As of Nov. 5, 2024, this is the information we have about this car:
[Mar.01.2009] Car #565 was owned by an acquaintance, Mr. Selaudoux, near Fontainebleau, France (1993); this is one of the cars I almost bought in the seventies, when it was owned by Gordon Bately, of Vancouver, Canada. He sold it to John Miller, in Natick, MA, who in turn sold the car to a French collector, Mr. Valsimidis, of Paris. Mr. Selaudoux had the car for sale again in 1997; it had a reported 70K miles then.When I had looked into buying it in the mid-seventies it had some bumper peeling but thestainless top was like new. Late Extra [11/2007]: the car has found a new home, in Turin, Italy. It is believed to be the only Eldorado Brougham in that country. The new owner is Giovanni Ribichesu, an operatic tenor from Turin and an avid collector ofconvertible Cadillac cars. Among these are a 1956 ' Series 62' , a 1960' Series 62' and a 1974 Fleetwood Eldorado. He also has a 1956 ' Sedan deVille' that his father bought from the owner of the ' Negresco' hotel in Nice, France. Giovanni has his own Web site (click here). There is a video clip on YouTube showing this car being loaded onto a truck (in Paris I guess), then on the back of the truck being driven through some tunnels along the Seine and, towards the end,inside a garage or storage hangar. The French girl doing the commentary says,' ...he's already made enquiries about getting all the spare parts; his friend that hegets parts from [Roger Z?] says he can find anything for it. At one point, the driver, Nino, operates the automatic trunk mechanism (open and close) and the girl is totallyblown away! The driver's side vent window appeared to be recalcitrant. Late Extra [3/2009]: Yes, my friend Roger Zimmermann [57EB#230] of Switzerland apparently has been helping Nino to find parts, as has also Mike Rizutto of Mastermind, Inc. in Califormia.
[Mar.01.2009] Car #565 was owned by an acquaintance, Mr. Selaudoux, near Fontainebleau, France (1993); this is one of the cars I almost bought in the seventies, when it was owned by Gordon Bately, of Vancouver, Canada. He sold it to John Miller, in Natick, MA, who in turn sold the car to a French collector, Mr. Valsimidis, of Paris. Mr. Selaudoux had the car for sale again in 1997; it had a reported 70K miles then.When I had looked into buying it in the mid-seventies it had some bumper peeling but thestainless top was like new. Late Extra [11/2007]: the car has found a new home, in Turin, Italy. It is believed to be the only Eldorado Brougham in that country. The new owner is Giovanni Ribichesu, an operatic tenor from Turin and an avid collector ofconvertible Cadillac cars. Among these are a 1956 ' Series 62' , a 1960' Series 62' and a 1974 Fleetwood Eldorado. He also has a 1956 ' Sedan deVille' that his father bought from the owner of the ' Negresco' hotel in Nice, France. Giovanni has his own Web site (click here). There is a video clip on YouTube showing this car being loaded onto a truck (in Paris I guess), then on the back of the truck being driven through some tunnels along the Seine and, towards the end,inside a garage or storage hangar. The French girl doing the commentary says,' ...he's already made enquiries about getting all the spare parts; his friend that hegets parts from [Roger Z?] says he can find anything for it. At one point, the driver, Nino, operates the automatic trunk mechanism (open and close) and the girl is totallyblown away! The driver's side vent window appeared to be recalcitrant. Late Extra [3/2009]: Yes, my friend Roger Zimmermann [57EB#230] of Switzerland apparently has been helping Nino to find parts, as has also Mike Rizutto of Mastermind, Inc. in Califormia.