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02/02/2021 9:37 am
This is the re-release of the 1957 Cadillac Brougham. I wanted the image but was afraid to buy the original black because of all the paint failures. This model still has the old school dog leg hinges and tampo'd badging.... I was hoping for a touch of upgrading, but the image itself was too iconic to pass up. This is a true luxury land yacht. Only 400 of these 4 door hardtops were made and the price tag for such lavish luxury was $13,074 (close to the price of small house) and Cadillac still lost $10,000 per car. Ford's prestigious Continental Marl ll sold for just under $10,000 and they only lost $1000 per unit.
02/02/2021 2:31 pm
I'm delighted to have this Bahama Blue beauty. I also have the flawed Ebony Black version. Mine still looks ok, with some cracked paint and only a few small chips, which I filled in with a black sharpie pen. It displays quite well. To my old eyes, anyway.
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02/02/2021 3:22 pm
@al_dorado I hear ya. Everything looks perfect to me until I pull out the macro lens on my camera. Sometimes I'm sorry I did and sometimes I'm amazed at the detail I missed.
02/02/2021 7:48 pm
Your header, "A symphony in chrome, fins and stainless steel", fits this beauty to a T
02/02/2021 9:35 pm
All things considered, even the with the black version, it is a beautiful model. FM did a nice job overall and I pleased to have both the original and maroon version.
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
02/02/2021 11:57 pm
I've always wished I could get warm and fuzzy over this car and the model. It's just never happened.
I'd add one to my collection if the price were right, but I'd not go out of my way to find one. For me the styling was just too weird. I liked the lessor adorned offerings from Danbury Mint.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
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03/02/2021 5:04 am
@georgeschire Apart from being a dyed-in-the-wool Continental / Lincoln man, I do like Cadillacs enormously and yet the '57 Eldorado Brougham has left me cold, just as it seems to have done you. Having asked myself over and over, why, the only conclusion I draw is that it is too 'balanced'. It is busily decorated yet not out of control: Big, with presence and yet light and airy with its cut-away wheel arch and roofline. It's a bit like an attractive, charming and perfectly nice person who doesn't have an opinion. That's my opinion!
03/02/2021 6:44 am
Nice pics, Rich, I have the Blue one, which I purchased with misgivings after hearing about all of the flaws the Black one had, so far mine is still holding up.
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03/02/2021 7:57 am
I felt the original black issue was most representative of the Brougham, so I passed on the other color choices. The paint problem was an easy fix. It's amazing what a little bit of black paint could do.
John Bono
North Jersey
03/02/2021 11:16 am
Nice pics, Rich, I have the Blue one, which I purchased with misgivings after hearing about all of the flaws the Black one had, so far mine is still holding up.
You just touched on another reason I originally passed on this FM Caddy. I was working at the Franklin Mint store at the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN when the Black version was out and on display. The care looked nice, but that is where it ended. It was riddled with quality issues and a lot of people either passed on it or returned one they bought.
And to my eyes, it was just an odd looking car. I think of the Johnny Cash song, "One Piece At A Time" when I look at it. Nothing flows well on it for me.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota