Equipment
RHD. Silver painted wire wheels, Dunlop Racing tires, full width Plexi windscreen, huge quick release fuel cap in the center of the rear deck, spring clamp and strap hood holddowns, covered Marchal headlights, metal passenger's seat cover.
Condition
#3 Good
Runs and drives well. Flaws not noticeable to passersby. Most common condition.
Originally sold to Tony Parravano and raced at Willow Springs by Bob Drake and Pat O'Connor. Foggy old headlight lenses. Good recent repaint over old paint. Sound older upholstery. Old underbody, chassis and frame sprayed assembled with chassis black with many shadows and holidays. Superficially presented for the auction and 'believed to have' a 2.9 liter 735 engine of some 225hp.
Market commentary
This is a neat old West Coast race car but its mediocre condition and sketchy history, let alone the uncertainty about its engine, make this a generous price. It is largely inconceivable why the displacement of the engine, easily determined by any NHRA inspector with a simple gauge, couldn't be verified before cataloging a $3MM car. And if it had been, it might have been a $4MM car.