The 1953 Eleganté was a one-off concept car built by Harry Birdsall and Joe Mascari using a custom, coach-built body on a 126-inch Cadillac chassis. The car originally cost $30,000 to build in 1953

all of its hardware was made of bronze, which was plated in 24 karat gold, and gold anodized aluminum.

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