Equipment
Long runner dual quad cross-ram 413/400hp Wedge engine, Pont-A-Mousson 4-speed, 2.93:1 rear axle, pushbutton radio, wheel covers, whitewalls, swivel front seats, P/W, original Daytona tires included (but not mounted)
Condition
#3 Good
Runs and drives well. Flaws not noticeable to passersby. Most common condition.
One of six built with 413 cubic inch 400 hp engine and four-speed manual. All original with <11,400 miles from new, in long term storage until being completely mechanically checked in 2009. Documented ownership from its racing days to the present. Driven by Gregg Ziegler to set a NASCAR flying mile record on the Daytona Beach sand in 1960 at 144.927mph. Extensively documented.
Market commentary
What a history -- and at auction, too. Offered by Russon and Steele in Scottsdale in January 2010 with no result reported. Mecum tried to find a buyer at Monterey in 2010 but came up short at a reported bid of $275,000; then Worldwide offered it at Atlantic City in February 2011 but could get an offer of only $240,000. Gooding found a buyer at Amelia in 2013 at a much more realistic $236,500 with commission. It obviously struck a responsive chord here (for some pretty much inexplicable reason) and blew through the high estimate to this nearly unfathomable result. Amazing.