Model Car Garage - 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible Model Kit By Monogram - Unboxing
Channel: Monster Hobbies Model Car Garage
Date: 05/04/2019

The 1959 Cadillac is remembered for its huge sharp tailfins with dual bullet tail lights, distinctive rooflines and roof pillar configurations, new jewel-like grille patterns and matching deck lid beauty panels. 

On today's Monster Hobbies Model Car Garage we will be looking at the 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible Model Kit By Monogram. This is a model car unboxing video that we hope you'll enjoy! 

The 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible is one of the most incredibly flamboyant automobiles to ever make it into actual production. 1959 was the year the famous Cadillac tail fin reached its peak and what a peak it was. they were, literally, rocket-type fins on which bullet-like tail lights were mounted. 

In addition to the tail fins, the '59 Cadillac features an extreme wraparound windshield, radical body styling, and tons of chrome, including a false grille on the rear end. The Eldorado Biarritz came standard with air suspension, cruise control, power windows and seats, guide-matic headlight beam control, power door locks, automatic finger-touch-tuned two-speaker radio, electrically operated antenna, heater and defroster.  

The ' 59 Eldorado, being a large car (wheelbase 130 inches), made the engineers decide that some extra power was called for. the Cadillac V8 was bored out to 390 cubic inches and the horsepower rating raised to 345 hp. with the addition of three two-barrel carburetors. 

The Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertible, also known as a series64, had a list price of $7,400. 1,320 of this model were sold. 

The Monogram 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible model car is an interesting model kit. To start with, you get an excellent representation of the 1959 Cadillac 390 CU. IN. engine. You get a right and left hand side engine/transmission, oil and transmission pan, valley cover plate, intake manifold, tri-carbs, 2-piece air cleaner, ignition coil, distributor, oil filler tube, cruise control unit, Cadillac valve covers, starter motor, front timing chain / water pump cover, fan belt and pulleys, fan, generator, air conditioning unit and hoses, 3-piece oil filter, 4-piece power steering pump and air compressor,  exhaust manifolds, and dual exhaust pipes. There is an excellent 5-piece radiator with expansion tank, but sadly, no radiator hoses. 

The chassis and running gear of the Monogram 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible Model Kit consist of a chassis pan, upper a-arms, driveshaft, steering box, lower a-arms, axle kingpins, tie rod, air assisted coil springs, radius arms, and 4-piece wheel/tires that attach onto the mushroom head axles. Make sure you scrape the seam lines and any paint off these or else your wheel will not be able to spin on the axle and you won't be able to get your wheel off to fix this problem. 

The interior is a quasi-bucket mixed with individual parts. For example, the floor pan, rear side panels and lower rear bench seat molded as a unit. Then you get separate left and right hand door panels with door panel lights, door handles, 2-piece front bench seat or the optional 2-piece bucket seats, rear upper seat with chrome emblem insert, floor pedals, firewall, dashboard, steering column with molded on turn signal / gear selector, horn ring and steering wheel hand grip. This unit then glues down onto the chassis pan. Parts fit is excellent.

Monogram gives you hood hinges and an upper Grille trim to make it look like the real 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible. The Biarritz Convertible roof comes in your choice of raised top or folded boot and both are separate pieces that can sit on the body in the final assembly step. This should make painting two-tones that much easier. 

The rest of the parts on the 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible Model Car By Monogram are all pretty much chrome and glass. Since this is a car from 1959, expect a lot of it and expect to use either the kit supplied chrome panels or Bare Metal Foil to finish the rest. I know it's a lot of work, but the finished result will be worth it! 

You may ask, "Where can I purchase the 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible Model Car by Monogram?"

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