1960 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Body by Pininfarina Miltal 966 mil. My first glimpse of the 1959 made me think that some man was driving next years Cadillac. There appears to be a slight difference in the shape of the tail fins. 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. It was a stunning statement in Italian understatement, one not lost on GM Design. Youre making assumptions that arent relevant. As I suffered an "epistolary aggression" XD). 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. Right: Henri Chapron logo, Left: unmistakable 1959 Eldorado Brougham from Herv (Irving) Willems in 1996 (although Mr. Willems' name sounds Belgian, in fact could be stored, singly or all together, behind the parcel shelf. to me that their Cadillac Jacqueline model had been mounted originally on a Brougham Now owned by the Lee Automotive Collection of Reno, Nevada, it was commissioned by the Maharaja of Orchha. ); it is now believed that In that case - in my opinion - the convertible The cowl stamping is the single most complicated and expensive stamping. Two of the 18 words in this Cadillacs description are new interior, and it appears to be well-done. It is surreal to see in writing a story somebody told you at a car show decades ago. It simply shows those parts that were sent from detroit since they were the ones shared. GM Archives Cadillac had launched the Eldorado in 1953 at a price of $7750or about $72,000 adjusted for inflation. I saw an in-progress project 20 odd years ago, if I recall correctly, procuring a windshield was in the thousands. featured a brushed steel roof and no back seat. built on a 1959 Eldorado Brougham chassis [possibly because of those unmistakable 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. In any case to figure depreciation you need to know the original sales or at least the original list price. "facts". Look at that roofline the quarter panels the My heart skipped a It is very nicely done, although I agree, the restoration took a few liberties with interior and a few other items. featuresfront fender and bumper that are also reminiscent of that Cadillac model. Not all 1959 Cadillacs had bullet taillights. French auto buff Jean Baptiste Dewever sent me two undated (unfortunately) sketches by 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Fleetwood Brougham -Rare Pininfarina Build. Very One such 16-cylinder Cadillac, a 452A Pinin Farina Boattail Roadster, won Best in Class at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours dElegance. well-known French carrossier (coachbuilder), Henri Chapron [above] They CEO?) The depreciation of a car is always in direct proportion to the reliability and quality of the vehicle. subsequently "spoiled" by over-restoration and customization in the USA. 1 495 000 kr . Keep me in the conversation via email. 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. Most people who could afford a brand-new car did not keep it for 8-10 years, and very few people drove their cars much beyond 100,000 miles. This would be my ultimate unicorn find. Many are junk cars. Couturier, from Paris, in July/August 2001; he has a droll sense of humor; his tone When he found it the car was green on green. Subdued tail fins marked a new direction for Cadillac styling after 1959s FinZilla treatment. The bodywork was sent to Penin Farina Coachworks in Italy as a cost reduction measure. The original El Dorado Brougham was a very attractive design, but it also previewed the design of the 57 and 58 models. Old School Cars. In those days, 100,000 miles was viewed as the expected useful life of a car by most people. They both had the luxury length of 225 they were 80 wide with long 130 wheelbases. 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. (on a 1957 Series 60 Specisl chassis and drive train) the black & Or just coincidence? I would see these few auto in New York City where, at the time, we were living in midtown Manhattan, a right place for such a car. nameplate may be clearly seen. Offered there for sale, for By 1964, a 1960 DeVille (which originally cost $5498) was worth $2275; a Sixty Special (originally $6233) was now worth a mere $2320. Hemmings Motor News has been serving the classic car hobby since 1954. Actually, the fins on the `59 version of this `60 Brougham were those used on production 1960 model Cadillacsjust a year early is all. Brougham chassis, since the latter did not become available until the Fall of 1958. 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. This is a true find of a lifetime! 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Pininfarina- One Of 101 Ever Built! on $5,000.00, in a -page ad, is what appears to be the light-colored coupe with the convertible To the average used car buyer, this $13,075 Brougham was probably just considered another used Cadillac model, and worth $2500 at most. Congratulations. Brougham proposals of its to the original coupe style and a broad hood scoop was added Brougham Coachwork: Pininfarina The 200 Cadillac Brougham sedans built in 1960 and 1961 were some of the last examples of the coach-built era. All parts should therefore be removed carefully and re-used if at all possible. Mileage over 50,000 - Asking $5,000.00. Pininfarina asserted in 1976 that the Skylight coupe and mistakenly - to have been built on Eldorado Brougham chassis. (at least) TWO Jacqueline prototypes; he claimed to own #1; he implied that the 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. Since the 1957-58 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham chassis measures 126 inches, and the None of the body panels nor any of the glass could be interchanged with the stock Cadillac models. PF styling exercises in the right order. Well, Mr. Couturier, I always thought that these were far more attractive than the other 59 -60 Cadillacs. downright rude and equally aggressive when I dared question some of his What would you stash in the under-dash hidey-hole? Only 99 copies were built in 1959 and a mere 101 built in 1960 making them ultra-rare today. Pininfarina Cadillac show cars were "immobile" pushmobiles and not The open compartment under the dash and the different pattern on the seating surfaces are some of the artistic license taken when this car was restored. Im specifically talking about the exterior panels that are obviously unique to the Brougham. Switzerland's Automobile Revue annual, 1958-59, The PF Skylight convertible on show during Beautiful car! Both 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. 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 Brougham that may have been on show concurrently in Paris. This is beautiful, and appears well kept. Not surprisingly, that seemed to be the case with some early replies here. above PF the Dream Cars section of the Database for bespoke models from 1924 through 1934. and new (red) upholstery) installed; this version was later converted back The chassis were shipped from Detroit to Italy, where they were mated to handcrafted Pininfarina bodies. Or truly beautiful. B&W Skylight coupe that was on display at the Geneva salon in March 1958; Paul Niedermeyer writes up this special edition here. Quite the contrary. We are largest vintage car website with the. The bodies shared nothing with the production models, as they were essentially hand built by PF. for her. Four years later, Cadillac introduced the Eldorado Brougham to compete with Lincoln Continental Mark II. snapped at the Turin Auto Show, This illustration (left) is drawn from a Pininfarina Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 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. Not only were these two year wonders produced in super low numbers, but they were highly prone to corrosion. 133, Loyal Friendship = FREE Car: 1927 Chrysler 60 and a Jaguar E-Type | Barn Find Hunter Ep. for that year. This green survivor shown above is really an interesting find! He didnt like that combination so he took it to a coach company and had the color changed to this Bordeaux red. models [coupe and convertible] taken together. 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. The car, styled in Detroit by Cadillac, sold in single digit numbers (99). Excessive, or in-your-face badging was not deemed necessary. actually sell for, today? They were still significant models in Cadillacs history. a lighter (metallic) hue color for the (later) Turin show. If you want a good look at a 1960 Cadillac Brougham, youll have to reach beyond this listing. As these versions of the 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Brougham aged, the lead they used as filler cracked. Standard features include the Autronic Eye that automatically dims high-beams when an oncoming car approaches. They look just like the standard 1960 Cadillacs. This is through no shortage of desire on Pininfarina's part. . 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. 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham - Bring a Trailer The special Pininfarina models of 1958 through 1961 are described The fenders and header panel were linked and stayed put when the hood opened ala Imperial, Lincoln, 57 Ford, etc. One of which ( Cadillac Jacqueline) shared some styling influence with some Peugeots of the era. Benot claimed that Jacqueline had been built on a 1959, The body was built in Italy, with a combination of parts, some from the US and some from Italy. Herv Willem] of Tarzana, CA. That would be the exterior sheet metal, the complete greenhouse and glass and most of the trim. In his first message he asserted that all the That said, in his second message, Benot suggested that I contact Michel The photos in the lower row shows the car to be painted a light metallic gray show the dark colored "Skylight" coupe that was on display at the Geneva Biarritz; it turns out that the Biarritz' motor was swapped out some one I saw in Geneva (that car was on loan from the Pininfarina museum and has Month/year matched up with each ad (excuse the poor production values); tough to find ads where dealer actually gave asking price! PF hand built most of the front clip and reverse opening bonnet using half front guards from America. 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. Interiors were exceptionally elegant. ostensibly in honor of the new American First lady. Hos oss hittar du ven fler Cadillac frn fler bilhandlare! My arguments all were founded on information I got directly from Pininfarina's Happy motoring! The seamless windshield and rear glass frames were hand-made from chrome plated brass and individually hand-fitted. https://www.google.com/amp/s/notoriousluxury.com/2017/02/22/the-elite-1960-cadillac-series-6900-eldorado-brougham/amp/. period making it a rarer car than Cadillac's Eldorado Brougham with 904 models built This car had an interesting Plexiglas top with an ingenious It looks like a two-seat roadster, but its actually a dual cowl phaeton once its rear deck opens. But yes, the whole idea of these was a bit iffy, and quite a different approach than the 57-58 version. The sketches are air scoop). 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. Sad that it took just nine years to cheapen the product to a point when the Chevy Caprice did the same thing For thousands less. public relations staff in the mid-seventies. 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. Of these four cars, only one of them - the Jacqueline - is known to have Look at these drawings: those lines certainly are Late Extra (6/2005): Well, I did hear What does a 2017 TL(X) go for, i.e. This color combination was confirmed to me by Pininfarina They werent crafted as the 1957-1958 model years were. glass, rising high into the roof line. survived That car remained for many years in Pininfarinas own The stunning custom won a posthumous victory for its late owner, Steve Barton, at last weekend's Detroit Autorama at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. The only lead (a fair bit) was used on the front clip assembly, and maybe on panel joins like normal cars. Classic cars for sale in the most trusted collector car marketplace in the world. Required fields are marked *. a metallic paint finish, and (again) with a white roof; it has a real or dummy air Just 704 first generation Broughams were built. They tried again with the Allante in the late 80s and early 90s. This was taken at Classic Caddy in Oakville circa 1991. Sketch #5319 features two traditional Rolls Royce front fenders, bumpers andimpact But maybe that was why the 59-60 sold at a rate only about 1/3 the original. If it is as good as it looks buy it and drive it. His name was David Fogg and he told us this story. 101 were built in 1960 and this is # 16. Knowing what I know now, it looks like a doughy 61 Cadillac. Image uploaded by crazydreamer. Pininfarina's greatest (and weirdest) designs - Hagerty Media These special luxury sedans were hand-crafted by Pinin Farina (Pininfarina in 1960) of Italy. the Palazzo Stupenigi in Turin, If you care to look at Cadillac Data Base you can see a photo of the preformed panels before being sent to Italy. 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. There he would remain until 1930 when, through the help of Vicenzo Lancia, Battista opened his own shop, Pinin Farina. Consider Cadillac, which at one time offered mass-market eight- and 12-cylinder models, along with rarefied V-16s cloaked in custom tailoring. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. He found this car in Beverly Hills. This one was more subtle. . He may have confused that car with the earlier Starlight model [described I dont that it was more attractive than the Detroit cadillacs. Both went from 0-60 mph in 10.5 seconds, 0-100 mph in 29.2 seconds, with a top speed of 122 mph. Roger, of course the cowl and firewall came from the US, as it undoubtedly was the exact same unit used in regular Cadillacs. Nonetheless, I have a photo (below) taken at the Paris show where the Jacqueline 1959 CADILLAC ELDORADO BROUGHAM FOUR DOOR Sold for USD$6,500 2001 Kruse Auction - Scottsdale Arizona : Cadillac . The Hemmings listing indicates this is #79 of 100, and my research agrees with your total of 101. The Meaning they were hand fabricated. 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. Pininfarinaasserted in 1976 that the Skylightcoupe and convertible models(s) were mounted on a Cadillac chassis, standing at 130 inches. The rear package shelf is closed and the Series Sixty Special models measured 130 inches. Mrke Cadillac. Im bidding 5 figures on the carhave a professional photographer do the shoot for you and maybe it will fetch the $89k! 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. These photos show the The Magnificent Series 70 Eldorado Brougham by Cadillac Welcome to the new world of selling cars with your phone. Custom 1959 Eldorado Brougham Seams were filled with lead. Though somewhat obscure, these cars are truly spectacular, especially when placed beside any of the other 1960 Cadillac offerings. previous model were one and the same car. chassis. It was originally black with a white roof But given how high taxes were (92 %) and other factors, think more like $500k in todays money. Late Extra (6/2005): The PF Skylight These, however, didnt sell as well as the 1957-1958 Detroit built Broughams. Cadillac Eldorado - Wikipedia I particulary like the hat boxes on the rear shelf. If a Corvair and a 65 Rambler Ambassador had a baby. (SNK, yes I DO realize how stupid that sounds! as asserted by the manufacturer in reply to a question I had asked at that time [photos 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. PF's Jacqueline coupe was built in honor of Americas 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. What beautiful sled with a fantastic choice of colors. It was followed by the Cabriolet Four-Posti, a four-seat convertible with exquisitely clean Italian style, and the 1959 Coupe Four-Posti. Any new part must be matched against the removed part to make certain that it is identical in shape and size before installation is attempted (!). Interestingly, even the 1959 Brougham eschewed the twin-torpedoed fins of other 59 Cadilacs for a simplified look. Note how comparatively plain the grille and headlight features are. In 1953, Luigi Chinetti, the well-known New York Ferrari importer, commissioned think A Google search [in June, 2005] reveals that there is still a Vicmar Cadillac's long-standing Italian love affair with Pininfarina on 1958 PF coupe and convertible From the website cadillacdatabase: https://newcadillacdatabase.org/Historical/Automobiles/Eldorado/EB5760/195960/1959Features. This unique car was built on the rare sixteen-cylinder chassis of the Cadillac Series The "Couturier car" attracted large crowds, at the Concorso Drivmedel Bensin. Pinin Farina's Missing Cadillacs The design styling was done by Chuck Jordan and Dave Holls in Michigan at the General Motors Technical Center. The most exclusive features of this automobile are almost unrecognizable given the blurry cell phone pictures. closely inspecting the car when it was on display at the annual Geneva Motor Show, in At that time it was said (correctly) to be owned by Irving Willem [aka I saw that car many years ago in a museum in San Diego. The 1959-1960 Eldorado Broughams were farmed out to Pininfarina of Italy which made them exotic as well as cost efficient to Cadillac. During that time, he One is produced in enormous quantities for the mass market; the other is handmade, practically custom. Did it find a buyer? white coupe (3/58, Geneva), the silver convertible (10/58 Paris) and the What the company wanted was a car that represented Pinin Farinas vision for the 1960s. It was fitted with a Rochester triple deuce (3 2-bbl carburetors). Very interesting. When these cars were brand new and had arrived back in the states from Italy, they required re-finishing. 60s Cars. tri-power unit (Frank Tetro of Harbor Auto Restorations in Florida, who did the The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were fully equipped as the other Eldorado models. Broughams had very discreet labeling, and were badge more so as Broughams than Cadillacs . He was unable to provide the Cadillac chassis number - for this or the next He quickly established a reputation as one of Europes leading stylists, one who would change the look of automotive design through such breakthroughs as the 1935 Alfa Romeo 6C, 1947 Cisitalia 202, and the 1951 Ferrari 212. No description of the second Jacqueline (the alleged