1959 Eldorado Hubacp Clock

[D. Mailan]

Hi everyone!! Hope all is well!!

I thought I'd share a recent Cadillac part find. My mom was on a trip in Arizona and happened to stop in an antique shop. She saw this clock and the Cadillac emblem. She had no idea what model it came from and sent a picture of it to me. It had a sticker price of $39. I didn't even have to look at it for more than half a second, I told her she had to get it.

Yesterday, I finally got to see it. I really didn't think it was right that such a rare and unique hubcap (in very good shape too) was turned into a wall fixture but since it already had a hook in the back and a little hole for the clock movement, I decided to make the best of it. The clock movement was not working, the stickers looked very old, the Victorian era hands and the wood trim did not seem appropriate. I went down to our local arts and crafts store, purchased a new battery movement, more modern hands, and got some new sticker numbers for the dial. I took off the tacky wood trim and glass face. I wiped off the many years of dust that had collected, and polished the stainless. It's not perfect. Trying to get the numbers on the clock to look right was incredibly difficult especially due to the curvature of the inner hub.

Like I said, I would never do something like this to an Eldorado hubcap (probably one of the most intricate and unique hubcaps to be affixed to an automobile. It could easily be restored to a hubcap if need be. Since the holes were there, I thought I'd clean it up and find a nice place for it.
 
The final result was amazing! I hung it above the light above the bathroom sink and the light makes the stainless glow beautifully. It almost appears that the hubcap is floating all by itself. It just makes you want to think what Cadillac it had originally been on, or what roads that hubcap had traveled, or the places it has gone! It's something I will cherish for many many many years to come.

Derick
 

[D. Mailan]

Here are some photos

[Big Fins]

The original hands looked a lot better, IMHO. However, the wood grain looked ugly.

All polished up, it looks great.

I'd hang it on the wall of my office!

[D. Mailan]

Thanks John!

I was debating myself about using the original hands or using the new ones. I initially was going to reuse them but they seemed a little too "antique-like". I thought the new ones would be more simpler and "50's" looking.   

[Big Fins]

The original hands have a classic look to them, with flair and style. Individualistic. Like the '59 Eldorado.

The replacements are just sticks and look too modern for the age of the item. Like a 'Sclade' looks. Boring!

[jwwseville60]

Will these fit my 59 flat top SDV?
My dash clock doesnt work.

[Bob Hoffmann CLC#96]

I vote for the new hands!! The old ones are not auto related.
 Bob