Belongs to Mike Van Sicklen of McCormick Mountain
Mike Van Sicklen, from the McCormick Mountain area in Hudson Bend, brings us this extremely rare 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham, one of maybe 100 in existence today! Buyers of Broughams had a choice of 44 full leather interior trim combininations and could select such items as Mouton (French for lambskin) and Karakul carpeting. The 1957 Eldorado Brougham was designed to compete with the Lincoln-Continental Mark II. The production total for this vehicle was 400. This vehicle cost over $25,000 per car to produce, in an era of $5,000 top of the line cars! Selling at $13,000, this vehicle lost $12,000 per car to sell!. The Eldorado Brougham was a hand-built, limited-edition four-door hardtop sedan derived from the Park Avenue and Orleans show cars of 1953-1954. Designed by Harley Earl, the Brougham introduced many never-before-seen features:

– Electric windows, even the ventipanes! – A brushed stainless steel roof – Quad headlights and "suicide" doors – a dual four-barrel V-8 – air-suspension – low-profile tires with thin whitewalls – automatic trunk lid opener – automatic "memory" seat – Cruise Control – high-pressure cooling system – polarized sun visors – Signal-Seeking twin speaker radio – electric antenna – automatic-release parking brake – electric door locks – dual heating system – stainless steel (with a silver finish) magnetized glove box drink tumblers – cigarette and tissue dispensers – lipstick (cologne was mentioned in the dealer Data Book, but was not actually offered) – ladies' compact with powder puff, comb, and mirror – leather notebook – STEP atomizer with 1 oz. bottle of "Arpege" perfume extract made by Lanvin, Paris. – automatic starter (with re-start function) – Autronic-Eye – drum-type electric clock – power windows – forged aluminum wheels – air conditioning