As of Dec. 22, 2024, this is the information we have about this car:
[Feb.01.2017] Car #26 was sold at the Barrett-Jackson auction inScottsdale, AZ, in 1997 [not 1996 as mentioned earlier], for $20,000; it was in original,unrestored condition and had been ordered new by the Brinkerhoff Drilling Co., of Denver,CO. Some time in its life this car apparently was repainted from the original color[black] to silver gray metallic. A previous owner of the car (Carl E. Woodruff, III)who contacted me in November, 1998, after seeing his former car listed in this section,said he had seen no evidence of the car ever being black; so either it was a veryprofessional paint job, or the paint indication on the body tag [#110] is wrong. Iwould lean towards the former solution. Mr. Woodruff III told me he had bought the car ata Kruse auction in Volo, IL in October 1995 (the former owner was one Claude Koszuta ofMundelein, IL). Mr. Woodruff sold the Brougham in 1997 to one Michael J. Kamen ofLos Angeles, CA. About the paint color, he said ' I have been in the car businessfor some 20 years; you have to be a real detective to detect such flaws. I wonder if itsoriginal records are incorrect?' He added that the original warranty card issuedto the mining company was in the glove box when he bought the car. LateExtra [6/2009]: This just in from a new owner: Just bought #26 [1959?] for $33k; the car is grey with grey interior; it's a #3 car. Need info and manuals. please e-mail me if you have any restoration info orstuff to buy. Thanks, Wolf.
[Feb.01.2017] Car #26 was sold at the Barrett-Jackson auction inScottsdale, AZ, in 1997 [not 1996 as mentioned earlier], for $20,000; it was in original,unrestored condition and had been ordered new by the Brinkerhoff Drilling Co., of Denver,CO. Some time in its life this car apparently was repainted from the original color[black] to silver gray metallic. A previous owner of the car (Carl E. Woodruff, III)who contacted me in November, 1998, after seeing his former car listed in this section,said he had seen no evidence of the car ever being black; so either it was a veryprofessional paint job, or the paint indication on the body tag [#110] is wrong. Iwould lean towards the former solution. Mr. Woodruff III told me he had bought the car ata Kruse auction in Volo, IL in October 1995 (the former owner was one Claude Koszuta ofMundelein, IL). Mr. Woodruff sold the Brougham in 1997 to one Michael J. Kamen ofLos Angeles, CA. About the paint color, he said ' I have been in the car businessfor some 20 years; you have to be a real detective to detect such flaws. I wonder if itsoriginal records are incorrect?' He added that the original warranty card issuedto the mining company was in the glove box when he bought the car. LateExtra [6/2009]: This just in from a new owner: Just bought #26 [1959?] for $33k; the car is grey with grey interior; it's a #3 car. Need info and manuals. please e-mail me if you have any restoration info orstuff to buy. Thanks, Wolf.