Interiors were exceptionally elegant. custom jobs by Pinin Farina, as I was quick to point out in the Foreword to They look just like the standard 1960 Cadillacs. In order to cut cost and speed up the Fleetwood assembly line, their production was expedited by Pinin Farina of Italy. Brougham proposals of its PR department in 1976 (i.e. The whole body was handmade by PF in Italy. The hood, trunk and doors all fit perfectly and tolerances along the panel edges do not vary a fraction of an inch. not hint that the Skylight had survived, even less that it had been sold. Thanks for sharing. 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! Congratulations. (image: 1958 The Autocar, week ending website, the pictures are terrible, and the car is magnificent. own power as it had neither engine nor drive-train. Each Brougham exhibited a refinement that only hand-crafting could produce. Of these four cars, only one of them - the Jacqueline - is known to have This green survivor shown above is really an interesting find! the Paris Salon, shows a very light colored car; I would imagine that a gold-colored car, to me that their Cadillac Jacqueline model had been mounted originally on a Brougham convertible Wow, Dean where did you spot this one?! The 57-58 was unmistakable with the stainless roof and the suicide doors. Pinin Farina to build a racy 3-seater sports roadster, again on the 1953 Cadillac guards. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. They were still significant models in Cadillacs history. (new)Cadillac Database, "facts" from different sources In comparison, Italys Carrozzeria Farina had opened only the year before. T. Schwier, 342 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017. Benot was "absolutely convinced" that there were they know the facts; he said I was "wandering about in a thick fog" and that I tri-power unit (Frank Tetro of Harbor Auto Restorations in Florida, who did the with deep pockets appears to have come along with a very thick wad of $100 bills; he was Well, Mr. Couturier, The Cadillac I was absolutely smitten, but couldnt even begin to give it the attention that it needed. Custom 1959 Eldorado Brougham Rolls Royce of England built their Phantom V models (a conversion of the foregoing coupe? If you care to look at Cadillac Data Base you can see a photo of the preformed panels before being sent to Italy. These cars were built as opulentultra luxury cars in direct competition to the Rolls-Royce. I would be interested to hear from anyone Cadillac couldnt stay away from manufacturing of bodies in Italy, the Allante also suffered from this idea. 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. This More reasons for auto museums. Ha! The price started out at $89,000.00 when first advertised in Hemmings, which is getting annoying with its redesign of its with bright red upholstery. The coupes simplicity was striking, especially for a Cadillac shorn of its famous tailfins, its straight beltline, squared-off body, stainless steel roof, simple wrap-around taillights, and no back seat were a remarkable departure. Quite the contrary. was piqued by the correspondence I exchanged in November-December, 2001 with Mr. Comparing a current 2020 list price to what a random three year old car goes for isnt the right way to do it. 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. Image uploaded by crazydreamer. Up front, quad headlights, which were a Pinin Farina staple, bookended a simple egg crate grille. The 59 and 60 Eldorado Brougham was a very curious undertaking. In my opinion, therefore, the writer is mistaken as regards a possible second Jacqueline Pininfarina, Torino, Italy. Required fields are marked *. At a whopping $13,075, it was three times the price of the average Cadillac. (at least) TWO Jacqueline prototypes; he claimed to own #1; he implied that the Better proportions than the 59 but with worst build quality, from the Italians. These were built by Pininfarina, but (from what Ive read) were an in-house Cadillac design. 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. He may have confused that car with the earlier Starlight model [described Happy motoring! Have a look at this: https://usedfirst.com/cars/mercedes-benz/s-class/https://usedfirst.com/cars/mercedes-benz/s-class/. to which Benot referred?). later Jacqueline model, below. It's a 4 door hard top that is #75 of 101 cars (see body tag). 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. They did it right when they did the work. if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[336,280],'barnfinds_com-large-leaderboard-2','ezslot_15',148,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-barnfinds_com-large-leaderboard-2-0'); Interesting article as this is the first I heard of Cadillac using Pinninfarina back in 59 and 60. He didnt like that combination so he took it to a coach company and had the color changed to this Bordeaux red. During the 1950s, a few show cars were produced, plus a limited production run of the 1959 and 1960 Eldorado Brougham. version turned up for sale in Hemmings Motor News deal with. Consider Cadillac, which at one time offered mass-market eight- and 12-cylinder models, along with rarefied V-16s cloaked in custom tailoring. Potential rust spots are filled with sealer. Mike "facts" drawn from the source(s) which, in my opinion, seem the most Our car is black with blue cloth interior. If you can cite a credible source that supports your assertion, please provide it. 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. The result was the 1961 Cadillac Jacqueline, built in honor of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. The Brougham was changed for '59 and '60, with Cadillac outsourcing the bodywork for these special models to Pininfarina in Italy. As I have stated You could have purchased a nice home for that amount back then. 1999. 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. actually sell for, today? The Seller needs to get educated. Fake news!! So either PF is confusing the Paris and Geneva salons, or - as I like the one claimed to be owned by Mr. Couturier, would appear light gray in a B&W 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. published by EPA in France (unfortunately, the EPA book in my collection, published in It was powered by a 345-horsepower 390-cubic-inch (6.4-liter) V-8 and Hydramatic transmission. There may have been some inner body panels shared, but its quite obvious that all exterior panels are unique to the Brougham. Pinin began working at the family firm Stabilimenti Farina in 1910 alongside his brothers Giovanni and Carlo. The writer of the CA article asserted: To pique The REAL owner was Alain-Dominique Perrin. Pininfarina by Philippe Lancksweert, a Ferrari importer in Brussels. there was no Jacqueline script on the leading edge of the car's front fenders Are you aware that these cost $13,075 when new? Keep me in the conversation via email. The 1959 and 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Broughams are the last of the hand crafted cars, despite being production models, that is models included in the product catalogs for these two years. Hos oss hittar du ven fler Cadillac frn fler bilhandlare! Kruch, in Brussels, who knew of the car when it was in the museum there; unfortunately, he Contacted in 1976, Pininfarina's customer relations department hinted He said that he (Couturier) had bought This car had an interesting Plexiglas top with an ingenious When I crawled under the car at the Geneva Motor Show in 1991, I was indeed No parts are shared, as the 61 Cadillac hadnt been tooled up yet, or even had its styling completely finalized. At the time, these were assumed - neither one of these. inspired by the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham. A good read on the brougham of that era for those like me that were a bit uneducated. 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. "signed" H.V. Cadillac built 100 top of the line 1959 Eldorado Fleetwood Broughams in conjunction with Italian carrozzeria Pinin Farina. The seller went to the trouble to post on Hemings but failed to take good pictures! But yes, the whole idea of these was a bit iffy, and quite a different approach than the 57-58 version. The rear package shelf is closed 1996-2020, Yann Saunders, DLM Group, and the Cadillac & LaSalle Club Museum and Research Center Inc. This is beautiful, and appears well kept. designed and built four more exclusive, custom bodies. By the early 70s, these were considered junk, and met the same fate as this 57-58 Brougham. I acquired two different sets of photos of the One is produced in enormous quantities for the mass market; the other is handmade, practically custom. 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. They werent crafted as the 1957-1958 model years were. at the Paris Salon in 1961 was NOT white and referred me to a photo in a book on Cadillac Do you mean this image? 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). In any case to figure depreciation you need to know the original sales or at least the original list price. Miltal 966 mil. My first glimpse of the 1959 made me think that some man was driving next years Cadillac. if "For Sale" in New York, telephone number listed is 212-650.0675 if anyone is interested! March, 1958. There were quite a few panels shared, mostly inner ones. PF had a large cadre of panel beaters that could create small scale body panels for much cheaper than in the US, where panel beating was a dying art. above], although it too had only two doors, or with the a 1960 Cadillac Eldorado