{"id":60203,"date":"2019-03-04T06:46:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T14:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=60203"},"modified":"2019-03-08T09:36:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T17:36:56","slug":"1959-cadillac-eldorado-brougham-wins-ridler-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/1959-cadillac-eldorado-brougham-wins-ridler-award\/","title":{"rendered":"1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Wins Ridler Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_60209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60209\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"60209\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/1959-cadillac-eldorado-brougham-wins-ridler-award\/53400578_2067624993274641_7156540955481341952_n-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/53400578_2067624993274641_7156540955481341952_n-min.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,340\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Wins Ridler Award\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Images courtesy &amp;#8220;Big Al&amp;#8221; Leibmann&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/53400578_2067624993274641_7156540955481341952_n-min-300x165.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/53400578_2067624993274641_7156540955481341952_n-min.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/53400578_2067624993274641_7156540955481341952_n-min.jpg\" alt=\"1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Wins Ridler Award\" width=\"620\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/53400578_2067624993274641_7156540955481341952_n-min.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/53400578_2067624993274641_7156540955481341952_n-min-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/53400578_2067624993274641_7156540955481341952_n-min-376x206.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Images courtesy &#8220;Big Al&#8221; Liebmann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Don Ridler Memorial Award, one of the USA&#8217;s most prestigious automotive honors, has been granted to a beautiful &#8217;59 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham called the &#8220;Cadmad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Cadmad was originally owned by Steve Barton of Las Vegas, Nev., but he died before the sixteen-year build could be completed. His brother Craig showed the finished vehicle in his honor at the 2019 Detroit Autorama. The buildwork, including the transformation of the Brougham&#8217;s body into a sleek wagon, was done at Super Rides By Jordan in Escondido, Calif.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Steve, Craig and the team at Super Rides by Jordan!<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/1959-cadillac-eldorado-brougham-wins-ridler-award\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-60203 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/1959-cadillac-eldorado-brougham-wins-ridler-award\/53110997_2067625063274634_4340153538819653632_n-min\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/53110997_2067625063274634_4340153538819653632_n-min-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"1959 Cadillac Eldorado 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