Unlike other . It is for you, the user, to point out any errors, omissions or models [coupe and convertible] taken together. Whereas the early Broughams (1957-1958) used a chassis of their own, the 1959-1960 models used the stock Cadillac, 130 wheel base chassis, including most of the stock Cadillacs mechanical components. car - although he implied that it had been built on the Eldorado Brougham chassis Hi Will Fox and thanks for your comments. Do you mean this image? from France ? I got a couple of faxes concerning Jacqueline from a Mr. Benot . 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. turned out to be a lot of b/s. 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. Those inner body panels that could be shared with the regular Cadillac of course came from the US. The answer at that 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. in 1970; it was located in New York All parts should therefore be removed carefully and re-used if at all possible. Perhaps Cadillac experts can comment on the originality of what looks like an upholstered plywood box under the dashboard. The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Brougham was the last hand-crafted Cadillac. show. 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. Joe ran a repair shop for various Caddies and other cars that largely looked after mechanical work (no body work). Meaning they were hand fabricated. It simply shows those parts that were sent from detroit since they were the ones shared. I have never known quite what to make of these. Collectible Automobile published some photos and a story about Jacqueline When panels are hand beaten over wooden bucks, the bucks (or forms) are invariably male, for obvious reasons. These, however, didnt sell as well as the 1957-1958 Detroit built Broughams. These were built by Pininfarina, but (from what Ive read) were an in-house Cadillac design. This was PFs expertise, building small volume car bodies. The car was originally shown during the 1961 Paris Auto Salon. Cadillac's 60-year alliance with Pininfarina began with the 1931 V16 Roadster built for the Maharaja of Orchha. Benot was "absolutely convinced" that there were 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. to which Benot referred?). Series Sixty-Special chassis of 1958 measures 133 inches, obviously it was 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. The taillamps were incorporated into the stock `59 rear bumper. These new bodies ditched the ancient panoramic windshield for a cleaner look. Well, Mr. Couturier, featuresfront fender and bumper that are also reminiscent of that Cadillac model. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Four years later, Cadillac introduced the Eldorado Brougham to compete with Lincoln Continental Mark II. Chrome trim is made from brass castings. [ Background image: Pininfarina archive photo of the Cadillac Jacqueline ]. The bodies shared nothing with the production models, as they were essentially hand built by PF. Im now curious numerically where this car falls in the line of 101 produced that year. "headliner" consisting of four articulated metal panels which, when not in use, Surprisingly, GM introduced an all-new Eldorado Brougham four-door hardtop. What do you all mean by hand made? Mrke Cadillac. As indicated in the write-up, it is like a custom-built car. This is a true find of a lifetime! PF hand built most of the front clip and reverse opening bonnet using half front guards from America. He later It looks like a two-seat roadster, but its actually a dual cowl phaeton once its rear deck opens. custom jobs by Pinin Farina, 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Pininfarina dared to tamp down the excesses of late-'50s General Motors, and the Cadillac Eldorado fared better for it. Pinninfarina did several Cadillac based concepts around this time period also, in an effort to encourage Cadillac into giving them more business. Nonetheless, I have a photo (below) taken at the Paris show where the Jacqueline Check it out! Only 516 of them were made over that 8-year 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. Sheet metal was cut and formed on male wooden forms then welded together. The 390 produced 345 hp @ 4,800 rpm with 590 Nm of peak torque @ 3,400 rpm. The same high quality fit and finish werent the same as the 1957-1958 Eldorado Brougham from Detroit. Since the 1957-58 Cadillac Eldorado Broughamchassis measures 126 inches, and the Series Sixty-Specialchassis of 1958 measures 133 inches, obviously it was It seems that Cadillac went through a lot of trouble for nothing. Perfect condition. The original El Dorado Brougham was a very attractive design, but it also previewed the design of the 57 and 58 models. That car was completed in 1954. In 1976 I had inquired if it might be for sale. 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 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. Giovan Battista Farina, youngest of the Farina children and affectionately Is it still around? The Cadillac Crest and wreath attached to the front of this under dash compartment is also incorrect. These were the days when Cadillac was King! could be stored, singly or all together, behind the parcel shelf. mounted on a tubular framework and fitted with Brougham look-alike wheels. there was only a SINGLE chassis on which were mounted, successively, with bright red upholstery. The car is one of two PF designed themselves that year, a vert and hardtop. Upon closer inspection, everything is different, it has a subdued opulence that none of the other 1960 Cadillacs can offer. Comparing a current 2020 list price to what a random three year old car goes for isnt the right way to do it. ad of 1960 (possibly shot at the Paris Salon). "facts" drawn from the source(s) which, in my opinion, seem the most Since it was handmade, there was no lead time on tooling and such, so it could be made to look like a 61 one year early. 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. 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? Rolls Royce of England built their Phantom V models I have decided that my problem is that I never saw these before I knew what the 61-62 Cadillac looked like. If you care to look at Cadillac Data Base you can see a photo of the preformed panels before being sent to Italy. Around the exterior, Brougham badging was very discreet and they werent labeled as Cadillacs other then by a Cadillac crest on the wheel cover. This unique car was built on the rare sixteen-cylinder chassis of the Cadillac Series and (according to the classified ad, below) was effectively mounted on a Thanks to reader Larry D. for serving us this tasty Italian-American masterpiece. This Broughams had very discreet labeling, and were badge more so as Broughams than Cadillacs . Mileage over 50,000 - Asking $5,000.00. The 59 and 60 Eldorado Brougham was a very curious undertaking. have been shaved to almost horizontal or the photo detail is unclear. The Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham was a luxury car manufactured by Cadillac from 1977 through 1986. The forward-opening hood was an exclusive design; it was only 45 wide compared to the hood of the stock Cadillac models that stretched to 61 inches. Herv Willem] of Tarzana, CA. That year, the Farina brothers built a first custom body on a Cadillac chassis. None of the body panels nor any of the glass could be interchanged with the stock Cadillac models. The Cadillac emblems used on these cars is pictured on the dash where it says Brougham, there was also a Cadillac crest in the steering wheel center. silver & white hardtop coupe with hood air scoop (5/59, Turin); the latter This would be my ultimate unicorn find. partner, Kruch. mid-nineties. This one apparently survived; I saw of for conjecture. Most body panels came from America. 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. 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. Sign up for the latest automotive news and videosin short, everything for people who love cars. This is beautiful, and appears well kept. His name was David Fogg and he told us this story. The 1961 Cadillac Jacqueline Brougham Coupe was a groundbreaking creation with the help of Italian coachbuilding house Pininfarina. 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. 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. Quite the contrary. downright rude and equally aggressive when I dared question some of his Pininfarina by Philippe Lancksweert, a Ferrari importer in Brussels. Irving Willems] of Texarkana, CA. They tried again with the Allante in the late 80s and early 90s. They are beautiful machines, but Id hate to have to restore one. (a conversion of the foregoing coupe? Its not obvious with a casual glance at the pictures but these didnt have front parts in common with a regular 60 Cad. There were only 99 made in 1959 and 101 in 1960. It was the first Cadillac model to use a nameplate instead of previous Series model descriptions. At that time it was said (correctly) to be owned by Irving Willem [aka 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. front and rear fenders and bumpers Left: Look at that windshield ! Im specifically talking about the exterior panels that are obviously unique to the Brougham. Here is a car people rarely see. Both 1959 & 1960 Broughams rode on Cadillacs rugged tubular X-frame. For the record, Pinin Farina is not a new sort of mushy breakfast cereal. Brougham proposals of its 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. Month/year matched up with each ad (excuse the poor production values); tough to find ads where dealer actually gave asking price! show the dark colored "Skylight" coupe that was on display at the Geneva front bumper married to a Rolls-Rouce grille! How about a link? If the ad is true, I wonder where the car is now? Thanks to NotoriousLuxury for some details. like the one claimed to be owned by Mr. Couturier, would appear light gray in a B&W If it is as good as it looks buy it and drive it. and the Series Sixty Special models measured 130 inches. Indeed they are very much alike, except telephone number listed is 212-650.0675 if anyone is interested! were dubbed Jacqueline, Congratulations. "funny fins". These photos 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. There are protective splash pans and flanges under the car to prevent the rocker panel from scraping on steep driveways. A highly remarkable find, especially in authentic CC condition. That said, in his second message, Benot suggested that I contact Michel Their production was farmed out to Pinin Farina of Italy for bodywork attached to rolling chassis pre-shipped to them by Detroit. deal with. spokesperson in 1976, the Starlight coupe was first shown at the Paris Salon in by C. Delaisse ]. Italiano, 1999, The Jacqueline coupe in 1996 [Photo: Collectible as asserted by the manufacturer in reply to a question I had asked at that time [photos Some three decades before the appearance of the Allant, Cadillac had been very much on the minds of the designers in Italy. Four years later, Cadillac introduced the Eldorado Brougham to compete with Lincoln Continental Mark II. It was powered by a 345-horsepower 390-cubic-inch (6.4-liter) V-8 and Hydramatic transmission. then first lady, Jacqueline Bouvier-Kennedy. Find Used 1923 to 1970 Cadillac Broughams for Sale on Oodle Classifieds. department, in the mid-seventies [below], show this to be a light-colored car. at the Paris Salon in 1961 was NOT white and referred me to a photo in a book on Cadillac There is a registry on these, with 54 out of the 100 1960 models accounted for. chassis and then, subsequently, put on a special tubular structure. In fact, like their 1960 hat, I doubt they still had the same car by 61. Its too bad to hear it has just sat and deteriorated. As explained in the previous paragraph, it seems possible that this and the We are largest vintage car website with the. when it was shown in Paris; the name, he said, was added later, for the Turin he is of French origin; his father operated a print shop in Senlis, south of Paris). 58L, 1959 CADILLAC ELDORADO BROUGHAM FOUR DOOR Sold for USD$6,500 2001 Kruse Auction - Scottsdale Arizona : Cadillac . Prior to that, it was owned by Herv Willems [aka Offered there for sale, for Interiors were exceptionally elegant. 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. Italiano (the show of Italian automobile elegance) in Monterey, CA in August I did everything in my power to avoid such disasters.. They both had the luxury length of 225 they were 80 wide with long 130 wheelbases. some six years AFTER publication of the Hemmings ad), he did Cadillac had launched the Eldorado in 1953 at a price of $7750or about $72,000 adjusted for inflation. This was taken at Classic Caddy in Oakville circa 1991. Regnr-Karosseri Sedan. website, the pictures are terrible, and the car is magnificent. When he found it the car was green on green. While I do agree that the roof line of the 61 was styled after the Italian Brougham design, it is significantly different. To the Unknowing, it looks like another 1960 Cadillac. Both are signed C. Delaisse. With only 99 examples made, the $13,075 Eldorado Brougham for 1959, along with the 1960 model, is among the rarest of all Cadillacs. who attended both these shows or who actually saw photos of the two Skylight 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. Youd think the Italian Pininfarina design team would have put their collective foot down about that whole picture. 1970 Classifieds in Hemmings Motor News (p.1324). the Dream Cars section of the Database for bespoke models from 1924 through 1934. At least they didnt take pics at night with a flash. [ These are from undated Chapron factory sketch #5319, 4-door model) was given in that article. The special Pininfarina models of 1958 through 1961 are described The rear package shelf is closed Pininfarina asserted in 1976 that the Skylight coupe and One of the stranger chapters at GM. This is through no shortage of desire on Pininfarina's part. It was only after there was no Jacqueline script on the leading edge of the car's front fenders This gorgeous black unit on NotoriousLuxury gives some idea of the Pininfarina Boughams presence. I believe the photos in these 2 rows were from one enthusiast, assistant attorney Michael W. Schultz, from Houston TX. as I was quick to point out in the Foreword to Image uploaded by crazydreamer. 101 were built in 1960 and this is # 16. This is true whether the fashion hangs in your closet or sits in your garage. closely inspecting the car when it was on display at the annual Geneva Motor Show, in "specials" sported Brougham wheels, or at least the turbine blade wheel I am sure even body panels between different cars arent identical. The "Couturier car" attracted large crowds, at the Concorso a two-door hardtop; both [?] been widely photographed), was NOT his car; he asserted that the Jacqueline shown opinion a modified version of the foregoing B&W hardtop coupe; This is the first GM car with the crisp Bill Mitchell look. These were just about the most expensive cars you could buy then. 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. Potential rust spots are filled with sealer. The surprise was that it arrived under its own power. later Jacqueline model, below. By 1964, a 1960 DeVille (which originally cost $5498) was worth $2275; a Sixty Special (originally $6233) was now worth a mere $2320. The pillarless hardtop was designed at Cadillac by Chuck Jordan and David Holls, and reworked in Italy. The was later repainted Late Extra (6/2005): Well, I did hear Of course with a common 60 the hood opened from the front, leaving only the stationary grille behind. Kruch, in Brussels, who knew of the car when it was in the museum there; unfortunately, he 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. Italy, This convertible is now believed to be the B&W coupe ( first shown at Better proportions than the 59 but with worst build quality, from the Italians. if "For Sale" in New York, For those that could afford it, the Brougham was a way to travel two years ahead of time, design wise. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. () The golden [???] shown first at the 1958 annual Geneva Motor Show, which is held in March. show two proposals for a custom 4-door sedan on the Rolls Royce Phantom V Brougham chassis, since the latter did not become available until the Fall of 1958. These cars were built as opulentultra luxury cars in direct competition to the Rolls-Royce. I rather prefer my gigantic cars to wear colors other than black, white, or silver, and todays feature car would probably show beautifully in a spread of well-taken photographs. PF confirmed to me in 1976 that the convertibleon VIN: 75 Year: 1960 Number of Cylinders: 8 Make: Cadillac Model: Eldorado Trim: Brougham PininFarina Options: Autronic Eye Drive Type: RWD Power Options: Power Steering, Power Brakes, power rear vent windows, Power antenna, Air Conditioning, Power Locks, Power Windows, Power Seats Mileage: 30,977 Sub Model: Brougham Exterior Color: Black Disability Equipped: No Mouton or nylon carpet could also be ordered. Look at that roofline the quarter panels the 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. This article found in Hemmings might interest you: 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. 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. My heart skipped a These were really spirited vehicles. 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. Eldorado Brougham inconsistencies you may come across so that, together, we can improve the Database and 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. But maybe that was why the 59-60 sold at a rate only about 1/3 the original. Barn Finders is much better at portraying the cars, the writers are much better, and the people 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham purchased new by Grace Kelly as a gift for her father.
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