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02/08/2015 4:11 am
PICS - Which one is the winner today?
1958 Buick Century Riviera 4DR Hardtop
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1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham 4DR Hardtop
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02/08/2015 4:15 am
Buick
02/08/2015 4:55 am
I never knew Cadillac had those taillights in '59. Was that just for the Brougham?
02/08/2015 5:00 am
Actually, the car pictured is a 1960.
02/08/2015 5:31 am
Didn't the '60 have 2 round tail lamps on each side & "skeg" fins on the bottom?
Saint Clair Shores, Michigan
02/08/2015 5:31 am
Cadillac.
Saint Clair Shores, Michigan
02/08/2015 5:46 am
The tail fins appear to be from a '60 but the bumper is definitely a '59 and blended together.
The front end is definitely a '59 too.
02/08/2015 5:51 am
The mystery is solved. I just researched it and found this style was built by Pininfarina.
There were 99 produced.
02/08/2015 6:36 am
+1
02/08/2015 6:38 am
Cadillac did issue a '59 Brogham with what would be the fins from the 1960 model. The model is pictured in the book "Cars of the Fabulous Fifties". Too bad all '59 Caddys didn't have these fins rather than the fins on the '59s, which GM's former design VP Chuck Jordan called "comical".
02/08/2015 7:11 am
+1
02/08/2015 9:48 am
Cadillac.
02/08/2015 4:33 pm
Buick.
02/08/2015 4:49 pm
Cadillac
02/08/2015 9:16 pm
Brougham Only for 59 The 57-58 were the old retired body also Pinninfarina. The bodies were made by
Pinninfarina in Italy then shipped here to be finished by GM by installing the mechanicals and frame. Colossal cost to ship the bodies to GM & assembly of same. I owned a 58 for 6 years. The original owner had lots of air ride problems. He basically Dumped it. I traded a 1955 Packard 400 (95 point car) and $2,000.00 in 1966 for it and sold it to Rivken Jewelers of Seattle in 1972 for $7500.00 I did re do the air suspension but it would still leak down overnight. It would stay up for most of the day because I would use it so it had a chance to get to operating pressure during the day if used. Anything over 10 hours well it was 1 inch off the ground. One Hell of a Low Rider.
Speed bumps were Stop & find a way around. or wait 15 minutes to get to full pressure and "Normal " ride height.
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