As of April 6, 2025, this is the information we have about this car:
[Feb.01.2017] Car #688was owned in the late seventies by Michael Burns of New Orleans, LA.' Late extra [2006]: The car turned up for sale on Ebay inJuly, 2007.' It was flooded out during the Katrina disaster of 2006 and put up forsale by the family who owned it since 1988. A member of that family believes this carspent some time in France and one of its previous owners was the owner of a Cadillacdealership in New Orleans; in the 70s he had a new crate motor installed at the dealership(believed to be a 472 c.i. motor). Prior to Hurricane Katrina, the car was in goodcondition and spent nearly all those years in a garage. Before the storm it was a nice,solid original car; it ran and drove and nearly all the electronics worked. Floodwatersreached just above the dashboard and the car was under water for about 24 hours during thestorm, then sat for about 30 days before it could be retrieved, owing to road closuresetc. ' There was a cursory attempt at resurrection; the air cleaner housing wasthoroughly cleaned, and the spark plugs were not tight, suggesting that someone may haveremoved those items, realized the extent of the job at hand, and put it back together. CLCmember David Armbruster acquired it at the auction for more than $20K (!) and will attemptto salvage the car or at least parts of it.
[Feb.01.2017] Car #688was owned in the late seventies by Michael Burns of New Orleans, LA.' Late extra [2006]: The car turned up for sale on Ebay inJuly, 2007.' It was flooded out during the Katrina disaster of 2006 and put up forsale by the family who owned it since 1988. A member of that family believes this carspent some time in France and one of its previous owners was the owner of a Cadillacdealership in New Orleans; in the 70s he had a new crate motor installed at the dealership(believed to be a 472 c.i. motor). Prior to Hurricane Katrina, the car was in goodcondition and spent nearly all those years in a garage. Before the storm it was a nice,solid original car; it ran and drove and nearly all the electronics worked. Floodwatersreached just above the dashboard and the car was under water for about 24 hours during thestorm, then sat for about 30 days before it could be retrieved, owing to road closuresetc. ' There was a cursory attempt at resurrection; the air cleaner housing wasthoroughly cleaned, and the spark plugs were not tight, suggesting that someone may haveremoved those items, realized the extent of the job at hand, and put it back together. CLCmember David Armbruster acquired it at the auction for more than $20K (!) and will attemptto salvage the car or at least parts of it.