Vehicle Description
Vehicle to be offered for Auction sale August 17th - 19th, 2017 at
Russo and Steele's 17th Annual Monterey, California Auction. Please
contact us for more information. This is a 1917 Chevrolet 490
Touring Car chassis which was converted into a speedster race car
configuration. Documentation includes an original title dated 1923,
photos of the car at that time and a declaration of Mr. Elliott as
to facts stated above as related by the woman from whom he
purchased the car. This will be included with the car along with a
pit display board showing all of the above. There is an extensive
scrap book showing the restoration and early racing of the Chevy
which can go with the car. The Chevrolet received the Gary Byrd
Award as the most outstanding prewar car at the Rolex Monterey
Motorsports Reunion in 2013. It received the Admirals Cup at
Coronado in 2013. It was the VARA Historic class champion in 2013.
It was part of the Driven To Excellence award given to the team at
Coronado, 2011.
