Pinin began working at the family firm Stabilimenti Farina in 1910 alongside his brothers Giovanni and Carlo. It seems that Cadillac went through a lot of trouble for nothing. Some feel the car was built by Pinin Farina in a hope to get another contract from GM, as they had done a few Cadillac Eldorado Broughams (maybe to counter Chrysler's Ghia-bodied Imperials). was a special three-passenger roadster commissioned by an Indian potentate, the Maharajah Up front, quad headlights, which were a Pinin Farina staple, bookended a simple egg crate grille. Series Both 1959 & 1960 Broughams rode on Cadillacs rugged tubular X-frame. Stunningly beautiful. Look at that roofline the quarter panels the My heart skipped a inconsistencies you may come across so that, together, we can improve the Database and B. babycakes _101. $5,000.00, in a -page ad, is what appears to be the light-colored coupe with the Im bidding 5 figures on the carhave a professional photographer do the shoot for you and maybe it will fetch the $89k! Their modest tail fins prove that. Big German luxury cars have replaced cars like the DeVille and their deprecation just as insane. . 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. 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. 1985, dos not include any photo of Jacqueline - does any reader have the EPA book I am sure even body panels between different cars arent identical. Cadillac Fleetwood. . If a Corvair and a 65 Rambler Ambassador had a baby. (SNK, yes I DO realize how stupid that sounds! Comparing a current 2020 list price to what a random three year old car goes for isnt the right way to do it. Contacted in 1976, Pininfarina's customer relations department hinted In an era when even Rolls-Royces cost $10,000, the Eldorado Brougham started at $13,074 (equivalent to $119,370 today). Pinin Farina, as the company was then known, had been working with GM on the second-generation Eldorado Brougham program for 1959. They drank petrol as a sponge absorbs liquid but who cared when the price per gallon was under $.50! 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. Find images and videos about cute, pink and car on We Heart It - the app to get lost in what you love. Custom 1959 Eldorado Brougham After 24 months of disassembly, cleaning and returning sub-assemblies back together it's time to start putting the chassis back together. air scoop). Hi Will Fox and thanks for your comments. Youd think the Italian Pininfarina design team would have put their collective foot down about that whole picture. Irving Willems] of Texarkana, CA. Robert Levins. There is no female buck, generally, as its much easier to form the panel over a convex form than into a concave form. 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. Or just coincidence? The result was the 1961 Cadillac Jacqueline, built in honor of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. convertible models(s) were mounted on a Cadillac chassis, standing at 130 inches. featured a brushed steel roof and no back seat. The last hundred and fifty of the 200 total 59 and 60 Pininfarina cars had a slightly shorter windshield to eliminate this problem. Drivmedel Bensin. salon in March 1958, The Pininfarina Skylight guards. Pininfarina, Torino, Italy. neither one of these. Their styling predicted future model designs. 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? This is through no shortage of desire on Pininfarina's part. For with these great motor cars, Cadillac introduced an entirely new dimension of automotive excellence.new in the way it looked, new in the way it rode and drove, and new in the satisfaction it rendered its owners. These were the last custom-crafted Cadillacs. Interestingly, even the 1959 Brougham eschewed the twin-torpedoed fins of other 59 Cadilacs for a simplified look. rsmodell 1959. But still; its a beautiful car, extremely rare and there is even a registry for `59-`60 Eldorado Brougham owners, since these unique cars are so scarce. Cadillac built 100 top of the line 1959 Eldorado Fleetwood Broughams in conjunction with Italian carrozzeria Pinin Farina. Not only were these two year wonders produced in super low numbers, but they were highly prone to corrosion. Switzerland's Automobile Revue annual, 1958-59, The PF Skylight convertible on show during Other distinctive details include cut-down front doors; a low, sloping windshield; louvered panels covering the body frame; cycle fenders; and the elimination of running boards. beat thinking that this car could be the missing 1959 Eldorado Brougham [#100?] The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were the more sedate Cadillacs. Giovan Battista Farina, youngest of the Farina children and affectionately Thanks to NotoriousLuxury for some details. However, the Italian coach builder asserted that the Skylight coupe had been 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham purchased new by Grace Kelly as a gift for her father. The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were powered by Cadillac's 390 CID V8 OHV 16-valve pushrod engine. What would you stash in the under-dash hidey-hole? of [even impossible] that the latter could have been mounted on the 1959 Eldorado On the The Brougham was changed for '59 and '60, with Cadillac outsourcing the bodywork for these special models to Pininfarina in Italy. 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 which ( Cadillac Jacqueline) shared some styling influence with some Peugeots of the era. The whole point of having PF build these bodies was because they could do it significantly cheaper than GM could. A Google search [in June, 2005] reveals that there is still a Vicmar This 1958 Cadillac ElDorado Brougham, body . In 1976 I had inquired if it might be for sale. Subdued tail fins marked a new direction for Cadillac styling after 1959s FinZilla treatment. The New Standard of the World in Distinction! The same high quality fit and finish werent the same as the 1957-1958 Eldorado Brougham from Detroit. The car, styled in Detroit by Cadillac, sold in single digit numbers (99). Is it still around? 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. 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. Pininfarina by Philippe Lancksweert, a Ferrari importer in Brussels. Brougham proposals of its I like the sorta-lookalike standard 61 models better though. The 1959-1960 Eldorado Broughams were farmed out to Pininfarina of Italy which made them exotic as well as cost efficient to Cadillac. Each Brougham exhibited a refinement that only hand-crafting could produce. It raised costs to the point that really cut into the profit margins. The answer at that [ B&W photo (above): The Autocar, week ending 21 March 1958, This one apparently survived; I saw later Jacqueline model, below. thus better serve the hobby. These photos They both had the luxury length of 225 they were 80 wide with long 130 wheelbases. Wow, Dean where did you spot this one?! 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. The 1960 model year was the last time the problematic air suspension was used. Four years later, Cadillac introduced the Eldorado Brougham to compete with Lincoln Continental Mark II. white coupe (3/58, Geneva), the silver convertible (10/58 Paris) and the a tubular structure. Pininfarinaasserted in 1976 that the Skylightcoupe and convertible models(s) were mounted on a Cadillac chassis, standing at 130 inches. 1970 Classifieds in Hemmings Motor News (p.1324). they know the facts; he said I was "wandering about in a thick fog" and that I Do you know how to link to something. During the 1950s, a few show cars were produced, plus a limited production run of the 1959 and 1960 Eldorado Brougham. From the website cadillacdatabase: https://newcadillacdatabase.org/Historical/Automobiles/Eldorado/EB5760/195960/1959Features. version turned up for sale in Hemmings Motor News Find Used 1923 to 1970 Cadillac Broughams for Sale on Oodle Classifieds. Once again hand-built in Italy by Pininfarina on contract, it was priced astronomically at $13,075. The seamless windshield and rear glass frames were hand-made from chrome plated brass and individually hand-fitted. telephone number listed is 212-650.0675 if anyone is interested! In his first message he asserted that all the The open compartment under the dash and the different pattern on the seating surfaces are some of the artistic license taken when this car was restored. Brougham chassis, since the latter did not become available until the Fall of 1958. actually sell for, today? Twice the money for a crest on the hood. Modell Eldorado. 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. 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. the other [?] reminiscent of the 1959 Eldorado Brougham ! One of the stranger chapters at GM. Required fields are marked *. A full description of this exceptional automobile may be found in When he found it the car was green on green. Italiano (the show of Italian automobile elegance) in Monterey, CA in August Holy crap! "headliner" consisting of four articulated metal panels which, when not in use, By 1964, most 1960 cars were well on their way to old car status. convertible model above BOTH are derived from the B&W coupe shown at Geneva in These were built by Pininfarina, but (from what Ive read) were an in-house Cadillac design. In my opinion, therefore, the writer is mistaken as regards a possible second Jacqueline Just 704 first generation Broughams were built. Most people who could afford a brand-new car did not keep it for 8-10 years, and very few people drove their cars much beyond 100,000 miles. 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. Willems later bought out his for that year. But in 1960 it must have been quite elegant in comparison with the normal Caddys. Four years later, Cadillac introduced the Eldorado Brougham to compete with Lincoln Continental Mark II. 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. As indicated in the write-up, it is like a custom-built car. was the "world's champion" at reporting half-truths. own. 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. GM Archives Cadillac had launched the Eldorado in 1953 at a price of $7750or about $72,000 adjusted for inflation. Can be inspected at Vicmar Garage, 8 E. Most body panels came from America. Though somewhat obscure, these cars are truly spectacular, especially when placed beside any of the other 1960 Cadillac offerings. from Herv (Irving) Willems in 1996 (although Mr. Willems' name sounds Belgian, in fact Otherwise, its not credible. snapped at the Turin Auto Show, This illustration (left) is drawn from a Pininfarina Mike in January, 1996. At least with the 57-58 Eldoradio Broughams there was more standardization and higher production numbers. Included here, therefore, are only those 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 subscribe without commenting. in December 2001, "at the hands of" Mr. Couturier, who claimed I knew But Cadillac, indifferent to Pinin Farinas proposals, decided to give the coachbuilder another shot. been widely photographed), was NOT his car; he asserted that the Jacqueline shown 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. The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Brougham was the last hand-crafted Cadillac. Nonetheless, I have a photo (below) taken at the Paris show where the Jacqueline Youre making assumptions that arent relevant. This would be my ultimate unicorn find. Chrome trim is made from brass castings. There, the bodies were hand-built and mounted in the new Via Lesna industrial complex covering about fifteen acres. Late Extra (6/2005): The PF Skylight 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. 60s Cars. 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. 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. . was replaced. downright rude and equally aggressive when I dared question some of his Interiors were exceptionally elegant. 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. Not many even knew it existed because of its rarity. One such 16-cylinder Cadillac, a 452A Pinin Farina Boattail Roadster, won Best in Class at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours dElegance. He may have confused that car with the earlier Starlight model [described Can you imagine the depreciation hit the new car buyer took on one of these? of) the coupe(s). These photos show the partner, Kruch. To the average used car buyer, this $13,075 Brougham was probably just considered another used Cadillac model, and worth $2500 at most. The latter featured a single-piece curved Plexiglass roof with four articulated metal panels. The Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts 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. courtesy Revue Automobile, 1958-59), Image from Pinin Farina ad in Perhaps Cadillac experts can comment on the originality of what looks like an upholstered plywood box under the dashboard. 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. Roll Like A Mafioso Kingpin In This 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham By Pininfarina The 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham was one of the most expensive cars offered at the time, and this one's. above]. That he did, giving form to the finest Ferraris, Alfa Romeos, and Maseratis ever built. [5] [6] Contents 1 Name 2 First generation (1953) 3 Second generation (1954-1956) Regrettably, he is not a very cooperative nor is he a pleasant person to They appear to have had a minimal impact on what Cadillac wanted More of the same.. like the one claimed to be owned by Mr. Couturier, would appear light gray in a B&W We are largest vintage car website with the. Happy motoring! above], although it too had only two doors, or with the a 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Surprisingly, GM introduced an all-new Eldorado Brougham four-door hardtop. Regnr-Karosseri Sedan. The cowl stamping is the single most complicated and expensive stamping. as I was quick to point out in the Foreword to https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/eldorado-extravagance-1957-eldorado-brougham. time in its life and carried a regular '59 engine with one single, 4-barrel carb - no Quite a lot of coins even for the excessively-monied, who must have felt some slight irritation when a 61 looked no different to the lesser informed, me being one such if 60 years late. Nice boat. 1957 - 1960, Being an illustrated review of unique Described as a great runner, the sumptuous super-tanker looks largely (but not completely) original and shines inside and out. This color combination was confirmed to me by Pininfarina ten years [1996-2006] in the private collection of Alain-Dominique Perrin, CEO (former I always thought that these were far more attractive than the other 59 -60 Cadillacs. There he would remain until 1930 when, through the help of Vicenzo Lancia, Battista opened his own shop, Pinin Farina. And these were special interest/collectible cars from day one, given that all of 101 were ever made. I dont that it was more attractive than the Detroit cadillacs. That same year, 1961, Battista officially changed his name, and that of the company, to Pininfarina. 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. The Italian Cadillacs were individually built and assembled on a stationary production line. CEO?) Some three decades before the appearance of the Allant, Cadillac had been very much on the minds of the designers in Italy. The car is one of two PF designed themselves that year, a vert and hardtop. The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were powered by Cadillacs 390 CID V8 OHV 16-valve pushrod engine. This is the first GM car with the crisp Bill Mitchell look. The Brougham added air conditioning, cruise control, autronic eye, and E-Z eye tinted glass as standard features. 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. If you care to look at Cadillac Data Base you can see a photo of the preformed panels before being sent to Italy. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. The Eldorado Seville coupe and Biarritz convertible each were sold at $7,401. The car salesman in Paris, France. 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. These were the days when Cadillac was King! Offered there for sale, for have been shaved to almost horizontal or the photo detail is unclear. It raised costs to the point that really cut into the profit margins. () The golden [???] But all of the outer panels are unique, and were hand made at PF in Italy. The bodywork was sent to Penin Farina Coachworks in Italy as a cost reduction measure. Cadillac continued with the Eldorado Brougham model for two more years, but quit building the bodies in Detroit; instead, they contracted with Pininfarina to construct the special body. 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. Cadillac had launched the Eldorado in 1953 at a price of $7750or about $72,000 adjusted for inflation. Beautiful car! I believe the photos in these 2 rows were Jacqueline was for some and the Series Sixty Special models measured 130 inches. March, 1958. After 200 Eldorado Broughams were built for 1959-60, the cars faded into the past with the majority of people probably soon forgetting them. survived That car remained for many years in Pininfarinas own The bodies shared nothing with the production models, as they were essentially hand built by PF. 4-door model) was given in that article. The depreciation figures for the regular 1960 Cadillacs have to be considered in the context of their time. Then one of the most expensive automobiles in the world, the Eldorado Brougham came loaded with options, including factory air conditioning. 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. 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. He was unable to provide the Cadillac chassis number - for this or the next This one was more subtle. You pay to give them ads. 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. then first lady, Jacqueline Bouvier-Kennedy. Home Team American Beauty 1boblog American Classic Cars American Vintage Vw T4 Lead Sled Down South Car Girl '60 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham (#86 of 101) by Pinin Farina) & Baby J Marie S Sands Autoliterature Eldorado Brougham Cimarron Morbid Fleetwood Seville custom job in B&W; the earlier set Seams were filled with lead. The text was Old School Cars. Jacqueline was acquired from It simply shows those parts that were sent from detroit since they were the ones shared. conversion, has the details). Trivia: There were quite a few panels shared, mostly inner ones. So either PF is confusing the Paris and Geneva salons, or - as I The PF customer relations department asserted also, in 1976, that . opinion a modified version of the foregoing B&W hardtop coupe; Not surprisingly, that seemed to be the case with some early replies here. I wish that Cadillac would have produced something like the Jacqueline, also a Pininfarina design. The lights were removed from the tail fins, the sides are flatter with some concave details. Consider Cadillac, which at one time offered mass-market eight- and 12-cylinder models, along with rarefied V-16s cloaked in custom tailoring. "facts". 131820 to 67000 isnt 60% depreciation.