58 Eldo being turned into...something else?

[Otto Skorzeny]

I'm not sure I agree with you JK about valuable parts being offered to restorers. These guys don't strike me as the type to waste time trying to make a few extra bucks on the leftovers when they're probably getting a couple hundred grand for that monstrosity.

They clearly have no respect for the intrinsic value of that antique car. Why would they have any for a few old parts?

[76eldo]

In spite of their ignorance, and the fact that they could have started off with any 58 Cadillac Sedan, their craftsmanship is quite impressive, if you look at all of the pics.

Brian

[Otto Skorzeny]

I do agree with that. It doesn't mitigate their bad behavior, though.

[J Kjerrulf]

You are probably right Otto, but I'd be surprised if any parts did not find the way to e-bay.
Guys with that good hands can't be too stupid. Probably loves old cars as much as I do.

Still, parts of me wishes they got a couple of hundred years for that monstrosity.

[Otto Skorzeny]

Take a look at the rest of their website.

Here's another victim:  http://www.di-customcars.ca/04_2_current___39%20Caddy%20Limo.php

Oh the humanity!

[Otto Skorzeny]

For those of you who are interested, I received the following email from the man in charge of the Brougham transformation. I told him about our club and our site in case he has parts he wishes to sell. His contact information is listed in case any of you guys are restoring one of your own.


Hi

After the car is complete I will send you a list of what is left over from the 1958 Eldorado.

Clay Hepburn
Distinct Images - Custom Auto Builders
T: 905.353.9216
F: 905-353-9145
W: www.di-customcars.com
M: clay@di-customcars.com

[76eldo]

That's very good, but if I was him, and read these comments, I would make a bonfire with the leftover stuff, and video it, and put it on YouTube...

Ever see the Monster Garage episode where Jesse James takes a mint 71 El Camino, shreds it and turns it info a big lawnmower or something like that?   The, as he is literally ripping mint parts from the car, and throwing them in a pile on the shop floor, he laughs and says "I guess the guys in the Chevy club with there little club jackets and stuff wouldn't like this too much".

Granted a 70 El Camino is no 58 Brougham, but same thinking....

I am a live and let live kind of guy, like nice rods and customs, but taking that Brougham and using it for an abomination like that is truly sickening.

Think the vanity items and owner's manual are in the dumpster behind the shop?

Brian

[Stewart Homan]

Ever see the Monster Garage episode where Jesse James takes a mint 71 El Camino, shreds it and turns it info a big lawnmower or something like that?   

- I don't even watch MG anymore with all that fake 'attitude' - JJ is a nob of the highest order!

[76eldo]

It's not on anymore anyway.  He hit the lottery when he married Sandra Bullock, millionaire movie star.

Brian

[Andrew]

It's not on anymore anyway.  He hit the lottery when he married Sandra Bullock, millionaire movie star.

Brian

That guy married Sandra Bullock? Maybe he'll give her a nose job and a boob job, change her hair length and color, and a few extra toes, and put some laser beams in her eye sockets, just like on the show !  lol

[Davidinhartford]

Well, you can't blame the coach builder.  He is just doing what he was hired to do.  I'm sure many of his guys are crying as they work on this car.

I have no problem with a PWD (person with a disability) converting a classic to make it accessible.   But there was no need to start with such a rare car.   

As said earlier, why not take a more common series 62 sedan and stretch it?   

But once I saw those extra rear wheels and repaint I knew this person was not a Cadillac person at all.

I was up at R&Ms shop in Ontario and saw them dropping a vintage mid 60s Rolls Royce limousine body onto the chassis on a brand new, All-wheel drive Chevy Astro van.   They said the owner wanted all-wheel drive for the dessert and the looks of a classic Rolls Limo.   When finished the car looked factory stock.    I saw no trouble with that.   And I'm sure that limo was made in fewer numbers than the 58 Eldo Brougham.

It isn't always what you do, but how you do it.   

And that 58 Eldo is a....... crying shame.