Just A Car Guy: the Broadmoor Hotel, which capitalized on Pike's Peak with the race to the top, and the cog railway up the 14,115 foot mountain, and the Penrose Museum, had more than just those to appeal to gear heads, they also had 1959 Cadillacs to take hotel guests around (thanks Dennis!)

Tuesday, December 03, 2019

the Broadmoor Hotel, which capitalized on Pike's Peak with the race to the top, and the cog railway up the 14,115 foot mountain, and the Penrose Museum, had more than just those to appeal to gear heads, they also had 1959 Cadillacs to take hotel guests around (thanks Dennis!)

Built in 1918 by Spencer Penrose, the Broadmoor Hotel has needed to shuttle guests from the airport to the resort, so starting in 1937, the Broadmoor commissioned fleets of Cadillacs to ferry its guests to and fro, specifying retractable roofs so passengers might better enjoy the sheer vertical grandeur of their surroundings.

For 1959, the Broadmoor ordered six Cadillac wagons. While earlier Broadmoor limos had been built by professional automotive coachbuilder S and S, this run of vehicles was constructed by the Superior Coach Company of Lima, Ohio. Built on the same platform that concern used for its Superior ambulance and Royale hearse, the Broadmoor Skyview differed from your average limousine of the time by presenting a wagonoid profile. Riding on a 156-inch wheelbase, the four-row Skyviews were 251 inches long, 24 more than an Escalade