As of Jan. 20, 2025, this is the information we have about this car:
[Feb.01.2017] Car #163 was first delivered to Pennsylvania. It was seen offered for sale in12/2002, in New York state. Here is what the vendor had to say: The car has been sitting in a building that I have owned for about ten years. It came there from an attorney who was liquidating an estate. Now, apparently it sat in the garage of the older couple who owned it at for quite some time. From what I gather (and this may or maynot be totally accurate) one of the elderly people died and the other didn't drive and when she finally died it came into possession of the attorney who was the executor. I am guessing that it has been sitting since 1966, since the New York State inspection sticker is still on the window. As to the condition of the car, the body is absolutely perfect except for some peeling paint around the front grill and some very small rust spots. There are no dings or dents that I can find. The stainless roof is perfect. The lights andlenses appear to all be good. The doors open and shut like a new car. The two flaws that Ican see are that the drivers side wing window is broken (all of the the glass is in tact with no problems) and a piece of the cast aluminum bumper under the gas tank door isbroken (I have the piece). As far as chrome and moldings and other 'doodads' --they all appear to be there and the front bumper is in good condition but a trip to the chrome shop wouldn't hurt some of the chrome parts. The upholstery is not good but it isall there. The airbags are all there - I have heard that they were commonly replaced with springs but this seems not to be the case. The car is blue [which effectively matches factory records - Yann]. The things that may or may not be problematic are that the previous owner of the building removed the engine and transmission to be rebuilt but he never got around to it. Apparently the motor ran but smoked so he was going to have it rebuilt. The hood was therefore removed and is in goodcondition and is with the car. As far as I can tell everything is there and notmissing, including the dual quads. He also removed the inside door panels from both front doors. Again, everything was stored in the trunk and I believe everything to be there. I believe that the car is very restorable as it is not missing much as far as I can tell,and from what I gather, the trouble and expense of locating parts for rare cars like these is monumental. By the way I am located in NY State and the car is in kind of a dark corner but if you want to see any pictures of anything specific get hold of me. Thanks, TomTaylor. Tom later added: I'm sorry to say but there are no vanity items in the car. I can only guess that they went missing overthe years. As for the rest of the car it is very complete as far as I can tell with nomissing trim etc. Late Extra (1/2003): The car was sold in January, 2003, and is now relocated in Canada; it was bought by an acquaintance of Vic Brincat [Brougham #402] and now lives in Ontario. Vic will be going to take some pictures of it in the next couple of weeks. Enthusiast Keith Boardman pointed me to this Web site which offers more information and photos of this car: http://www.classiccaddies.com/new_page_30.htm. Victor, a Brougham owner from Mexico pointed me to the latest photos now on line. Aficionado, Stephen Andrews, says the price of this beauty is $67,500! Another Brougham enthusiast, David King, pointed to this Web site : http://adcache.collectorcartraderonline.com/10/0/6/78998606.htm. Latest [Dec., 2008]: This car and car #271 have found their way to Bahrain, in the Middle East. I got this message from the new owner: Currently I am the owner of 2 Cadillac Eldorado 1957 Brougham Car #271 and Car# 163. Both were purchased by my cousin Shaikh Is a bin Ali AlKhalifa in our home country Bahrainin the Middle East. My cousin passed the cars on to me recently after seeing how I was intrigued by them. Car# 271 was purchased first but was hard to restore from our country not being in the US, since then it has not been running and needs some work I plan to restore it sometime in the future. Car #163 was purchased restored 100% but as you know with these cars they have a lot to be fixed so we are working on that as we speak although the car is running fine and in excellent shape. I wanted to send you information about the cars since you are doing a wonderful job keeping the history of these prized cars. I will send pictures soon. Please let me know if you need any more information about the cars I will be happy to share. Shaikh Hamad bin Rashid Al Khalifa, West Riffa, Bahrain. Thank you for the information, Shaikh Hamad, I am happy to know that these two treasures are in safe hands and will continue to be cherished as they deserve.
[Feb.01.2017] Car #163 was first delivered to Pennsylvania. It was seen offered for sale in12/2002, in New York state. Here is what the vendor had to say: The car has been sitting in a building that I have owned for about ten years. It came there from an attorney who was liquidating an estate. Now, apparently it sat in the garage of the older couple who owned it at for quite some time. From what I gather (and this may or maynot be totally accurate) one of the elderly people died and the other didn't drive and when she finally died it came into possession of the attorney who was the executor. I am guessing that it has been sitting since 1966, since the New York State inspection sticker is still on the window. As to the condition of the car, the body is absolutely perfect except for some peeling paint around the front grill and some very small rust spots. There are no dings or dents that I can find. The stainless roof is perfect. The lights andlenses appear to all be good. The doors open and shut like a new car. The two flaws that Ican see are that the drivers side wing window is broken (all of the the glass is in tact with no problems) and a piece of the cast aluminum bumper under the gas tank door isbroken (I have the piece). As far as chrome and moldings and other 'doodads' --they all appear to be there and the front bumper is in good condition but a trip to the chrome shop wouldn't hurt some of the chrome parts. The upholstery is not good but it isall there. The airbags are all there - I have heard that they were commonly replaced with springs but this seems not to be the case. The car is blue [which effectively matches factory records - Yann]. The things that may or may not be problematic are that the previous owner of the building removed the engine and transmission to be rebuilt but he never got around to it. Apparently the motor ran but smoked so he was going to have it rebuilt. The hood was therefore removed and is in goodcondition and is with the car. As far as I can tell everything is there and notmissing, including the dual quads. He also removed the inside door panels from both front doors. Again, everything was stored in the trunk and I believe everything to be there. I believe that the car is very restorable as it is not missing much as far as I can tell,and from what I gather, the trouble and expense of locating parts for rare cars like these is monumental. By the way I am located in NY State and the car is in kind of a dark corner but if you want to see any pictures of anything specific get hold of me. Thanks, TomTaylor. Tom later added: I'm sorry to say but there are no vanity items in the car. I can only guess that they went missing overthe years. As for the rest of the car it is very complete as far as I can tell with nomissing trim etc. Late Extra (1/2003): The car was sold in January, 2003, and is now relocated in Canada; it was bought by an acquaintance of Vic Brincat [Brougham #402] and now lives in Ontario. Vic will be going to take some pictures of it in the next couple of weeks. Enthusiast Keith Boardman pointed me to this Web site which offers more information and photos of this car: http://www.classiccaddies.com/new_page_30.htm. Victor, a Brougham owner from Mexico pointed me to the latest photos now on line. Aficionado, Stephen Andrews, says the price of this beauty is $67,500! Another Brougham enthusiast, David King, pointed to this Web site : http://adcache.collectorcartraderonline.com/10/0/6/78998606.htm. Latest [Dec., 2008]: This car and car #271 have found their way to Bahrain, in the Middle East. I got this message from the new owner: Currently I am the owner of 2 Cadillac Eldorado 1957 Brougham Car #271 and Car# 163. Both were purchased by my cousin Shaikh Is a bin Ali AlKhalifa in our home country Bahrainin the Middle East. My cousin passed the cars on to me recently after seeing how I was intrigued by them. Car# 271 was purchased first but was hard to restore from our country not being in the US, since then it has not been running and needs some work I plan to restore it sometime in the future. Car #163 was purchased restored 100% but as you know with these cars they have a lot to be fixed so we are working on that as we speak although the car is running fine and in excellent shape. I wanted to send you information about the cars since you are doing a wonderful job keeping the history of these prized cars. I will send pictures soon. Please let me know if you need any more information about the cars I will be happy to share. Shaikh Hamad bin Rashid Al Khalifa, West Riffa, Bahrain. Thank you for the information, Shaikh Hamad, I am happy to know that these two treasures are in safe hands and will continue to be cherished as they deserve.