As of April 23, 2024, this is the information we have about this car:
[Feb.01.2017] Car #533 [highest body number for a 1953 Eldorado built] This from Philippe Van Assche, Sweden, November 2001: About Body # 533, I was told that the car had been sold to two brother's in Florida from Michigan, eight years ago; the car was a "basket case"; included in the deal were two other 1953Eldorados (I don't have the body numbers) as well as a lot of parts. I got this information from Scott Barnhart, the former owner's son, when I visited him in Michigan in October 2001 (his father passed away a couple of years ago). Thanks for the info,Philippe. Late Extra: Mano Forsman recalls having seen this ad for in Hemmings Motor News, some time in 1995: 2 Eldo 53, both cars in # 5 [poor] condition; one is body # 533. Interesting trades only.904-242-....FL. Latest [Jan., 2006]: Dave Ventrasca [53 Eldo #337] said: I just logged on to your new 53 Eldo page. There is irrefutable evidence that #533 is alive and well; found in Michigan, it is currently [2004] located in Florida. There was an article in a Cadillac newsletter several years back that contained a Xerox copy of the body tag.
[Feb.01.2017] Car #533 [highest body number for a 1953 Eldorado built] This from Philippe Van Assche, Sweden, November 2001: About Body # 533, I was told that the car had been sold to two brother's in Florida from Michigan, eight years ago; the car was a "basket case"; included in the deal were two other 1953Eldorados (I don't have the body numbers) as well as a lot of parts. I got this information from Scott Barnhart, the former owner's son, when I visited him in Michigan in October 2001 (his father passed away a couple of years ago). Thanks for the info,Philippe. Late Extra: Mano Forsman recalls having seen this ad for in Hemmings Motor News, some time in 1995: 2 Eldo 53, both cars in # 5 [poor] condition; one is body # 533. Interesting trades only.904-242-....FL. Latest [Jan., 2006]: Dave Ventrasca [53 Eldo #337] said: I just logged on to your new 53 Eldo page. There is irrefutable evidence that #533 is alive and well; found in Michigan, it is currently [2004] located in Florida. There was an article in a Cadillac newsletter several years back that contained a Xerox copy of the body tag.