As of April 20, 2025, this is the information we have about this car:
[May.01.2008] Car #52 [NEW, Dec., 2007] has survived and is located in N. Carolina. The (third) owner contacted me just 4 hours before 2008 and will be sending me more details about it in the next few weeks. For anyone interested, the car is for sale (check out Ebay # 120243721293). The vendor is the 3rd owner; here is what he says about the car: It was delivered new to Powell Cadillac Olds in Gastonia, North Carolina – one of only two [1960] Eldorado Broughams delivered to North Carolina dealers – and driven by Mrs. Powell the first year of its life. When the 1961 models came out, Mrs. Powell got the top of the line ‘61 model and Mr. Powell sold it to a wealthy couple who liked it so much they kept it for seven years before trading it in on a 1968 model from Mr. Powell’s dealership. This was the early yearsof car collecting but Mr. Powell had already started collecting early Cadillacs. Even though this 1960 Eldorado Brougham was still a late model used car at the time, he understood the importance of this rare car which had accumulated only 68,000 miles on it and put it up with his other rare Cadillacs where it was stored in a building for the next 32 years. From the pictures included with the Ebay ad (below), it appears there is some major damage to the skegs, at the rear, on both sides. Also the paint appears to be in poor condition for a car that was stored for so long. Otherwise, it appears to be a fairly nice original car; you won't find too many of these around! Late Extra [4/2008]: car was bid up to $21,000; no sale ensued. Latest [5/2008]: the car is offered once again on Ebay.
[May.01.2008] Car #52 [NEW, Dec., 2007] has survived and is located in N. Carolina. The (third) owner contacted me just 4 hours before 2008 and will be sending me more details about it in the next few weeks. For anyone interested, the car is for sale (check out Ebay # 120243721293). The vendor is the 3rd owner; here is what he says about the car: It was delivered new to Powell Cadillac Olds in Gastonia, North Carolina – one of only two [1960] Eldorado Broughams delivered to North Carolina dealers – and driven by Mrs. Powell the first year of its life. When the 1961 models came out, Mrs. Powell got the top of the line ‘61 model and Mr. Powell sold it to a wealthy couple who liked it so much they kept it for seven years before trading it in on a 1968 model from Mr. Powell’s dealership. This was the early yearsof car collecting but Mr. Powell had already started collecting early Cadillacs. Even though this 1960 Eldorado Brougham was still a late model used car at the time, he understood the importance of this rare car which had accumulated only 68,000 miles on it and put it up with his other rare Cadillacs where it was stored in a building for the next 32 years. From the pictures included with the Ebay ad (below), it appears there is some major damage to the skegs, at the rear, on both sides. Also the paint appears to be in poor condition for a car that was stored for so long. Otherwise, it appears to be a fairly nice original car; you won't find too many of these around! Late Extra [4/2008]: car was bid up to $21,000; no sale ensued. Latest [5/2008]: the car is offered once again on Ebay.