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his great old vintage Revell reissue features vintage tooling with a multi-piece body. However, as you can see if you have access to the picture rotation on your device, these can build up very nicely in the hands of an experienced builder. Always popular as this is the only way to get this subject in plastic in 1:25 scale.
In Cadillac history, this car marks the beginning of the 3rd generation of top of the line Eldorado. 1957 was chiefly notable for the introduction of one of GM's most memorable designs, the Series 70 Eldorado Brougham. Announced in December 1956 and released around March 1957, the Eldorado Brougham was a hand-built, limited car derived from the Park Avenue and Orleans show cars of 1953–54. Designed by Ed Glowacke, it featured the first appearance of quad headlights and totally unique trim. The exterior ornamentation included wide, ribbed lower rear quarter beauty panels extending along the rocker sills and rectangularly sculptured side body "cove" highlighted with five horizontal windsplits on the rear doors. Tail styling treatments followed the Eldorado pattern. This four-door hardtop with rear-hinged rear doors was an ultra-luxury car that cost an astonishing $13,074—twice the price of any other 1957 Eldorado and more than the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud of the same year.
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