Vehicle Description
This vehicle is being sold as Lot No. S45.
- Engine No. J-463, Chassis No. 2480
- Upgraded to Model SJ specifications
- Dual Cowl Phaeton coachwork built in the style of LaGrande
- Factory fitted with a Rollston limousine body on a long wheelbase chassis
- Early in life it was converted to open configuration with a Dietrich Convertible Berline body
- The Dietrich body was No. 1946 from car J-389
- Dietrich Body No. 1946 was lost in garage fire, but the original chassis and engine survived
- Upgraded to current coachwork in the 1970s
- SJ centrifugal supercharger
- 420 CI 32 valve DOHC straight 8 engine
- 3-speed transmission
- Adjustable power brakes
- Automatic chassis lubrication
- Formerly part of the Al Wiseman Collection