Gateway Classic Cars welcomes this incredible (Believed to be
actual miles) 1958 Fleetwood 4 Door Hard Top Cadillac into our
Denver Showroom! Lawrence P. Fisher was the Fisher brother most
closely involved with Cadillac in its early years. In 1916, he
joined the Fisher Body Company, which had been formed by two of his
brothers in 1908. Larry (as people knew him) was one of four of the
seven Fisher brothers who brought Fisher Body Corporation under the
General Motors umbrella in 1919. In May 1925, Alfred P. Sloan, then
the head of General Motors, appointed Fisher as Cadillac General
Manager, an office he retained through 1934. Fisher immediately
went to work adding exclusive, custom bodies to the Cadillac range.
Thus he oversaw the purchase of the Fleetwood Metal Body Company by
the Fisher Body Corporation in September 1925.[1] The Fleetwood
Body Company of Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, was founded by Harry Urich
in the nineteenth century. It began as a small community of
craftsmen founded by Henry Fleetwood, Esq. of Penwortham, near
Lancaster, England (the Fleetwood family flourished in England in
the 17th and 18th centuries). The rich traditions of 300 years of
coach-building that the Fleetwood Body Company applied to its work
on cars secured for it a high reputation in automobile circles
worldwide by the 1920s. Coachwork was built by Fleetwood for a
variety of luxury makes through 1924. However, after the Fisher
Body Corporation purchased the Fleetwood Body Company in 1925,
Fleetwood bodies were reserved exclusively for Cadillac. By 1929 GM
had purchased the remaining stock holdings of the Fisher Body
Corporation and thus became sole owner of both the Fisher and
Fleetwood companies Cadillac used the "Fleetwood" name as a prefix
between 1934 and 1976 on several of its most expensive models,
always designating an elevated level of luxury. Between 1958 and
1961, Cadillac used the "Brougham" sub-designation for its
exclusive four-door Eldorado models. The Fleetwood script and crest
would not appear on the exterior of any Cadillac until the 1947
model year when it appeared on the rear deck lid of the Sixty
Special. By 1952 it also appeared on the rear deck lid of the
Series 75. In 1957 the Cadillac Series 70 Eldorado Brougham joined
the Sixty Special and the Series 75 as the only Cadillac models
with Fleetwood bodies although Fleetwood script or crests did not
appear anywhere on the exterior of the car.[4] This marked the
first time in 20 years that a Fleetwood bodied car was paired with
the Brougham name.[2][3][5] When production of the Eldorado
Brougham was shifted in 1959 from the Cadillac Fleetwood plant in
Detroit to Pininfarina in Turin, Italy, only then did it acquire
Fleetwood wheel discs[6] and door sill moldings,[7] presumably
because the design work[7] and final touches[8] were still being
done by Fleetwood. This beautiful Dakota Red Fleetwood features a
gorgeous custom Silver/Black interior. It features the original
365CI V8 Engine and 4-Speed Auto Transmission, with only 94,335
miles on the clock. This timeless American Classic will fit right
into any car collection! Restoration completed within 1,000 miles
ago. Don't miss your opportunity to own a piece of real American
Cadillac history in our Denver Showroom. It can be seen in greater
detail including 100+ HD pictures and a HD video at
www.GatewayClassicCars.com. For additional information please call
our sales staff at (303) 872-4722 or email us at
[email protected] If you would like to see it in
person, come to our Denver Showroom located at: 14150 Grasslands
Drive Suite A, Englewood, CO 80112. To view 3000+ classics or
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