As of Jan. 18, 2025, this is the information we have about this car:
[Feb.01.2017] Car #228 wasoffered for sale on Ebay in July 2015 as a 'restoration project' and it isapparently located in Cameron Park, CA. The starting bid was at $30,000 with a reserve andthe car did not sell. The vendor's description read: Classic 1957 Cadillac Brougham #228.Restoration project. But it does run. The transmission has been rebuilt. The motor has beenrebuilt. Engine is a 55 Cadillac 500 cubic in. Rear end gone through. Wiring has been started.No title bill of sale goes with car. All body complete. Also has disk brakes. And new batteryand radiator. No surface rust. Top is perfect. All chrome trim has been redone. Engine#5770119458. I am not clear about the 55 Cadillac engine size and the car appears to havebeen extensively modified and is missing a lot of its original parts and features. The caroriginal paint and trim codes are 149 (Nairobi Pearl) and 959 (black leather) respectively.I recall speaking with the seller a few years back when he had car #564 for sale. He had said at thetime that he was planning to complete the restoration of #228 and keep it for his own use.See pictures.Car #230 owned by Roger Zimmermann, of Bienne, Switzerland. In my opinion, andknowing Roger's propensity for perfection, this car has to be one of the finest 1957Broughams in existence today. Roger has done a superb ground-up restoration,probably the finest around (with the exception of car #274,below). Roger's car is still missing some of the 'personal accessories';he has an original 'Arpège' perfume atomizer, which I sold to him in 1991. Photo [below] is included courtesy of Roger and of French Cadillac enthusiast,François Roux, also a friend of mine, who took the pictures and wrote the story of thiscar appeared in the French magazine 'V8', #16, pp.26-29. Roger's car wasfeatured in the Self Starter for June, 2009.
[Feb.01.2017] Car #228 wasoffered for sale on Ebay in July 2015 as a 'restoration project' and it isapparently located in Cameron Park, CA. The starting bid was at $30,000 with a reserve andthe car did not sell. The vendor's description read: Classic 1957 Cadillac Brougham #228.Restoration project. But it does run. The transmission has been rebuilt. The motor has beenrebuilt. Engine is a 55 Cadillac 500 cubic in. Rear end gone through. Wiring has been started.No title bill of sale goes with car. All body complete. Also has disk brakes. And new batteryand radiator. No surface rust. Top is perfect. All chrome trim has been redone. Engine#5770119458. I am not clear about the 55 Cadillac engine size and the car appears to havebeen extensively modified and is missing a lot of its original parts and features. The caroriginal paint and trim codes are 149 (Nairobi Pearl) and 959 (black leather) respectively.I recall speaking with the seller a few years back when he had car #564 for sale. He had said at thetime that he was planning to complete the restoration of #228 and keep it for his own use.See pictures.Car #230 owned by Roger Zimmermann, of Bienne, Switzerland. In my opinion, andknowing Roger's propensity for perfection, this car has to be one of the finest 1957Broughams in existence today. Roger has done a superb ground-up restoration,probably the finest around (with the exception of car #274,below). Roger's car is still missing some of the 'personal accessories';he has an original 'Arpège' perfume atomizer, which I sold to him in 1991. Photo [below] is included courtesy of Roger and of French Cadillac enthusiast,François Roux, also a friend of mine, who took the pictures and wrote the story of thiscar appeared in the French magazine 'V8', #16, pp.26-29. Roger's car wasfeatured in the Self Starter for June, 2009.