Originally owned by Justice Paul W Richards (1896-1956 ) Red Oak, Iowa
He bought the car new in Omaha, Nebraska on July 6, 1932. He drove it during his years on the Iowa Supreme court. He drove it until 1950 where it had been driven in the neighborhood of 94,000 miles. Since 1950, it has been driven 18,000 miles total to this date March 9, 2004.
It is the only known unrestored running 12 Brougham today (in the world) just as it came out of the Auburn factory!