Nonetheless, its a beautiful car and an example of something many Cadillac people know nothing about. reminiscent of the 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham. 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. How about a link? My interest in the Cadillac Jacqueline Cadillac couldnt stay away from manufacturing of bodies in Italy, the Allante also suffered from this idea. Do you know how to link to something. Since the 1957-58 Cadillac Eldorado Broughamchassis measures 126 inches, and the Series Sixty-Specialchassis of 1958 measures 133 inches, obviously it was Someone built a hot rod outta one of these. Comparing a current 2020 list price to what a random three year old car goes for isnt the right way to do it. Sketch #5319 features two traditional Rolls Royce front fenders, bumpers andimpact The 59 and 60 Eldorado Brougham was a very curious undertaking. 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. 101 were built in 1960 and this is # 16. company name was changed to Pininfarina (in one word) in 1961 - drew great Four years later, Cadillac introduced the Eldorado Brougham to compete with Lincoln Continental Mark II. No description of the second Jacqueline (the alleged have been shaved to almost horizontal or the photo detail is unclear. They both had the luxury length of 225 they were 80 wide with long 130 wheelbases. Two of the 18 words in this Cadillacs description are new interior, and it appears to be well-done. 131, More essential pointers for safe winter car storage, 11 car and truck models born as trim levels, This new kind of car museum lets you share, and even consign, your classic. If you want a good look at a 1960 Cadillac Brougham, youll have to reach beyond this listing. featuresfront fender and bumper that are also reminiscent of that Cadillac model. Brougham chassis, since the latter did not become available until the Fall of 1958. Then one of the most expensive automobiles in the world, the Eldorado Brougham came loaded with options, including factory air conditioning. The depreciation figures for the regular 1960 Cadillacs have to be considered in the context of their time. Cadillac had launched the Eldorado in 1953 at a price of $7750or about $72,000 adjusted for inflation. In fact, the car was a pushmobile, from 1961 built on a 1959 Eldorado Brougham chassis [possibly because of those unmistakable Month/year matched up with each ad (excuse the poor production values); tough to find ads where dealer actually gave asking price! Brougham Coachwork: Pininfarina The 200 Cadillac Brougham sedans built in 1960 and 1961 were some of the last examples of the coach-built era. The answer at that 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. information I had on Jacqueline was mere hearsay and gossip by people who only I wish that Cadillac would have produced something like the Jacqueline, also a Pininfarina design. This was taken at Classic Caddy in Oakville circa 1991. I saw that car many years ago in a museum in San Diego. 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. Mouton or nylon carpet could also be ordered. There he would remain until 1930 when, through the help of Vicenzo Lancia, Battista opened his own shop, Pinin Farina. If you have some other info, link to it please. One of the stranger chapters at GM. The body was built in Italy, with a combination of parts, some from the US and some from Italy. But given how high taxes were (92 %) and other factors, think more like $500k in todays money. The 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. Old School Cars. sometimes are contradictory. It seems that Cadillac went through a lot of trouble for nothing. He found this car in Beverly Hills. subsequently "spoiled" by over-restoration and customization in the USA. To the average used car buyer, this $13,075 Brougham was probably just considered another used Cadillac model, and worth $2500 at most. conversion, has the details). 1985, dos not include any photo of Jacqueline - does any reader have the EPA book known in the family as Pinin [the little one] worked with his older brother in This Where exactly? Kp Cadillac Eldorado 1959 fr 1 495 000 kr, hos Woc Sales AB i Tumba. A highly remarkable find, especially in authentic CC condition. 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. If you care to look at Cadillac Data Base you can see a photo of the preformed panels before being sent to Italy. reliable. Beautiful car! Two of these PF A good read on the brougham of that era for those like me that were a bit uneducated. 1999. Regrettably, he is not a very cooperative nor is he a pleasant person to 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. I acquired two different sets of photos of the a tubular structure. The bodies shared nothing with the production models, as they were essentially hand built by PF. It is improbable And the style, detail etc. It had cast iron blocks and heads, hydraulic lifters, and five main bearings. But in 1960 it must have been quite elegant in comparison with the normal Caddys. Im specifically talking about the exterior panels that are obviously unique to the Brougham. designed and built four more exclusive, custom bodies. 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. Seams were filled with lead. Your email address will not be published. 60s Cars. Im no expert, but Ive never seen a 60 Cadillac with skegs, a panel that plain between the trunk and bumper, and no taillights in the fins. photo. It raised costs to the point that really cut into the profit margins. These were the days when Cadillac was King! $119,000 1958 Cadillac Brougham Bay City, MI. Owing to an 11th hour styling modification, involving the grille blade spacing, car #1 of the 1959 production made its first public appearance at the 1959 Chicago Auto Show, some four months after the first stock 1959 Cadillac models. The Hemmings listing indicates this is #79 of 100, and my research agrees with your total of 101. There, the bodies were hand-built and mounted in the new Via Lesna industrial complex covering about fifteen acres. 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.. This is beautiful, and appears well kept. white coupe (3/58, Geneva), the silver convertible (10/58 Paris) and the "facts". convertible model above BOTH are derived from the B&W coupe shown at Geneva in some six years AFTER publication of the Hemmings ad), he did 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. The haphazard listing here on Hemmings asks $58,000 or best offer for the 1 of 101 sedan. 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. Benot was "absolutely convinced" that there were 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. My heart skipped a Here is a car people rarely see. Actually, the fins on the `59 version of this `60 Brougham were those used on production 1960 model Cadillacsjust a year early is all. Described as a great runner, the sumptuous super-tanker looks largely (but not completely) original and shines inside and out. It was the first Cadillac model to use a nameplate instead of previous Series model descriptions. Well, Mr. Couturier, Each Brougham exhibited a refinement that only hand-crafting could produce. Caddys interest the coach builder showed two [?] sold the car to his friends, Michel Kruch and Herve Willems. 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. 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. Brougham that may have been on show concurrently in Paris. It is a very sharp example. As explained in the previous paragraph, it seems possible that this and the chassis and then, subsequently, put on a special tubular structure. version turned up for sale in Hemmings Motor News When panels are hand beaten over wooden bucks, the bucks (or forms) are invariably male, for obvious reasons. partner, Kruch. It was followed by the Cabriolet Four-Posti, a four-seat convertible with exquisitely clean Italian style, and the 1959 Coupe Four-Posti. Quite the contrary. Both Of course with a common 60 the hood opened from the front, leaving only the stationary grille behind. on 1958 PF coupe and convertible None of the body panels nor any of the glass could be interchanged with the stock Cadillac models. Drivmedel Bensin. 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. The Our car is black with blue cloth interior. as I was quick to point out in the Foreword to It was a stunning statement in Italian understatement, one not lost on GM Design. These new bodies ditched the ancient panoramic windshield for a cleaner look. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. CEO?) Overall length was stretched to 225 inches, again the same as for other Cadillacs. mid-nineties. 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. The assembled operational chassis and internal body structure shared with the standard 1959-60 Cadillac along with ancillary components were crated then shipped to Pinin Farina. The Eldorado Seville coupe and Biarritz convertible each were sold at $7,401. inspiration from the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham project. For all we know if the Broughams had never been produced, the wrap around might have gone on for a few more years, like they did on the professional cars. from 1957 to 1960. Is it still around? Did folks who bought a Rolls Royce Silver Cloud in 1960 were concerned about its future depreciation? Mileage over 50,000 - Asking $5,000.00. The lights were removed from the tail fins, the sides are flatter with some concave details. When he found it the car was green on green. I would be interested to hear from anyone Im now curious numerically where this car falls in the line of 101 produced that year. who attended both these shows or who actually saw photos of the two Skylight Some three decades before the appearance of the Allant, Cadillac had been very much on the minds of the designers in Italy. . scoop on the hood; both have Borrani spoke wheels. 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. They tried again with the Allante in the late 80s and early 90s. I did everything in my power to avoid such disasters.. By 1964, a 1960 DeVille (which originally cost $5498) was worth $2275; a Sixty Special (originally $6233) was now worth a mere $2320. Have a look at this: https://usedfirst.com/cars/mercedes-benz/s-class/https://usedfirst.com/cars/mercedes-benz/s-class/. in January, 1996. There are protective splash pans and flanges under the car to prevent the rocker panel from scraping on steep driveways. front and rear fenders and bumpers Left: Look at that windshield ! Better proportions than the 59 but with worst build quality, from the Italians. As I suffered an "epistolary aggression" 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. 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. Wondered the same. he is of French origin; his father operated a print shop in Senlis, south of Paris). I always thought that these were far more attractive than the other 59 -60 Cadillacs. time in its life and carried a regular '59 engine with one single, 4-barrel carb - no chassis. Standard features include the Autronic Eye that automatically dims high-beams when an oncoming car approaches. Makes me think the whole exercise came from above them. car salesman in Paris, France. Subdued tail fins marked a new direction for Cadillac styling after 1959s FinZilla treatment. was a special three-passenger roadster commissioned by an Indian potentate, the Maharajah In fact, Couturier is said to be a disreputable used But all of the outer panels are unique, and were hand made at PF in Italy. was replaced. Also, I have it from Pininfarina that Jacqueline For those that could afford it, the Brougham was a way to travel two years ahead of time, design wise. The Italian Cadillacs were individually built and assembled on a stationary production line. The 1960 model year was the last time the problematic air suspension was used. When I corresponded with Fredy Valentini of PF's He didnt like that combination so he took it to a coach company and had the color changed to this Bordeaux red. 83rd Street, New York, NY 10008. With only 99 examples made, the $13,075 Eldorado Brougham for 1959, along with the 1960 model, is among the rarest of all Cadillacs. when it was shown in Paris; the name, he said, was added later, for the Turin French auto buff Jean Baptiste Dewever sent me two undated (unfortunately) sketches by "funny fins". (at least) TWO Jacqueline prototypes; he claimed to own #1; he implied that the ad of 1960 (possibly shot at the Paris Salon). It is described also in detail in the Dream The whole point of having PF build these bodies was because they could do it significantly cheaper than GM could. Not only were these two year wonders produced in super low numbers, but they were highly prone to corrosion. for the matching angular hard-top roof and the gaping front hood air scoop mounted on (one inconsistencies you may come across so that, together, we can improve the Database and 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. They did it right when they did the work. This is Harlow Curtice at the 1958 Paris Salon with Battista Pininfarina and his son Sergio. Battista didnt take on a Detroit production car until the early 1950s, when Farina teamed with Nash to produce the Nash-Healey sports car. It will remain in my collection until my estate sells it. from Herv (Irving) Willems in 1996 (although Mr. Willems' name sounds Belgian, in fact Gunna hit the link button nown C what somebody shared~. This color combination was confirmed to me by Pininfarina Miguel, time was a definite "No.". One is produced in enormous quantities for the mass market; the other is handmade, practically custom. Pininfarinaasserted in 1976 that the Skylightcoupe and convertible models(s) were mounted on a Cadillac chassis, standing at 130 inches. Find images and videos about cute, pink and car on We Heart It - the app to get lost in what you love. These photos ); it is now believed that The roof line used in 61 and later standard production was taller so that the quarter Windows could remain fixed. silver & white hardtop coupe with hood air scoop (5/59, Turin); the latter between September 1959 and April 1968. The PF customer relations department asserted also, in 1976, that The only hand fabricated part was huge one piece front clip witch was made up of numerous small parts supplied from Cadillac, including half front guards, head lights support panels and a section of front guard panel above the headlights. did not see the two cars together, but he did send me a startling ad from the December One of which ( Cadillac Jacqueline) shared some styling influence with some Peugeots of the era. They are beautiful machines, but Id hate to have to restore one. In those days, 100,000 miles was viewed as the expected useful life of a car by most people. there was only a SINGLE chassis on which were mounted, successively, The text reads: Unique Cadillac - 1957 motor, chassis, 1959 custom body by 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. This 1958 Cadillac ElDorado Brougham, body . The car is one of two PF designed themselves that year, a vert and hardtop. I got a couple of faxes concerning Jacqueline from a Mr. Benot I was absolutely smitten, but couldnt even begin to give it the attention that it needed. Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Pininfarina -59. The bodywork was sent to Penin Farina Coachworks in Italy as a cost reduction measure. But it was Battistas relationship with Earl that produced something truly special: the 195960 Eldorado Brougham. The photos in the lower row shows the car to be painted a light metallic gray and the Series Sixty Special models measured 130 inches. Can you imagine the depreciation hit the new car buyer took on one of these? with bright red upholstery. the black coupe with white roof and no air scoop on the hood, Here is the second set of photos, obtained straight Same with the 59; it previewed 60 styling one year early too. Jacqueline was acquired from There were quite a few panels shared, mostly inner ones. 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham purchased new by Grace Kelly as a gift for her father. above], although it too had only two doors, or with the a 1960 Cadillac Eldorado In fact, like their 1960 hat, I doubt they still had the same car by 61. Not all 1959 Cadillacs had bullet taillights. with deep pockets appears to have come along with a very thick wad of $100 bills; he was I have decided that my problem is that I never saw these before I knew what the 61-62 Cadillac looked like. Thanks to reader Larry D. for serving us this tasty Italian-American masterpiece. shocked to find that this "automobile" could not possibly move under its Cadillac's 60-year alliance with Pininfarina began with the 1931 V16 Roadster built for the Maharaja of Orchha. 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. Im bidding 5 figures on the carhave a professional photographer do the shoot for you and maybe it will fetch the $89k! Pininfarina asserted in 1976 that the Skylight coupe and But yes, the whole idea of these was a bit iffy, and quite a different approach than the 57-58 version. During the 1950s, a few show cars were produced, plus a limited production run of the 1959 and 1960 Eldorado Brougham. 69 chassis (Eldorado Brougham). We are largest vintage car website with the. The original El Dorado Brougham was a very attractive design, but it also previewed the design of the 57 and 58 models. one I saw in Geneva (that car was on loan from the Pininfarina museum and has Can be inspected at Vicmar Garage, 8 E. Heres the most important line from that page: The Italian Cadillacs were individually built and assembled on a stationary production line. to me that their Cadillac Jacqueline model had been mounted originally on a Brougham Interestingly, even the 1959 Brougham eschewed the twin-torpedoed fins of other 59 Cadilacs for a simplified look. Stunningly beautiful. Big German luxury cars have replaced cars like the DeVille and their deprecation just as insane. 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. A 4 speed automatic transmission delivered the power to the road. from France ? then first lady, Jacqueline Bouvier-Kennedy. Willems later bought out his at the Paris Salon in 1961 was NOT white and referred me to a photo in a book on Cadillac Check it out! Have a look at Acura TL ads. A motorized Jacqueline at the Concorso The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Brougham was the last hand-crafted Cadillac. The taillamps were incorporated into the stock `59 rear bumper. It was one of their selling points, often referenced in the print advertisements. '57 Cadillac chassis. It was originally black with a white roof The original El Dorado Brougham was a very attractive design, but it also previewed the design of the '57 and '58 models. shown first at the 1958 annual Geneva Motor Show, which is held in March. numbered 5315 and 5319. well-known French carrossier (coachbuilder), Henri Chapron [above] They A Google search [in June, 2005] reveals that there is still a Vicmar Late Extra (6/2005): Well, I did hear Pinninfarina did several Cadillac based concepts around this time period also, in an effort to encourage Cadillac into giving them more business. Welcome to the new world of selling cars with your phone. "automobile"? The irony is so money spent for exclusivity, and the result was that except for real enthusiasts most wouldnt recognize it as anything special. The car was originally shown during the 1961 Paris Auto Salon. 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Pininfarina dared to tamp down the excesses of late-'50s General Motors, and the Cadillac Eldorado fared better for it. car - although he implied that it had been built on the Eldorado Brougham chassis These were really spirited vehicles. Upon closer inspection, everything is different, it has a subdued opulence that none of the other 1960 Cadillacs can offer. Are you really so clueless about how car body panels are made? they know the facts; he said I was "wandering about in a thick fog" and that I The special Pininfarina models of 1958 through 1961 are described The hood, trunk and doors all fit perfectly and tolerances along the panel edges do not vary a fraction of an inch. This one was more subtle. 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. deal with. These were built by Pininfarina, but (from what Ive read) were an in-house Cadillac design. Italiano, 1999, The Jacqueline coupe in 1996 [Photo: Collectible carefully avoided acknowledging or denying the rumor. When I crawled under the car at the Geneva Motor Show in 1991, I was indeed Series Sixty-Special chassis of 1958 measures 133 inches, obviously it was The `59 fins were never used on these. in 1976. 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. Up front, quad headlights, which were a Pinin Farina staple, bookended a simple egg crate grille. 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. All gaps and shut lines were expedited with exacting standards.