Knowing what I know now, it looks like a doughy 61 Cadillac. the black coupe with white roof and no air scoop on the hood, Here is the second set of photos, obtained straight of Orccha. Find Used 1923 to 1970 Cadillac Broughams for Sale on Oodle Classifieds. This is beautiful, and appears well kept. One of the stranger chapters at GM. I am looking at a photo of a front clip with hardly any paint on it , and it clearly shows where where the lead was on the front guards which proves my theory how the front clip was made is correct. 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.. 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). This was PFs expertise, building small volume car bodies. This one apparently survived; I saw . Sheet metal was cut and formed on male wooden forms then welded together. October, 1959. The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Brougham was the last hand-crafted Cadillac. Though make the frontal styling that of the 1962, and a 61-64 60 Special roof quarters, four armchair seats and center-opening doors. The roof line used in 61 and later standard production was taller so that the quarter Windows could remain fixed. Lot #54,671. The heavily raked Pininfarina roofline REQUIRED the vent windows to roll back for entry and exit to the rear seat. The hood, trunk and doors all fit perfectly and tolerances along the panel edges do not vary a fraction of an inch. 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. the other [?] The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were fully equipped as the other Eldorado models. in 1970 for $5,500; will it ever show up again? As these versions of the 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Brougham aged, the lead they used as filler cracked. He found this car in Beverly Hills. The surprise was that it arrived under its own power. Regnr-Karosseri Sedan. B&W photos supplied by Pininfarina's customer relations It is surreal to see in writing a story somebody told you at a car show decades ago. 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. B. babycakes _101. My first glimpse of the 1959 made me think that some man was driving next years Cadillac. 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Additional Info: No we didn't make a mistake, this really is a 1959 model. covers of the second generation Broughams (those assembled in Italy). "headliner" consisting of four articulated metal panels which, when not in use, Some time after I had inquired about this car from PF, in 1976, an enthusiast If it is as good as it looks buy it and drive it. The irony is so money spent for exclusivity, and the result was that except for real enthusiasts most wouldnt recognize it as anything special. Between 1958 and 1961, the Italian coach-builder Pinin Farina - whose The 1959 & 1960 models had a squared-off rear rooflines with rear ventipanes. Both In addition to these features, six-way power seats, power windows & door locks, power trunk release, power steering & brakes, automatic transmission, and an air suspended self-leveling system. Also, I have it from Pininfarina that Jacqueline carefully avoided acknowledging or denying the rumor. On the other hand, in 1959, the chassis for both the Brougham Or just coincidence? The taillamps were incorporated into the stock `59 rear bumper. "facts" drawn from the source(s) which, in my opinion, seem the most It was originally black with a white roof Back in 1985 I was at a Cadillac car show with a friend. $5,000.00, in a -page ad, is what appears to be the light-colored coupe with the was piqued by the correspondence I exchanged in November-December, 2001 with Mr. It was the first Cadillac model to use a nameplate instead of previous Series model descriptions. Especially since the windshield and wind wings were unique to this model. Nice boat. survived That car remained for many years in Pininfarinas own In those days, 100,000 miles was viewed as the expected useful life of a car by most people. As explained in the previous paragraph, it seems possible that this and the The bodies shared nothing with the production models, as they were essentially hand built by PF. French auto buff Jean Baptiste Dewever sent me two undated (unfortunately) sketches by tri-power unit (Frank Tetro of Harbor Auto Restorations in Florida, who did the Pininfarina Cadillac show cars were "immobile" pushmobiles and not If a Corvair and a 65 Rambler Ambassador had a baby. (SNK, yes I DO realize how stupid that sounds! Sad thing was that I saw a listing for it on Auto Trader or some other source about 5 years ago that has shown it in far worse condition than in 91, and Im guessing that it has sat in a corner of a warehouse ever since. Am I to conclude, therefore, that all have been shaved to almost horizontal or the photo detail is unclear. No description of the second Jacqueline (the alleged There was a 1960 Brougham there and we spoke to the owner. After 24 months of disassembly, cleaning and returning sub-assemblies back together it's time to start putting the chassis back together. . When he found it the car was green on green. Perhaps Cadillac experts can comment on the originality of what looks like an upholstered plywood box under the dashboard. to me that their Cadillac Jacqueline model had been mounted originally on a Brougham Cadillac built the Brougham as a boutique halo car, and its unlikely they made a dime on each after paying Pininfarinas bill and two-way shipping. Holy crap! 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. Barn Finders is much better at portraying the cars, the writers are much better, and the people from France ? Right: '59 Eldorado Brougham rear bumper and tail-lights married to some a lighter (metallic) hue color for the (later) Turin show. 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. Hemmings Motor News has been serving the classic car hobby since 1954. Pinin began working at the family firm Stabilimenti Farina in 1910 alongside his brothers Giovanni and Carlo. The REAL owner was Alain-Dominique Perrin. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. With the 1959 model year yielding 99 vehicles and the 1960 model year yielding 101 vehicles, they are quite rare and highly collectible. Meaning they were hand fabricated. It simply shows those parts that were sent from detroit since they were the ones shared. car salesman in Paris, France. 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. Look at these drawings: those lines certainly are That means copy the url (web address) and paste it here. John, I didnt say it was exact, but you can see the influence in the 61 model. These were the days when Cadillac was King! Youre making assumptions that arent relevant. there was no Jacqueline script on the leading edge of the car's front fenders document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. Many are junk cars. This is through no shortage of desire on Pininfarina's part. There were quite a few panels shared, mostly inner ones. white coupe (3/58, Geneva), the silver convertible (10/58 Paris) and the At least they didnt take pics at night with a flash. Benot claimed that Jacqueline had been built on a 1959, This car had an interesting Plexiglas top with an ingenious courtesy Ron Wilson ] numbered 5315 and 5319. show the dark colored "Skylight" coupe that was on display at the Geneva "signed" H.V. 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. Pink Volkswagen Beetle. Cadillac had launched the Eldorado in 1953 at a price of $7750or about $72,000 adjusted for inflation. The seller went to the trouble to post on Hemings but failed to take good pictures! models from 1946 through 1955. [even impossible] that the latter could have been mounted on the 1959 Eldorado The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were powered by Cadillac's 390 CID V8 OHV 16-valve pushrod engine. 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. . Big German luxury cars have replaced cars like the DeVille and their deprecation just as insane. These cars were built as opulentultra luxury cars in direct competition to the Rolls-Royce. The Brougham added air conditioning, cruise control, autronic eye, and E-Z eye tinted glass as standard features. 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. These new bodies ditched the ancient panoramic windshield for a cleaner look. Irving Willems] of Texarkana, CA. 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. Can you imagine the depreciation hit the new car buyer took on one of these? The 1959 & 1960 Brougham didnt use the fancy rear forward opening coach doors as the Detroit versions. designed and built four more exclusive, custom bodies. 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. inspiration from the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham project. The former. Pinin Farina, as the company was then known, had been working with GM on the second-generation Eldorado Brougham program for 1959. The 59 and 60 Eldorado Brougham was a very curious undertaking. They did it right when they did the work. These were really spirited vehicles. Im now curious numerically where this car falls in the line of 101 produced that year. Required fields are marked *. The 1959-1960 Eldorado Broughams were farmed out to Pininfarina of Italy which made them exotic as well as cost efficient to Cadillac. So was this intentionally styled to look like the upcoming 61 models, or was it the other way around, with the 61s designed to look like the 59 Brougham? Standard features include the Autronic Eye that automatically dims high-beams when an oncoming car approaches. sometimes are contradictory. Only 99 copies were built in 1959 and a mere 101 built in 1960 making them ultra-rare today. The tiny skeg fins premiered those on the standard 61 and 62 designs. Each Brougham exhibited a refinement that only hand-crafting could produce. Fleetwood at Fisher Body finished the detail work once they arrived back in the US. With only 99 examples made, the $13,075 Eldorado Brougham for 1959, along with the 1960 model, is among the rarest of all Cadillacs. Your email address will not be published. mounted on a tubular framework and fitted with Brougham look-alike wheels. 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. When panels are hand beaten over wooden bucks, the bucks (or forms) are invariably male, for obvious reasons. Nonetheless, I have a photo (below) taken at the Paris show where the Jacqueline Very cool. he is of French origin; his father operated a print shop in Senlis, south of Paris). For the record, Pinin Farina is not a new sort of mushy breakfast cereal. In fact, like their 1960 hat, I doubt they still had the same car by 61. 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. When it comes to fashion, theres a huge difference between designers ready-to-wear collections and their haute couture lines. featured a brushed steel roof and no back seat. The depreciation of a car is always in direct proportion to the reliability and quality of the vehicle. But then, I am not privy to the things that drive people of means to buy what they buy in its season, however fleeting that season may be. Its not obvious with a casual glance at the pictures but these didnt have front parts in common with a regular 60 Cad. I have decided that my problem is that I never saw these before I knew what the 61-62 Cadillac looked like. who comment are smart and knowledgable. to which Benot referred?). The body was built in Italy, with a combination of parts, some from the US and some from Italy. Joe ran a repair shop for various Caddies and other cars that largely looked after mechanical work (no body work). Production was farmed out to Italy to be more cost efficient. chassis. 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. chassis and then, subsequently, put on a special tubular structure.