To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' Auburn Fall event, 3 - 5
September 2020.
- A well-known, original and correct example
- Long-term enthusiast history
- First time available publicly since 1998
- Widely considered one of the most beautiful American
automobiles
- Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) Full Classic
The example offered here is well-known as a genuine, original and
correct 1935 Auburn Speedster, one of the most desirable of all
Classics. Formerly owned by Alfred and Mary Foglio of Milwaukie,
Oregon, it was later sold in the early 1970s to Ray and Dorothy
Radford, longtime Classic Car Club of America members in Vancouver,
Washington, who would maintain the car for decades. A photo that
has accompanied the Auburn over the years hints at its earlier
history, showing a GI standing next to the car, captioned "Joe
1944;" the photo shows spotlights and an accessory lock for the
hood latch, both of which are still present, as well as a radio
antenna, the patched hole for which is still visible below the
dashboard.
In 1998 the car was sold to a longtime enthusiast on the East
Coast, as the second Speedster that he had owned over the years.
This was a very special acquisition for him, as over a decade
earlier, he had taken the opportunity to acquire an original
supercharged Auburn engine which became available from the Pacific
Northwest. Alerted by Don Sears that the engine he owned was the
original to the Radford Speedster, he jumped at the chance to buy
the car and reunite it with its original matching powerplant in the
course of a sympathetic mechanical restoration. To this day the
Auburn retains its original firewall data plate, and the original
engine retains its original data plate and stamping, as well as the
correct original supercharged carburetor, air filter, and sump. The
body wears an older but attractive finish in Nassau Orange, a
rather striking, period-correct Auburn color that truly makes this
Speedster stand out!
In its current ownership, as part of one of the country's finest
collections of Full Classics, the car has been properly sorted,
with a rebuilt carburetor and adjustment of the clutch, ensuring
that it runs and drives extremely well. It is an exceptionally
correct, authentic and beautiful Speedster, now proudly offered
publicly for the first time in over two decades.To view this car
and others currently consigned to this auction, please visit the RM
website at
rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/af20.
