Equipment
420/265hp, 3-speed, dual sidemounts with chrome covers and mirrors, chrome wire wheels, Lester wide whitewalls, Pilot-Rays, metal luggage trunk, outside exhaust head pipes.
Condition
Firewall number 2408, unnumbered ending with bell housing J-394. Original body for this chassis. Very good older paint and upholstery in dated colors from a late 70’s restoration for Seymour Siegel. The chrome is uniformly good. Small cracks at the base of the windshield posts. The chassis is nearly like new with scant evidence of road use. The engine compartment is similarly well done but aged. A well-preserved old restoration with little use with an unnumbered CCCA National First Prize medallion and ACD Category 1 certificate.
Market commentary
Offered at Auburn Fall in 2004 where it was reported bid to $545,000 and sold post-block. The restoration is remarkably well-preserved and Rollston’s blind quarter coachwork is carried well on the short chassis. Adjusted for inflation the 2004 high bid would be $811,000 today making the successful high bid of $965,000 only a modest return on investment. Too good to restore, even with the dated colors, and appropriately valued in this transaction.