As of May 9, 2024, this is the information we have about this car:
[Feb.01.2017] Car #324 This car was offered for sale on e-Bay in March, 2000. It is described as ...a car that you can cruise in comfort at 70 + MPH all day long. Drive it anywhere. It is reported tobe in excellent cosmetic and mechanical condition and has the '58 tri-power carb set up (the original dual quads and batwing air cleaner also come with the car). The AC works fine as do all power windows; glass is in excellent condition. This car burnsno oil. There is not a trace of rust on it. It is nice and straight (never wrecked)and has nice paint. The interior is mostly original, including some vanity items(shot glasses and mirror). The present owner has had the car for a little over 5 years andit has always performed beautifully. Two years ago he drove it from Florida to Vermont andback, and the year before that to Indiana and back. This Brougham has specialchrome-finish sabre-spoke wheels [could these have been the wheels from the '56 prototype,or just regular 1955-58 sabers?] Late Extra [3/2010]: Information from owner-enthusiast, Michael Brooks, reports this car WAS for sale at auction by Woldwide Auctioneers. The description reads: Having spent several years in the Monical Collection, this Ebony Brougham has managed to survive the tests of time as one ofthe special 400 such cars produced. As with all of the Broughams produced, this example islavishly equipped with such amenities as air-conditioning, sabre wheels, and functional self-leveling front seat. It is also noted that this Cadillac runs and drives well with tri-power carburetion [the '57s had a 2x4-bbl set-up; was this engine modifiedto the 3x2bbl set-up for 1958?] and is quite functional including the power windows.It is one of only eight ‘57s [actually, 5] produced with the very seldomseen Trim Code 444: Beige Plain Broadcloth with Beige Leather upholstery. This islikely a one-off color combination with the Mouton lambskin carpeting [in 1957, two other Broughams had the beige trim with mouton carpeting: #175 and #268; however, it is indeed the sole BLACK Brougham with said trim and carpets].
[Feb.01.2017] Car #324 This car was offered for sale on e-Bay in March, 2000. It is described as ...a car that you can cruise in comfort at 70 + MPH all day long. Drive it anywhere. It is reported tobe in excellent cosmetic and mechanical condition and has the '58 tri-power carb set up (the original dual quads and batwing air cleaner also come with the car). The AC works fine as do all power windows; glass is in excellent condition. This car burnsno oil. There is not a trace of rust on it. It is nice and straight (never wrecked)and has nice paint. The interior is mostly original, including some vanity items(shot glasses and mirror). The present owner has had the car for a little over 5 years andit has always performed beautifully. Two years ago he drove it from Florida to Vermont andback, and the year before that to Indiana and back. This Brougham has specialchrome-finish sabre-spoke wheels [could these have been the wheels from the '56 prototype,or just regular 1955-58 sabers?] Late Extra [3/2010]: Information from owner-enthusiast, Michael Brooks, reports this car WAS for sale at auction by Woldwide Auctioneers. The description reads: Having spent several years in the Monical Collection, this Ebony Brougham has managed to survive the tests of time as one ofthe special 400 such cars produced. As with all of the Broughams produced, this example islavishly equipped with such amenities as air-conditioning, sabre wheels, and functional self-leveling front seat. It is also noted that this Cadillac runs and drives well with tri-power carburetion [the '57s had a 2x4-bbl set-up; was this engine modifiedto the 3x2bbl set-up for 1958?] and is quite functional including the power windows.It is one of only eight ‘57s [actually, 5] produced with the very seldomseen Trim Code 444: Beige Plain Broadcloth with Beige Leather upholstery. This islikely a one-off color combination with the Mouton lambskin carpeting [in 1957, two other Broughams had the beige trim with mouton carpeting: #175 and #268; however, it is indeed the sole BLACK Brougham with said trim and carpets].