I went with a friend and his father to a new car dealer in 1958 or so. There in the showroom was one of these black with stainless roof. I thought it was the most beautiful car I ever saw. My eyes popped, and my mouth fell open. In my minds memory I can see it still today. Jack Wrather, of Wrather Broadcasting owned one too. You can google him if you don't know who he was.
For the 200 million or so average Americans of the time. The rich drove Rolls-Royce's and Cadillac was hardly on the 3 billion rest-of-the World market the cars were not designed for. Definitely tops for titties though, what a Rack!
I grew up in a town of 1200 people in rural Indiana. I remember as a 13 year old boy discovering a light Rose colored Eldorado with a very unusual roof sitting outside the local Doctor's office. Turns out he had purchased it. I finally caught him driving it through town one day and flagged him down. He explained the Stainless Steel roof to me and also was kind enough to give me a tour of the car. He was VERY proud of it, understandably, I envied him for years.
The socialists that run gm wouldn't allow it. It's like the man said in the previous comment there wasn't that much profit. But he had an interest in out stylizing Lincoln which is a capitalist ideal. It wasn't all about profit margins. Where the campaign finance system is a lot more like Marxism ironically and a Soviet economy than Bernie's platform. And less capitalist
At 15 years old in Costa Mesa California I got a chance to set an appropriate party 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham and push all the knobs and bills and dials and whistles the video shows the trunk go up and down remotely so did the hood what a thrill most fantastic automobile have ever been in
My great grandpa owned them. He never maintained them at all and traded them back in after a year or two. My great grandma kept hers for 25 years and had them dealer serviced lol.
My former neighbor of nearly 30 years, financed his retirement when he auctioned his '57' Eldorado Biarritz convertible at the Kruse auction in Auburn, In. It was a Blue with all white interior, and just stunning!
This was not the first year for Cadillac headlight auto-dimming which was actually a few years earlier but, the wall to wall mouton carpet was freaking amazing!!!
Called "tri-power," which had a progressive linkage--normal running was the center two-barrel (with choke); push down on the accelerator halfway and the other two kicked in, like being hit by a freight train from behind.
I rode in one of these cars..A friend of mines Grand Dad bought one of these new. His brother was given the car and traded it for a Packard....I am in mid sixties..To this day it was the best riding car I have ever ridden in ..
I have owned a 86, 94 2013 and now a 2021 Cars. No problems on any of them except a radiator. None of my Cads have reached 18,000 miles. Garage kept. GODSPEED !!!!!!!!!
When I was kid we had a black 57 Coupe DeVille. So we're driving it out in the desert(Antelope Valley) and passing by and old alfalfa farm way out east of Lancaster, we see the unmistakable bullet bumper poking out of a dilapidated out building, garage. Turned out to be mint green 58 Sedan DeVille. Picked it up for $200 bucks. Had to tear it down to get all the blow sand out of the motor, refreshed the rings and gave it a valve job and polished it up. Loved those cars.
Pretty amazing that Bob Hope kept the car so long which reflects how Cadillacs of this era, especially this landmark model, were built to last and not to a price (as GM well knew when the coffers dipped each time one was made.) I thought Bob was a Chrysler guy because of the sponsorship, but maybe just publicly! I wonder if he put Texaco gasoline in it, or would sneak into Standard / Chevron stations to fill up?
@@blogshagify They did no such thing; they were infiltrated and wrecked from the inside out. This has all been planned for 60+ years so that patriotism would go out the window and globalism could be ushered in without much of a fight. I'm sorry to tell you you're a pawn. th-cam.com/video/Xos5IBrsGlU/w-d-xo.html
The American automotive industry has been bludgeoned on multiple sides and thrown into a raging torrent of regulations and costs that foreign manufacturers have never experienced. And even when GM had the opportunity to shirk some of the crap thrown on it, the company was stolen by the government, from its true investors, and handed to the very folks who've damaged it the most, the UAW. Perhaps the saddest thing is observing them buying into the electric vehicle fraud pushed by the same government that's enabled its tormentors. As a former teamster who's witnessed the corruption, laziness, malfeasance among union workers, I've been very tempted to get involved in a union and build it into something worth a damn, that adds real value to everything its members touch. But I'd probably wind up in the same situation as my grandfather, murdered by union reps who insisted on being corrupt, lazy, and malicious.
@@Peron1-MC With what's happening today, your comment seems ridiculous. I said that before all the light has been shed on the actions of the internationalists following the same playbook for the so-called "pandemic," but thanks for replying so I could listen to my linked video above again.
It was a good looking car then and still is today. How many cars can say that when they get up in years. It doesn't look like Bob took it grocery shopping too often/no dings.A car way ahead of it's time.
Ok...this car came with a lot of "vanities" in the glove box as well as the rear arm rest. The kleenex dispenser was built into the center of the glove box door. To the right was a ladies "compact" which had a place for cake powder with puff, lip stick holder, also a change holder for the parking meter, it was covered in the same color leather as the interior with a chrome Cadillac "V" on the back, fold out full width metal "mirror" which doubled as a holder for the six stainless steel magnetized drinking cups in their own plastic holder, a plastic box for a cigarette pack to be put in for freshness. In the rear arm rest, a chrome push button opened the top of the arm rest upward to reveal "compartments" containing an ounce of Arpege' perfume, plunger style atomizer, a beveled mirror with matching leather back, an "Eldorado Brougham" note pad with sterling Cross pencil. Also in the glove compartment is a two push button chrome box to fully open/close trunk automatically.
Very good! When I was shopping for one of these cars in the early 70s', very few had much in the way of these "vanities" left. However it was possible to find them for sale if you took the time. Now extremely difficult and an arm and a leg.
Bob Hope aside. What makes the car collectable is the fact that it is a '58 Eldo Brougham. And adjusted for value, apparently it is a loss leader even now, not considering what it cost then. My parents' new house cost less at the time. But what a nice ride.
I was at an indoor/outdoor restaurant on Lake Travis in Austin and spotted a mint-condition 1957 Broughham. I spoke with the owner, who noted my interest, and gave me full run of the car. He had all the original amenities in both the rear armrest and glovebox and everything worked, including the air suspension. I was delighted to see what someone was paying the equivalent of about $200,000.00 for in 1957.
Something we don't appreciate about this car from looking at pictures is how low and sleek it was compared to its contemporaries. It's quite svelte and sporty next to the big, blocky, tall cars of the day.
Beautiful Caddy but definitely not as good looking as the 1957-58 Mopar lineup. They were far from tall and blocky. They were long, low, sleek, and stunningly beautiful
These cars are rare, I have been to hundreds of car shows all over the U.S., and I have never seen one! But what a car. The Duesenberg of its day. I have seen a real Duesenberg, at Hershey!
I don't think GM wanted to chase volume with a hand built car like this, as it'd just lose more money. I suspect they went into this knowing it'd be a loss, but willing to take the loss for the prestige it lent Cadillac.
This car has many details that I love, and many details that I hate, no doubt is a beautiful car, but I can not stop thinking the Ford Continental Mark ll have aged better.
In the late 60”s I got to see one of Bob Hope’s Chrysler Le Baron. Hop’s TV show at the time was sponsored my Chrysler. The one I saw was one of only three that were built. The one I saw at a Dodge dealership in Phoenix. From what I was told, two of the three belonged to Hope. Hope had already got the new year models and what I saw were from the previous year. One was what today we name a daily driver. The other was a slightly stretched limo. The one I saw was the daily driver. Two Chrysler employees toured with the car. My mom was an employee of the dealer and she got me into the back lot before it was out front for display. I had to keep my distance as I watched the Chrysler employees polish the body. I was a 17 year old teen and listened intensely to the conversation one of the Dodge dealer’s managers had with the Chrysler employees. They described all the gizmos, gadgets and tech talk of everything from the engine to suspension. They even went into details about the new no sweat breathable Naugahyde seat covers and real leather trim. Being a naive teenager I was somewhat shocked hearing an adult respond to a salesman’s question. He asked what doesn’t the contraction do. One of the Chrysler tech guys quickly responded “it won’t wipe your ass or Jack you off but we’re working on it”. The tech then immediately apologized not realizing there was a lady in the crowd. I finally got a chance to ask a question. I asked why the car didn’t have the 426 Hemi engine. The tech guy immediately responded with “ its not a hot rod it’s a celebrity vehicle. The car was later moved out front for display with a very hot looking model. I wasn’t there but was told the model was like an encyclopedia of Chrysler knowledge and helped the dealer sell some new cars.
I saw one of these cars a few times a week back in the 60's. A local doctor in our town owned one, it was parked in front of his office on the main street, his car was black.
Something to remember is that the moment you restore this car, it’s no longer the car that Bob Hope owned. It just becomes another restored car. It loses it’s history if it’s renovated. Bob hope looked on THAT paintwork & his ass sat on those seats. Leave it as it is.
This was the heyday of the American automobile ! Detroit proved it knew how to spell the word "quality". The "toys" still work after more than 60 years ! Three deuces spelled gas yardage, but Hi Test was ~ 30 cents a gallon. Thanks!
There was a '60, too. But the '59 and the '60 were closer to the production cars of the day, and were built by hand in Italy by Pinninfarina. Even more rare than the US built ''57 and '58 Broughams. The memory seats were a wonder. Imagine remembering three axes of seat movement using electromechanical means. I understand they require frequent cleaning myriad contacts to keep them working.
I'm I the only one who while listening to this guy hears "it's got a cop motor Cop tires, cop shocks and is a model built before catalytic converters so it'll run well on regular gas" ?
Actually, Autronic Eye was introduced on Cadillac and Olds cars in 1952. It was a dubious advance at first, since streetlights and other light or reflection sources could trigger the dimming feature.
This was one of the best motorcars Cadillac ever produced in my opinion. And to think it once was the personal driver of Mr. Bob Hope, very classy! However those of us car crazy nuts 😆, know from the start It was never about major sales for Cadillac. The division simply wanted to see if they could B ##"%h slap Lincoln's very own flagship the Mark II, its biggest rival at the time.
This car has many details that I love, and many details that I hate, no doubt is a beautiful car, but I can not stop thinking the Ford Continental Mark ll have aged better.
If I could pick any car from 1958 it would be a Chrysler 300-D or a Plymouth Fury. But that is a gorgeous Cadillac. The 50's Caddy's have always been my favorite Cadillac's
The model lasted four years, but the body style changed, as did many of the features, as well as the coach builder. Cadillac had no intention of making money on these cars: they wanted the long-used "Standard of the World" to ring true. What's most amazing about the '57 and '58? Their proportions and stance are still current for a sedan. Beautiful car.
1957 Cadillac ElDorado Brougham, 4 door hardtop sedan with center opening doors is the only GM car with 4 headlights, other makes and models still have 2 headlights until the 1958 model years for GM cars, which is available with 4 headlights. For most or all of 1957 cars, such as Chrysler, DeSoto, Imperial, Lincoln, Mercury, and Nash does have 4 headlights. For 1957 Packard and Clipper cars, it would have been a big cars and would have been equipped with 4 headlights, instead of using a Studebaker body shell with 2 headlights. South Dakota and West Virginia, as well as Quebec in Canada does not allowed 4 headlights for 1957 cars.
Such a beautiful car.....and RIP Bob Hope
Absolutely stunning. One of my favorite American classics of all time. Thanks for the great information Peter.
I went with a friend and his father to a new car dealer in 1958 or so. There in the showroom was one of these black with stainless roof. I thought it was the most beautiful car I ever saw. My eyes popped, and my mouth fell open. In my minds memory I can see it still today. Jack Wrather, of Wrather Broadcasting owned one too. You can google him if you don't know who he was.
That's when a Cadillac was top dog in the game.
For the 200 million or so average Americans of the time. The rich drove Rolls-Royce's and Cadillac was hardly on the 3 billion rest-of-the World market the cars were not designed for. Definitely tops for titties though, what a Rack!
I grew up in a town of 1200 people in rural Indiana. I remember as a 13 year old boy discovering a light Rose colored Eldorado with a very unusual roof sitting outside the local Doctor's office. Turns out he had purchased it. I finally caught him driving it through town one day and flagged him down. He explained the Stainless Steel roof to me and also was kind enough to give me a tour of the car. He was VERY proud of it, understandably, I envied him for years.
I envy him right now
If they made that car today they couldn't make enough of them . This is pure class
@@cellpat7392
The socialists would not allow it.
The socialists that run gm wouldn't allow it. It's like the man said in the previous comment there wasn't that much profit. But he had an interest in out stylizing Lincoln which is a capitalist ideal. It wasn't all about profit margins. Where the campaign finance system is a lot more like Marxism ironically and a Soviet economy than Bernie's platform. And less capitalist
The Eldorado Brougham was / is one of the most beautiful Caddies ever, ever built.
Bob Hope owning it makes it gold.
Gosh, what a *BEAUT* of a car....and so was dear Bob Hope!
KRZEMIEN . Is that Irish ?
Your good friend Vinny in good old Fla.
At 15 years old in Costa Mesa California I got a chance to set an appropriate party 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham and push all the knobs and bills and dials and whistles the video shows the trunk go up and down remotely so did the hood what a thrill most fantastic automobile have ever been in
Incredible car. A piece of art.
A perfect addition to my collection!
Very cool ride
A true example of a concept GM car going above and beyond!
My father drove nothing but cadillacs.. brings back wonderful memories.
My great grandpa owned them. He never maintained them at all and traded them back in after a year or two. My great grandma kept hers for 25 years and had them dealer serviced lol.
I've watched every episode of your tv show at least twice.
Hooked.
Bob had good taste.what a machine.very elegant.
fantastic car! glad I stumbled out of the ytshorts to get to the better format!
Wow! What a beast. Had no idea so few were made. Must get gallons per mile. Oh, to only own one.
One of my dream cars. Lighter colors really show off the front fender treatment.
Man! That thing is beautiful
The most beautiful Cadillac of all-time, IMO!!
I road in one of these cars in my youth..To this day it is one of my favorite cars..The ride was as smooth as silk.
You forgot to mention all the wiring this car had, 250 miles worth of wiring.
Rubber air cushions at all four wheels which eventually would crack and leak after some time.
That is a timeless dedign and it is super engineering.
That's One Incredibly Beauuuutiful Car!💕
Such a beautiful car. This is automotive art work. I would be happy just to store this car for someone for free just to look at beautiful.
My former neighbor of nearly 30 years, financed his retirement when he auctioned his '57' Eldorado Biarritz convertible at the Kruse auction in Auburn, In. It was a Blue with all white interior, and just stunning!
Good car for Bob Hope. I can see him in it now!
Absolutely stunning car, what a presence
This was not the first year for Cadillac headlight auto-dimming which was actually a few years earlier but, the wall to wall mouton carpet was freaking amazing!!!
Now THAT... Is a Cadillac people...
WAS!
Three two barrel carburetors? Must sound beautiful when you press that pedal and hit the overdrive Love these old Cars
Nick Name . .A Six Pack for the Carbs.
Called "tri-power," which had a progressive linkage--normal running was the center two-barrel (with choke); push down on the accelerator halfway and the other two kicked in, like being hit by a freight train from behind.
I never knew that these Caddie’s were hand built back in ‘57. Pretty nice.
Many items in Cadillacs were done by hand. The grille of the 1960 model had 209 pieces, assembled by hand.
My 1990 GM was hand built.
I rode in one of these cars..A friend of mines Grand Dad bought one of these new. His brother was given the car and traded it for a Packard....I am in mid sixties..To this day it was the best riding car I have ever ridden in ..
I have owned a 86, 94 2013 and now a 2021 Cars. No problems on any of them except a radiator. None of my Cads have reached 18,000 miles. Garage kept. GODSPEED !!!!!!!!!
When I was kid we had a black 57 Coupe DeVille. So we're driving it out in the desert(Antelope Valley) and passing by and old alfalfa farm way out east of Lancaster, we see the unmistakable bullet bumper poking out of a dilapidated out building, garage. Turned out to be mint green 58 Sedan DeVille. Picked it up for $200 bucks. Had to tear it down to get all the blow sand out of the motor, refreshed the rings and gave it a valve job and polished it up. Loved those cars.
That is a very nice car. Thank you for the review.
Very beautiful amazing looking car wow just love it beautiful
Pretty amazing that Bob Hope kept the car so long which reflects how Cadillacs of this era, especially this landmark model, were built to last and not to a price (as GM well knew when the coffers dipped each time one was made.) I thought Bob was a Chrysler guy because of the sponsorship, but maybe just publicly! I wonder if he put Texaco gasoline in it, or would sneak into Standard / Chevron stations to fill up?
Lotto winning dream car of mine in that spec....nice
Beautiful!
A time where we didn't look to foreign nations for "luxury" cars. The good days.
Well American cars companies insisted on shooting themselves in the foot, which is why we eventually stopped buying their products
@@blogshagify They did no such thing; they were infiltrated and wrecked from the inside out. This has all been planned for 60+ years so that patriotism would go out the window and globalism could be ushered in without much of a fight. I'm sorry to tell you you're a pawn. th-cam.com/video/Xos5IBrsGlU/w-d-xo.html
The American automotive industry has been bludgeoned on multiple sides and thrown into a raging torrent of regulations and costs that foreign manufacturers have never experienced. And even when GM had the opportunity to shirk some of the crap thrown on it, the company was stolen by the government, from its true investors, and handed to the very folks who've damaged it the most, the UAW. Perhaps the saddest thing is observing them buying into the electric vehicle fraud pushed by the same government that's enabled its tormentors.
As a former teamster who's witnessed the corruption, laziness, malfeasance among union workers, I've been very tempted to get involved in a union and build it into something worth a damn, that adds real value to everything its members touch. But I'd probably wind up in the same situation as my grandfather, murdered by union reps who insisted on being corrupt, lazy, and malicious.
@@VinylToVideo if that doesnt sound like a conspiracy theory i dont know what does XD
@@Peron1-MC With what's happening today, your comment seems ridiculous. I said that before all the light has been shed on the actions of the internationalists following the same playbook for the so-called "pandemic," but thanks for replying so I could listen to my linked video above again.
I would love to see one!
Awesome car for sure!
Really beautiful car, no doubt about it.
I like the limo-tint, all-around, nice touch.
Awesomeness looses from the 1958 CAD. dreamers !!!!!
It was a good looking car then and still is today. How many cars can say that when they get up in years. It doesn't look like Bob took it grocery shopping too often/no dings.A car way ahead of it's time.
GORGEOUS car!!
Automatic headlamp dimming came out way before 1958. Oldsmobile was one of the first to have it. It was called the Autronic Eye.
First came out on a Cadillac but not this one. Think it was the 1953 Eldorado, but by '58 it was optional on most of the luxury GM cars.
That's a nice looking car.
What a beautiful car. I'd take this over a BMW 7 series any day.
Ok...this car came with a lot of "vanities" in the glove box as well as the rear arm rest. The kleenex dispenser was built into the center of the glove box door. To the right was a ladies "compact" which had a place for cake powder with puff, lip stick holder, also a change holder for the parking meter, it was covered in the same color leather as the interior with a chrome Cadillac "V" on the back, fold out full width metal "mirror" which doubled as a holder for the six stainless steel magnetized drinking cups in their own plastic holder, a plastic box for a cigarette pack to be put in for freshness. In the rear arm rest, a chrome push button opened the top of the arm rest upward to reveal "compartments" containing an ounce of Arpege' perfume, plunger style atomizer, a beveled mirror with matching leather back, an "Eldorado Brougham" note pad with sterling Cross pencil.
Also in the glove compartment is a two push button chrome box to fully open/close trunk automatically.
Very good! When I was shopping for one of these cars in the early 70s', very few had much in the way of these "vanities" left. However it was possible to find them for sale if you took the time. Now extremely difficult and an arm and a leg.
Damm that's a beautiful car
Bob Hope aside. What makes the car collectable is the fact that it is a '58 Eldo Brougham. And adjusted for value, apparently it is a loss leader even now, not considering what it cost then. My parents' new house cost less at the time. But what a nice ride.
I was at an indoor/outdoor restaurant on Lake Travis in Austin and spotted a mint-condition 1957 Broughham. I spoke with the owner, who noted my interest, and gave me full run of the car. He had all the original amenities in both the rear armrest and glovebox and everything worked, including the air suspension. I was delighted to see what someone was paying the equivalent of about $200,000.00 for in 1957.
First and last time you could buy an experimental car from the Dealer. A true classic of all time.
Only because Tesla doesn't have dealers.
I detailed that car ! For the owner of it now....Sweet ride
Something we don't appreciate about this car from looking at pictures is how low and sleek it was compared to its contemporaries. It's quite svelte and sporty next to the big, blocky, tall cars of the day.
I have loved this model for a few years. Saw one last year. Photos don't even come close to showing its beauty!
Big blocky tall cars of today? Those are CUVs and SUVs. They are not cars.
@@blogshagify he said "of the day" not "today"
There is one at the Gilmore museum in Michigan. Stunning!
Beautiful Caddy but definitely not as good looking as the 1957-58 Mopar lineup. They were far from tall and blocky. They were long, low, sleek, and stunningly beautiful
These cars are rare, I have been to hundreds of car shows all over the U.S., and I have never seen one! But what a car. The Duesenberg of its day. I have seen a real Duesenberg, at Hershey!
What a dream of a car!
And a caddy that you could work on without having code readers. And it had a steel frame. No plastic overpriced junk of today.
I don't think GM wanted to chase volume with a hand built car like this, as it'd just lose more money. I suspect they went into this knowing it'd be a loss, but willing to take the loss for the prestige it lent Cadillac.
I feel you are ABSOLUTELY correct. The guy in the video got it wrong.
They built it for one reason, to rival the new (in 1955) Lincoln Continental. Never to make profit, solely to let GM out do Ford.
Exactly!
This car has many details that I love, and many details that I hate, no
doubt is a beautiful car, but I can not stop thinking the Ford
Continental Mark ll have aged better.
@@mosesberkowitz3298they built it to combat Lincoln MK11 witch also lost Ford $
Beautiful
Gorgeous car!
Worth a lot more now!
Beautiful car but the fins of this year were not my favorite, but it's not to say I wouldn't mind owning it. Love the interior.
I agree I didn't like the sharp fins. I like 54 55 models
@@gabe31gI also love the '49 fastback. I think it's hard to find an ugly Cadillac of any year. Oh, wait, the Cateras of 1996 - 2001, were awful.
@@ms.sonshine8878 I liked the Cadillac Allante. But I heard those cars had problems. Very beautiful though
@@gabe31g The Cateras were from Germany maybe the Allantes, too.
I disagree with you sir. I think these were the most beautiful fins of all.
Great video
In the late 60”s I got to see one of Bob Hope’s Chrysler Le Baron. Hop’s TV show at the time was sponsored my Chrysler. The one I saw was one of only three that were built. The one I saw at a Dodge dealership in Phoenix. From what I was told, two of the three belonged to Hope. Hope had already got the new year models and what I saw were from the previous year. One was what today we name a daily driver. The other was a slightly stretched limo. The one I saw was the daily driver. Two Chrysler employees toured with the car. My mom was an employee of the dealer and she got me into the back lot before it was out front for display. I had to keep my distance as I watched the Chrysler employees polish the body. I was a 17 year old teen and listened intensely to the conversation one of the Dodge dealer’s managers had with the Chrysler employees. They described all the gizmos, gadgets and tech talk of everything from the engine to suspension. They even went into details about the new no sweat breathable Naugahyde seat covers and real leather trim. Being a naive teenager I was somewhat shocked hearing an adult respond to a salesman’s question. He asked what doesn’t the contraction do. One of the Chrysler tech guys quickly responded “it won’t wipe your ass or Jack you off but we’re working on it”. The tech then immediately apologized not realizing there was a lady in the crowd. I finally got a chance to ask a question. I asked why the car didn’t have the 426 Hemi engine. The tech guy immediately responded with “ its not a hot rod it’s a celebrity vehicle. The car was later moved out front for display with a very hot looking model. I wasn’t there but was told the model was like an encyclopedia of Chrysler knowledge and helped the dealer sell some new cars.
Tremendous vehicle.
I saw one of these cars a few times a week back in the 60's.
A local doctor in our town owned one, it was parked in front of his office on the main street, his car was black.
A beautiful caddy
I freaking love it if I win the lottery it's first on my list of cars to buy and I'm a Chrysler guy
Amazing machine.
Something to remember is that the moment you restore this car, it’s no longer the car that Bob Hope owned.
It just becomes another restored car.
It loses it’s history if it’s renovated.
Bob hope looked on THAT paintwork & his ass sat on those seats.
Leave it as it is.
Definitely changing the seats, then.
The car was produced for 4 years - '57, '58, '59 and '60.
Yup, but the '57-'58 years by far the most notable.
Year my father was born I love Cadillacs.
This was the heyday of the American automobile ! Detroit proved it knew how to spell the word "quality". The "toys" still work after more than 60 years ! Three deuces spelled gas yardage, but Hi Test was ~ 30 cents a gallon. Thanks!
nice car
Beautiful car..so ive been told
beautiful car..
Sweet. Not ruined
Cadillac also had power trunk pull down and power antenna back in the 50s.
this is one old car I would like to have
Automatic headlight dimming ? Hell , I just give em the finger !
Your good friend Vinny in good old Fla.
He should have mentioned the "memory seat" feature. Amazing without electronics. They actually ran three years. A 1959 model was available.
There was a '60, too. But the '59 and the '60 were closer to the production cars of the day, and were built by hand in Italy by Pinninfarina. Even more rare than the US built ''57 and '58 Broughams.
The memory seats were a wonder. Imagine remembering three axes of seat movement using electromechanical means. I understand they require frequent cleaning myriad contacts to keep them working.
Troy Eppstein *i7^6,ihjji
Sorry, Troy, the memory seat feature did use electronics! Just not the kind we know today.
I'm I the only one who while listening to this guy hears "it's got a cop motor Cop tires, cop shocks and is a model built before catalytic converters so it'll run well on regular gas" ?
No, it needed premium had a compression ratio of 10.0 to 1
The automatic headlight dimmer was not a 1958 first. Cadillac had that option as early as 1954.
Actually, Autronic Eye was introduced on Cadillac and Olds cars in 1952. It was a dubious advance at first, since streetlights and other light or reflection sources could trigger the dimming feature.
my Moms cousin had a black 1960 Sedan deVille, and her car had that and way back then she told Mom it was a pain, and usually put a magazine over it
She could have adjusted the sensitivity or turned it off. Apparently that was too complicated for her.
My 53 had it and also the four speed auto
This was one of the best motorcars Cadillac ever produced in my opinion. And to think it once was the personal driver of Mr. Bob Hope, very classy! However those of us car crazy nuts 😆, know from the start It was never about major sales for Cadillac. The division simply wanted to see if they could B ##"%h slap Lincoln's very own flagship the Mark II, its biggest rival at the time.
exactly! I like the Mark II but I love this!
LMC 2006: With Bob Hope status this car is $100,000 on a good day.
Barrett Jackson 2019: Hold my imported beer.
This car has many details that I love, and many details that I hate, no doubt is a beautiful car, but I can not stop thinking the Ford Continental Mark ll have aged better.
The '56 Mark II was certainly a standout for Ford. Closest comparison to the Brougham.
If I could pick any car from 1958 it would be a Chrysler 300-D or a Plymouth Fury. But that is a gorgeous Cadillac. The 50's Caddy's have always been my favorite Cadillac's
Wow cool ty LMC
nice to see
The model lasted four years, but the body style changed, as did many of the features, as well as the coach builder.
Cadillac had no intention of making money on these cars: they wanted the long-used "Standard of the World" to ring true.
What's most amazing about the '57 and '58? Their proportions and stance are still current for a sedan. Beautiful car.
One hell'uva dream car!!!!!!!!!
The Bob Hopemobile!
I like it.
Was not the first fully transistorized radio. That was Chrysler.
Prove it!!!!!!!
You are wrong
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My 1955 Olds 98 4 door hardtop had the automatic headlight dimmer known as the autronic eye
1957 Cadillac ElDorado Brougham, 4 door hardtop sedan with center opening doors is the only GM car with 4 headlights, other makes and models still have 2 headlights until the 1958 model years for GM cars, which is available with 4 headlights. For most or all of 1957 cars, such as Chrysler, DeSoto, Imperial, Lincoln, Mercury, and Nash does have 4 headlights. For 1957 Packard and Clipper cars, it would have been a big cars and would have been equipped with 4 headlights, instead of using a Studebaker body shell with 2 headlights. South Dakota and West Virginia, as well as Quebec in Canada does not allowed 4 headlights for 1957 cars.