Vehicle Description
1988 Santarsiero Atlantis Roadster� Concept car designed by Ron
Santarsiero to echo the art deco French designs of the 30s/40s
Automatic transmission Blue/purple exterior Quilted red leather
seats Removable hardtop Aluminum steering wheel Auto Meter
instrument panel gauges Carbon fiber dash and aluminum interior
inserts Power windows, push button start Sony AM/FM stereo with CD
player and six-speaker sound system� � From the same mind and hands
that brought us the Predator Xtreme, the Callista Roadster and
other replicas comes the Santarsiero Atlantis Roadster, courtesy of
MotoeXotica Classic Cars. The car uses elements from French,
teardrop-styled, art deco cars of the 1930s and 1940s like Bugatti
and Delahaye plus motifs from Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg. Its Ford
engine is either a 351 CID Cleveland or a modified 400 CID V-8
tucked under a vee-shaped hood. With its removable hardtop and
fully skirted wheels, this ultra-wide, two-seat Atlantis looks like
nothing else on the road today! Remember, this is a one-off tribute
model that is 28 years old, not a regular production vehicle.
Recently the Atlantis was dismantled properly and received a two
stage professional paint job and all of the trim was polished to a
brilliant finish resulting in making the Atlantis to look
absolutely stunning! The two-tone blue paint is in excellent
condition with very minor imperfections. The car's glass panels are
in good shape, with no cracks or hazing to mar the view. All of the
vehicle's lights, including its blue dot brake lights, are in very
good shape, with no breaks or missing pieces, including the light
in the center of the front end with 'Atlantis' scripted on it. The
car has no windshield wiper arms or blades but its fiberglass body
panels are in good order, including the removable hardtop and the
engine bay is in good shape. Designed and built over a period of
time by Ron Santarsiero, just in time to present at the 2012 Pebble
Beach Tour d'�l�gance, this majestic vehicle that looks like it
time-warped from Figoni's & Falaschi's 1933 studio in Paris and it
can now rest in your driveway or garage. Inside, the red leather
seats mimic the Connolly cross-hatched upholstery found in
Bentleys, Jaguars and the like. The seats and door panels present
nicely and look great against the car's voluptuous exterior.
There's a carbon fiber instrument panel, which is in very good
order with Auto Meter gauges, a push-button start and the aluminum
steering wheel and shifter are in good shape. Car comes with a Sony
AM/FM audio system with six speakers. Driver assist features
include power windows. As mentioned above, the Atlantis uses many
of the same styling cues found on pre-World War II French models,
in general, the 1946 Delahaye 175, and in particular, the 175S
crafted by coachbuilder Jacques Saoutchik for British blonde
bombshell, Diana Dors, who was game show host Richard Dawson's
second wife. The rear-wheel drive Type 175, 178 and 180 chassis is
considerably more sophisticated than its 135 predecessor, the front
suspension being independent with pivoting horizontal cylinders
that contained a powerful coil-spring and hydraulic shock absorber
in an oil-bath�Dubonnet. The rear was by�de Dion,
with�semi-elliptical springs. Brakes were hydraulic type made by
Lockheed. The brake-drums were deeply finned cast-iron, actuated by
dual master cylinders with a balance-bar�drums�all around. The
other French company named above, Bugatti, also influenced the
Atlantis' design. Bugatti even named two of its famous vehicles
Atlantic and Atalante, so more than just styling cues were
borrowed. The�Atlantic�body Type 57S featured flowing coupe lines
with a pronounced dorsal seam running front to back. It was based
on the 1935�A�rolithe�concept car�designed by Jean Bugatti. Like
the Type 59 Grand Prix car, the A�rolithe
used�Elektron�(a�magnesium alloy) or�Duralumin�(an�aluminum alloy)
for its body panels. Therefore, the body panels were riveted
externally, creating the signature seam. However the production
Atlantics (just four were made) used plain aluminum, but the dorsal
seams were retained for style, and have led to the car's present
fame. Also, the first and the second of the Atlantics were
described as "A�ro Coupes," both based on the same mechanics as the
A�rolithe concept. Three of the original four cars are known to
survive and each has been restored to their former glory. Two have
been honored with Best of Show awards at the�Pebble Beach Concours
d'�l�gance. In fact we even had one of the others show up to The
Great Race that we hosted at our facility in 2015! The Atalante was
a two-door coupe body style similar to and built after the
Atlantic, built on both the Type 57 and 57S, but with a single
piece windscreen and no fin. Only 17 Atalante cars were made, four
of which reside in the�Cit� de l'Automobile�Museum
in�Mulhouse,�France�(formerly known as the�Mus�e Nationale de
L'Automobile de Mulhouse). The name Atalante was derived from a
heroine of Greek mythology,�Atalanta. Looking like the never-shown
sidekick to Captain Nemo's Nautilus Car featured in "The League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen," this car looks like nothing else around
and is easily one of the most unique vehicles we've ever offered!
This car is currently located at our facility in St. Louis,
Missouri. It is sold as is, where is, on a clean and clear, mileage
exempt Texas title. VIN: CA457689 Note: Please see full terms and
conditions listed below that pertain to the purchase of any said
vehicle, thank you.
