As of Nov. 5, 2024, this is the information we have about this car:
[Feb.01.2017] Car #568 is owned by new [1998] BOA member David France of Palm Springs, CA; no other details are currently available about this car. LateExtra (1/2005): this from the current owner, through Brougham aficionado, Morgan Murphy in Alabama: At the moment I have no intention of selling the Brougham, however, one can never tell what the future will hold and I will keep your name in the Brougham'sfile. To my knowledge, this automobile has never spent any time in GA [Morganmay have been referring to car #210, a long-time Georgia resident, currently owned by Al Haas of Detroit]. I am the third owner, having known the second owner and this machine for over 20 years. The Brougham was delivered through a dealer in NorthernCalifornia (San Francisco Bay Area) then stored in the San Jose (southern Bay Area) until sold to the second owner, also in the South Bay area. This machine has 37,000 miles and is 95% original, on air with all other systems functioning. It has most of the accessories (glasses, compact / cigarette case, note pad, and mirror). I have a new windshield onorder [which suggests that the car may have a cracked or broken windshield !] and hope to get it soon. I love to drive it and do. On the Russo & Steele auction site the car was described like this: With just over 37,000 original miles andjust two enthusiast owners over the last twenty-seven years, this lifetime California carsports most of its original paint, all original chrome and a fully-maintained original air suspension system with many new parts - an incredible rarity on this model as most were converted to springs early on in their lives. Its mechanical fortitude is unquestionable; driven up from Palm Springs for this sale, its original engine was resealed just over twothousand miles ago and its original 4-speed Hydramatic transmission was completely rebuilt at that time. All new brakes, new tires with the correct whitewall width, a new exhaust system from front to back and most importantly new suspension airbags, a rebuilt pump andfront leveling control valve round out the car's underpinnings. Naturally, all the Brougham extras from memory seats to original cold air conditioning work flawlessly; just two dash gauges have 'failed to proceed' in the intervening years.
[Feb.01.2017] Car #568 is owned by new [1998] BOA member David France of Palm Springs, CA; no other details are currently available about this car. LateExtra (1/2005): this from the current owner, through Brougham aficionado, Morgan Murphy in Alabama: At the moment I have no intention of selling the Brougham, however, one can never tell what the future will hold and I will keep your name in the Brougham'sfile. To my knowledge, this automobile has never spent any time in GA [Morganmay have been referring to car #210, a long-time Georgia resident, currently owned by Al Haas of Detroit]. I am the third owner, having known the second owner and this machine for over 20 years. The Brougham was delivered through a dealer in NorthernCalifornia (San Francisco Bay Area) then stored in the San Jose (southern Bay Area) until sold to the second owner, also in the South Bay area. This machine has 37,000 miles and is 95% original, on air with all other systems functioning. It has most of the accessories (glasses, compact / cigarette case, note pad, and mirror). I have a new windshield onorder [which suggests that the car may have a cracked or broken windshield !] and hope to get it soon. I love to drive it and do. On the Russo & Steele auction site the car was described like this: With just over 37,000 original miles andjust two enthusiast owners over the last twenty-seven years, this lifetime California carsports most of its original paint, all original chrome and a fully-maintained original air suspension system with many new parts - an incredible rarity on this model as most were converted to springs early on in their lives. Its mechanical fortitude is unquestionable; driven up from Palm Springs for this sale, its original engine was resealed just over twothousand miles ago and its original 4-speed Hydramatic transmission was completely rebuilt at that time. All new brakes, new tires with the correct whitewall width, a new exhaust system from front to back and most importantly new suspension airbags, a rebuilt pump andfront leveling control valve round out the car's underpinnings. Naturally, all the Brougham extras from memory seats to original cold air conditioning work flawlessly; just two dash gauges have 'failed to proceed' in the intervening years.