Equipment
5-speed, chrome wire wheels, wide whitewalls, dual sidemounts, Bosch headlights, dip beam lights, dual spotlights with mirrors, trafficators, raked vee windshield, set back radiator, chevron grille guard.
Condition
Plain white instrument panel, older gauges, very good interior wood. Upholstery is lightly surface creased. Paint and chrome are very good. An older concours restoration by Mike Fennel in the early 90's with an attractive and understated livery and a provenance that is hard to match: James Melton, Otis Chandler, Axel Wars and General William Lyon.
Market commentary
The vee windshield and set back radiator are characteristics of the famed Special Roadsters and are known to have been ordered on only this and one other Cab A. The caliber of the Mike Fennel restoration is apparent from the way it remains some two decades later. The different between the reported high bid and the low estimate seems like it could have been bridged to make a sale work.