Equipment
Black wire wheels. Reconstructed engine built around an original Duesenberg 3 liter aluminum block, crankcase and cam drive gear tower. Frame and body created by Joe Silnes from original drawings from the IMS Museum. Engine built by Chris Leydon. Cams ground by Joe Gemsa. A roster of unquestioned experts assembed by David Uihlein. Patterned after Pete De Paolos 1925 Indy winning Banana Wagon. Clean older restoration showing some age and use.
Market commentary
Sold by RM in Monterey in 2007 for $330,000 in essentially the same condition as here, an historic artifact with its own provenance and obviously appreciated by the bidders here who paid 20% over the high estimate to own it.