Equipment
Chrome wire wheels, blackwall tires, dual sidemounts with chrome bands, rumble seat, luggage rack, dual Lorraine remote spotlights, single windshield wiper, polished curved hood side vents.
Condition
#1 Concours
World-class. Could compete in the world’s best Concours d'Elegance events.
Originally Sweep Panel dual cowl phaeton bodied by Le Baron, swapped by the body on Philip K. Wrigley's J-121, later owned by baseball team owner Bill Veeck, Jr. Block and crankshaft swapped by John Troka for J-245, firewall 2253 included. Restored in 2009, displayed at Pebble Beach, Amelia Award winner in 2011. A-C-D Category One. Excellent paint, chrome, top and interior. Chassis and engine compartment are show quality. The engine number matches its Porsche documentation. The only knock might be the polished aluminum luggage rack which has small pits.
Market commentary
It was an older restored car in black when sold by Brooks at Hershey in 2000 for $530,500 and how much it cost to make it into the jewelry it is today is an amount shared only by the restorer, the owner, his banker and the IRS, but it's not an inconsiderable part of the increment in value since 2000. Sold at Auburn Fall in 2015 for $1,402,500 and no less attractive nor valuable today than it was then.