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£58,968

1926 Cunningham Series V-6 Touring

RM Sotheby's • US • 1 Sept 2018

Market Position:

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£58,968

1926 Cunningham Series V-6 Touring

US • 1 Sept 2018

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Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1926 Cunningham Series V-6 Touring car is a rare find, offered from a private collection and noted as one of the most desirable American cars of its era. The car has undergone restoration by Gus Reuter and while solid and intact, is presented as an ideal candidate for mechanical freshening or a full restoration, appealing to collectors of Full Classic automobiles.

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Condition 

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The car is described as solid and intact, ideal for freshening or full restoration. It has a restoration plaque from Gus Reuter, but research into its history is ongoing. It reportedly participated in a 1967 Glidden Tour. Overall, it appears to be in restorable condition with some existing restoration work.

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LHD

United States

4685

1926

Auction

£58,968

1926 Cunningham Series V-6 Touring

RM Sotheby's • US • 1 Sept 2018

Market Position:

Rare Sale

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Description

Produced in Rochester, New York, form 1915 until 1931, the Cunningham was one of the U.S.’s finest luxury automobiles.

Each was hand-built to individual customer order and specifications, and powered by a robustly constructed and superbly engineered V-8 with a three-main-bearing crankshaft, fully pressurized lubrication, and pumped radiator cooling, all as advanced at the end of production as it had been at the beginning.

It was an outstanding, prestigious automobile, and it deserves a place in any Full Classic connoisseur’s collection.

The handsome touring offered here, one of very few Cunninghams to ever become available on the public market, has been part of its current owner’s collection for several years.

While research into its history is still ongoing, it reportedly participated in the 1967 Glidden Tour, and wears a plaque testifying that its restoration was completed by the renowned Gus Reuter, one of this country’s first antique automobile restorers, noted for the superlat...

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