Guest LuxDriver Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 But rare and you can find it on Craigs in Philly. Decide yourself.. But someone should buy it store it inside and make a long project out of it.. Who knows who it was built for? Grace Kelly's family maybe?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LuxDriver Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Doing some research. This could be a Rockefeller car.. As a Derham it should be saved .. Ambitious restoration but a piece of history.. Check pics of cars related to the family by asking me for them.. Interior shot as is trunk floor.. Needs it all . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldford Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Interesting that it was found in Sleepy Hollow, NY. My brother had such a car in the early 60's that we used for family vacations. It was a 9 passenger Derham limo with blind rear quarters just like the one in Philly. It came from the Bronx and was willed to a convent in Germantown, NY. The last time I saw that car, I was traveling northbound on Interstate 87 in Clifton Park and saw the car in a dealer's lot with the windows down. By the way, it was pouring cats and dogs.... I had to turn my head... I always wondered what happened to that car... Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Here is a link.http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/5127415771.htmlIt's going to cost 100,000 to restore if you got it for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Lots of good day dreams for not a lot of money. I could see it in my garage if space wasn't getting so dear.Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Here is a link.http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/5127415771.htmlIt's going to cost 100,000 to restore if you got it for free. 100k? Not if a professional shop is doing it. More like 200k plus. I see 30k worth of chrome alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Ok 200,000 You have the wrong shop start it and the right shop finish it maybe 300,000. Either way you will be completely buried in a car that would probably have a tough time bringing 50,000 if you could prove provenance at auction.. In my opinion not unique and desirable enough to mess with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 How times have changed. The chrome bill for my '51 was $3000 in 1986 and I nearly $##t! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Times have changed. You have to finish them now? I would have lost out on a lot of fun over the past half century if that had been the rule. I never really cared about finishing a car if I could sit in the garage and admire it's profile and lines until I passed it on to someone with rose colored glasses. One can always go out and buy an interesting car to drive. That nirvana arrived to me one night in 1984. Things have been pretty pleasurable ever since; kind of like being immune to the frenetic hobbyists and angst around me.Lay out $4500, budget $2,000 a year, and enjoy all the privileges of ownership for a few years. Then dump it and move on.One wife, lots of cars; just livin' on the cheap, so to speak.Bernie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldford Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Damn shame that the car is so bad now. When my brother sold it, he got about $1000 for it. I wanted to buy it, but I did not have the money. Damn shame.... Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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