As of Nov. 6, 2024, this is the information we have about this car:
[Feb.01.2017] Car #587 was in Germany for a few years; it was exported from California in 1996 by its present owner, Volker Meerkamp [volker-at-classiccars.de... make sure to replace the ' -at-' with ' @' ]. He supplied the following information. The car is white [Paint #112] with matching white trim [#8582) and in near perfect condition with only55,000 mi. Everything is original except for new leather and a partial new paint job. The original mouton carpet and most of the vanity items are still there! Everything works including the troublesome air suspension, which was restored with newparts from MASTERMIND. You may view more images of the car at this URL: http://classiccars.de/Oldyrent/images/brghm.jpg Volker informed me, 12/1999, that he has sold the car and it is returning to theUSA. This could be the white/white '58 Brougham that was advertised for sale in Cars & Parts, Jan. 1988, for $17,000; at that time it was in California, with 49,000mi. In March, 2003, I got this message from enthusiast, Michael D, Brooks [car #123]: I was at the shop of Dale Armstrong the other day,in Temecula, CA. He is working on my Brougham and is an incredible mechanic. He has a technique using lathe turned steel inserts for the air domes that provide a superb seatfor absolute sealing (which is better than my sheet metal internal ridges). He has a 1958 Eldorado Brougham which I inspected. I looked at the body tag carefully and it said #587. He is doing a frame off project and has converted the car to a Northstar engine. Because of his racing heritage his work is first class. Because hecould not acquire original air diaphragms (or repros) for the rear, he worked with Firestone engineers and has installed a beautiful modern replacement system in the original domes. He also said that his first Brougham [#554] was Deauville gray with dark/light gray leather interior. It was completely restored and hesold it to drag racing legend JohnForce for $85,000 several years ago. It currently resides in Force's' Museum' in Orange County, CA. I will work on getting more information. I will keep in touch with Michael and Kjell to determine the origin of the body number error.
[Feb.01.2017] Car #587 was in Germany for a few years; it was exported from California in 1996 by its present owner, Volker Meerkamp [volker-at-classiccars.de... make sure to replace the ' -at-' with ' @' ]. He supplied the following information. The car is white [Paint #112] with matching white trim [#8582) and in near perfect condition with only55,000 mi. Everything is original except for new leather and a partial new paint job. The original mouton carpet and most of the vanity items are still there! Everything works including the troublesome air suspension, which was restored with newparts from MASTERMIND. You may view more images of the car at this URL: http://classiccars.de/Oldyrent/images/brghm.jpg Volker informed me, 12/1999, that he has sold the car and it is returning to theUSA. This could be the white/white '58 Brougham that was advertised for sale in Cars & Parts, Jan. 1988, for $17,000; at that time it was in California, with 49,000mi. In March, 2003, I got this message from enthusiast, Michael D, Brooks [car #123]: I was at the shop of Dale Armstrong the other day,in Temecula, CA. He is working on my Brougham and is an incredible mechanic. He has a technique using lathe turned steel inserts for the air domes that provide a superb seatfor absolute sealing (which is better than my sheet metal internal ridges). He has a 1958 Eldorado Brougham which I inspected. I looked at the body tag carefully and it said #587. He is doing a frame off project and has converted the car to a Northstar engine. Because of his racing heritage his work is first class. Because hecould not acquire original air diaphragms (or repros) for the rear, he worked with Firestone engineers and has installed a beautiful modern replacement system in the original domes. He also said that his first Brougham [#554] was Deauville gray with dark/light gray leather interior. It was completely restored and hesold it to drag racing legend JohnForce for $85,000 several years ago. It currently resides in Force's' Museum' in Orange County, CA. I will work on getting more information. I will keep in touch with Michael and Kjell to determine the origin of the body number error.