Equipment
Torsion bar suspension, four-wheel disc brakes, 255 Offy with Hilborn injection, 2-speed gearbox.
Condition
Rodger Ward's Kaiser Aluminum Special, 4th at Indy, winner at Milwaukee 100. Re-engined for 1964 with a 4-cam Ford V-8, Ward was 5th at Phoenix. Later raced as a super modified until restored to this show car configuration in 2001. Great paint and chrome, AACA Senior National First Prize winner.
Market commentary
If there was money anywhere close a third of a million dollars for a Watson-Offy, even a Rodger Ward Indy 4th place finisher, should have been enough to see it change hands. The seller may have had a larger agenda, however, on the order of gaining recognition for the beautiful construction and exceptional performance of American oval roadsters, and in that quest this is just another milestone.