Equipment
385/135hp eight, 4-speed, vee windshield, chrome wire wheels, blackwall tires, dual enclosed sidemounts with mirrors, small Pilot-Rays, luggage rack, Depress Beam headlights.
Condition
Excellent older paint and tight new upholstery. Restored for the Imperial Palace around 1990, then re-restored by RM in 2017. Class second at Pebble Beach in 2018. Bright chrome. Clean underbody and engine compartment. In addition to the Imperial Palace the provenance includes Otis Chandler and John Mozart.
Market commentary
Sold by Gooding & Co. from the Chandler collection in 2006 for $1,100,000 then in RM’s Monterey-Shift online auction during Covid in 2020 for $1.056,000 after the most recent restoration. This is a paragon of great American classics and it’s no wonder it didn’t sell here in Miami at the reported bid.