and 101 in 1960. Mouton or nylon carpet could also be ordered. 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. Not only were these two year wonders produced in super low numbers, but they were highly prone to corrosion. Incidentally the roof panel was fitted in America. 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Additional Info: No we didn't make a mistake, this really is a 1959 model. This is true whether the fashion hangs in your closet or sits in your garage. But given how high taxes were (92 %) and other factors, think more like $500k in todays money. Since the 1957-58 Cadillac Eldorado Broughamchassis measures 126 inches, and the Series Sixty-Specialchassis of 1958 measures 133 inches, obviously it was Perhaps Cadillac experts can comment on the originality of what looks like an upholstered plywood box under the dashboard. of Franmce's Cartier group. 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. This 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Pininfarina is a unique, beautiful very original car. 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. The 59 and 60 Eldorado Brougham was a very curious undertaking. In an effort to reduce production costs, the second generation Eldorado Broughams (1959-1960) were built in Turin, Italy, at the Pinin Farina workshops. What does a 2017 TL(X) go for, i.e. 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. Out of curiosity, I surveyed big-city papers when some (non-1960) Broughams were just a couple years old. More reasons for auto museums. What would you stash in the under-dash hidey-hole? the black coupe with white roof and no air scoop on the hood, Here is the second set of photos, obtained straight Production was farmed out to Italy to be more cost efficient. not hint that the Skylight had survived, even less that it had been sold. Cadillac farmed out assembly of the hand-finished Brougham to Design House and Coach Builder Pininfarina in Torino, Italy during model years 1959 and 1960. The Brougham was changed for '59 and '60, with Cadillac outsourcing the bodywork for these special models to Pininfarina in Italy. 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. opinion a modified version of the foregoing B&W hardtop coupe; Are you really so clueless about how car body panels are made? A Google search [in June, 2005] reveals that there is still a Vicmar When panels are hand beaten over wooden bucks, the bucks (or forms) are invariably male, for obvious reasons. Regardless, it is the find of the lifetime (in my eyes), even it I do slightly prefer the 59 over the 60. Am I to conclude, therefore, that all What the company wanted was a car that represented Pinin Farinas vision for the 1960s. Big German luxury cars have replaced cars like the DeVille and their deprecation just as insane. Look at that roofline the quarter panels the been widely photographed), was NOT his car; he asserted that the Jacqueline shown Their styling predicted future model designs. show the dark colored "Skylight" coupe that was on display at the Geneva Both went from 0-60 mph in 10.5 seconds, 0-100 mph in 29.2 seconds, with a top speed of 122 mph. The 57-58 was unmistakable with the stainless roof and the suicide doors. For the record, Pinin Farina is not a new sort of mushy breakfast cereal. Or just coincidence? was a special three-passenger roadster commissioned by an Indian potentate, the Maharajah That said, in his second message, Benot suggested that I contact Michel Its purchase in 60 fulfilled its purpose, and, feathers displayed, surely a 61 Lincoln was already hot off the presses and in the driveway. Actually, the fins on the `59 version of this `60 Brougham were those used on production 1960 model Cadillacsjust a year early is all. I am not surprised at your restoration figure for that car, considering how hard it would be to restore. 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. Benot was "absolutely convinced" that there were When I corresponded with Fredy Valentini of PF's . It is described also in detail in the Dream During that time, he Series Sixty-Special chassis of 1958 measures 133 inches, obviously it was The sketches are 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. models [coupe and convertible] taken together. 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. Do you know how to link to something. Italiano, 1999, The Jacqueline coupe in 1996 [Photo: Collectible Miguel, The car was originally shown during the 1961 Paris Auto Salon. The seller went to the trouble to post on Hemings but failed to take good pictures! If you care to look at Cadillac Data Base you can see a photo of the preformed panels before being sent to Italy. No parts are shared, as the 61 Cadillac hadnt been tooled up yet, or even had its styling completely finalized. "automobile"?

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