On 25/07/2010, P N Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Shot RM's classic car auction at Meadowbrook today for a short Times > article. Among many great cars that went on the block were two Deusenbergs, > a few Rolls, a Stutz Bearcat, and an Auburn Speedster. But top dollar was > paid for a Chrysler: the 1953 Thomas Special. Designed by Virgil Exner, it > was a styling exercise that was actually produced and driven by Chrysler's > CEO. I believe it has the early 331 cubic inch version of the first Chrysler > hemi V8. It went for $840,000.
Nice shot. That's an amazing looking car for the period, what's under the chrome covers at the very front of the fenders? Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
