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Psychedelic 1991 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Needs A New Home
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Charlotte, North Carolina-based vintage car dealer Streetside Classics specializes in selling unique collector cars, but even among the countless valuable cars currently in its inventory, this 1991 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz stands out from the crowd.
Photograph By Keith Anderson
She s got two doors, a 390 V-8 engine, vivid robin s egg paint job and tail fins so sharp they could cut butter.
And Lucille, as she is called for her French Biarritz connections, is working to raise money for the Kamloops Hospice.
Lucille is a 1961 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertible that Smith Chevrolet Cadillac dealer principal Mike Schreiner bought about six years ago.
This is a car with a pedigree. Schreiner said it was built in Detroit on Oct. 20, 1961, and is one of 1,450 built in series 62. The original price was US$6,477.
Schreiner said he s also heard Lucille gave Johnny Cash a ride in a parade when he played down in the early 1960s. He s still trying to confirm that.
An immaculate 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz will cross the auction block at
RM Sotheby’s upcoming Arizona 2021 sale later this month, where experts predict it could sell for as much as $225,000.
This 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz, originally found by our sister site
Cadillac Society, was purchased by the family of the consigner more than twenty years ago and was originally finished in a Argyle Blue Metallic exterior color with a Pale Blue convertible soft top and matching Blue interior. It underwent a complete frame-off restoration some years ago, which is when it was re-finished in the pink shade that adorns its steel body panels. Astute readers may assume this is the rather well-known Persian Sand color that Cadillac offered in the 1950s, but it’s not an exact copy, so
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Scale models are built using various materials like diecast models and resin. Thanks for sharing. Just to be precise, die cast is a production method and resin is a material.
These days a lot of die cast models are made using Zamak as material (or some variants). The name zamak is an acronym of the German names for the metals of which the alloys are composed: Zink (zinc), Aluminium, Magnesium and Kupfer (copper).
Zink alone is no good, too soft and it becomes brittle over time. (it is one of the reasons it is difficult to find good well preserved die cast models pre-WW2. Those were made with mostly zink and suffered from what is known as zink rot, basically disintegrating over time.