As of April 22, 2025, this is the information we have about this car:
[Feb.01.2017] Car #394 used to reside in a Dutch museum in Amsterdam and was discovered on the Internet by Swedish Cadillac enthusiast, Jerry Jansson who duly and kindly reported it to the Club for inclusion in the roster of known survivors. This additional piece of information from Eldorado Brougham enthusiast Damon Lenszner in the UK: [the car] is a documented 4,000 mile car that is currently being resold by them [the Museum] due to the owners move to Bali. The car is apparently concours and the asking price is....are you sitting comfortably...200,000 Euros [circa 253,500 US greenbacks]. My question is this: is a '53 Eldorado with 4,000K miles worth that much? My answer is: NO! But the sad truth of the matter is that a (crazed?) collector could quite easily spend that much trying to create perfection (which, as you all know, is unattainable). But worse:there probably is a buyer out there, with that kind of money to spend, who will buy the car and mess up the statistics! Late Extra [Feb. 2006]:the car is still for sale [tip from Belgian Cadillac enthusiast Jan-Willem Halsema]. Later [11/2007]: Jan-Willem added: the " Amsterdams Automuseum"closed on April 2, 2006; after that Peter Straath of started 'La Salle Classics' (http://www.lasalleclassiccars.com/collectie.php?search=#169). The business is located about twenty minutes drive from my home but I have never been there yet. The other owner started "Bel Air Classics" (http://www.belairclassics.nl/). I think that #394 is still owned by one of them; hopefully I will find out soon.
[Feb.01.2017] Car #394 used to reside in a Dutch museum in Amsterdam and was discovered on the Internet by Swedish Cadillac enthusiast, Jerry Jansson who duly and kindly reported it to the Club for inclusion in the roster of known survivors. This additional piece of information from Eldorado Brougham enthusiast Damon Lenszner in the UK: [the car] is a documented 4,000 mile car that is currently being resold by them [the Museum] due to the owners move to Bali. The car is apparently concours and the asking price is....are you sitting comfortably...200,000 Euros [circa 253,500 US greenbacks]. My question is this: is a '53 Eldorado with 4,000K miles worth that much? My answer is: NO! But the sad truth of the matter is that a (crazed?) collector could quite easily spend that much trying to create perfection (which, as you all know, is unattainable). But worse:there probably is a buyer out there, with that kind of money to spend, who will buy the car and mess up the statistics! Late Extra [Feb. 2006]:the car is still for sale [tip from Belgian Cadillac enthusiast Jan-Willem Halsema]. Later [11/2007]: Jan-Willem added: the " Amsterdams Automuseum"closed on April 2, 2006; after that Peter Straath of started 'La Salle Classics' (http://www.lasalleclassiccars.com/collectie.php?search=#169). The business is located about twenty minutes drive from my home but I have never been there yet. The other owner started "Bel Air Classics" (http://www.belairclassics.nl/). I think that #394 is still owned by one of them; hopefully I will find out soon.