As of Jan. 17, 2025, this is the information we have about this car:
[Feb.01.2017] Car #247 currently [3/2001] is offered for sale [price 'on request'] by Old Timer Garagein Berne, Switzerland [it was bid up to SFr 55,000 - circa $37,000 - at auction already in April, 2001 but failed to meet the reserve]. I assume OT Garage acquired it from the previous owner, Olivier Joyet (or Jolliet?) of Lausanne, who tried to complete the restoration himself over the last 10-12 years. I know this car well; it was acquired first, in New York, by Lebanese businessman, Ali Milantchi, a wealthy resident of Vésenaz, Switzerland [part of Vésenaz overlooks the beautiful bay and historicwater-spout at the western end of Lake Léman; it is the Beverly-Hills of Geneva; theother flank is mainly agricultural and farm land]. When Ali Milantchi passed away in thelate sixties (?), the Brougham was acquired from his widow by a Mr. Müller, aneighboring pig farmer. Regrettably, the car served on his premises mainly as a rabbithutch and chicken coop for a number of years; that's where I first saw it (and turned myback on it...), in the mid-seventies, when I was looking to trade my 1960 EldoradoSeville for the rarer 1957-58 Eldorado Brougham. Soon after that, it was acquired by the late Patrice Geneux, a used car dealer, also of Geneva. I supplied Patrice, at the time, with the car's full history as well as useful information and parts sources he needed for its restoration (Pat and I subsequently fell out after he cheated me on the sale of my former 1960 Seville). He began to restore the Brougham with considerable enthusiasm; but he quickly lost interest and finally botched the restoration and made a quick sale; he painted the car 'prize-winning red' and upholstered the interior with a hideous, navy blue, velour interior!
[Feb.01.2017] Car #247 currently [3/2001] is offered for sale [price 'on request'] by Old Timer Garagein Berne, Switzerland [it was bid up to SFr 55,000 - circa $37,000 - at auction already in April, 2001 but failed to meet the reserve]. I assume OT Garage acquired it from the previous owner, Olivier Joyet (or Jolliet?) of Lausanne, who tried to complete the restoration himself over the last 10-12 years. I know this car well; it was acquired first, in New York, by Lebanese businessman, Ali Milantchi, a wealthy resident of Vésenaz, Switzerland [part of Vésenaz overlooks the beautiful bay and historicwater-spout at the western end of Lake Léman; it is the Beverly-Hills of Geneva; theother flank is mainly agricultural and farm land]. When Ali Milantchi passed away in thelate sixties (?), the Brougham was acquired from his widow by a Mr. Müller, aneighboring pig farmer. Regrettably, the car served on his premises mainly as a rabbithutch and chicken coop for a number of years; that's where I first saw it (and turned myback on it...), in the mid-seventies, when I was looking to trade my 1960 EldoradoSeville for the rarer 1957-58 Eldorado Brougham. Soon after that, it was acquired by the late Patrice Geneux, a used car dealer, also of Geneva. I supplied Patrice, at the time, with the car's full history as well as useful information and parts sources he needed for its restoration (Pat and I subsequently fell out after he cheated me on the sale of my former 1960 Seville). He began to restore the Brougham with considerable enthusiasm; but he quickly lost interest and finally botched the restoration and made a quick sale; he painted the car 'prize-winning red' and upholstered the interior with a hideous, navy blue, velour interior!