Built by Super Rides by Jordan in Escondido, California, the starting point was a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham, a no-expense-spared luxury sedan with a body handcrafted by Pinin Farina in Italy.
Just 99 examples were built for 1959, each priced at $13,074, at a time when other Cadillac Eldorado models – two-door hardtops or convertibles – listed for $7,401.
It was decked, chopped, sectioned, and lost the rear doors while the front doors were stretched. Then a Nomad roof was added.
In the finalists of the great 8, I don't see any Foose, Trepanier, Johnson, Pure Vision etc etc usual custom shops with an entry.
https://www.foxnews.com/auto/1959-cadillac-station-wagon-wins-ridler-award-for-best-hot-rod
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2019/03/05/cadmad-perhaps-the-worlds-only-59-cadillac-eldorado-brougham-station-wagon-takes-the-2019-ridler-award
I thought that the tailfins didn't look right for a '59, but I found out that the '59 Eldorado Brougham had smaller tailfins than the rest of the Eldorados. The Brougham fins are more like the smaller fins on the '60 and later Cadillacs.
ReplyDeleteI like how the Chevelle SS has a stand for the right front corner that is made from the hub and one spoke of the wheel with a small section of the tire.