Otherwise, its not credible. sold the car to his friends, Michel Kruch and Herve Willems. downright rude and equally aggressive when I dared question some of his Kruch, in Brussels, who knew of the car when it was in the museum there; unfortunately, he The New Standard of the World in Distinction! Pininfarina Its not obvious with a casual glance at the pictures but these didnt have front parts in common with a regular 60 Cad. Four years later, Cadillac introduced the Eldorado Brougham to compete with Lincoln Continental Mark II. A full description of this exceptional automobile may be found in They were still significant models in Cadillacs history. Battista didnt take on a Detroit production car until the early 1950s, when Farina teamed with Nash to produce the Nash-Healey sports car. Or truly beautiful. reminiscent of the 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham. PF confirmed to me in 1976 that the convertibleon This 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Pininfarina is a unique, beautiful very original car. The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were powered by Cadillac's 390 CID V8 OHV 16-valve pushrod engine. Congratulations. Surprisingly, GM introduced an all-new Eldorado Brougham four-door hardtop. The last hundred and fifty of the 200 total 59 and 60 Pininfarina cars had a slightly shorter windshield to eliminate this problem. have been shaved to almost horizontal or the photo detail is unclear. People traded their cars more often. And the style, detail etc. version turned up for sale in Hemmings Motor News 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. Welcome to the new world of selling cars with your phone. 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. Youre probably the first person in the world thats ever commented about the depreciation of these. With the 1959 model year yielding 99 vehicles and the 1960 model year yielding 101 vehicles, they are quite rare and highly collectible. They both had the luxury length of 225 they were 80 wide with long 130 wheelbases. Saw that open below the dash Todd. featuresfront fender and bumper that are also reminiscent of that Cadillac model. Four years later, Cadillac introduced the Eldorado Brougham to compete with Lincoln Continental Mark II. Switzerland's Automobile Revue annual, 1958-59, The PF Skylight convertible on show during All gaps and shut lines were expedited with exacting standards. the Paris Salon, shows a very light colored car; I would imagine that a gold-colored car, shocked to find that this "automobile" could not possibly move under its In fact, its under 50%. The REAL owner was Alain-Dominique Perrin. if "For Sale" in New York, 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. 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. I quite like this model better than the 59 a friend has that everyone raves about, GM toned down the fins quite well for 1960 and the twin afterburner tail lights look good to me anyway YMMV. In 1976 I had inquired if it might be for sale. was a special three-passenger roadster commissioned by an Indian potentate, the Maharajah The price of a Brougham was nearly double the price of Cadillacs top-of-the-line Eldorado or Fleetwood. designed and built four more exclusive, custom bodies. I like the sorta-lookalike standard 61 models better though. The windshield, on the other hand, is an almost exact copy of the '59 Brougham ad of 1960 (possibly shot at the Paris Salon). from France ? [ These are from undated Chapron factory sketch #5319, Happy motoring! There were only 99 made in 1959 and 101 in 1960. What beautiful sled with a fantastic choice of colors. Series company name was changed to Pininfarina (in one word) in 1961 - drew great 58L, Those inner body panels that could be shared with the regular Cadillac of course came from the US. In fact, like their 1960 hat, I doubt they still had the same car by 61. To the Unknowing, it looks like another 1960 Cadillac. 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Additional Info: No we didn't make a mistake, this really is a 1959 model. mistakenly - to have been built on Eldorado Brougham chassis. Vxellda Automatisk. Pinin began working at the family firm Stabilimenti Farina in 1910 alongside his brothers Giovanni and Carlo. The former. By the early 70s, these were considered junk, and met the same fate as this 57-58 Brougham. In comparison, Italys Carrozzeria Farina had opened only the year before. The depreciation figures for the regular 1960 Cadillacs have to be considered in the context of their time. silver & white hardtop coupe with hood air scoop (5/59, Turin); the latter The haphazard listing here on Hemmings asks $58,000 or best offer for the 1 of 101 sedan. 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. Should dogs put their heads out car windows? a lighter (metallic) hue color for the (later) Turin show. Are you aware that these cost $13,075 when new? It is for you, the user, to point out any errors, omissions or The Brougham had a heavily raked windshield, in fact the first 50 or so cars done in 59 had a slightly taller (1/2 inch i believe) windshield that was prone to crack when the car was jacked up. October, 1959. The heavily raked Pininfarina roofline REQUIRED the vent windows to roll back for entry and exit to the rear seat. Back in 1985 I was at a Cadillac car show with a friend. 1985, dos not include any photo of Jacqueline - does any reader have the EPA book The cowl stamping is the single most complicated and expensive stamping. original, they were turned up at the extremity; in the ad photo, however, they appear to The Cadillac Crest and wreath attached to the front of this under dash compartment is also incorrect. Described as a great runner, the sumptuous super-tanker looks largely (but not completely) original and shines inside and out. On the other hand, in 1959, the chassis for both the Brougham "specials" sported Brougham wheels, or at least the turbine blade wheel 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. 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. front bumper married to a Rolls-Rouce grille! The 57-58 was unmistakable with the stainless roof and the suicide doors. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. a two-door hardtop; both [?] As I suffered an "epistolary aggression" Mouton or nylon carpet could also be ordered. thus better serve the hobby. two-door Knowing what I know now, it looks like a doughy 61 Cadillac. Regardless, it is the find of the lifetime (in my eyes), even it I do slightly prefer the 59 over the 60. Interiors were exceptionally elegant. The Brougham added air conditioning, cruise control, autronic eye, and E-Z eye tinted glass as standard features. The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were the more sedate Cadillacs. . Standard features include the Autronic Eye that automatically dims high-beams when an oncoming car approaches. Custom 1959 Eldorado Brougham He later (color photos: 1958, Pinin Farina, 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. tri-power unit (Frank Tetro of Harbor Auto Restorations in Florida, who did the The irony is so money spent for exclusivity, and the result was that except for real enthusiasts most wouldnt recognize it as anything special. Can be inspected at Vicmar Garage, 8 E. It is a very sharp example. time in its life and carried a regular '59 engine with one single, 4-barrel carb - no This was the last custom hand-crafted body. chassis. One of the stranger chapters at GM. The `59 fins were never used on these. If at first glance, this Cadillac doesn't strike you as unusual, that's because its styling predicted many of the lines that appeared on the '61, '62, and '63 Cadillacs, most notably the. 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 (!). mid-nineties. Keep me in the conversation via email. This is the first GM car with the crisp Bill Mitchell look. for that year. convertible model above BOTH are derived from the B&W coupe shown at Geneva in Mileage over 50,000 - Asking $5,000.00. Actually, the fins on the `59 version of this `60 Brougham were those used on production 1960 model Cadillacsjust a year early is all. Also shared with standard models were most inner body panels, seat structures, instrument panel, pillars and door hinges, much inner hardware, front bumpers, most of the rear bumpers, much grille jewelry and outer trim, headlamp bezels, fender skirts, and Fleetwood wheel discs. Contacted in 1976, Pininfarina's customer relations department hinted 1999. Where do I sign? Go to Vegas and put your hands on the car. How about a link? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. collection in Turin. Thats $115k adjusted. Needs a few coats of black lacquer paint, but other than that, Im sold. built on a 1959 Eldorado Brougham chassis [possibly because of those unmistakable Brougham proposals of its () The golden [???] This car had an interesting Plexiglas top with an ingenious This Nonetheless, I have a photo (below) taken at the Paris show where the Jacqueline Only 99 copies were built in 1959 and a mere 101 built in 1960 making them ultra-rare today. chassis and then, subsequently, put on a special tubular structure. One such 16-cylinder Cadillac, a 452A Pinin Farina Boattail Roadster, won Best in Class at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours dElegance. well-known French carrossier (coachbuilder), Henri Chapron [above] They I doubt they had regrets. nameplate may be clearly seen. Lot #54,671. We are largest vintage car website with the. convertible Sheet metal was cut and formed on male wooden forms then welded together. then first lady, Jacqueline Bouvier-Kennedy. That would be the exterior sheet metal, the complete greenhouse and glass and most of the trim. information I had on Jacqueline was mere hearsay and gossip by people who only coupe was alive and well in 1970 [see below]. 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. 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. What would you stash in the under-dash hidey-hole? If you have some other info, link to it please. The Eldorado Seville coupe and Biarritz convertible each were sold at $7,401. Late Extra (6/2005): The PF Skylight covers of the second generation Broughams (those assembled in Italy). partner, Kruch. models from 1946 through 1955. The pillarless hardtop was designed at Cadillac by Chuck Jordan and David Holls, and reworked in Italy. closely inspecting the car when it was on display at the annual Geneva Motor Show, in with deep pockets appears to have come along with a very thick wad of $100 bills; he was Note how comparatively plain the grille and headlight features are. Pinin Farina to build a racy 3-seater sports roadster, again on the 1953 Cadillac PF's Jacqueline coupe was built in honor of Americas This car had been purchased for around $10K, if memory serves, by a very wealthy customer that was on a buying spree, and was complete and running with the Q engine and everything intact. Stunningly beautiful. The tiny skeg fins premiered those on the standard 61 and 62 designs. Nov. 14, 1958, courtesy Ron Wilson, Australia), This PF