1959 Cadillac valued at $2.3 million (41 photos)

To build this unique 1000-horsepower Cadillac station wagon Eldorado Brougham Wagon took 15 years. custom car impresses with its shameless scope both in terms of design and fillings.


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In the 50s, as, indeed, later, in the range of the flagship Jim's brand did not list any "sheds". Hearses and ambulances were made by partner companies on the basis of a special chassis with a wheelbase Fleetwood limousine 75 series. So the authors of the custom had to get married 1959 Eldorado aerospace two-door body with glazed "greenhouse" station wagon Chevrolet Nomad 1956. Result works called CadMad. And, yes, there is no more frame chassis - all this sprawling pink-beige splendor spread to the asphalt rests on a spatial tubular frame, which saves weight and lower profile height.

Dissecting Cadillac CadMad Eldorado Brougham Wagon's price tag 2.3 million dollars, it can be noted that only painting cost 300 thousand. Body paint Fontana Rose (bottom) and Titanium Silver (top) consists of three layers of primer, four colored and at least six layers of varnish.

Against this background, the cost of a giant 10.3-liter V8 is 97 thousand rubles. dollars does not look like something out of the ordinary. motor built around Dart cylinder block with NRE custom intake, Brodix heads Big Brodie, forged crankset, two 88mm NRE turbochargers, and feeds it with a productive fuel system with a pair of injectors for each cylinder. With a boost of only 0.5 bar, this the unit develops 1025 hp. With. like the famous Veyron W16. The drive to the rear wheels is carried out through a modified 4L60E automatic from Corvette C5.

The 14-inch ventilated discs with 6-piston calipers and electric brake booster, and in suspension uses custom-made coilovers.

Salon, upholstered in pink leather to match the body color, decorated artistic painting of the dashboard and door cards. In its turn, the floor of the luggage compartment is trimmed with striped tiger wood, figured maple and African wenge. It is reported that the cost of created under order of instruments, steering wheel and other controls amounted to 7 thousand rubles. dollars, and Recaro bucket seats were borrowed on occasion from charged descendant of the Cadillac CTS-V.

At the end of the story, it is worth adding that made in a single copy of the Cadillac CadMad Eldorado Brougham Wagon took Autorama Ridler Award 2019 and its mileage since birth reached only 6 miles. Exhibition piece, yes.