KW5413

...Did you ever know that a Cadilac had suicide doors. Found this on the local Craigslist. Never even heard of one before. At least not post 1950.





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Here is a clean one....





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Yellowstatue

Brougham!!! My buddy's dad had a funeral home. Haven't seen one in a long while.

BangScreech4-4-2

Surprised you haven't seen/heard of the Brougham before. It's a sought-after collectable.

rocketraider

And was the most expensive American car produced in 1957. $13k and change. You're not thinking of taking that on as a project, are ya? You need DEEEEEP pockets to do even a driver resto on a Brougham.

Koda

KW5413

Not on a bet.

I could see another $ 50K + to get it close to right. It is rare enough that the seller is asking $ 30K as she sits. The one I posted was offered at $ 130K, I believe and I saw another for around $ 250K.

I look at classics every day and I like Cadillacs ...I just never saw one these. One of the write ups said they even had memory seats. Pretty cool dash, too, I was real close to buying a '68 El Dorado when I bought the Cutlass.

I like damned near all these classics...This one is special.

HOT/ATOM

Also has stainless steel roof I think and very low production! Very desirable! I saw a couple on one of the car shows ( Counting Customs I think, the Collector had two). One restomodded LS powered. Very cool!

BangScreech4-4-2

Anybody who "restmodded" a 57-8 Cadillac Brougham would likely become suicidal when he discovered what he'd done to its value.

VC455

Relatives of the people two doors down had one. I saw it often as a child. The stainless roof was beautiful.

I realized at the time that those people had MONEY to be driving that model.

Yellowstatue

I seem to recall that there was a set of stainless glasses or shot glasses for the back seat. Four or six, I don't recall.

BangScreech4-4-2

I think there was a crystal cruet set -- so you and your passengers could enjoy a nip of sherry as you rocketed down the interstate at 85 MPH. Service for six, IIRC.

Yellowstatue

Yeah, that sounds better than shot glasses. No couth.

Killian_Mörder

It depends. From here, it looks like it's all there and moght need only a paint job, from only what we get to see. I'm guessing, more time and work than actual cash If you could classify it as a production car, it would have been indeed the most expensive. However, it was just as "production" as a custom-made hearse. The Continental Mark II, of whose production ended in '57, was the most expensive American production car to have left an assembly line, during that year

chip-powell

It's kind off funny how all of the auto makers ripped each other off. Those tail fins look an awful lot like the one's that you would find on a '58-'59 Plymouth Fury

HOT/ATOM

Lol , I agree, I'm not into restomodding myself . The collector had two possibly 3 of them ( including ZZTops Cadzilla I think.) Who ever built it made it rare too - I believe it showed up in Hot Rod magazine ( maybe before LS engines.) years ago. None the less he or his heirs could take the hit I imagine. The " to cool "was for the find not the restomod . Although ------

cjsdad

Just saw one of those the other week on TV. It was part of a collection being shared on one of the Sunday shows. The stainless top and memory seats were covered but I didn't recall the suicide doors. Sweet ride!

shiftbyear

It screams HARLEY EARL!!!