1956 Motorama Cadillac Eldorado Brougham town car

[XP715]

Here she is, XP48; the one of a kid Cadillac Eldorado Brougham town car made for the 1956 Motorama. I'd seen this thing a long time ago in a book and had almost forgotten about it until I opened up this month's issue of Hemming's Motor News and saw it in the auctions section. I can't believe this thing escaped the crusher at the legendary Warhoops Salvage Yard where Lord knows how many other priceless concepts were squished into a cube.

XP48: The 1956 Motorama Cadillac Eldorado Brougham town car

I need to see this thing in person before i die.

[Sixty8panther]

The fact that some of the motorama cars did get crushed and metled down is just gut wretching... even worse is that some of them got recycled into Mustang IIs and Dodge Aspens. This thing definately deserved to be saved. Damn it's sexy. I'd pay my driver like $400/hr to do donuts in the local supermarket parking lot at like 3:00am durring a snowstorm so I could be in luxury and comfort and he's getting snowed on. (yes I'm kidding) :P

[NOS2006]

That '71 Hemi Cuda 'Vert on there is gorgeous!

[Flybrian]

Its...interesting. The Town Sedan looks odd with more modern designs and by 'modern' I mean 'curves.' This is the same reason I don't really like the Pontiac Parisienne concept of three years prior. The real Eldorado Brougham was just such a work of art that this pales, to be honest. Plus, you could buy one.

[XP715]

Its...interesting. The Town Sedan looks odd with more modern designs and by 'modern' I mean 'curves.' This is the same reason I don't really like the Pontiac Parisienne concept of three years prior.

The real Eldorado Brougham was just such a work of art that this pales, to be honest. Plus, you could buy one.

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There was a Pontiac Parisienne town car concept made as well? Pictures, anybody?

[Flybrian]

Its the kind of car the Pontiac we know and love should never, ever, ever make.

[XP715]

Its the kind of car the Pontiac we know and love should never, ever, ever make.

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That's not a town car; that's called a sedanca deville. There's a Barker-bodied 1938 Packard, a Derham-bodied 1954 Chrysler Imperial show car, and a few others floating around too. This body style is much more popular on European cars, especially Rolls-Royce. But yeah, I'm definitely not feeling Pontiac's take on it, not that I wouldn't want it in my garage for its value and the weird factor :lol:

[NOS2006]

That XP48 is pretty cool too. Didn't really look at it the first time. Give a nut for it though? Not so sure about that..

[Sixty8panther]

That pontiac is cool. If they had built that it would have done a lot better than some actual production Ponchos... Aztek, '74 GTO and '88 LeMans come to mind.

[ocnblu]

And what exactly is wrong with the '74 GTO? By then the A bodies were really too heavy to give good performance, plus, the gas crisis made everyone panic, hence the X body/350.

For some odd reason, I like the '73 GTO as well... but the '67 and '70 are my favorites.

[balthazar]

The whole town car/sedanca deville appearance doesn't work especially well for me either; too unbalanced IMO. Still, I would love to even brush up against a few concepts cars 'in the steel' (actually, I have).
Between the 2 above, I actually prefer the Parisienne. The EB TC loses the spectacular brushed stainless roof- bad! My favorite is the prototype '55 EB- gorgeous all around. The rear view may be the most beautiful ever IMHO.

Ocn- the A-body itself was not the problem, it was decreasing performance. The SD455 should've been available in the '73 as initially planned and it would've equaled just about any previous GTO with no problem- in the T/A it turned low 13s in the quarter...

XP715- you should check out the thread stickied under the Lounge titled The XP DNA Project- loads of picture links there!

[XP715]

I think what Sixty8's trying to say is that it's a shame that the most famous and respected nameplate to ever be bestowed upon any muscle car ended its life for the next thirty years on Pontiac's Chevy Nova counterpart, the Ventura. That's not exactly what I'd call going out on a high note. 1974 also brought us the Buick Apollo GSX, another famous name from a serious muscle car that also ended up on a dolled up Nova. I'm sure all of you guys can think of at least one car given a name it didn't quite deserve...

[Flybrian]

Also, the Aztek is truly a fine vehicle. Very versitile, very adaptable, and far from run-of-the-mill. A more powerful V6 option, a bit cheaper price, and the decladded 2002 at intro would've changed the minds of many. Even the Daewoo LeMans could've been somewhat credible given a euro-tuned suspension and turbocharging perhaps. The Parisienne in both concept and US-production form in the 1980s never really belonged.

[Sixty8panther]

I'm not saying the Aztek is a bad vehicle... strange? yes. Weird? absolutely. but was it right for GM in the early 2000s? NO. It should have been a GMC or Chevy "lightduty crossover" or something other than a siter vehicle to the Montana.