Car Body #174


As of Jan. 19, 2025, this is the information we have about this car:

[Feb.01.2017] Car #174 was mentionedto me first by Cy Strickler, former President of the BOA, in November, 1975; at thattime the car was one of many owned by George Allgood; Cy said it had a bad interior,lousy paint, several missing hard-to-find exterior parts and flat air suspension. Ataround the same time, I saw it offered for sale in the BOA newsletter, for $3,100, byHenry Rapheld of San Jose, CA; it was described as 'original' and in'average condition'. Subsequently, it was reported to me in January, 2000, byGerman (former) Brougham owner, Volker Meerkamp (Volker recently [1/2000] sold his car,which is going back to the USA).Car #174 is painted Kenya Beige; it is still on theoriginal air springs. It is a running car that is 98% complete. Missing arethe backseat armrest vanity mirror, the cups and holder. The owner is Tom Isenhour (isenhour@vnet.net). Cadillac aficionado CraigSeman tells me the car was converted to coil springs; I await further info aboutthis car from its current owner.

Car Body #174


[Feb.01.2017] Car #174 was mentionedto me first by Cy Strickler, former President of the BOA, in November, 1975; at thattime the car was one of many owned by George Allgood; Cy said it had a bad interior,lousy paint, several missing hard-to-find exterior parts and flat air suspension. Ataround the same time, I saw it offered for sale in the BOA newsletter, for $3,100, byHenry Rapheld of San Jose, CA; it was described as 'original' and in'average condition'. Subsequently, it was reported to me in January, 2000, byGerman (former) Brougham owner, Volker Meerkamp (Volker recently [1/2000] sold his car,which is going back to the USA).Car #174 is painted Kenya Beige; it is still on theoriginal air springs. It is a running car that is 98% complete. Missing arethe backseat armrest vanity mirror, the cups and holder. The owner is Tom Isenhour (isenhour@vnet.net). Cadillac aficionado CraigSeman tells me the car was converted to coil springs; I await further info aboutthis car from its current owner.