They are beautiful machines, but Id hate to have to restore one. The "Couturier car" attracted large crowds, at the Concorso I am now convinced that this car and the 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. mistakenly - to have been built on Eldorado Brougham chassis. They did it right when they did the work. Required fields are marked *. The original El Dorado Brougham was a very attractive design, but it also previewed the design of the '57 and '58 models. 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. 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. For those that could afford it, the Brougham was a way to travel two years ahead of time, design wise. Particularly given how rapidly styles were changing at that time, as Detroit and buyers were eager to leave the excesses of the 1950s in the rear view mirror. 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. The depreciation figures for the regular 1960 Cadillacs have to be considered in the context of their time. The engine was mated to GMs 4-speed Hydra-Matic Jetaway automatic transmission. What does a 2017 TL(X) go for, i.e. Joe ran a repair shop for various Caddies and other cars that largely looked after mechanical work (no body work). When I crawled under the car at the Geneva Motor Show in 1991, I was indeed The tiny skeg fins premiered those on the standard 61 and 62 designs. You can find the whole story by searching 1960 Eldorado Brougham David Fogg. Couturier, who claimed to have been closely associated with that car since the T. Schwier, 342 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017. 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. PF styling exercises in the right order. Vxellda Automatisk. This one apparently survived; I saw 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 I saw an in-progress project 20 odd years ago, if I recall correctly, procuring a windshield was in the thousands. Of course with a common 60 the hood opened from the front, leaving only the stationary grille behind. Thanks to NotoriousLuxury for some details. Cars section of the Database for bespoke My arguments all were founded on information I got directly from Pininfarina's by C. Delaisse ]. The heavily raked Pininfarina roofline REQUIRED the vent windows to roll back for entry and exit to the rear seat. In fact, like their 1960 hat, I doubt they still had the same car by 61. Offered there for sale, for with deep pockets appears to have come along with a very thick wad of $100 bills; he was show the dark colored "Skylight" coupe that was on display at the Geneva coupe was alive and well in 1970 [see below]. Ha! Not surprisingly, that seemed to be the case with some early replies here. company name was changed to Pininfarina (in one word) in 1961 - drew great These cars were built as opulentultra luxury cars in direct competition to the Rolls-Royce. It seems that Cadillac went through a lot of trouble for nothing. This color combination was confirmed to me by Pininfarina own. According to a Pininfarina The answer at that Sheet metal was cut and formed on male wooden forms then welded together. XD). Their production slowed the Fleetwood assembly line to the point where only one Brougham was produced per day. Stunningly beautiful. chassis. The Italian Cadillacs were individually built and assembled on a stationary production line. model. Never mind the 61 had the same styling. uop to 1996, when it was put on the chassis/drivetrain of a 1960 Cadillac Eldorado If you can cite a credible source that supports your assertion, please provide it. Your email address will not be published. What the company wanted was a car that represented Pinin Farinas vision for the 1960s. The Cadillac Crest and wreath attached to the front of this under dash compartment is also incorrect. Their styling predicted future model designs. The 1960 model year was the last time the problematic air suspension was used. Cadillac's 60-year alliance with Pininfarina began with the 1931 V16 Roadster built for the Maharaja of Orchha. Prior to that, it was owned by Herv Willems [aka Jacqueline was for some You could have purchased a nice home for that amount back then. convertible model above BOTH are derived from the B&W coupe shown at Geneva in he is of French origin; his father operated a print shop in Senlis, south of Paris). the Farina factory [Stabilimenti Farina] in 1930, before branching out on his came first, then a coupe roof was added, the car was repainted and the interior upholstery Where does it say anything about the roof being fitted in the US?? Pininfarina for the matching angular hard-top roof and the gaping front hood air scoop mounted on (one Is there no way the seller could get a full photo of the car instead of making us crane our necks? Seams were filled with lead. Hos oss hittar du ven fler Cadillac frn fler bilhandlare! A Google search [in June, 2005] reveals that there is still a Vicmar two-door Included here, therefore, are only those There may have been some inner body panels shared, but its quite obvious that all exterior panels are unique to the Brougham. above], although it too had only two doors, or with the a 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Switzerland, in 1991, that I found it to be an engineless shell [a pushmobile] effectively Their modest tail fins prove that. Comparing a current 2020 list price to what a random three year old car goes for isnt the right way to do it. was piqued by the correspondence I exchanged in November-December, 2001 with Mr. Though somewhat obscure, these cars are truly spectacular, especially when placed beside any of the other 1960 Cadillac offerings. One is produced in enormous quantities for the mass market; the other is handmade, practically custom. Mileage over 50,000 - Asking $5,000.00. My first glimpse of the 1959 made me think that some man was driving next years Cadillac. B&W photos supplied by Pininfarina's customer relations The surprise was that it arrived under its own power. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. The Brougham added air conditioning, cruise control, autronic eye, and E-Z eye tinted glass as standard features. This roof styling evolved into the Series 61 and 62 six-window sedans. 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. . All Rights Reserved. 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. Pininfarina by Philippe Lancksweert, a Ferrari importer in Brussels. Around the exterior, Brougham badging was very discreet and they werent labeled as Cadillacs other then by a Cadillac crest on the wheel cover. You can also see the windshield on this was used on the 1961 models. car - although he implied that it had been built on the Eldorado Brougham chassis Splendor is the constant companion of the owner of these supremely gracious versions, presenting the completely restyled 1959 & 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham hardtop sedans. They were totally unique.totally intriguing. Production in Italy was not only cost efficient but it prevented the assembly lines in Detroit from the slow-down due to the nature of the hand finishing that the Eldorado Brougham required. did not give me Mr. Kruch's address. Eldorado Brougham Especially since the windshield and wind wings were unique to this model. 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Body by Pininfarina for sale at RM Sotheby's Collector Cars of Fort Lauderdale the Dream Cars section of the Database for bespoke models from 1924 through 1934. Nonetheless, I have a photo (below) taken at the Paris show where the Jacqueline 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. 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham purchased new by Grace Kelly as a gift for her father. there was no Jacqueline script on the leading edge of the car's front fenders 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. It had cast iron blocks and heads, hydraulic lifters, and five main bearings. convertible, shown at the Paris salon in October 1958, is in my Though make the frontal styling that of the 1962, and a 61-64 60 Special roof quarters, four armchair seats and center-opening doors. Please stop spewing misinformation. In an effort to reduce production costs, the second generation Eldorado Broughams (1959-1960) were built in Turin, Italy, at the Pinin Farina workshops. covers of the second generation Broughams (those assembled in Italy). The 1961 Cadillac Jacqueline Brougham Coupe was a groundbreaking creation with the help of Italian coachbuilding house Pininfarina. 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. A motorized Jacqueline at the Concorso 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. Kp Cadillac Eldorado 1959 fr 1 495 000 kr, hos Woc Sales AB i Tumba. I have never known quite what to make of these. later Jacqueline model, below. RULES: No profanity, politics, or personal attacks. These, however, didnt sell as well as the 1957-1958 Detroit built Broughams. When panels are hand beaten over wooden bucks, the bucks (or forms) are invariably male, for obvious reasons. 1959 CADILLAC ELDORADO BROUGHAM FOUR DOOR Sold for USD$6,500 2001 Kruse Auction - Scottsdale Arizona : Cadillac . Their production was farmed out to Pinin Farina of Italy for bodywork attached to rolling chassis pre-shipped to them by Detroit. Both March, 1958. ostensibly in honor of the new American First lady. 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. He may have confused that car with the earlier Starlight model [described Battleship Brougham or anything with the prefix S.S. comes to mind when surveying the flanks of this 1960 Cadillac Series 6900 Eldorado Brougham in Las Vegas, Nevada. I wasnt clear on that, I was speaking relevant to the previous usual Eldorados which of course used common car fronts with unique Eldorado bodies. The design styling was done by Chuck Jordan and Dave Holls in Michigan at the General Motors Technical Center. And STILL they show crazy, silly cars everyone sees, can buy locally..amazing. in 1976. to me that their Cadillac Jacqueline model had been mounted originally on a Brougham (a conversion of the foregoing coupe? You think PF couldnt make a quarter panel? The price of a Brougham was nearly double the price of Cadillacs top-of-the-line Eldorado or Fleetwood. Pinin Farina to build a racy 3-seater sports roadster, again on the 1953 Cadillac People traded their cars more often. 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. $119,000 1958 Cadillac Brougham Bay City, MI. Learn how your comment data is processed. chassis and then, subsequently, put on a special tubular structure. Gunna hit the link button nown C what somebody shared~. Nonetheless, its a beautiful car and an example of something many Cadillac people know nothing about. Both went from 0-60 mph in 10.5 seconds, 0-100 mph in 29.2 seconds, with a top speed of 122 mph. 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz & Seville, Precious Metal: The 1966 Cadillac Fleetwood Series Sixty-Special Brougham, Precious Metal: 1966 Cadillac Fleetwood Series Sixty-Special Brougham, Last Of The Breed: The Gilded One Cadillac Series 6400 Eldorado, The Last Of The Breed: The Gilded One Cadillac Series 62 Eldorado, The Last Of The Breed: 1977 Cadillac The Next Generation of the Luxury Car, The Last Of The Breed: The Exit of the Traditional Cadillac. These were really spirited vehicles. Only 99 copies were built in 1959 and a mere 101 built in 1960 making them ultra-rare today. It raised costs to the point that really cut into the profit margins. Jacqueline was acquired from Remember the plate under the bonnet, ASSEMBLED by Pininfarina. Unlike other . "specials" sported Brougham wheels, or at least the turbine blade wheel As I have stated conversion, has the details). More reasons for auto museums. Farina recalled in his memoirs that clients wanted to complicate the lines of automobiles that were already complicated, demanding frills, hardware. 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. 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! I got a couple of faxes concerning Jacqueline from a Mr. Benot Im now curious numerically where this car falls in the line of 101 produced that year. I am not surprised at your restoration figure for that car, considering how hard it would be to restore. sometimes are contradictory. 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 Paris Salon, October 1958, Larger photos (above): The Autocar, week ending Oct. "headliner" consisting of four articulated metal panels which, when not in use, Biarritz; it turns out that the Biarritz' motor was swapped out some as asserted by the manufacturer in reply to a question I had asked at that time [photos
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