Equipment
RHD. 3,996/140hp, triple carburetors, 4-speed Wilson pre-selector gearbox, body color wire wheels, sunroof, trafficators, fitted luggage.
Condition
#1 Concours
World-class. Could compete in the world’s best Concours d'Elegance events.
A spectacular concours over-the-top restoration of the most desirable enclosed wheels, low-mounted headlight, alloy body variant of the Figoni & Falaschi teardrop. The bright metallic blue paint is a bit much, but it’s intended to draw attention, and it achieves its objective. A former Tommy Lee and Nethercutt collection car. Winner of the Concours d’Elegance Femina in Paris in 1938 and Los Angeles Concours Best of Show seventy years later.
Market commentary
An unprecedented car bought for an unprecedented price. There are so few of this or similar Figoni & Falaschi Goutte d’Eau (waterfall) designs that the appearance of one at auction is a market-significant event. All eyes at Amelia were firmly focused here and the result did not disappoint. The closest most of us will come to a coachwork joy like this is being married to a talented jewelry designer, as I am, who early in her collector car experience saw a T150 CSS Teardrop at the Blackhawk Exposition at Pebble Beach and incorporated the design in our wedding rings. They were expensive, but not like this.