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Car of the Day: August 26, 2009; Hot Wheels '59 Cadillac Ambulance (Custom Woody)
Topic Started: Aug 25 2009, 09:32 PM (1,620 Views)
craftymore
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Support your local demo derby.

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The car for today is Hot Wheels '59 Cadillac Eldorado.

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The Eldorado model was part of the Cadillac line from 1953 to 2002. The Cadillac Eldorado was the longest running American personal luxury car as it was the only one sold after the 1999 model year. Its main competitors included the Lincoln Mark Series and the lower-priced Buick Riviera.

Although cars bearing the name varied considerably in bodystyle and mechanical layout during this long period, the Eldorado models were always near the top of the Cadillac line. Nevertheless, and except for the Eldorado Brougham models of 1957–1960, the most expensive models were always the opulent, long wheel-based Series 75 sedans and limousines, not the Eldorado.


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A different Eldorado Brougham was sold for 1959 and 1960. These cars were not quite so extravagantly styled but were very unusual pieces in themselves. Priced at $13,075, they cost $1 more, each, than their older siblings. The design was 100% Cadillac but the company contracted out the assembly to Pininfarina of Italy, with whom the division has had a long-running relationship, and these Eldorados were essentially hand-built in Italy. Discreet, narrow taillights - were integrated into modest tailfins, and a squared-off rear roof line allowed the Brougham to contrast sharply to the "rocketship" taillights, flamboyant fins, and rounded roof lines of the standard 1959 Cadillacs. However, the Brougham's styling cues would prove to indicate where Cadillac styling would head in the early-mid 1960s. Build quality was not nearly to the standard of the Detroit hand-built 1957–1958 models, and the 1959–1960 Broughams did not sell as well as their forebears. However, collector interest and values remain high.


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While Caddy never made a mass produced wagon, the designers at HWs took the what if? thought and ran with it. Quite possibly, this car is the definition of land yacht!

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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
I wonder how many guys in SoCal "woodyized" old Cadillac ambulances and hearses??? :o
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
ivantt
Aug 25 2009, 09:44 PM
I wonder how many guys in SoCal "woodyized" old Cadillac ambulances and hearses??? :o
Makes two of us! I like this one, but I'm not sure this would count as an Eldorado, so much as a retired ambulance.
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James
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Mr.Bowtie
I hope this one makes it to the mainline.

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craftymore
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Support your local demo derby.

James
Aug 26 2009, 02:23 PM
I hope this one makes it to the mainline.

Not to squash that dream James, but this casting is nearly 4 inches long. Seriously doubt they could get this in a mainline blister. I bought this one from a member on HT for $2 I believe. It's a tank for sure.
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RAWR
Do like :D
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be77bt
*In Memory Of*
that's a big WOW!!
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james_autos
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Minivan
Very nice!
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