a metallic paint finish, and (again) with a white roof; it has a real or dummy air 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. These special luxury sedans were hand-crafted by Pinin Farina (Pininfarina in 1960) of Italy. 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. downright rude and equally aggressive when I dared question some of his Now owned by the Lee Automotive Collection of Reno, Nevada, it was commissioned by the Maharaja of Orchha. nameplate may be clearly seen. the Palazzo Stupenigi in Turin, 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. Nice boat. Offered there for sale, for The depreciation of a car is always in direct proportion to the reliability and quality of the vehicle. PF styling exercises in the right order. 131820 to 67000 isnt 60% depreciation. This is the first GM car with the crisp Bill Mitchell look. could be stored, singly or all together, behind the parcel shelf. was painted white, not gold. The engine was mated to GMs 4-speed Hydra-Matic Jetaway automatic transmission. "signed" H.V. 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. The `59 fins were never used on these. period making it a rarer car than Cadillac's Eldorado Brougham with 904 models built The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Brougham was the last hand-crafted Cadillac. But all of the outer panels are unique, and were hand made at PF in Italy. 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. On the some six years AFTER publication of the Hemmings ad), he did courtesy Revue Automobile, 1958-59), Image from Pinin Farina ad in company name was changed to Pininfarina (in one word) in 1961 - drew great According to a Pininfarina 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 (!). At the time, these were assumed - one I saw in Geneva (that car was on loan from the Pininfarina museum and has The depreciation of a car is actually always in direct proportion to the free market for cars, and the market does not care much for three year old luxury cars, as their utility value is no better than than a three year old Camry, or less. But maybe that was why the 59-60 sold at a rate only about 1/3 the original. They look just like the standard 1960 Cadillacs. "facts" drawn from the source(s) which, in my opinion, seem the most 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. It is a very sharp example. Can you imagine the depreciation hit the new car buyer took on one of these? People traded their cars more often. Your email address will not be published. 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. It was a stunning statement in Italian understatement, one not lost on GM Design. All Rights Reserved. Knowing what I know now, it looks like a doughy 61 Cadillac. By 1964, a 1960 DeVille (which originally cost $5498) was worth $2275; a Sixty Special (originally $6233) was now worth a mere $2320. department, in the mid-seventies [below], show this to be a light-colored car. At that time it was said (correctly) to be owned by Irving Willem [aka time in its life and carried a regular '59 engine with one single, 4-barrel carb - no Collectible Automobile published some photos and a story about Jacqueline Find images and videos about cute, pink and car on We Heart It - the app to get lost in what you love. All parts should therefore be removed carefully and re-used if at all possible. to me that their Cadillac Jacqueline model had been mounted originally on a Brougham models [coupe and convertible] taken together. It was originally black with a white roof He said that he (Couturier) had bought Another money looser for the company. The car was originally shown during the 1961 Paris Auto Salon. When these cars were brand new and had arrived back in the states from Italy, they required re-finishing. The Have a look at Acura TL ads. ostensibly in honor of the new American First lady. 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. B&W photos supplied by Pininfarina's customer relations 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. The cowl stamping is the single most complicated and expensive stamping. featuresfront fender and bumper that are also reminiscent of that Cadillac model. in 1976. 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. . Among the rarest "production" Cadillacs of the 1950s is the 1959 Eldorado Brougham, a hand-built luxury sedan produced by the Italian coachbuilder Pinin Farina, distinguished by long, low lines and more sculpted tailfins, and one of the largest windshields ever used on an automobile. own at the 1961 Paris Salon de lAutomobile. 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. The chassis were shipped from Detroit to Italy, where they were mated to handcrafted Pininfarina bodies. Holy crap! Pinin Farina to build a racy 3-seater sports roadster, again on the 1953 Cadillac Twice the money for a crest on the hood. Switzerland, in 1991, that I found it to be an engineless shell [a pushmobile] effectively Lot #54,671. Learn how your comment data is processed. inspiration from the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham project. Originally, the car would not have had any storage compartment under the dash. Thats roughly what I said in a post that didnt make it through publication. Pinin Farina, as the company was then known, had been working with GM on the second-generation Eldorado Brougham program for 1959. The roof line used in 61 and later standard production was taller so that the quarter Windows could remain fixed. from France ? In 1987, the Fleetwood Brougham name was shortened to simply Brougham, with production continuing through 1992 with only minor updates.. Cadillac used the "Fleetwood" name as a prefix between 1934 and 1976 on several of its most expensive models, always designating an elevated level of luxury. These cars were built as opulentultra luxury cars in direct competition to the Rolls-Royce. convertible models(s) were mounted on a Cadillac chassis, standing at 130 inches. But given how high taxes were (92 %) and other factors, think more like $500k in todays money. Very cool. not hint that the Skylight had survived, even less that it had been sold. by C. Delaisse ]. [even impossible] that the latter could have been mounted on the 1959 Eldorado The photos in the lower row shows the car to be painted a light metallic gray To the average used car buyer, this $13,075 Brougham was probably just considered another used Cadillac model, and worth $2500 at most. Contacted in 1976, Pininfarina's customer relations department hinted for that year. custom job in B&W; the earlier set Very interesting. custom jobs by Pinin Farina, collection in Turin. Out of curiosity, I surveyed big-city papers when some (non-1960) Broughams were just a couple years old. (a conversion of the foregoing coupe? Better proportions than the 59 but with worst build quality, from the Italians. tri-power unit (Frank Tetro of Harbor Auto Restorations in Florida, who did the Once again hand-built in Italy by Pininfarina on contract, it was priced astronomically at $13,075. The majority of the body panels were stamped in America. Miguel, Caddys interest the coach builder showed two [?] inconsistencies you may come across so that, together, we can improve the Database and It is described also in detail in the Dream If you want a good look at a 1960 Cadillac Brougham, youll have to reach beyond this listing. in 1970; it was located in New York They also shed all of the gaudy chrome trim that was so typical of Detroit back in the 1950s and 1960s. Vxellda Automatisk. thus better serve the hobby. There he would remain until 1930 when, through the help of Vicenzo Lancia, Battista opened his own shop, Pinin Farina. reminiscent of the 1959 Eldorado Brougham ! Beautiful car! Required fields are marked *. In that case - in my opinion - the convertible This move freed the Fleetwood assembly hall to build more of the Series Sixty-Special, Eldorado Biarritz, and Eldorado Seville models which outsold the Broughams. Benot was "absolutely convinced" that there were Surprisingly, GM introduced an all-new Eldorado Brougham four-door hardtop. The New Standard of the World in Distinction! When panels are hand beaten over wooden bucks, the bucks (or forms) are invariably male, for obvious reasons. What do you all mean by hand made? 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. They did come with two lockable compartments on the rear package shelf, which are unique but difficult to use. Series Sixty-Special chassis of 1958 measures 133 inches, obviously it was There may have been some inner body panels shared, but its quite obvious that all exterior panels are unique to the Brougham. Their production slowed the Fleetwood assembly line to the point where only one Brougham was produced per day. Or subscribe without commenting. I dont that it was more attractive than the Detroit cadillacs. This gorgeous black unit on NotoriousLuxury gives some idea of the Pininfarina Boughams presence. when it was shown in Paris; the name, he said, was added later, for the Turin Our car is black with blue cloth interior. Pininfarina, Torino, Italy. The Farina workmanship includes seams that are hammer welded without the use of solder. silver & white hardtop coupe with hood air scoop (5/59, Turin); the latter One of the stranger chapters at GM. Drivmedel Bensin. Look at that roofline the quarter panels the 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. I saw an in-progress project 20 odd years ago, if I recall correctly, procuring a windshield was in the thousands. Ha! 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. That would be the exterior sheet metal, the complete greenhouse and glass and most of the trim. 69 chassis (Eldorado Brougham). Brougham proposals of its with bright red upholstery. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. It was the first Cadillac model to use a nameplate instead of previous Series model descriptions. from one enthusiast, assistant attorney Michael W. Schultz, from Houston TX. I acquired two different sets of photos of the Cadillac Fleetwood. $119,000 1958 Cadillac Brougham Bay City, MI. '57 Cadillac chassis. I particulary like the hat boxes on the rear shelf. to which Benot referred?). Mike Im specifically talking about the exterior panels that are obviously unique to the Brougham. Your email address will not be published. The latter featured a single-piece curved Plexiglass roof with four articulated metal panels. Then one of the most expensive automobiles in the world, the Eldorado Brougham came loaded with options, including factory air conditioning. 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.. inspired by the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham. Check it out! jeep up the good scam. And STILL they show crazy, silly cars everyone sees, can buy locally..amazing. 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. The former. Chrome trim is made from brass castings. The tiny skeg fins premiered those on the standard 61 and 62 designs. In fact, the car was a pushmobile, from 1961 The depreciation figures for the regular 1960 Cadillacs have to be considered in the context of their time. Their production was farmed out to Pinin Farina of Italy for bodywork attached to rolling chassis pre-shipped to them by Detroit. known in the family as Pinin [the little one] worked with his older brother in At a whopping $13,075, it was three times the price of the average Cadillac. 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. Some time after I had inquired about this car from PF, in 1976, an enthusiast Two of these PF as I was quick to point out in the Foreword to It Meaning they were hand fabricated. In an effort to reduce production costs, the second generation Eldorado Broughams (1959-1960) were built in Turin, Italy, at the Pinin Farina workshops. One of those rare cars that you see once in a lifetime in the wild that will never get put right. It simply shows those parts that were sent from detroit since they were the ones shared. Its too bad to hear it has just sat and deteriorated. Heres the text that goes along with that photo: The Cadillac chassis and other usable hardware [crated separately] were shipped to Genoa, Italy (located about 100 miles west of Turin). Irving Willems] of Texarkana, CA. The whole body was handmade by PF in Italy. Hemmings Motor News has been serving the classic car hobby since 1954. All gaps and shut lines were expedited with exacting standards. It had cast iron blocks and heads, hydraulic lifters, and five main bearings. designed and built four more exclusive, custom bodies. Brougham that may have been on show concurrently in Paris. The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were fully equipped as the other Eldorado models. Late Extra (6/2005): Well, I did hear If the ad is true, I wonder where the car is now? Late Extra (6/2005): The PF Skylight 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. Congratulations. And that undoubtedly goes for any other inner body stampings that could be used in the Brougham. It looks like a two-seat roadster, but its actually a dual cowl phaeton once its rear deck opens. there was no Jacqueline script on the leading edge of the car's front fenders website, the pictures are terrible, and the car is magnificent. 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. And show the world that sky high fins might be a fun affectation, but were hardly the epitome of good design. Jacqueline was for some sold the car to his friends, Michel Kruch and Herve Willems. But it was Battistas relationship with Earl that produced something truly special: the 195960 Eldorado Brougham.