RM Auctions: Automobiles of Amelia Island
March 14, 2009
ADMISSION:
Admission to this sale requires the purchase of the offical auction catalog for $100. The catalog will admit two and must be presented at the entrance to the sale to be granted entry.
AUCTION LOCATION
The Ritz-Carlton
4750 Amelia Island Parkway
Amelia Island, Florida
32034
SALE DATES:
March 14, 2009
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
(viewing starts at 9:00 AM)
PREVIEW DATES:
March 13, 2009
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
March 14, 2009
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
(Est.) 220hp, 331 cu. in. overhead valve Chrysler “FirePower” V8 engine with hemispherical combustion chambers, three-speed manual transmission, independent front suspension with coil springs, live rear axle with coil springs, four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes. Wheelbase: 107"
Wealthy American sportsman Briggs Cunningham repeatedly tried winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans throughout the 1950s, and well into the 1960s. That in itself is not so unusual, until one considers that he made these attempts in