Equipment
RHD. Body color wire wheels, dual sidemounts. Dull old repaint, worn, torn upholstery, greasy, dirty engine. Sound coachwork but the rear wheels are 6 inches or more inside the fender lips and the sidemounts fit tall and far above the front fenders giving the impression of a body built for a larger chassis that was expediently adapted to the Isotta. Stored in a New London, Connecticut garage in plain sight behind a glass storefront since 1976. Nathan Clark Estate.
Market commentary
The auctions cover car, for sale at $150K. Its hard to credit this Isotta Fraschini too heavily for although it has a largely continuous history the coachwork doesnt work and the engine has stories (of a thrown rod that left it in storage for some twenty years.) Mr. Clark (the inventor of the eponymous Desert Boots), however, has a colorful history and its association with him adds to its character, if not its style. The price it brought is all that could have been expected, and a bit more for Clarks aura.