Well, Mr. Couturier, This green survivor shown above is really an interesting find! Then one of the most expensive automobiles in the world, the Eldorado Brougham came loaded with options, including factory air conditioning. Especially since the windshield and wind wings were unique to this model. It had cast iron blocks and heads, hydraulic lifters, and five main bearings. If you are prepared to learn something, and you enlarge the insert of the photo of the parts in CDB 10A, you will see the two preformed quarter panels on the way to be fitted in Italy. To the average used car buyer, this $13,075 Brougham was probably just considered another used Cadillac model, and worth $2500 at most. These included the floor pan, lower body interior panels, seat structures, instrument panel, dashboard, door pillars, hinges, inner door panels [these were modified but used stock hardware], lower front bumper, grille blades [but not the bullets], headlamp bezels, rear wheel skirts, wheel covers and modified lower rear bumper. I acquired two different sets of photos of the later Jacqueline model, below. I saw an in-progress project 20 odd years ago, if I recall correctly, procuring a windshield was in the thousands. Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Pininfarina -59. sometimes are contradictory. For those that could afford it, the Brougham was a way to travel two years ahead of time, design wise. Two of these PF could be stored, singly or all together, behind the parcel shelf. from PF archives in Turin; these show a light-colored car, apparently with telephone number listed is 212-650.0675 if anyone is interested! Jacqueline Now owned by the Lee Automotive Collection of Reno, Nevada, it was commissioned by the Maharaja of Orchha. Become a member to add images to your comments. ad of 1960 (possibly shot at the Paris Salon). Upon closer inspection, everything is different, it has a subdued opulence that none of the other 1960 Cadillacs can offer. Beautiful car! Holy crap! Jacqueline was for some custom job in B&W; the earlier set 452 designation. 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. convertible model above BOTH are derived from the B&W coupe shown at Geneva in It was one of their selling points, often referenced in the print advertisements. The engine produces a massive 590 Nm of torque at just 3,400 rpm and rings up 345 hp on the dyno. How about a link? ), Designer's frawing of rear ensemble I am not surprised at your restoration figure for that car, considering how hard it would be to restore. None of the body panels nor any of the glass could be interchanged with the stock Cadillac models. The heavily raked Pininfarina roofline REQUIRED the vent windows to roll back for entry and exit to the rear seat. You can find the whole story by searching 1960 Eldorado Brougham David Fogg. It raised costs to the point that really cut into the profit margins. Out of curiosity, I surveyed big-city papers when some (non-1960) Broughams were just a couple years old. Never mind the 61 had the same styling. On the photo. Garage Corp.operating a parking garage at 8 E. 83rd Street, New York. His name was David Fogg and he told us this story. thus better serve the hobby. "facts". And the style, detail etc. 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz & Seville, Precious Metal: The 1966 Cadillac Fleetwood Series Sixty-Special Brougham, Precious Metal: 1966 Cadillac Fleetwood Series Sixty-Special Brougham, Last Of The Breed: The Gilded One Cadillac Series 6400 Eldorado, The Last Of The Breed: The Gilded One Cadillac Series 62 Eldorado, The Last Of The Breed: 1977 Cadillac The Next Generation of the Luxury Car, The Last Of The Breed: The Exit of the Traditional Cadillac. They tried again with the Allante in the late 80s and early 90s. version turned up for sale in Hemmings Motor News In fact, Couturier is said to be a disreputable used These photos show the 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. there was only a SINGLE chassis on which were mounted, successively, Production in Italy was not only cost efficient but it prevented the assembly lines in Detroit from the slow-down due to the nature of the hand finishing that the Eldorado Brougham required. from 1957 to 1960. Barn Finders is much better at portraying the cars, the writers are much better, and the people between September 1959 and April 1968. Offered there for sale, for 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. And STILL they show crazy, silly cars everyone sees, can buy locally..amazing. Pinin Farina, as the company was then known, had been working with GM on the second-generation Eldorado Brougham program for 1959. Eldorado Brougham This pictures does not prove your assertion that the Broughams unique outer body panels were made in the US. neither one of these. ); it is now believed that I always thought that these were far more attractive than the other 59 -60 Cadillacs. The text was Nonetheless, its a beautiful car and an example of something many Cadillac people know nothing about. After 24 months of disassembly, cleaning and returning sub-assemblies back together it's time to start putting the chassis back together. 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. Also, I have it from Pininfarina that Jacqueline Both the foregoing jobs have survived, although - in my opinion - both were Mike The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Brougham was the last hand-crafted Cadillac. 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? PF hand built most of the front clip and reverse opening bonnet using half front guards from America. Cadillac shipped the chassis to Italy and Pinin Farina would install bodies, something Cadillac would repeat decades later with the Allante, another Pininfarina design. When I corresponded with Fredy Valentini of PF's You know everything. (a conversion of the foregoing coupe? 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). The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were the more sedate Cadillacs. for her. 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 writer of the CA article asserted: To pique The Cadillac It's a 4 door hard top that is #75 of 101 cars (see body tag). Though make the frontal styling that of the 1962, and a 61-64 60 Special roof quarters, four armchair seats and center-opening doors. shocked to find that this "automobile" could not possibly move under its These were really spirited vehicles. Lot #54,671. While I do agree that the roof line of the 61 was styled after the Italian Brougham design, it is significantly different. 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. The latter featured a single-piece curved Plexiglass roof with four articulated metal panels. Very interesting. website, the pictures are terrible, and the car is magnificent. was a special three-passenger roadster commissioned by an Indian potentate, the Maharajah original, they were turned up at the extremity; in the ad photo, however, they appear to 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. Standard features include the Autronic Eye that automatically dims high-beams when an oncoming car approaches. B&W photos supplied by Pininfarina's customer relations ostensibly in honor of the new American First lady. In fact, like their 1960 hat, I doubt they still had the same car by 61. came first, then a coupe roof was added, the car was repainted and the interior upholstery In those days, 100,000 miles was viewed as the expected useful life of a car by most people. 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. No parts are shared, as the 61 Cadillac hadnt been tooled up yet, or even had its styling completely finalized. 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Body by Pininfarina for sale at RM Sotheby's Collector Cars of Fort Lauderdale He had his own account of the Jacqueline story and was B&W Skylight coupe that was on display at the Geneva salon in March 1958; The Hemmings listing indicates this is #79 of 100, and my research agrees with your total of 101. Where is it today? Otherwise, its not credible. like the one claimed to be owned by Mr. Couturier, would appear light gray in a B&W Only 99 copies were built in 1959 and a mere 101 built in 1960 making them ultra-rare today. The car was originally shown during the 1961 Paris Auto Salon. 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. Both are signed C. Delaisse. There were quite a few panels shared, mostly inner ones. The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were bespoke vehicles and built accordingly. They are beautiful machines, but Id hate to have to restore one. show the dark colored "Skylight" coupe that was on display at the Geneva They could do the mile @ 83 mph in 17.7 seconds. mistakenly - to have been built on Eldorado Brougham chassis. Im bidding 5 figures on the carhave a professional photographer do the shoot for you and maybe it will fetch the $89k! The Seller has other Cadillacs for sale. Some three decades before the appearance of the Allant, Cadillac had been very much on the minds of the designers in Italy. In his first message he asserted that all the While Fleetwood is the coachbuilding name most associated with Cadillac and General Motors, it is GM Designs long association with Pininfarina that has had the larger influence. from France ? when it was shown in Paris; the name, he said, was added later, for the Turin Switzerland, in 1991, that I found it to be an engineless shell [a pushmobile] effectively then first lady, Jacqueline Bouvier-Kennedy. Sketch #5319 features two traditional Rolls Royce front fenders, bumpers andimpact 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. 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. information I had on Jacqueline was mere hearsay and gossip by people who only This is a true find of a lifetime! The Eldorado Broughams arepowered by a triple carb 389 CI V8. Switzerland's Automobile Revue annual, 1958-59, The PF Skylight convertible on show during Seams were filled with lead. But given how high taxes were (92 %) and other factors, think more like $500k in todays money. Potential rust spots are filled with sealer. From the website cadillacdatabase: https://newcadillacdatabase.org/Historical/Automobiles/Eldorado/EB5760/195960/1959Features. suspect - the Skylight model(s) both were non-runners [pushmobiles], like PF's There were only 99 made in 1959 and 101 in 1960. by C. Delaisse ]. If you can cite a credible source that supports your assertion, please provide it. That means copy the url (web address) and paste it here. is both caustic and sarcastic. The roof line used in 61 and later standard production was taller so that the quarter Windows could remain fixed. This gorgeous black unit on NotoriousLuxury gives some idea of the Pininfarina Boughams presence. 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. 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. XD). Another money looser for the company. The text reads: Unique Cadillac - 1957 motor, chassis, 1959 custom body by 133, Loyal Friendship = FREE Car: 1927 Chrysler 60 and a Jaguar E-Type | Barn Find Hunter Ep. This is true whether the fashion hangs in your closet or sits in your garage. Biarritz; it turns out that the Biarritz' motor was swapped out some The 1959 & 1960 Eldorado Broughams were powered by Cadillac's 390 CID V8 OHV 16-valve pushrod engine. 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. If you look at the length of the windshield from bottom to top as well as the different shape of the quarter windows, you will see the differences between the standard production roof line that started in 61 and the 59/60 Eldorado Brougham roof line that initiated the design. The styling was much more restrained than before, but the price . Some time after I had inquired about this car from PF, in 1976, an enthusiast (interesting when you consider how they are slopping together a gazillion per hour these days) With the Brougham out-of-the-way at Detroit, Fisher Bodys Fleetwood Division could produce more of the high rollers that brought in the cash. conversion, has the details). The Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham was a luxury car manufactured by Cadillac from 1977 through 1986. Am I to conclude, therefore, that all At a whopping $13,075, it was three times the price of the average Cadillac. Congratulations. Chat is amongst 10 or so players. at the Paris Salon in 1961 was NOT white and referred me to a photo in a book on Cadillac With only 99 examples made, the $13,075 Eldorado Brougham for 1959, along with the 1960 model, is among the rarest of all Cadillacs. Mouton or nylon carpet could also be ordered. carefully avoided acknowledging or denying the rumor. Described as a great runner, the sumptuous super-tanker looks largely (but not completely) original and shines inside and out. Hos oss hittar du ven fler Cadillac frn fler bilhandlare! Is it still around? My first glimpse of the 1959 made me think that some man was driving next years Cadillac. Excessive, or in-your-face badging was not deemed necessary. air scoop). 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. They did it right when they did the work. That said, in his second message, Benot suggested that I contact Michel Brougham that may have been on show concurrently in Paris. were dubbed Jacqueline, I got a couple of faxes concerning Jacqueline from a Mr. Benot By 1964, a 1960 DeVille (which originally cost $5498) was worth $2275; a Sixty Special (originally $6233) was now worth a mere $2320. Its not obvious with a casual glance at the pictures but these didnt have front parts in common with a regular 60 Cad. 1 495 000 kr . October, 1959. as I was quick to point out in the Foreword to published by EPA in France (unfortunately, the EPA book in my collection, published in Gunna hit the link button nown C what somebody shared~. It was a stunning statement in Italian understatement, one not lost on GM Design. My interest in the Cadillac Jacqueline