# Old Timer's Dazzling '59 Cadillac Custom Wins At Detroit's Meguiar's Autorama **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 6, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930 "2019-03-06T22:02:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/1 "2019-03-06T22:02:09Z")
Cadmad is a restored pink 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Pininfarina custom station wagon. > **[Pink Cadillac takes coveted award at 2019 Detroit Autorama](https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2019/03/05/detroit-autorama-pink-cadillac-ridler/3068055002/)** > > Cadmad, a 1959 Eldorado turned into a station wagon, won the Ridler Award and $10,000 prize at Autorama. I know of at least one of our regulars here that would probably like to drive this around town. šŸ˜ _ **CSA** _ šŸŒ“šŸ•¶šŸŒ“ ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/2 "2019-03-06T22:13:11Z")
Itā€™s a beautiful car, but Iā€™m disappointed that they did this to a rare, hand built original. If it was in bad shape to begin with thatā€™s one thing, but if the car was in reasonable condition beforehand, it would be sad indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/3 "2019-03-06T22:31:15Z")
Confused me at first, thought they misidentified the year. Then I saw it was a Pininfarina. Itā€™s okay, but not thrilled, proportions seem ā€˜offā€™ in the pictures. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/4 "2019-03-06T22:39:30Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > proportions seem ā€˜orrā€™ in the pictures. Shortened 18", body sectioned 2" and narrowed enough to get the Nomad roof to fit. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/5 "2019-03-06T22:42:40Z")
Pininfarina Is owned by Mahindra now. ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/6 "2019-03-07T03:14:42Z")
Might that be me? Iā€™d take an unmolested '59 any day, but not this Frankencar. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/7 "2019-03-07T03:22:52Z")
If that is the first place choice , I donā€™t even want to see second or third place. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/8 "2019-03-07T17:31:39Z")
Hereā€™s what an original looks like, sold for $82k: [https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/af18/auburn-fall/lots/r0080-1959-cadillac-eldorado-brougham-by-pinin-farina/692986](https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/af18/auburn-fall/lots/r0080-1959-cadillac-eldorado-brougham-by-pinin-farina/692986) If they started with a basket case, it could easily cost more than $82k to have restored it. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/9 "2019-03-07T18:21:00Z")
Hagertyā€™s article said it took 15yrs and 2.3 million to build., 4 Door sedan into a 2dr station wagon so lots of work went into this. Hemmings shows the other finalists but only one photo of each. \* [https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2019/03/05/cadmad-perhaps-the-worlds-only-59-cadillac-eldorado-brougham-station-wagon-takes-the-2019-ridler-award/](https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2019/03/05/cadmad-perhaps-the-worlds-only-59-cadillac-eldorado-brougham-station-wagon-takes-the-2019-ridler-award/) ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/10 "2019-03-07T18:25:36Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > Itā€™s a beautiful car, but Iā€™m disappointed that they did this to a rare, hand built original. If it was in bad shape to begin with thatā€™s one thing, but if the car was in reasonable condition beforehand, it would be sad indeed. Agreed. I canā€™t find any info on what condition it was in before they started the project, which makes me suspect it was very good or better. Itā€™s kinda like that old episode of Monster Garage where they destroyed 3 original Deloreans to build a hovercraft. Non car people thought that was awesome. The rest of us just got mad. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/11 "2019-03-07T18:53:39Z")
Even shortened that beast wonā€™t fit in my garage. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/12 "2019-03-07T21:15:05Z")
> [@shadowfax](#): > > The rest of us just got mad. Maybe thatā€™s why they named it Cadmad. ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/13 "2019-03-08T17:29:11Z")
Well, it would be one thing to take a rare original car and do a hack job of restoring or modifying it. It used to be 1 of 99, now itā€™s 1 of 1 and a masterpiece of workmanship to boot. I have no issue with that. Of course, I have many years experience taking abuse from rabid Corvette enthusiasts (some of which do not even own one) barking about _any_ deviations from factory original. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/14 "2019-03-08T18:41:52Z")
Well if youā€™d just be a little moreā€¦ Restrained in your approach to modifying your carā€¦ ![19%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/d/dd37f775327283377a9c91fdeb6d1ca817c379f3.png) ---
**Author:** ![anon86613489](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@anon86613489](https://community.cartalk.com/u/anon86613489)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/15 "2019-03-08T18:55:04Z")
I thought this was TwinTurboā€™s ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/6/6eb8ea7ab8f21a137200954e564a924e0175e3b4.jpeg) [www.imcdb.org/v045805.html](http://www.imcdb.org/v045805.html) I think TwinTurbo owes us a pic. ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/16 "2019-03-08T20:30:30Z")
Man, those are some sweet rides. I wish mine looked that good šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![anon86613489](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@anon86613489](https://community.cartalk.com/u/anon86613489)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/17 "2019-03-08T20:45:19Z")
> [@TwinTurbo](#): > > those are some sweet rides. I wish mine looked that good šŸ˜‰ Well, we donā€™t know about that. We havenā€™t seen a pic of Yours so who are we to judge. šŸ˜œ ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/18 "2019-03-08T20:47:08Z")
Check out my hog- ![Capture](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/e/ebb8bd32bd97c713d400fab635fc62a11ef8428e.png) ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/19 "2019-03-08T20:54:01Z")
Talk about a tireā€™s ā€˜footprintā€™ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-timers-dazzling-59-cadillac-custom-wins-at-detroits-meguiars-autorama/135930/20 "2019-03-08T21:54:29Z")
Thatā€™s a unique way to beat feet.