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The saber was offered by Cadillac from 1955 through 1958. It was standard equipment on all Eldorado models, and was also included as a standard item for the Series 75 in 1955 only. One of the unique foibles of Cad-dom in the middle '50s was that in 1956, the Eldorado line was bifurcated. That year, the convertible Eldorado became known as the Eldorado Biarritz. The two-door hardtop version of the car, which was based, after a fashion, on a Motorama show car called the Cadillac Celebrity, was then named the Eldorado Seville. In 1956, Cadillac buyers could order the Eldorado with either the optional "silver" or "gold" packages, referring to the finish of the car's scripting and its saber wheels. Today, saber wheels anodized in gold from that year are among the rarest Eldorado items extant Read More: http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/2007/08/01/hmn_feature26.html
