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). for the matching angular hard-top roof and the gaping front hood air scoop mounted on (one Only 516 of them were made over that 8-year Where does it say anything about the roof being fitted in the US?? of Their styling predicted future model designs. [ These are from undated Chapron factory sketch #5319, In 1976 I had inquired if it might be for sale. It was brought over to Joes for a complete go-over with the idea of a potential restoration. If it is as good as it looks buy it and drive it. You think PF couldnt make a quarter panel? The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were powered by Cadillacs 390 CID V8 OHV 16-valve pushrod engine. Did it find a buyer? Someone built a hot rod outta one of these. It is for you, the user, to point out any errors, omissions or (color photos: 1958, Pinin Farina, Nov. 14, 1958, courtesy Ron Wilson, Australia), This PF What the company wanted was a car that represented Pinin Farinas vision for the 1960s. He found this car in Beverly Hills. suspect - the Skylight model(s) both were non-runners [pushmobiles], like PF's In order to cut cost and speed up the Fleetwood assembly line, their production was expedited by Pinin Farina of Italy. 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. in December 2001, "at the hands of" Mr. Couturier, who claimed I knew mounted on a tubular framework and fitted with Brougham look-alike wheels. The PF customer relations department asserted also, in 1976, that One is produced in enormous quantities for the mass market; the other is handmade, practically custom. 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham by Pininfarina. That year, the Farina brothers built a first custom body on a Cadillac chassis. Of these four cars, only one of them - the Jacqueline - is known to have sold the car to his friends, Michel Kruch and Herve Willems. Not many even knew it existed because of its rarity. 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. The hood, trunk and doors all fit perfectly and tolerances along the panel edges do not vary a fraction of an inch. The text reads: Unique Cadillac - 1957 motor, chassis, 1959 custom body by one I saw in Geneva (that car was on loan from the Pininfarina museum and has You can also see the windshield on this was used on the 1961 models. (above) shows The 57-58 was unmistakable with the stainless roof and the suicide doors. Wondered the same. the black coupe with white roof and no air scoop on the hood, Here is the second set of photos, obtained straight 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. The 1959-1960 Eldorado Broughams were farmed out to Pininfarina of Italy which made them exotic as well as cost efficient to Cadillac. These, however, didnt sell as well as the 1957-1958 Detroit built Broughams. then first lady, Jacqueline Bouvier-Kennedy. "facts" drawn from the source(s) which, in my opinion, seem the most the Farina factory [Stabilimenti Farina] in 1930, before branching out on his It raised costs to the point that really cut into the profit margins. Its not obvious with a casual glance at the pictures but these didnt have front parts in common with a regular 60 Cad. I believe the photos in these 2 rows were Offered there for sale, for Pininfarina by Philippe Lancksweert, a Ferrari importer in Brussels. Nonetheless, I have a photo (below) taken at the Paris show where the Jacqueline silver & white hardtop coupe with hood air scoop (5/59, Turin); the latter Overall length was stretched to 225 inches, again the same as for other Cadillacs. It is a very sharp example. Join millions of people using Oodle to find unique used cars for sale, certified pre-owned car listings, and new car classifieds. Four years later, Cadillac introduced the Eldorado Brougham to compete with Lincoln Continental Mark II. built on a 1959 Eldorado Brougham chassis [possibly because of those unmistakable Thats $115k adjusted. 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. The Brougham added air conditioning, cruise control, autronic eye, and E-Z eye tinted glass as standard features. 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. With the 1959 model year yielding 99 vehicles and the 1960 model year yielding 101 vehicles, they are quite rare and highly collectible. Subdued tail fins marked a new direction for Cadillac styling after 1959s FinZilla treatment. A Google search [in June, 2005] reveals that there is still a Vicmar However, because of all the hand-fitting that went into the manufacture of these custom automobiles, it was made clear in the service instructions that certain body parts, including sheet metal and moldings may have to be reworked if replacement is necessary. This color combination was confirmed to me by Pininfarina Yes, Cadillac had Pininfarina do the coachwork for these for the 1959-60 Eldorado Broughams, which is why these hand made bodies were loaded with lead filler. Battleship Brougham or anything with the prefix S.S. comes to mind when surveying the flanks of this 1960 Cadillac Series 6900 Eldorado Brougham in Las Vegas, Nevada. The body was built in Italy, with a combination of parts, some from the US and some from Italy. The heavily raked Pininfarina roofline REQUIRED the vent windows to roll back for entry and exit to the rear seat. Only a tiny handful of these were ever made (by hand), and the buyers that bought them were so rich that the last thing on their minds was depreciation. They appear to have had a minimal impact on what Cadillac wanted More of the same.. $5,000.00, in a -page ad, is what appears to be the light-colored coupe with the website, the pictures are terrible, and the car is magnificent. They werent crafted as the 1957-1958 model years were. Hos oss hittar du ven fler Cadillac frn fler bilhandlare! When he found it the car was green on green. Holy crap! Automobile]. All Rights Reserved. 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. Not all 1959 Cadillacs had bullet taillights. snapped at the Turin Auto Show, This illustration (left) is drawn from a Pininfarina partner, Kruch. Potential rust spots are filled with sealer. 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. Cadillac's 60-year alliance with Pininfarina began with the 1931 V16 Roadster built for the Maharaja of Orchha. PR department in 1976 (i.e. Mileage over 50,000 - Asking $5,000.00. Is it still around? There may have been some inner body panels shared, but its quite obvious that all exterior panels are unique to the Brougham. +1. Up front, quad headlights, which were a Pinin Farina staple, bookended a simple egg crate grille. This unique car was built on the rare sixteen-cylinder chassis of the Cadillac Series for the Turin in May, 1959 (? 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. (on a 1957 Series 60 Specisl chassis and drive train) the black & The REAL owner was Alain-Dominique Perrin. Kp Cadillac Eldorado 1959 fr 1 495 000 kr, hos Woc Sales AB i Tumba. When panels are hand beaten over wooden bucks, the bucks (or forms) are invariably male, for obvious reasons. At least they didnt take pics at night with a flash. Nonetheless, the B&W photo I have of the car, taken at own at the 1961 Paris Salon de lAutomobile. chassis. version turned up for sale in Hemmings Motor News 131820 to 67000 isnt 60% depreciation. Ha! However, the Italian coach builder asserted that the Skylight coupe had been What do you all mean by hand made? 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. This is Harlow Curtice at the 1958 Paris Salon with Battista Pininfarina and his son Sergio. 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. . 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. The Brougham was now made a Fleetwood sub-series, carrying a Fleetwood chassis with a 130-inch wheel-base, same as all other 1959 Cadillacs exceptlimousines. 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. But maybe that was why the 59-60 sold at a rate only about 1/3 the original. above PF These were built by Pininfarina, but (from what Ive read) were an in-house Cadillac design. On the Those inner body panels that could be shared with the regular Cadillac of course came from the US. Incidentally the roof panel was fitted in America. The Eldorado Broughams arepowered by a triple carb 389 CI V8. They tried again with the Allante in the late 80s and early 90s. I saw an in-progress project 20 odd years ago, if I recall correctly, procuring a windshield was in the thousands. 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 is the first GM car with the crisp Bill Mitchell look. 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. He was unable to provide the Cadillac chassis number - for this or the next He said that he (Couturier) had bought car - although he implied that it had been built on the Eldorado Brougham chassis Kruch, in Brussels, who knew of the car when it was in the museum there; unfortunately, he The irony is so money spent for exclusivity, and the result was that except for real enthusiasts most wouldnt recognize it as anything special. own. air scoop). Italiano, 1999, The Jacqueline coupe in 1996 [Photo: Collectible One of which ( Cadillac Jacqueline) shared some styling influence with some Peugeots of the era. Though make the frontal styling that of the 1962, and a 61-64 60 Special roof quarters, four armchair seats and center-opening doors. Where is it today? Only 99 copies were built in 1959 and a mere 101 built in 1960 making them ultra-rare today. was painted white, not gold. The remaining two panels now fully occlude the Pleixiglas roof. Switzerland, in 1991, that I found it to be an engineless shell [a pushmobile] effectively Where do I sign? And show the world that sky high fins might be a fun affectation, but were hardly the epitome of good design. In my opinion, therefore, the writer is mistaken as regards a possible second Jacqueline Just 704 first generation Broughams were built. amazing, a 20 ft long car? Better proportions than the 59 but with worst build quality, from the Italians. guards. covers of the second generation Broughams (those assembled in Italy). 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. These photos There is a registry on these, with 54 out of the 100 1960 models accounted for. Beautiful car! Mrke Cadillac. I wish that Cadillac would have produced something like the Jacqueline, also a Pininfarina design. This article found in Hemmings might interest you: Very interesting. 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. Youre making assumptions that arent relevant. ostensibly in honor of the new American First lady. This move freed the Fleetwood assembly line. It was fitted with a Rochester triple deuce (3 2-bbl carburetors). company name was changed to Pininfarina (in one word) in 1961 - drew great 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. convertible models(s) were mounted on a Cadillac chassis, standing at 130 inches. The bodies shared nothing with the production models, as they were essentially hand built by PF. You can find the whole story by searching 1960 Eldorado Brougham David Fogg. Contacted in 1976, Pininfarina's customer relations department hinted neither one of these. Around the exterior, Brougham badging was very discreet and they werent labeled as Cadillacs other then by a Cadillac crest on the wheel cover. As these versions of the 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Brougham aged, the lead they used as filler cracked. For the record, Pinin Farina is not a new sort of mushy breakfast cereal. Pinin began working at the family firm Stabilimenti Farina in 1910 alongside his brothers Giovanni and Carlo. Sad that it took just nine years to cheapen the product to a point when the Chevy Caprice did the same thing For thousands less. 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 Brougham was changed for '59 and '60, with Cadillac outsourcing the bodywork for these special models to Pininfarina in Italy. information I had on Jacqueline was mere hearsay and gossip by people who only As explained in the previous paragraph, it seems possible that this and the chassis and then, subsequently, put on a special tubular structure. They could do the mile @ 83 mph in 17.7 seconds. Jordans friendship with Battistas son Sergio, who would take over stewardship of the company from his father, led to the Allante, introduced for 1987 and built through 1993. Modell Eldorado. My interest in the Cadillac Jacqueline 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. They look just like the standard 1960 Cadillacs. With a price tag of $13,074 ($117,000 today), the hardtop sedan featured rear-hinged doors, a stainless steel roof, power memory seats, and air suspension. The Brougham meant to assert Cadillac at the top of the car-world's pecking order while delivering a good, hard slap to Lincoln and its premium-priced Continental Mk II. In fact, the car was a pushmobile, from 1961 when it was shown in Paris; the name, he said, was added later, for the Turin By 1964, most 1960 cars were well on their way to old car status. as I was quick to point out in the Foreword to sometimes are contradictory. It had cast iron blocks and heads, hydraulic lifters, and five main bearings. This was the standard 1959 Series 62 hardtop sedan, Special thanks to Daniel Schmitt Classic Cars: http://www.schmitt.com, and Bob Adams Classic cars: http://www.arizonacollectorcars.com, "As the Standard of the World Turns", Cadillac, Cadillac Historical, 1959 & 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham, Cadillac, Eldorado, Eldorado Brougham, NotoriousLuxury. 58L, The 1959 & 1960 Brougham didnt use the fancy rear forward opening coach doors as the Detroit versions. These had to be hand fabricated, as GM was not about to tool up dies for a couple of hundred cars. The lights were removed from the tail fins, the sides are flatter with some concave details. Im specifically talking about the exterior panels that are obviously unique to the Brougham. The Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham was a luxury car manufactured by Cadillac from 1977 through 1986. Perhaps Cadillac experts can comment on the originality of what looks like an upholstered plywood box under the dashboard. '57 Cadillac chassis. uop to 1996, when it was put on the chassis/drivetrain of a 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Drivmedel Bensin. These cars were built as opulentultra luxury cars in direct competition to the Rolls-Royce. Benot claimed that Jacqueline had been built on a 1959, shown first at the 1958 annual Geneva Motor Show, which is held in March. Wow, Dean where did you spot this one?! The text was This was determined during the 1957-1958 Brougham. This roof styling evolved into the Series 61 and 62 six-window sedans. 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. In comparison, Italys Carrozzeria Farina had opened only the year before. And STILL they show crazy, silly cars everyone sees, can buy locally..amazing. John, I didnt say it was exact, but you can see the influence in the 61 model. in January, 1996. The cowl stamping is the single most complicated and expensive stamping. reminiscent of the 1959 Eldorado Brougham ! There were only 99 made in 1959 and 101 in 1960. This The design styling was done by Chuck Jordan and Dave Holls in Michigan at the General Motors Technical Center. there was no Jacqueline script on the leading edge of the car's front fenders Should dogs put their heads out car windows? But it was Battistas relationship with Earl that produced something truly special: the 195960 Eldorado Brougham. . After 24 months of disassembly, cleaning and returning sub-assemblies back together it's time to start putting the chassis back together. Am I to conclude, therefore, that all 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! Giovan Battista Farina, youngest of the Farina children and affectionately The windshield, on the other hand, is an almost exact copy of the '59 Brougham The 390 produced 345 hp @ 4,800 rpm with 590 Nm of peak torque @ 3,400 rpm. well-known French carrossier (coachbuilder), Henri Chapron [above] They Roger, of course the cowl and firewall came from the US, as it undoubtedly was the exact same unit used in regular Cadillacs. 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? As indicated in the write-up, it is like a custom-built car. Your email address will not be published. B. babycakes _101. And the style, detail etc. The original El Dorado Brougham was a very attractive design, but it also previewed the design of the '57 and '58 models. shocked to find that this "automobile" could not possibly move under its Described as a great runner, the sumptuous super-tanker looks largely (but not completely) original and shines inside and out. According to a Pininfarina ], The 1961 Cadillac Jacqueline Brougham Coupe was a groundbreaking creation with the help of Italian coachbuilding house Pininfarina. In fact, Couturier is said to be a disreputable used The whole point of having PF build these bodies was because they could do it significantly cheaper than GM could. Im now curious numerically where this car falls in the line of 101 produced that year. chassis. Otherwise, its not credible. You could have purchased a nice home for that amount back then. It will remain in my collection until my estate sells it. Find Used 1923 to 1970 Cadillac Broughams for Sale on Oodle Classifieds. You pay to give them ads. Mouton or nylon carpet could also be ordered. Robert Levins. 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Additional Info: No we didn't make a mistake, this really is a 1959 model. Cadillac Fleetwood. from France ? So either PF is confusing the Paris and Geneva salons, or - as I 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. But given how high taxes were (92 %) and other factors, think more like $500k in todays money. 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. Regrettably, he is not a very cooperative nor is he a pleasant person to glass, rising high into the roof line. 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). Unlike other . nothing about the car's history, I decided to create a new page They are beautiful machines, but Id hate to have to restore one. ); it is now believed that I would see these few auto in New York City where, at the time, we were living in midtown Manhattan, a right place for such a car. Here is a car people rarely see. The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Brougham was the last hand-crafted Cadillac. Here's the first f. 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Pininfarina dared to tamp down the excesses of late-'50s General Motors, and the Cadillac Eldorado fared better for it. It's a 4 door hard top that is #75 of 101 cars (see body tag). It is a Cadillac Eldorado Brougham from 1959, a four-door sedan version of the typical land yacht of the time, which was once designed and produced by Pininfarina in Italy. 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. Required fields are marked *. 1970 Classifieds in Hemmings Motor News (p.1324). Eldorado Brougham above]. Keep me in the conversation via email. My first glimpse of the 1959 made me think that some man was driving next years Cadillac. I am now convinced that this car and the 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. But Cadillac, indifferent to Pinin Farinas proposals, decided to give the coachbuilder another shot. and the Series Sixty Special models measured 130 inches. actually sell for, today? 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 it comes to fashion, theres a huge difference between designers ready-to-wear collections and their haute couture lines. Hummer. Image uploaded by crazydreamer. When these cars were brand new and had arrived back in the states from Italy, they required re-finishing. Late Extra (6/2005): Well, I did hear Now owned by the Lee Automotive Collection of Reno, Nevada, it was commissioned by the Maharaja of Orchha. It is improbable Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Jacqueline was acquired from If you care to look at Cadillac Data Base you can see a photo of the preformed panels before being sent to Italy. show in Paris was painted metallic silver-gray and had bright red leather upholstery; with bright red upholstery. Have a look at this: https://usedfirst.com/cars/mercedes-benz/s-class/https://usedfirst.com/cars/mercedes-benz/s-class/. The last hundred and fifty of the 200 total 59 and 60 Pininfarina cars had a slightly shorter windshield to eliminate this problem. Both are signed C. Delaisse. 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. Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Pininfarina -59. Pininfarina Cadillac show cars were "immobile" pushmobiles and not Check out the fins, can you see where the upper tail lamp would be? That car was completed in 1954. mid-nineties. Note how comparatively plain the grille and headlight features are. After 200 Eldorado Broughams were built for 1959-60, the cars faded into the past with the majority of people probably soon forgetting them. Thanks to NotoriousLuxury for some details. 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. Mike Owing to an 11th hour styling modification, involving the grille blade spacing, car #1 of the 1959 production made its first public appearance at the 1959 Chicago Auto Show, some four months after the first stock 1959 Cadillac models. came first, then a coupe roof was added, the car was repainted and the interior upholstery He didnt like that combination so he took it to a coach company and had the color changed to this Bordeaux red.