Photo: Mike Goldman Customs
If there's one thing older Americans scream to the youth more than anything else, it's that we just don't build cars like we used to. Never mind what this 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz would do to your body in even a moderate head-on collision. But when you take a timeless late 50s ultra-luxury GM chassis and pair it with the tech from its modern equivalent, you get something that satisfies the cravings of young and old. In short, you get a perfect restomod.
Perhaps there's no better shop in all of Mississippi to make a late 50s Caddy appealing to the younger crowd than Mike Goldman Customs of Meridian. The stop specializes primarily in late 50s GM vehicles like Cadillacs and Chevrolets, and their talent for making old American land barges quick and hip again is self-evident throughout every square inch of this custom restomod. In its day, this 1957 Eldorado Biarritz left the factory sporting a 365-cubic inch (6.0-L) variant of Cadillac's flagship V8 engine.
Though power figures weren't exactly scientific back then, it's thought this engine jetted as much as 300 gross horsepower when it left the factory. It's not terrible for the day, but we all know gross horsepower figures with all the accessory drives removed are as reliable a statistic as an economic growth chart of North Korea. Besides, we can do a lot better nowadays. Once all the factory drivetrain components were liberated from this Caddy's engine bay, its replacement, a 6.2-liter GM LT5 V8 from a C7 Corvette ZR1, was ceremoniously installed using custom engine mounts.
Complete with the same R2650 TVS Supercharger that made the ZR1 the ultimate C7 Corvette; there's a lot more on offer here than GM OEM hardware to get the blood pumping. We're talking forged aluminum pistons, forged steel connecting rods, titanium intake valves, and beefy Rotocast A356T6 heads for an engine so vicious it makes CTS-Vs jealous. Power is sent to a GM 8L90E eight-speed automatic transmission. The car currently sits on a custom Art Morrison chassis riding on 18-inch alloy wheels from Curtis Speed Equipment meant to mimic the iconic Saber wheels produced during that period.
Combined with a wicked scarlet red paint job with tasteful chrome exterior trim pieces, there's hardly another car left on American roads that looks even remotely like this restomod. Thanks to a custom red leather interior by Paul Atkins Interior, the inside of this car is just as high-quality and luxurious as its exterior. With the period-correct-looking Dakota Digital gauges, you get a place to sit quite unlike any other you're liable to see out in the wild. Whether young, old or somewhere in the middle, this is the kind of custom rig that ticks all the boxes for all the people.
Though power figures weren't exactly scientific back then, it's thought this engine jetted as much as 300 gross horsepower when it left the factory. It's not terrible for the day, but we all know gross horsepower figures with all the accessory drives removed are as reliable a statistic as an economic growth chart of North Korea. Besides, we can do a lot better nowadays. Once all the factory drivetrain components were liberated from this Caddy's engine bay, its replacement, a 6.2-liter GM LT5 V8 from a C7 Corvette ZR1, was ceremoniously installed using custom engine mounts.
Complete with the same R2650 TVS Supercharger that made the ZR1 the ultimate C7 Corvette; there's a lot more on offer here than GM OEM hardware to get the blood pumping. We're talking forged aluminum pistons, forged steel connecting rods, titanium intake valves, and beefy Rotocast A356T6 heads for an engine so vicious it makes CTS-Vs jealous. Power is sent to a GM 8L90E eight-speed automatic transmission. The car currently sits on a custom Art Morrison chassis riding on 18-inch alloy wheels from Curtis Speed Equipment meant to mimic the iconic Saber wheels produced during that period.
Combined with a wicked scarlet red paint job with tasteful chrome exterior trim pieces, there's hardly another car left on American roads that looks even remotely like this restomod. Thanks to a custom red leather interior by Paul Atkins Interior, the inside of this car is just as high-quality and luxurious as its exterior. With the period-correct-looking Dakota Digital gauges, you get a place to sit quite unlike any other you're liable to see out in the wild. Whether young, old or somewhere in the middle, this is the kind of custom rig that ticks all the boxes for all the people.
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