Equipment
1,491/120hp inline four, 5-speed, chrome spoke Borrani wire wheels, Aurora front tires, Pirelli rear tires.
Condition
#4 Fair
Has visible flaws to the naked eye. Runs fine, but could use mechanical or cosmetic attention.
Cracking, shrinking old paint. Interior painted assembled. Aged engine compartment. The presentation is best characterized as an incomplete restoration that is loosely assembled. The engine is represented as numbers-matching, a term not quite equivalent to “original”.
Market commentary
During its life this OSCA has had a ZF 5-speed, a Buick V-8 and a Studebaker rear axle. Given its present state it is not certain how much of it is original although the catalog states it is the “numbers-matching” engine. We haven’t seen an OSCA MT4 sold in years, and none of them have even close to the apparently rejected high bid on this incompletely restored example. With all due respect to the seller, it should have been on the way out the door at far less money if only to respect the intelligence of the bidders. It is a long and expensive way from this project to an historic racing or concours contender.