Equipment
Chrome wire wheels, Lester tires, dual sidemounts with mirrors, luggage rack, rumble seat, Twilite headlights.
Condition
First owned by Jake "The Barber" Factor, an accomplished swindler who ended up running the Stardust casino in Las Vegas during the mob era. Restored by Joe Kaufmann with the engine from J-174 (but retaining the original bellhousing). Restored for S. Ray Miller by LaVine Restorations in 1995. CCCA National First Prize #1940 and Senior, Class 2nd at Pebble Beach in 2006. Good older paint, chrome, interior and top. Restored long ago and sparingly used since while being consistently maintained. The chassis has a little lubrication weeping and a touch of road dirt but is still remarkably clean and presentable. Keith Crain Collection.
Market commentary
Sold for $880,000 to Keith Crain at RM's auction of the S. Ray Miller collection in 2004. Sparingly used and superbly maintained since then, it is in pretty much every way as good now as it was sixteen years ago, just a little bit older. Its lovely Murphy coachwork and crisp presentation brought it a healthy but fully deserved price here at Amelia Island.