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CUNNINGHAM C-1 #5101

OWNERS:

BRIGGS S. CUNNINGHAM 1951

MILES C. COLLIER 1987

MILES C. COLLIER (FL) 2017

CURRENT OWNER

Miles C. Collier

C.H. Motorcars

Collier Collection

COLORS:

ORIGINAL –

EXTERIOR: WHITE

INTERIOR: RED

CURRENT -

EXTERIOR: BLUE

INTERIOR: BLACK

ENGINE:

ORIGINAL - 8M615 CADILLAC

CURRENT – 8M615 CADILLAC

CUNNINGHAM C-2R #5102

OWNERS:

INT’L. MOTOR CO. (CA) 1951

GEORGE C. CAMERON, JR. (CA) 1951

MARIO ROMAN (CA)

WILLIAM F. GETTLE

WASHINGTON STATE CHRYSLER DEALER

CLYDE BLAIR (CA)

THOMAS L. PETERSEN (CA)

CHARLES NICKERSON (ENG.)

JOSEPH NICKERSON (ENG.)

DOUNE MOTOR MUSEUM (SCOTLAND)

ESTATE OF TOM MITTLER (WS)

CURRENT OWNER

Estate of Tom Mittler (T.G. Mittler - son)

COLORS:

ORIGINAL –

EXTERIOR: WHITE

INTERIOR: RED

CURRENT-

EXTERIOR: WHITE

INTERIOR BLACK

ENGINE:

ORIGINAL - IND 20-1001 CHRYSLER

CURRENT - 53-8-85323


OWNERS:


BASIL PENSER (CA)

R.H. TIBBETS

ROSWELL MOORE 1957

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SAUL FARTURO (FL) JOHN DUNCAN (FL)

ORANGE BUICK COMPANY (FL)

TAYLOR MOTORS COMPANY (FL)

JAMES A. WESLEY (FL)

RON MEGEMIER (FL) 1964

DALE POWERS (FL) 1965

JOE PENDERGAST (FL) 1971

BOB PASS

STEVE BARNES

PETER HOSMER (NH) ???

CURRENT OWNER

PETER HOSMER

COLORS:

ORIGINAL –

EXTERIOR: METALLIC GREY

INTERIOR: RED

CURRENT –

EXTERIOR: WHITE

INTERIOR: BLACK

ENGINE:

ORIGINAL - IND 20-1007

CURRENT - ???



IRVING ROBBINS (CA)

Crashed in California race & returned to B.S. Cunningham Co. at FL Car was “retired” or destroyed in Summer, 1954

CURRENT OWNER

NONE

COLORS:

ORIGINAL –

EXTERIOR: BLACK

INTERIOR: RED

ENGINE:


CURRENT - IND 20-1050


OWNERS: C-2 BODY STYLE BODY ON C-3 CHASSIS

RUSSELL KLEINGINNA (NJ/FL) 1952

RICHARD & JOHN ROTHENBERGER

(MR. KLEINGINNA’S NEPHEWS) 1990

JOHN ROTHENBERGER &

ESTATE OF RICHARD ROTHENBERGER (PA) 2011

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CURRENT OWNER

John Rothenberger

COLORS:

ORIGINAL -


INTERIOR: GREEN & TAN

CURRENT -


INTERIOR: GREEN & TAN

ENGINE:

ORIGINAL - IND-20-1030

CURRENT - 1323329

CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5206 X

OWNERS:

CARL KEIKHAEFER 1952


GEORGE SCHRAFFT (FL) 1952

HENRY & ELAINE DESORMEAU (NY) 1962

PETER HOSMER (NH) 1999

CURRENT OWNER

PETER HOSMER

COLORS:

ORIGINAL -

EXTERIOR: BREWSTER GREEN

INTERIOR: TWO TONE GREEN

CURRENT –

EXTERIOR: BREWSTER GREEN

INTERIOR: TWO TONE GREEN

ENGINE:




OWNERS: FIRST C-3 BUILT

CARL KEIKHAEFER 1952

??? ???

JACK TOENSING

NEWPORT BEACH, CA ???

JACK WOODS 1960

TULSA, OK

Sold half interest to a Gerry Holland around Sept. 1980 to undertake a restoration.

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JACK WOODS/GERRY HOLLAND

Tom Armstrong found car in a restoration shop, completed dismantled from an attempted restoration, complete with all

parts, in boxes.

TOM ARMSTRONG 2004 2006 PEBBLE BEACH – CLASS A

ERVIN “BUD” LYON 2007

CHRIS ANDREWS 2009

FT. WORTH (TX) 2015 SOLD AT AUCTION FOR $869,000. INCLUDING COMMISSION

JOSEPH ROBILLARD

CURRENT OWNER

JOSEPH ROBILLARD

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL -

UPPER: DARK BLUE

MAIN: DARK BLUE

PANEL: BEIGE

CURRENT –

UPPER: CREAM

MAIN: BLACK

PANEL: BLACK

ENGINE:


CURRENT - C541-8-10473


OWNERS:

DENVER CORNETT 1952

LOWELL FLYVOLENT

GRADY MILLER 1956

T.L. “TOMMY” WILSON 1957

GEORGE GUY 1958

SAM HARRISON 1989

TOM COTTER (NC) 2010

CURRENT OWNER

TOM COTTER

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL -

UPPER: BEIGE

MAIN: GREEN

PANEL: GREEN

CURRENT –

UPPER: PRIMER

MAIN: PRIMER

PANEL: PRIMER

ENGINE:



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OWNERS:

ALVIN R. JONES (IND) 1952

ARTHUR B. STUART ???

WILLIAM TOWA ???

TONY OLIVETO 1955

DICK HOY 1955

PETERSEN MUSEUM (CA) 2007

MICHAEL HAMMER 2013

2015

DON ORENSTEIN 2016 2016

CURRENT OWNER:

DON ORENSTEIN

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL -

UPPER: LT. BLUE

MAIN: METALLIC DK. BLUE

PANEL: MEDIUM BLUE

CURRENT –

UPPER: LT. BLUE

MAIN METALLIC DK. BLUE4 barrel carb when engine was replaced

PANEL MED. BLUE

ENGINE: Borrani wire wheels when car was delivered to first owner



DRIVER: PHIL STILES RACE # 4

D.N.F. – TRANSMISSION PROBLEM

ENGINE WAS BLOWN THEN REPLACED WITH A 331 ENGINE WITH A SINGLE 4

BARREL CARB


OWNERS:

JOHN FINKENSTAEDT (MA) 1952

HARRY H. SEFRIED (CT/FL) 1964

ESTATE OF HARRY H. SEFRIED (CT) 2005

CURRENT OWNER

LESLIE LOCKARD

SHE IS HARRY H. SEFRIED’S DAUGHTER

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL –

UPPER: CREAM

MAIN: DK. BLUE

PANEL: LT. BLUE

CURRENT –

UPPER: GREY

MAIN: BLACK

PANEL: BLACK

ENGINE:



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OWNERS:

EDMOND DU PONT 1952

1960

GEORGE STERNER 1962

VINTAGE CAR STORE, INC. DAVID

A. DEUBLE 1967

VAIL FROST 1975

DON WEBER (TX) 2007

CURRENT OWNER

BILL SCHEFFLER

CURRENT –

UPPER: METALLIC GREY

MAIN: METALLIC BLUE

PANEL: METALLIC BLUE

UPPER: LT. GREY

MAIN: BLUE

PANEL: BLUE

ENGINE:

ORIGINAL C52-8-8717

CURRENT - C52-8-8717


OWNERS:

WILLIAM A.M. BURDEN(D.C.) 1952

1953

JOHN J. PAOLANTONIO, SR. 1961

1990

ANTHONY GOSNELL 2004

JOE HAYES (IL) 2006

JOHN HENDRICKS 2012

COLORADO GATEWAY AUTO

MUSEUM 2012

CURRENT OWNER

COLORADO GATEWAY

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL -

UPPER: BLACK

MAIN: BLACK

EXTERIOR COLORS: ORIGINAL -

WILMINGTON AUTOMOBILE

ACTIVITIES, INC.

PANEL: BLACK

CURRENT –

UPPER: CREAM

MAIN: CREAM

PANEL: CREAM

ENGINE:




OWNERS:

ERIC JEWETT ???

JACK CASTOR ???

DAN ESBERG 1960

JAY OPPENHEIMER (CA) 1978

CHUCK SCHOENDORF 2016

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EXTERIOR COLORS: CURRENT OWNER

ORIGINAL - CHUCK SCHOENDORF

UPPER: BLACK

MAIN: BLACK

PANEL: TAN

CURRENT –

UPPER: WHITE

MAIN: BLUE

PANEL: BLUE

ENGINE:

ORIGINAL - C52-8-10238

CURRENT - 3ne562038 ( In 1956)

This car was raced at Thompson Raceway, May 29, 1955. Race No. 8 – Unrestricted; Race #108 – DNF

Also, drag raced at Sanford, ME airport – unknown date.

CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5213 (now #5442)

OWNERS:

R. L. PARISH (N.Y.C.) 1952

IN 1964 DENTIST’S WIFE ???

HENRY M. DINGLEY, JR.(ME) 1958

CRASHED THE CAR H & M AUTO WRECKING OAKLAND, CA

PAUL RAWN 1964

WILLIIAM CATTELL 1974

DAVID WILLISON ???

ROBERT B. CUNNINGHAM (NV) ???

PETER MARKOWSKI 2000

JIM TAYLOR (NY) 2003

CURRENT OWNER

JAMES TAYLOR

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL


MAIN: METALLIC GREY

PANEL: METALLIC GREY

CURRENT -


MAIN: METALLIC GREY

PANEL: METALLIC GREY

ENGINE:


CURRENT - C52-8-10226


OWNERS:

CEREI S.A. (BRAZIL) 1952-1958

OLLE NICANOR

ALDO COSTA 1958-1962

??? – CURITIBA, BRAZIL 1962-1969

FLAVIO MARX, BRAZIL 1969-2004

SCOTT ROSEN 2004/2005

COLTON AMSTER 2007

CHARLES SCHOENDORF CT) 2007

CURRENT OWNER

CHUCK SCHOENDORF

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL -

UPPER: BEIGE

MAIN: LIGHT GREEN

PANEL: LIGHT GREEN

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CURRENT –

UPPER: BEIGE

MAIN: LIGHT GREEN

PANEL: LIGHT GREEN

ENGINE:




OWNERS:

FLOYD W. MCRAE (GA) 1952

HARRAH COLLECTION 1972

TERRY BENNETT 1975

TOM SMITH 1979

FREDERICK SIMEONE, MD ???

HORACE JEFFREY ???

FREDERICK SIMEONE, MD ???

JAMES (JIMMY) K. DOBBS, III (FL) 1999

CHRISITE'S AUCTION - PEBBLE BEACH

CURRENT OWNER:

James K. Dobbs, III

EXERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL –

UPPER: METALLIC BLUE

MAIN: METALLIC BLUE

PANEL: METALLIC BLUE

CURRENT –

UPPER: WHITE

PANEL: WHITE

Navy blue racing stripes

ENGINE:


CURRENT - C53-8-1086

CUNNINGHAM C4R #5216R

OWNERS:



CURRENT OWNER

Miles C. Collier

Collier Corporation

C.H. Motorcars

COLORS:

ORIGINAL -

EXTERIOR: WHITE

INTERIOR: BLACK

CURRENT –

EXTERIOR: WHITE

INTERIOR: BLACK

ENGINE:

ORIGINAL - R5216 / C51-3-55-960

CURRENT: R5217 / A311N01, EX1

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CUNNINGHAM C-4R #5217R

OWNERS:


CHARLES MORAN, JR. 1954

TINY GOULD (PA) – DEALER

WARREN COLLINS (MA) 1970

HENRY FAULKNER 1970

ROBERT WILLIAMS (IL) 1983

FRED SIMEONE (PA) 1990

CURRENT OWNER

FRED SIMEONE, MD

Simeone Foundation

COLORS:

ORIGINAL -

EXTERIOR: WHITE

INTERIOR: BLACK

CURRENT –

EXTERIOR: WHITE

INTERIOR: BLACK

ENGINE:

ORIGINAL - R 5217 / IND-20-1040

CURRENT - R 5216

CUNNINGHAM C-4RK #5218R

OWNERS:

CHARLES MORAN, JR. 1953



CURRENT OWNER

MILES C. COLLIER

Collier Corporation

C.H. Motorcars

COLORS:

ORIGINAL -

EXTERIOR: WHITE

INTERIOR: BLACK

CURRENT –

EXTERIOR: WHITE

INTERIOR: BLACK

ENGINE:

ORIGINAL - R-5218 / IND 20-1006

CURRENT - R-5218 / IND 20-1006


OWNERS:

JACK HINKLE (KS) 1953

JAKE MENZIE (IND) 1964

JOHN DELAMATER 1964

BOYD KEYES 1965

THOMAS L. WILSON 1968

JAMES WATSON (TN) 1988

JAY LENO 2014

CURRENT OWNER

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL - JAY LENO

UPPER: GREY

MAIN: MAROON

PANEL: GREY

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CURRENT –

UPPER: GREY

MAIN: MAROON

PANEL: GREY

ENGINE:

ORIGINAL - 52-8-41414

CURRENT - 54-8-19487


OWNERS:

ARTHUR STUART (MI) 1952

LAWRENCE S. REED 1958

WENDELL HAWKINS 1959

DON MATTESON ???

H. LEE SLAVIN 1964

JAMES W. MANLEY 1968

ANDY FUNK 1999

DUDLEY CUNNINGHAM (MA) 2006

CURRENT OWNER

DUDLEY CUNNINGHAM

ORIGINAL -

UPPER: GREY

MAIN: RED

PANEL: GREY

CURRENT –

UPPER: GREY

MAIN: BLUE

PANEL: BLUE

ENGINE:

ORIGINAL - 52-8-43244

CURRENT - NE572827

CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5221 (Chassis only)

OWNERS:

A.M. SONNABEND (MA) 1953 (customer order #1018)

He never took delivery since this car was never built. The chassis was reported to have been damaged

in shipping to Vignale / Italy then it was destroyed per factory records. The factory sold him W.O. #39 -

#5232 (now #5240) as a replacement in 1953.

ENGINE:


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OWNERS:

ROBERT W. DOWLING 1953

RUTH BRUNN (NY) 1973

DOWLING’S DAUGHTER

PREVIOUS TITLE = NY

SCHLEY MOTOR CARS, LTD. ???

FREDERICK H. REISER, MD 1989

TOM COADY (IL) 1993

CURRENT OWNER

TOM COADY, JR.

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL -

UPPER: BROWN

MAIN: MAROON

PANEL: TAN

CURRENT –

UPPER: SILVER

MAIN: MAROON

PANEL: MAROON

ENGINE:


CURRENT - C-1323329-1


OWNERS:


LUCIE BEDFORD CUNNINGHAM

(HIS WIFE)

LUCIE CUNNINGHAM MCKINNEY

(HIS DAUGHTER)

DENNIS NICOTRA 2014

CURRENT OWNER

DENNIS NICOTRA

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL -

UPPER: BLACK

MAIN: BLACK

PANEL: BLACK

CURRENT –

UPPER: BLACK

MAIN: BLACK

PANEL: BLACK

ENGINE:

ORIGINAL - 52-8-1979

CURRENT - 52-8-1979


OWNERS:

NEWELL WOOD (PA) 1953

PERRY FINA (NY) 1953

GLENN E. SHEPPARD 1954

JAY LEONE (CA) ???

DOCTOR ??? 1956

BRIGGS S. CUNNINGHAM ???

COLLIER COLLECTION -

C.H. MOTORCARS (FL) 1986

CURRENT OWNER

MILES C. COLLIER

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EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL -

UPPER: BROWN

MAIN: BLACK

PANEL: BLACK

CURRENT -

UPPER: SILVER

MAIN: NAVY

PANEL: NAVY

ENGINE:


CURRENT - 1323329


OWNERS:

MILLBANK 1953

???

GERMANY ???

H. SLUYTE (DALLAS, TX) 1964

JAMES C. LEAKE (MUSKOGEE, OK) 1979

RICH ATWELL (TX) 1993

CURRENT OWNER

RICH ATWELL

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL - CABRIOLET

TOP: CONVERTIBLE ???

UPPER: LT. GREEN

MAIN: DR. GREEN

PANEL: LT. GREEN

CURRENT –

UPPER: LT. GREEN

MAIN: LT. GREEN

PANEL: LT. GREEN

ENGINE:

ORIGINAL - C52-8-411409

CURRENT - C52-8-411409


OWNERS:

JACK M. HINKLE 1953

DOC BASS (NM) 1957

MELVIN A. OLSHANSKY (IL) 1987

MARTIN GRUSS (FL) 2006 10/2/2006

DONALD MURRAY (CA) 2011 8/21/2011

CURRENT OWNER

DONALD MURRAY

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL -

UPPER: TAN

MAIN: BLACK

PANEL: BLUE

CURRENT –

UPPER: WHITE

MAIN: BLUE

PANEL: WHITE

ENGINE:

ORIGINAL - C52-41432

CURRENT - C52-41432

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OWNERS:

WILLIAM B. DAVID 1953

HUGHES HENES 1959

PAUL RAWN ???

HAROLD HOVE ???

HARRAH COLLECTION 1975

ROBERT LUTZ (MI) 1994

EX MRS. ROBERT LUTZ (KY) 2014

CURRENT OWNER

Ex Mrs. Robert Lutz

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL -

UPPER: RED

MAIN: RED

PANEL: RED

CURRENT –

UPPER: BLACK

MAIN: RED

PANEL: RED

ENGINE:


CURRENT - C52-8-41417


OWNERS:

DR. KING 1954

WILLIAM BREWSTER (CT) 1955

JAMES S. VALUKIS (MA) 1958

JAMES Q. REYNOLDS 1960

Used it as a daily driver until

1963, then in storage until 1988

ROLAND HOUDE 1988

MARK HYMAN, CAR DEALER 2008

RICHARD ULLMAN (FL) 2009

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL -

UPPER: GREEN

MAIN: GREEN

PANEL: GREEN

CURRENT –

UPPER: LT. GREEN

MAIN: DK. GREEN

PANEL: DK. GREEN

ENGINE:


CURRENT - C52-8-41416


OWNERS:

EUGENE GRENSPUN 1953

DR. PAUL WALLACE (FL) 1957

CHARLES ALLISON 1958

DALE W. POWERS (FL) 1960

STU BARNETTE (FL) 1976

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WILLIAM C. BOARDMAN (FL) 1980

ELLIOTT MUSEUM, STUART (FL) 1982

CURRENT OWNER

ELLIOT MUSEUM

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL -

CABRIOLET

TOP MAIN: CONVERTIBLE BROWN

UPPER: DARK GREEN

PANEL: DARK GREEN

CURRENT –

TOP MAIN:

CONVERTIBLE NAVY

UPPER: SILVER

PANEL: SILVER

ENGINE:


CURRENT - C52-8-41536


OWNERS:

NELSON D. ROCKEFELLER 1953

NELSON D. ROCKEFELLER ESTATE

ALLSTON BOYER (ON LOAN TO HIM) ??? 1979

MAURICE DE MONTFALCON 1984

Through Special Interest Cars Ltd.

ROBERT PASS 1985

MAX B. RUBIN, MD 1987

ROBERT M. LEE (NV) 1998

CURRENT OWNER

ROBERT M. LEE (DEC’D.)

Robert M. Lee Trust

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL – CABRIOLET

TAN TOP CONVERTIBLE

UPPER: MAROON

MAIN: MAROON

PANEL: MAROON

CURRENT –

UPPER: MAROON

MAIN: MAROON

PANEL: MAROON

ENGINE:


CURRENT - C52-8-43236

WAS PART OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART “TEN AUTOMOBILES” EXHIBITED IN SEPT. 1953.


OWNERS:

BEN JOHNSON (IN) 1953

JACK SILER LATE 1950’S OHIO

JACK J. MAYL (OH) 1960

JOHN J. PAOLANTONIO,, SR. 1962

JOHN J. PAOLANTONIO, JR.(NJ) 1982

OAKHURST, NEW JERSEY

CHUCK SCHOENDORF (CT) 2012 2012

CURRENT OWNER

CHUCK SCHOENDORF

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EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL: CABRIOLET

TOP CONVERTIBLE

UPPER: LT. GREY

MAIN: MAROON

PANEL: DK. GREY

CURRENT –

UPPER: LT. GREY

UPPER: MAROON

PANEL: DK. GREY

ENGINE:


CURRENT - C52-8-41423


OWNERS:

ABRAHAM M. SONNABEND (MA) 1953

WILLIAM C. RANDS 1954

HOWARD GIRADIN 1955

??? 1958

??? FREDERICK ???

GEORGE ANTIA ???

ALI LUGO ???

LARRY TORY 1977

LONG ISLAND JUNKYARD

DEAN DIETRICH 1980

CHARLES (CHUCK) BRONSON 1998

RESTORER, IOWA

DANIEL RAPLEY 2001

DEREK DURST 2001

LOU NATHENSHON (IL) 2001

CURRENT OWNER:

LOU NATENSHON

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL -

UPPER: BLACK

MAIN: BLACK

PANEL: BLACK

CURRENT –

UPPER: SILVER

MAIN: SILVER

PANEL: NAVY

ENGINE:


CURRENT - C52-8-42355

CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5233 (NOW #5441)

OWNERS:

IRVING ROBBINS (PALO ALTO, CA) 1954

GEORGE ANITA (LARGO, FL)

STU BARNETTE (CLEARWATER, FL) 1980

DAVE BURTON

CHARLES CAWLEY (MAINE ?)

ROGER WILLBANKS (CO) 2009

LUCIE CUNNINGHAM MCKINNEY

(CT)

DENNIS NICOTRA (CT)

DON ORENSTEIN (PA) 2016

CURRENT OWNER

DON ORENSTEIN

CUNNINGHAM C-3

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL - CABRIOLET

TOP: TAN CONVERTIBLE

UPPER: RED

MAIN: RED

PANEL: RED

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CURRENT –

TOP: TAN CONVERTIBLE

UPPER: MAROON-LT.

MAIN: MAROON

PANEL: MAROON

ENGINE:


CURRENT - C52-8-43235

CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5234 (NOW #5443)

OWNERS:

FRITZ LUDINGTON 1954

FRED SEEMAN 1958

CHARLIE ROW 1963

VARIOUS OWNERS ???

JACK WISHNICK 1976

B. BRUCE BRIGGS 1977

BRIAN CUNNINGHAM (GRANDSON) 1996

JAMES DAVIS (MA) 2008

CURRENT OWNER:

JAMES DAVIS (MA)

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL -

UPPER: GREY

MAIN: MAROON

PANEL: GREY

CURRENT -

UPPER: WHITE

MAIN: BLUE

PANEL: WHITE

ENGINE:


CURRENT - 427 CC 525 HP #20-1039


OWNERS:

BRIGGS S. CUNNINGHAM

CHARLES MORAN 1953


EXTERIOR COLORS: CURRENT OWNER

MILES C. COLLIER

Collier Collection

ORIGINAL - C.H. Motorcars

EXTERIOR: WHITE

INTERIOR: BLACK

CURRENT –

EXTERIOR: WHITE

INTERIOR: BLACK

ENGINE:

ORIGINAL - R-5319

CURRENT - R-5319

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OWNERS:



CURRENT OWNER

MILES C. COLLIER Collection

C.H. Motorcars

EXTERIOR COLORS:

ORIGINAL -

EXTERIOR: WHITE

INTERIOR: BLACK

CURRENT –

EXTERIOR: WHITE

INTERIOR: BLACK

ENGINE:

ORIGINAL - 3001-10-1 Meyer – Drake Offenhauser engine

CURRENT - 3001-10-1 Meyer –Drake Offenhauser engine

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Crashed in California race & returned to B.S. Cunningham Co. at FL Car was “retired” or destroyed in Summer, 1954

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Tom Armstrong found car in a restoration shop, completed dismantled from an attempted restoration, complete with all

3/2/07 $575,000.

11/2/09 $750,000.

FT. WORTH (TX) 2015 SOLD AT AUCTION FOR $869,000. INCLUDING COMMISSION

2017

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Bought at auction $407,000.

Total restoration by R.M. Restorations

Bought at auction $1,100,000.

2017

Original (4) Zenith carbs changed to single

METALLIC DK. BLUE4 barrel carb when engine was replaced

Borrani wire wheels when car was delivered to first owner

THIS CAR WAS RACED:

FEB. 21, 1953 AT MACDILL A.F.B.

TAMPA, FL

ENGINE WAS BLOWN THEN REPLACED WITH A 331 ENGINE WITH A SINGLE 4

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Sold at Gooding Co. P. B.

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Son of Briggs III & Elizabeth

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He never took delivery since this car was never built. The chassis was reported to have been damaged

in shipping to Vignale / Italy then it was destroyed per factory records. The factory sold him W.O. #39 -

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978-685-2641

314-524-6000

DECEASED 2013

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WAS PART OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART “TEN AUTOMOBILES” EXHIBITED IN SEPT. 1953.

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BOUGHT AT AUCTION

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CUNNINGHAM C-3

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ROARING 20'S CARS (NJ)

Total restoration by Paul Russell Co.

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427 CC 525 HP #20-1039

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