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Title: Whatever happened to the '59 biarritz for sale that folks wanted help with?
Post by: chrisntam on October 07, 2015, 10:18:58 PM
Did it sell? or is it yet to be sold? or auctioned?

Was assistance provided?

How did it look?  The good?  The bad?

Did the ones looking for assistance win the bidding?

Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

We need the "rest of the story"!
Title: Re: Whatever happened to the '59 biarritz for sale that folks wanted help with?
Post by: 76eldo on October 07, 2015, 11:02:34 PM
The car is being auctioned Friday night at the RM auction at Hershey.

I'll be looking it over for the interested party and have an appointment Friday afternoon to check out and drive he car.

I'll report back.

Brian
Title: Re: Whatever happened to the '59 biarritz for sale that folks wanted help with?
Post by: 76eldo on October 09, 2015, 12:43:19 PM
I did my evaluation on the car and got to drive it for about 15 minutes.

It's a very nice car, needs a few tweaks but runs and drives correctly.

Air ride functions properly and the car floats line it should.
Nothing quite like an air ride Cadillac.

We will see how the auction goes and what the car buds to.
There's also a 57 and 58 that are quite spectacular.



Brian
Title: Re: Whatever happened to the '59 biarritz for sale that folks wanted help with?
Post by: Bob Hoffmann CLC#96 on October 09, 2015, 09:42:55 PM
Brian,
Well... is the auction over? Who bought it? Your guy or someone else.
Thanks, Bob
Title: Re: Whatever happened to the '59 biarritz for sale that folks wanted help with?
Post by: 76eldo on October 09, 2015, 10:33:04 PM
The auction is over.
The gentleman I was working with was the successful bidder on the Persian 59.
He got the Cadillac bug and also bought a 1931 V 16 Coupe.

Hopefully our newest CLC Member.

We will be going over the V-16 in the morning and making arrangements for transport.

Long day but productive.

Brian
Title: Re: Whatever happened to the '59 biarritz for sale that folks wanted help with?
Post by: Bobby B on October 10, 2015, 08:52:35 AM
Brian,
Good deal! Hopefully, he'll post some pictures.
                                                        Bobby
                                                           
Title: Re: Whatever happened to the '59 biarritz for sale that folks wanted help with?
Post by: rwchatham CLC 21892 on October 10, 2015, 11:14:30 AM
Brian, was that eldo a factory persian car or did it have a color change ?
Title: Re: Whatever happened to the '59 biarritz for sale that folks wanted help with?
Post by: Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621 on October 10, 2015, 12:44:23 PM
Ray, here's an earlier discussion of the car.

http://forums.cadillaclasalleclub.org/index.php?topic=137961.0
Title: Re: Whatever happened to the '59 biarritz for sale that folks wanted help with?
Post by: rwchatham CLC 21892 on October 10, 2015, 01:19:34 PM
Eric, thanks, it looks like you already had covered the color change issue.
Title: Re: Whatever happened to the '59 biarritz for sale that folks wanted help with?
Post by: 76eldo on October 10, 2015, 08:11:04 PM
Color was originally white.
Complete factory air was added.

RM also had an impressive book with all of the original literature including build sheet.
A mystery box was sitting on the back seat with tons of new parts including 4 nos air bags.

A pleasant surprise. Restoration was impeccable and the air ride works 100 percent and the car does not sink down at all when parked. 

Brian
Title: Re: Whatever happened to the '59 biarritz for sale that folks wanted help with?
Post by: Scot Minesinger on October 12, 2015, 12:00:41 AM
Brian,

Where does the new owner reside?  What CLC region would he be a member off is purpose of question.