As of Jan. 17, 2025, this is the information we have about this car:
[Feb.01.2017] Car #245 was delivered initially to Illinois. It is still in the Chicago area and belongs to Bill Buckingham Jr., who has also two other Broughams. This car has a reported 9000 miles on the odometer! An all-white version, it had specially dyed white mouton carpeting too. It was on show at the Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry; Henry Leland's1905 Osceola, the first enclosed Cadillac, was on show there too for many years. Bill sent the following facts, in August 2001: The car on the left [top,LH image] is car # 245. It's White, with white leather & white mouton. The odometer currently reads 9939 original miles. Dad bought the car in 1977 with 8,300 milesfrom the original owner. The only deviation from original on this car is that the previous owner removed the air ride and converted it to springs. He did it early in the cars life, supposedly around 1959 or 1960. The car on the right is car #337, and has been owned by my father since 1967. It has 34,700 original miles, it's white with white & black leather & black mouton. It still has the original air ride, which functions quite well (most of the time). Bill also owns cars #337 and #356, below. The latter car was featured on the front cover of BOA Newsletter, Vol. 11, #4.
[Feb.01.2017] Car #245 was delivered initially to Illinois. It is still in the Chicago area and belongs to Bill Buckingham Jr., who has also two other Broughams. This car has a reported 9000 miles on the odometer! An all-white version, it had specially dyed white mouton carpeting too. It was on show at the Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry; Henry Leland's1905 Osceola, the first enclosed Cadillac, was on show there too for many years. Bill sent the following facts, in August 2001: The car on the left [top,LH image] is car # 245. It's White, with white leather & white mouton. The odometer currently reads 9939 original miles. Dad bought the car in 1977 with 8,300 milesfrom the original owner. The only deviation from original on this car is that the previous owner removed the air ride and converted it to springs. He did it early in the cars life, supposedly around 1959 or 1960. The car on the right is car #337, and has been owned by my father since 1967. It has 34,700 original miles, it's white with white & black leather & black mouton. It still has the original air ride, which functions quite well (most of the time). Bill also owns cars #337 and #356, below. The latter car was featured on the front cover of BOA Newsletter, Vol. 11, #4.