As of Dec. 23, 2024, this is the information we have about this car:
[Dec.29.2015] On December 29 2015, Brougham enthusiast Darek Haumer (haumerdarek@volny.cz), MBA from the Czech Republic, reported that he had purchased this car from Peter Haertel in Germany for his private collection on February 28, 2007. Darek also owns Brougham 1957 #335 and a 1958 Brougham as well. The 1959 Brougham was completely renovated including new air springs and it is fully mobile and functional since 2014.
[Dec.01.2005] The car changed hands; it was purchased by enthusiast Peter Haertel, in Germany (1958 EB #535), who was going to restore it.
[Jun. 2004] Apparently the Swedish deal did not go through; a year later, the car was offered for sale on eBay (item #2481560667); it was described as one of 31 survivors (read "42 survivors").
[Feb. 2003) Brougham detective Jerry Janson of Sweden reported that a Swedish car dealer was interested in this car; he was going to inspect it in Germany. Jerry told Yann Saunders that if the dealer were to get the car, he wanted to "trade it even" for Jerry's 1959 Eldorado Seville, since he (the dealer) owned it back in the 80s. He wanted to give it to his son as a birthday present. At that age, Yann Saunders had received a bicycle from his Dad! Jerry agreed to let Yann know if the car changed hands.
[Fall, 1999] The car was for sale in Germany in the Fall of 1999 (based on tips from Jo Thewissen from Voerendaal, Holland and Gerald Loidl from Austria). Jo mentioned an ad in the December 1998 issue of Markt, the German classic car magazine, where the Cadillac Museum in Hachenburg in Germany was offering a "59 Eldorado Brougham" for sale; the car was owned by Mr. Müller of Müller & Hensel (Yann Sauders believes he saw that same car offered for sale already a couple of years before). The advertised price was DM 39.000, which was around $19,000 at the time. The car was located at the museum. According to Gerald Loidl, a friend from Austria who had seen the car, it needed a LOT of work. The body was straight and rust free but it needed new paint; all the chrome had to be done and the interior needed some attention. The air suspension leaked and some of the power items were o/s (e.g. rear windows).
[Dec.29.2015] On December 29 2015, Brougham enthusiast Darek Haumer (haumerdarek@volny.cz), MBA from the Czech Republic, reported that he had purchased this car from Peter Haertel in Germany for his private collection on February 28, 2007. Darek also owns Brougham 1957 #335 and a 1958 Brougham as well. The 1959 Brougham was completely renovated including new air springs and it is fully mobile and functional since 2014.
[Dec.01.2005] The car changed hands; it was purchased by enthusiast Peter Haertel, in Germany (1958 EB #535), who was going to restore it.
[Jun. 2004] Apparently the Swedish deal did not go through; a year later, the car was offered for sale on eBay (item #2481560667); it was described as one of 31 survivors (read "42 survivors").
[Feb. 2003) Brougham detective Jerry Janson of Sweden reported that a Swedish car dealer was interested in this car; he was going to inspect it in Germany. Jerry told Yann Saunders that if the dealer were to get the car, he wanted to "trade it even" for Jerry's 1959 Eldorado Seville, since he (the dealer) owned it back in the 80s. He wanted to give it to his son as a birthday present. At that age, Yann Saunders had received a bicycle from his Dad! Jerry agreed to let Yann know if the car changed hands.
[Fall, 1999] The car was for sale in Germany in the Fall of 1999 (based on tips from Jo Thewissen from Voerendaal, Holland and Gerald Loidl from Austria). Jo mentioned an ad in the December 1998 issue of Markt, the German classic car magazine, where the Cadillac Museum in Hachenburg in Germany was offering a "59 Eldorado Brougham" for sale; the car was owned by Mr. Müller of Müller & Hensel (Yann Sauders believes he saw that same car offered for sale already a couple of years before). The advertised price was DM 39.000, which was around $19,000 at the time. The car was located at the museum. According to Gerald Loidl, a friend from Austria who had seen the car, it needed a LOT of work. The body was straight and rust free but it needed new paint; all the chrome had to be done and the interior needed some attention. The air suspension leaked and some of the power items were o/s (e.g. rear windows).