Officially known from 1956 General Motors documents as the Eldorado
Brougham Town Car, this opulent styling exercise was the dream car of
the 1956 GM Autorama. Crowds marveled at the futuristic fiberglass
design and luxurious features of tomorrow. A wowed public imagined
themselves as the dapper couple in this publicity photograph at left, going out
on the town in this experimental Cadillac vision.
"The rear compartment is decorated all in beige with
leather partition doors and quarter hangers and broadcloth seatback
cushions and facings. A beige carpet is on the floor. The passenger
compartment of the Eldorado Brougham Town car contains such items as a
radio-telephone combination, air-conditioning equipment, a women's
vanity compartment, cigar humidor and thermos bottle, and glasses. The
chrome in the rear passenger compartment is of satin gold." – News from Cadillac 1956
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