As of Nov. 2, 2024, this is the information we have about this car:
[Feb.01.2017] Car #485 was owned in the seventies by Dr. C.S. Gonstead of Mount Horeb, WI. It was described as a collector’sitem, in the late seventies; it had a reported 32K miles; at that time, the owner wanted to trade it for a ’77 limousine (!) This car is one of only four 1958 Broughams painted Maharani Maroon [code #152]. This car was spotted on a classic car lot in Sarasota, FL, in 1992, by Dr. Alan Lease of Atlanta, GA. For more information, he gave the name of Paul S. Edenson, as well as this phone #:(813) 365-1940. A second Brougham also was offered for sale on the same lot :#246. The car was subsequently offered forsale in the ' Self Starter' in January, 1995, for $40,000 [a Phoenix, AZ phone number was listed - possibly the Barrett-Jackson group of Scottsdale, AZ]. Note that there were only four 1958 Broughams painted that color: #424 [which is not believed to have survived], this car [i.e. #485], car #548 [definitely not this car, since this one hadthe small back light by Derham] and car #591which waspreviously in California and is now in Illinois (see below). This car may have been owned by Ken Gimelli of Saratoga, CA; it is described on p.44 of the 30th Anniversary issue of the the ' Self Starter' (1989);at that time,the Gimelli car had a reported 44K miles and included the vanity set, the notepad and thecigarette case. Wayne Meadlin of Fort Worth, TX, informed me on March 8, 2000 that a Maharani Maroon 1958 Brougham was currently owned by Lee Sicilio, a Fort Worth neighbor ofhis and an American Airlines pilot. The current owner told Mr. Meadlin that he had found the car in California about 8-10 years ago, which might indicate it is the one formerly owned by Mr. Gimelli. Late extra, July 2004: Brougham owner Kent Steine is familiar with this car. He wrote: While going through your pages I noticed that you do indeed have the Gonstead (#485) car on the Database. When Dr. Gonstead owned the car (1962-1978-9?)....it was painted Desert Bronze. He drove the car every day, year round; during thewinter of 1965 he ran into a snow plow...there was damage to the entire front clip, and frame. The Doctor was always at our house to have my dad look at,or fix this car (my father was an electrical engineer, and knew the Brougham like the backof his hand). This was during the time my dad had purchased numerous new parts, and ended up trading with the Doctor his banged up bumper for my nice original and $250.00. I still have the Gonstead bumper. The car ended up being a' putty-box' '; it had serious rusting problems even back in 1965. It was also in rather poor mechanical condition and had over 60,000 miles on it at that time. This car sat outside the doctor's chiropractic practice, unattended, until around1980. In 1974 I attempted to purchase the car from him, and had another good look at it. It was not running, and Doc Gonstead said he hadn't driven it in years, but wanted $2K (which was more than I felt it was worth at the time). I would have been purchasing it solely as a ' parts-car' . It was stripped of vanities, air-cleaner, hubcaps, etc. I believe the car was ultimately sold through his estate.
[Feb.01.2017] Car #485 was owned in the seventies by Dr. C.S. Gonstead of Mount Horeb, WI. It was described as a collector’sitem, in the late seventies; it had a reported 32K miles; at that time, the owner wanted to trade it for a ’77 limousine (!) This car is one of only four 1958 Broughams painted Maharani Maroon [code #152]. This car was spotted on a classic car lot in Sarasota, FL, in 1992, by Dr. Alan Lease of Atlanta, GA. For more information, he gave the name of Paul S. Edenson, as well as this phone #:(813) 365-1940. A second Brougham also was offered for sale on the same lot :#246. The car was subsequently offered forsale in the ' Self Starter' in January, 1995, for $40,000 [a Phoenix, AZ phone number was listed - possibly the Barrett-Jackson group of Scottsdale, AZ]. Note that there were only four 1958 Broughams painted that color: #424 [which is not believed to have survived], this car [i.e. #485], car #548 [definitely not this car, since this one hadthe small back light by Derham] and car #591which waspreviously in California and is now in Illinois (see below). This car may have been owned by Ken Gimelli of Saratoga, CA; it is described on p.44 of the 30th Anniversary issue of the the ' Self Starter' (1989);at that time,the Gimelli car had a reported 44K miles and included the vanity set, the notepad and thecigarette case. Wayne Meadlin of Fort Worth, TX, informed me on March 8, 2000 that a Maharani Maroon 1958 Brougham was currently owned by Lee Sicilio, a Fort Worth neighbor ofhis and an American Airlines pilot. The current owner told Mr. Meadlin that he had found the car in California about 8-10 years ago, which might indicate it is the one formerly owned by Mr. Gimelli. Late extra, July 2004: Brougham owner Kent Steine is familiar with this car. He wrote: While going through your pages I noticed that you do indeed have the Gonstead (#485) car on the Database. When Dr. Gonstead owned the car (1962-1978-9?)....it was painted Desert Bronze. He drove the car every day, year round; during thewinter of 1965 he ran into a snow plow...there was damage to the entire front clip, and frame. The Doctor was always at our house to have my dad look at,or fix this car (my father was an electrical engineer, and knew the Brougham like the backof his hand). This was during the time my dad had purchased numerous new parts, and ended up trading with the Doctor his banged up bumper for my nice original and $250.00. I still have the Gonstead bumper. The car ended up being a' putty-box' '; it had serious rusting problems even back in 1965. It was also in rather poor mechanical condition and had over 60,000 miles on it at that time. This car sat outside the doctor's chiropractic practice, unattended, until around1980. In 1974 I attempted to purchase the car from him, and had another good look at it. It was not running, and Doc Gonstead said he hadn't driven it in years, but wanted $2K (which was more than I felt it was worth at the time). I would have been purchasing it solely as a ' parts-car' . It was stripped of vanities, air-cleaner, hubcaps, etc. I believe the car was ultimately sold through his estate.