Equipment
491/200hp V-16, 3-speed with added overdrive, wire wheels, Michelin tires, dual sidemount spares with mirrors, Depress Beam headlamps, rear window curtains.
Condition
Believed to be one of only five Victoria Coupes remaining. AACA President's Cup, First Senior and First Junior awards. Cosmetic freshening in 2015. Reproduction cylinder heads. Lester tires on the spare wheels don't match the Michelins on the car, and the left one has some odd discoloration on the sidewall. Tidy underneath and mostly good paint and chrome, but the doors are a little uneven and there are some imperfections in the pinstriping along with a paint crack near the left rear window. The exhaust tips are dirty as well. The interior is very clean. Critiques of this Marmon are mostly minor. It's a gorgeous car with serious presence, just not a show winner as it sits. Greg Dawson collection.
Market commentary
Sold at RM's John E. Morgan auction in 2003 for $206,800, then at Meadow Brook in 2004 for $184,250 and again at Meadow Brook in 2007 after its most recent restoration for $302,500. A distinctive and rare car (any Marmon Sixteen is rare, it's this body style that is even more rare) but based on the prices of the other cars in the Greg Dawson collection the reported high bid deserved serious consideration.