Hemmings Daily: 'Cadmad,' perhaps the world's only '59 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham station wagon, takes the 2019 Ridler A

Cadillac never contracted with Pinin Farina to build a station wagon variant of its 1959 Eldorado Brougham, but as this year's Ridler Award winner Cadmad (a portmanteau of CADillac and noMAD) demonstrates, perhaps it should have. The stunning custom won a posthumous victory for its late owner, Steve Barton, at last weekend's Detroit Autorama at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. Built by Jordan Quintal II and Super Rides by Jordan in Escondido, California, Cadmad is a most unlikely creation. The starting p [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Tuesday, March 5, 2019 ["Cadmad," perhaps the world's only '59 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham station wagon, takes the 2019 Ridler Award]( ['Cadmad,' perhaps the world's only '59 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham station wagon, takes the 2019 Ridler Award]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - Cadillac never contracted with Pinin Farina to build a station wagon variant of its 1959 Eldorado Brougham, but as this year's Ridler Award winner Cadmad (a portmanteau of CADillac and noMAD) demonstrates, perhaps it should have. The stunning custom won a posthumous victory for its late owner, Steve Barton, at last weekend's Detroit Autorama at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. Built by Jordan Quintal II and Super Rides by Jordan in Escondido, California, Cadmad is a most unlikely creation. The starting p... 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