Chassis no.

33220E, Engine no.

GH5863During the restoration, it was determined this car's chassis was originally painted red, suggesting it may have served duty as a show carIt is a well-known fact that Auburn painted the chassis of its show cars in RedKnown ownership history back to 1978Masterpiece of automotive design by Gordon BuehrigOwned by Eugene Cowles of Lewisville, Texas from 1978 to 1996Acquired in 1996 by Joao Magalhaes, who imported the car into London and then took it to his home in Marbella, SpainMagalhaes sold the car to a Portuguese collector in 2001, who kept the car for the next 20 yearsBook of restoration photographs includedSupercharged 280 CI Lycoming inline 8-cylinder engineSchweitzer-Cummins centrifugal supercharger3-speed synchromesh transmission