Body Number 797, Job Number 817
Adventurous, sporting, and luxurious Murphy custom coachwork
mounted to an original Isotta chassis, engine and 'SS'
components
Long-term preservation followed by professional restoration to
period splendor
Chassis Number 1233 listed in the Isotta Fraschini Register
1 of just 950 Isotta Fraschini 8A chassis produced in total
Original delivery to Italian dealer, documented in Isotta Fraschini
Chassis Register
Top available 'SS' (Super Spinto) performance engine
specification
Featuring Murphy's signature slim windshield pillars and
'butterfly' rear cowl
Chassis shipped in period to Paris' Hotel Ritz for fabulously
wealthy sugar magnate, Horace Havemeyer, with brass destination tag
still affixed
Transferred to the Havemeyer family's long-term chauffeur in
October 1954, with bill of sale and chauffeur's licenses included,
and then acquired by the current owner in 1989
Highly appointed engineering and design tour de force
Never before shown to the public and ready for myriad events around
the globe
Italy's ultimate Classic Era luxury motorcar
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