Equipment
Automatic, P W, P B, P W, P anten, pushbutton radio, chrome wire wheels. Ghia built Chrysler show car given to C.B. Thomas, Chryslers Export Division President. Over restored by Fran Roxas, then owned by Joe Bortz. Still in nearly concours quality condition and brilliant, showing just a little age in the interior. Superb paint, interior and chrome. John OQuinn estate.
Market commentary
Sold by RM in Arizo in 2005 for $354,750, which makes understanding what went down in the Shotwell Gustafson Pavillion today a challenge. Nothing has been done to it and it has only 11 more miles on the odometer today than it did five years ago. RM got $715,000 for the short wheelbase Paris showcar Thomas Special prototype at Amelia in 2006. It was the only short wheelbase built in this series and better proportioned than this longer GS 1, so that doesnt explain much. At B J in 2006 Ron Pratte paid $1,188,000 for the very different dElegance concept, but thats hardly comparable, at all. RM sold another of the GS 1s, unrestored but well maintained, at Moco just a few months ago for $327,764, which doesnt give a hint of why such enthusiasm blossomed in Meadow Brook. Stuff happens is about the only realistic explation, which isnt really an explation at all. Catalog photo 2010 by Darin Schbel, courtesy RM Auctions.